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Anno posted:I assume this means TikTok, Reel, YouTube shorts etc. Truly cursed. 15 Ways The Tech and Social Media Economy Will Take Away Your Medical Coverage Take The Quiz!
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Jaxyon posted:15 Ways The Tech and Social Media Economy Will Take Away Your Medical Coverage drat, I got Classify You As An Independent Contractor, I was hoping for Forbid You From Reporting Work In Excess Of Twenty-Nine Hours Per Week.
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Anno posted:I assume this means TikTok, Reel, YouTube shorts etc. Truly cursed. "Well, when we last pivoted to video it was stupid, but that was HORIZONTAL video. This is VERTICAL video. This is different because"
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All they need to do to pivot to vertical is turn the thing and change the autorotate settings. 
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It's not like Buzzfeed releases super long videos anyway. Wouldn't take much effort to pivot.
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I thought Buzzfeed pioneered ADHD video. I guess they didn't pioneer ADHD^2 video.
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Jaxyon posted:15 Ways The Tech and Social Media Economy Will Take Away Your Medical Coverage Here, let me generate that for you... GPT3 posted:1. Which of the following is a common way that tech companies and their allies in government try to take away your medical coverage? And the answers? quote:
quote:Even if you didn't get every question right, you've shown that you're aware of the underhanded practices used by tech companies and their allies in government to take away your medical coverage. From lobbying for legislation that undermines the Affordable Care Act, to promoting a gig economy that makes it harder for workers to obtain medical coverage, to using their dominance in the market to drive up prices for care, these companies and policymakers are constantly working to undermine our access to affordable, quality medical care. It's up to all of us to stay informed and fight back against these efforts to limit our health care options and shift the burden of medical expenses onto individuals and families. feedmyleg fucked around with this message at 02:09 on Dec 7, 2022 |
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Jaxyon posted:All they need to do to pivot to vertical is turn the thing and change the autorotate settings. Apparently the problem is that monetization sucks on vertical video platforms. Horizontal video will show ads and give the video maker a share of ad revenue, but Youtube shorts don't show ads (and don't pay out anything to the creator) and Tiktok just has a set pool of money that's split across monetized creators according to some secret arcane formula.
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cat botherer posted:Are people like leaving their keys in the car a lot or something? New cars are pretty hard to hotwire. Back in 2017 when I bought my car from Toyota, the car didn't come with a remote start feature, so I asked the dealer if they recommended any third-party solutions for that. They said yes it's not uncommon for people to do it with a third party device, but it requires that you leave one your Toyota FOBs inside the car (the ECU won't allow the engine to start unless it detects a FOB within X meters). It took me a minute to realize he was offering this as a serious solution.
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My car has remote start but to actually move the car requires a key inserted into the ignition and turning on the remote start also locks the doors and disables remote unlocking meaning you have to open the doors manually with the physical key. ITS FANTASTIC for warming the thing up in winter
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Kwyndig posted:It's not like Buzzfeed releases super long videos anyway. Wouldn't take much effort to pivot.
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AtomikKrab posted:My car has remote start but to actually move the car requires a key inserted into the ignition and turning on the remote start also locks the doors and disables remote unlocking meaning you have to open the doors manually with the physical key. I've had occasions where I had to chisel my way into the car to turn it on to start melting ice. Several times my neighbors would look out the window, see me, figure out what I was doing, then turn their cars on with the clicker.
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I don't know where to post this but what's a good inexpensive motion detector camera that will only record/turn on when it senses movement? Sorry not a tech nightmare but I figured someone in this thread would know and I'm confused with all the different options. Trying to figure out what type of animal is getting into my back porch and how they get in. TIA.
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Re: car thefts. Kia and Hyundai, two major US auto manufacturers, have a problem with the last few years’ worth of cars that specifically don’t include a key-less, push button ignition. If you have a Kia or a Hyundai from the last 5 years or so and it requires a key to turn in the ignition to start, then it has an exploit that lets someone boost your car in under a minute. I live in a metro city in Ohio and we’ve had cars stolen right out of our parking lot, middle of the day, in front of security. It can happen fast if the crook knows what they’re doing. I know my city is suing Kia, for all the good that’ll do. My wife drives a newer Kia than my Hyundai, but I have the push-button ignition. A few months ago I went to my car and discovered that someone had shattered her passenger window and tore apart the steering column. Not sure if they gave up when they noticed the two car seats in the back or if they couldn’t get it to turn over correctly, but they didn’t drive off or do any more damage. Took about two months to repair since there are so many of the same incident that all the parts are on back order. The repair shop we used had to stop accepting those jobs from the insurance company because they were inundated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziFGU_NOZ9w I bought my wife a Club (the metal claw thing in the video, designed to physically prevent the steering wheel from moving and this deter theft) the day before we got the car back and it has sat unopened in our house since. It’s a real battle between “I don’t want to deal with a car repairs again” and “I don’t want to gently caress with this metal bar every time I get out of my car” LawfulWaffle fucked around with this message at 14:06 on Dec 7, 2022 |
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ANIME AKBAR posted:Back in 2017 when I bought my car from Toyota, the car didn't come with a remote start feature, so I asked the dealer if they recommended any third-party solutions for that. They said yes it's not uncommon for people to do it with a third party device, but it requires that you leave one your Toyota FOBs inside the car (the ECU won't allow the engine to start unless it detects a FOB within X meters). It took me a minute to realize he was offering this as a serious solution. This has been a thing since before FOBs. To "defeat" the key recognition systems you used to have to "pair" a new (typically blank) key and put it i a little box with an extended antenna wire hidden under the dash, effectively defeating that theft protection so anyone with a slide hammer and a screwdriver could just break your ignition cylinder out and start the car like it's 1982. Remote starters are not good for your car's security nor are they good for you car. Start it and drive it. Modern cars warm up plenty fast when you do this. They do not warm up at idle. And it's not great for the environment to sit at idle for 30 minutes to save the future occupants from 2 minutes of too-hot or too-cold discomfort.
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BiggerBoat posted:I don't know where to post this but what's a good inexpensive motion detector camera that will only record/turn on when it senses movement? Sorry not a tech nightmare but I figured someone in this thread would know and I'm confused with all the different options. Trying to figure out what type of animal is getting into my back porch and how they get in. TIA. Efuy is apparently not the option, I can tell ya that. Serious answer: I've had OK success with Wyze, but I haven't like, done any DPI or analysis to make sure it's not calling home when I didn't want it to, and I don't have the camera anymore.
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BiggerBoat posted:I don't know where to post this but what's a good inexpensive motion detector camera that will only record/turn on when it senses movement? Sorry not a tech nightmare but I figured someone in this thread would know and I'm confused with all the different options. Trying to figure out what type of animal is getting into my back porch and how they get in. TIA. For this, if you want simple and easy then a trail camera is the right solution.
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I underestimated the speed at which he'd end up torching everything: https://twitter.com/faizsays/status/1600304359786483713 https://twitter.com/faizsays/status/1600307925649539072 That's... not great for revenue prospects.
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BiggerBoat posted:I don't know where to post this but what's a good inexpensive motion detector camera that will only record/turn on when it senses movement? Sorry not a tech nightmare but I figured someone in this thread would know and I'm confused with all the different options. Trying to figure out what type of animal is getting into my back porch and how they get in. TIA.
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Paracaidas posted:I underestimated the speed at which he'd end up torching everything: "They only need a billion dollars a year just for the interest payments alone, they'll figure something out." 
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Motronic posted:This has been a thing since before FOBs. To "defeat" the key recognition systems you used to have to "pair" a new (typically blank) key and put it i a little box with an extended antenna wire hidden under the dash, effectively defeating that theft protection so anyone with a slide hammer and a screwdriver could just break your ignition cylinder out and start the car like it's 1982. What’s the solution for defrosting the windshield (not ice, that’s what the scraper is for), or do I just drive blind for a few minutes?
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Zachack posted:What’s the solution for defrosting the windshield (not ice, that’s what the scraper is for), or do I just drive blind for a few minutes? Put something on it. Like a sheet of cardboard. Yes, on the outside. I spent years on call for the fire department doing exactly this with no problem. But you're saying not ice? So do you mean fog on your windshield? Because you have windshield wipers on the outside to take care of that and a rag/towel will wipe it off the inside. You can also treat the inside (and outside) to reduce this.
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Motronic posted:Put something on it. Like a sheet of cardboard. Yes, on the outside. I spent years on call for the fire department doing exactly this with no problem. a sheet of cardboard will not prevent frost from forming on a windshield
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evilweasel posted:a sheet of cardboard will not prevent frost from forming on a windshield It does the bulk of the job, is fast to remove, and winter windshield wiper fluid and wipers does the rest. These are not advanced concepts. Are those of you who are confused people who have never lived where it snows? Are you the kind of people I see in ditches on bald summer or all terrain tires in your 4 wheel drive SUV while people zip past you without no problems in their front wheel drive honda civic with a set of snow tires on it?
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Motronic posted:It does the bulk of the job, is fast to remove, and winter windshield wiper fluid and wipers does the rest. I grew up in Boston. The idea you're getting your car safe to drive without defrosting the windshield is insanity. You need to scrape it and defrost.
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evilweasel posted:I grew up in Boston. The idea you're getting your car safe to drive without defrosting the windshield is insanity. You need to scrape it and defrost. So you're the second kind of driver, got it.
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My car is a 2004 model and has a defroster button that works in about 2 minutes.
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Motronic posted:So you're the second kind of driver, got it. i am extremely concerned about your cold-weather driving ability considering that you think frost on a windshield is linked to the kind of tires you have on your car or if it's an suv vs. a sedan frost gets under cardboard; an obstructed windshield is a safety hazard even if you can scrape a thin area to see through that gives you no situational awareness because your degrees of vision are, like, five you scrape the snow and ice off the windshield. you warm up the windshield until the frost is loosened and you can finish scraping it and have full vision (note, if you have ice, you're going to have done your best but you probably can't scrape it all off and that needs to be loosened as well). then, of course, you also get any snow off the top of the car so you don't risk that all sliding forward and covering your windshield either i don't know that you need to start the car remotely, of course, since in my boston days such a thing didn't exist except in the sense of little evilweasel being ordered to be the remote car starter for my parents, but it's just basic safety in driving in winter weather
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Zachack posted:What’s the solution for defrosting the windshield (not ice, that’s what the scraper is for), or do I just drive blind for a few minutes? The first solution is to keep it clean from the inside so it doesn't fog up as much. Never wipe it with your hand or glove, that just makes it dirtier. Also keep your car interior clean and dry, always shake snow off your clothes and shoes when you get in. When the engine is still cold and doesn't blow hot air you can open windows so your breath doesn't fog the interior.
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evilweasel posted:i don't know that you need to start the car remotely, of course, since in my boston days such a thing didn't exist except in the sense of little evilweasel being ordered to be the remote car starter for my parents, but it's just basic safety in driving in winter weather So you don't actually have any experience driving in a place like this. You were a child who did not drive. Yeah, that context makes your commentary make a lot more sense. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Motronic posted:So you don't actually have any experience driving in a place like this. You were a child who did not drive. Yeah, that context makes your commentary make a lot more sense. I was both a child who did not drive in boston and then a driver in boston, much like anyone who grows up in a city.
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A couple minutes of letting your vehicle run uses a very miniscule about of fuel and saves a bunch of time loving around with windshield scrapers. If you don't mind loving around with cleaning your car off just jump in cold. It literally doesn't matter to anyone but those who have to be in the vehicle. Whether or not you warm up your vehicle has nothing to do with driving skill. If you believe otherwise you are a dumb person, an idiot, maybe even a bad poster.
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Just keepin my snow tires hidden away in my snow tire closet in my tiny city apartment
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uggy posted:Just keepin my snow tires hidden away in my snow tire closet in my tiny city apartment Ah yes, the second set of part-time tires I have room in my budget for
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Jaxyon posted:Ah yes, the second set of part-time tires I have room in my budget for Honest question as someone who doesn’t drive: so you have snow tires and summer tires. If you swap them seasonally isn’t that roughly the same or better than using the same tires year round? (Like your winter tires wear out faster I’m guessing, but that’s still not wear on your summer tires and winter tires are hopefully built to be more resilient) Why would you need two sets of part time tires? Wouldn’t you just have one in storage and one on your car at any time? Aren’t there places that store or offer seasonal tire rentals/replacements anyway?
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Arivia posted:Aren’t there places that store or offer seasonal tire rentals/replacements anyway? Yes. Hand wringing about nowhere to store them is just more people who don't live where it snows or are just very bad at this. The reason you have snow tires is because they work well in the snow and ice but the rubber compound wears VERY quickly in summer temperatures. Also, some places require/allow snow tires with studs which are not allowed during summer months.
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Arivia posted:Honest question as someone who doesn’t drive: so you have snow tires and summer tires. If you swap them seasonally isn’t that roughly the same or better than using the same tires year round? (Like your winter tires wear out faster I’m guessing, but that’s still not wear on your summer tires and winter tires are hopefully built to be more resilient) You're correct, once you get over the initial purchase price, your seasonal tires will last longer, so it's just a matter of having the money on-hand at the time. And, absolutely, plenty of places will store them provided you pay them to do the work of swapping them over. It's a great deal for them due to economies of scale and the fact that doing the tire swap is piss easy when you have the tools. The only real additional cost is that you really ought to have a second set of rims so you don't have to pay for them to be taken off the rims and put on every time. Again, it's one of those things that's easy and actually not at all expensive provided you have the money on hand up front but can be awful if the budget is really tight. If you prevent even one collision (especially at-fault), you're saving money, and obviously a huge amount of aggravation, plus reducing the chance of injury or death.
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Arivia posted:Honest question as someone who doesn’t drive: so you have snow tires and summer tires. If you swap them seasonally isn’t that roughly the same or better than using the same tires year round? (Like your winter tires wear out faster I’m guessing, but that’s still not wear on your summer tires and winter tires are hopefully built to be more resilient) As someone who lived for 30 years in a very snowy part of the country and drove for half of that, basically most people just run their all-seasons into the ground because they're poor and get lectured by the one guy who feels very strongly about his winter driving regimen This is certainly the tech thread
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