Fun, sure, but not an experiment that would actually be meaningful.

The data from your phone’s microphone doesn’t magically appear in Google’s advertising servers. It would have to go through a lot of steps before it gets there, and one of the first steps is in your home (if you’re on WiFi). One can analyze the traffic/data that leaves their phone.

It’s good to be cautious, but worrying about your phone’s microphone is potentially like worrying about your windows while leaving your front door open.

Yet again, someone mistakes an anecdote for evidence. And evidence is also not the plural form of anecdote.

I’m sure we have people here who are tech-savvy enough to have actually examined the kinds of data that their phone is sharing.

If you have something like Google Home or Amazon Alexa, then yeah, those would be sending voice data back, and yeah, they could probably use it for advertising. But as far as I know, there is no evidence that phones are “always listening” and “always sending information back” when they’re idle.

I could see some accents not pronouncing the L. It may colour the vowel, but not be a distinct sound on its own.

I’m Canadian, and we use a mix of British and American spellings, mostly depending on how we feel at the time of writing.

This is how I use it. So one could mold mould if they were so inclined.

Different meaning, though!

Mozilla FirefOS?

You could still make those words work together in that order, though.

All of the sudden stops came to an end after we passed granny on the highway!

Hey, be fair…

It’s also got a texture that’s different from sugar!

I don’t think this chart applies to cats

Interesting. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a cat do that. Usually their back legs are tucked away

But you did conjugate your verbs that way

Lmao…now I’m picturing He-Man talking like a caveman by replacing all of his personal pronouns with “He-Man”…but not conjugating the verbs as if he were speaking in the third-person.

He-man have the power!

Love it!

[…]Hector they need to change their pronouns, then.

Yes, Hee-ctor

Lmao…“Drag”, after it being revealed that the user is using it to refer to themself, looks like a short form of “Dragon”, which is part of their username.

A shortened form of a nickname can be referred to as a “name”.

But now it seems like they’re calling it a pronoun.

There’s no idiocy involved in not speaking OP’s language.

Someone is taking the “I don’t use pronouns” thing to the most literal extreme.

You’re right! Some games on Steam are DRM-free.

All games on GOG are DRM-free as a rule.

That’s just semantics.

When you buy a CD, you don’t own the songs.

But you do have some item that belongs to you.

With Steam, you have a ticket that will let you into Steam to download the game for as long as your account is in good standing and as long as Steam exists.

With GOG, you have a file you can use to install the game on any machine INDEFINITELY. GOG can’t revoke your access for any reason, and if GOG shuts down, you can still install the games.

With GOG, you can buy any game, and you’ll have files to keep. Once you have the installer, you can keep that forever.

Even if your GOG account is hacked, banned, and GOG goes out of business, you can forever install your game onto any compatible machine, even offline, and play the game.

That’s what GOG does differently.

It’s like buying a physical game, except there’s no disc. They can’t revoke your access or deactivate your ability to play the game.

I could see it helping.

“I have to inform you that this game is rated M for Mature, and isn’t suitable for minors.”

“What? It’s just football, isn’t it?”

“It says this game has gambling that uses real world money.”

I don’t know how many sales it’d stop, but at least parents would know.

Driving offenses punishable by life in prison.

Doing some asshole or idiot move on the road angers other drivers. Other drivers experience road rage and road aggression. This results in collisions or fights that can lead to death.

Murder.