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This is as good a time as any to remind people that AccuWeather's business model is to take the freely available National Weather Service forecasts, repackage them, and charge for them, and that they have repeatedly lobbied Congress to make it illegal for the National Weather Service to provide free forecasts to the public. Don't use AccuWeather
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I've been using weather.gov for like 20 years. It still looks like a 90's GeoCities site and I am extremely here for it.
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most weather apps suck rear end in one way or another WeatherBug for forecast, weather channel for radar
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Best pizza place here no longer delivers and suggests you use DoorDash. Go to hell
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Oct 7, 2023 00:05
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RIP Darksky, killed by Apple. Windy is still a good weather app.
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bossy lady posted:Bandcamp is probably hosed: goddammit This was the one decent online music service, acres of albums I've gotten from there. At least I can still download them, for now. Cerekk posted:This is as good a time as any to remind people that AccuWeather's business model is to take the freely available National Weather Service forecasts, repackage them, and charge for them, and that they have repeatedly lobbied Congress to make it illegal for the National Weather Service to provide free forecasts to the public. I did not know this. It's like they want to be the TurboTax of weather, or some other, much more on-point analogy of corporate power over public good.
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Oct 7, 2023 00:15
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Funka posted:Also somebody here inspired me to make a cross stitch, thanks mate https://imgur.com/GrlUNdg The recent bandcamp developments, less so. gently caress. 
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Oct 7, 2023 00:32
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That "blackout" stuff is truly astonishing. What a amazingly lovely experience. Has it made its way out of the United States? Do they do it in Canada?
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Oct 7, 2023 00:34
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Modal Auxiliary posted:I've been using weather.gov for like 20 years. It still looks like a 90's GeoCities site and I am extremely here for it. On topic for the thread: they somehow managed to break F5 with their recent modernization
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Skinnymansbeerbelly posted:On topic for the thread: they somehow managed to break F5 with their recent modernization F5 still works for me, but the modernization looks like poo poo compared to their old site and instead of organizing anything all of the different kinds of forecasts are shoved into a fuckit-bucket of random links except for the hourly forecast which is now an "additional resource" instead of a forecast. I'll still keep using it because being able to view forecasts as line graphs is too useful. As is the text only forecast, which is what I keep bookmarked on my phone. Dip Viscous fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Oct 7, 2023 |
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Oct 7, 2023 01:28
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Dip Viscous posted:As is the text only forecast, which is what I keep bookmarked on my phone. Same here. For quick news, I also use text.npr.org. Anyone else got some decent text based sites?
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Beartaco posted:That "blackout" stuff is truly astonishing. What a amazingly lovely experience. Has it made its way out of the United States? Do they do it in Canada? It’s relatively easy to set up a vpn
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doctorfrog posted:Same here. For quick news, I also use text.npr.org. Anyone else got some decent text based sites? not sure what you consider "decent" but I'm surprised https://lite.cnn.com still exists.
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shazbot posted:Best pizza place here no longer delivers and suggests you use DoorDash. Go to hell My favorite Thai place does the same thing. It's a shame because I really liked their regular delivery driver. There's no way it saves them money in the long run - aren't Doordash/Postmates/Uber Eats fees notoriously high?
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Denim Dude posted:I did this using the element zapper/picker but found I couldn't scroll down the page. I'm not trying to read comments but sometimes I want to see the video description to see if they added system specs on a game performance review. It bugged the poo poo out of me so I thought I'd try to find something better. found an older reddit post from March with some filters I could try. I added them and it and it didn't work. Then I added them and closed the browser and reopened and it's been 100% normal since. humpthewind posted:Thanks! I noticed the same scrolling issue but a refresh of the page was fixing it so I was ignoring it. I applied these filters and will see how it goes. It stopped working for me the next drat day. I did steps 1-3 from https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/16xnrdx/youtube_antiadblock_and_ads_october_02_2023/ and so far so good. I did not do step 4 because if I have to disable all of my other plugins I would rather just wait until a stand alone tamper monkey script or something comes out. Get ready for the cat and mouse games to begin. Edit: I don't know if that is the official ublock origin subreddit or just an enthusiast page but I'd book mark it because it is probably going to the place with fixes posted the fastest Denim Dude fucked around with this message at 04:45 on Oct 7, 2023 |
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ghost emoji posted:My favorite Thai place does the same thing. It's a shame because I really liked their regular delivery driver. I'd love someone to chime in with how this works for restaurants. It's not like delivery drivers are a huge business cost, so maybe the pitch is that even if Uber Eats takes a %, you'll get way more orders so it's more money than having to hire additional drivers?
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From what I've heard from owners, the problem with delivery services is that people will game the system by complaining and they won't get money from the service. That's why prices on the delivery service site are jacked compared to the in-restaurant prices.
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The restaurant across the street from me that has pretty decent burgers for the price point only accepts payment with paper checks now.  Now I get to watch them refuse to ever revert the change despite losing most of their customers, close down in a couple of years, then post an angry rant on their Facebook about how card processing fees are killing small businesses.
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Dip Viscous posted:The restaurant across the street from me that has pretty decent burgers for the price point only accepts payment with paper checks now. Paper Checks? Isn't that more prone to fraud? Do people still use them regularly?
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AARD VARKMAN posted:can anyone recommend a good weather widget for Android, I've had AccuWeather forever and it kind of seems like a piece of poo poo more than usual recently Wunderground
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Beartaco posted:That "blackout" stuff is truly astonishing. What a amazingly lovely experience. Has it made its way out of the United States? Do they do it in Canada? There was a lot of drama here in Ireland because the rights to stream our traditional sports games got sold off. So for a while you had to pay a British company to watch stuff like Gaelic Football or Hurling on anything but public television channels. Initially it was targeted at expats who wanted to watch while abroad so it wasn't that big a deal. Then our national broadcaster made a free stream app available to all which could show everything you'd normally see on television, but had to put the traditional sports behind a pay wall. Last I heard the British company didn't bother renewing the rights so it's back on our broadcaster's control, but they like money so kept it pay walled.
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Further Reading posted:There was a lot of drama here in Ireland because the rights to stream our traditional sports games got sold off. So for a while you had to pay a British company to watch stuff like Gaelic Football or Hurling on anything but public television channels. In Australia they brought in 'anti siphoning' laws to keep a certain amount of sport on free to air tv. This covers particular international sports games (world cups, grand slam tennis, some cricket series) that are deemed significant and a certain percentage of domestic league games. There are no blackouts yet.
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EoinCannon posted:In Australia they brought in 'anti siphoning' laws to keep a certain amount of sport on free to air tv. This covers particular international sports games (world cups, grand slam tennis, some cricket series) that are deemed significant and a certain percentage of domestic league games. There are no blackouts yet. Maybe, but isn't most traditional (ie men's) cricket, test matches and one-days, behind a paywall now? It's pretty much killed cricket as the "national sport", you think any rando off the street could name a member of the national team nowadays?
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mawarannahr posted:not sure what you consider "decent" but I'm surprised https://lite.cnn.com still exists. That’s all the web should be imho. Web 2.0 ruined the entire medium
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Dip Viscous posted:The restaurant across the street from me that has pretty decent burgers for the price point only accepts payment with paper checks now. Do they not even accept cash? What the hell
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Dip Viscous posted:The restaurant across the street from me that has pretty decent burgers for the price point only accepts payment with paper checks now. Da gently caress? Stick up a '3% card surcharge' sign and run a successful business
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My nephew a little over a year ago bought himself a nice used low miles Hyundai Sonata. This week, his insurance was dropped without explanation and after some investigating and calling the insurance company, he found out why: Hyundais and Kias have a high theft rate in this area. So because he owns a car that has the potential to be stolen (as ALL cars do) but has never actually been stolen in the year that he’s owned it or even before he owned it, his insurance company can just say “lol NAH BRAH” and drop him like that? Horseshit. His investigating even found his model year isn’t even on the list, but it’s a Hyundai so see ya! Luckily he was able to insure his car with someone else.
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You Are A Elf posted:My nephew a little over a year ago bought himself a nice used low miles Hyundai Sonata. This week, his insurance was dropped without explanation and after some investigating and calling the insurance company, he found out why: Hyundais and Kias have a high theft rate in this area. It's just a matter of time before it gets stolen
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You Are A Elf posted:My nephew a little over a year ago bought himself a nice used low miles Hyundai Sonata. This week, his insurance was dropped without explanation and after some investigating and calling the insurance company, he found out why: Hyundais and Kias have a high theft rate in this area. To be fair and topical to the thread, Hyundai completely poo poo the bed and produced systems for years that were trivial to bypass the ignition switch on and didn't have engine immobilizers. It was a massive dereliction on their part and likely to be the subject of sweeping recalls and some class action lawsuits if it isn't already.
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it really sucks that they made the loving ignition a goddamn USB that you can short out with a male A connector, because I really like Hyundais and was gonna get another one next time I get a new car and now you can't insure them. My brother has a 2008 Elantra and his rates are going up by virtue of it being a Hyundai.
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You Are A Elf posted:My nephew a little over a year ago bought himself a nice used low miles Hyundai Sonata. This week, his insurance was dropped without explanation and after some investigating and calling the insurance company, he found out why: Hyundais and Kias have a high theft rate in this area. its messed up. kids on tiktock make videos on how to steal hyundais and kias in like 10 seconds. home insurance companys in california are flying drones over peoples homes and cancelling home insurance for having an untidy back yard. the world is gently caress. i hate it. gently caress IT MAKES ME SO ANGRY
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The Moon Monster posted:Do they not even accept cash? What the hell They never have and I don't know the reasoning on that one. I think the owner is too old/rich to have any concept that people don't walk around with their checkbooks.
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Dip Viscous posted:They never have and I don't know the reasoning on that one. I think the owner is too old/rich to have any concept that people don't walk around with their checkbooks. next stop: threatening all their customers with closing unless they start paying with stamped and verified gold and silver ingots
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How about instead of nickel and diming everyone else, just increase taxes on millionaires and billionaires? Or is that socialism?
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Outpost22 posted:How about instead of nickel and diming everyone else, just increase taxes on millionaires and billionaires? Or is that socialism? why do you want to stifle innovation so badly
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What happens when I win the lottery off the scratchers? Don’t want to pay 90% taxes like they do in Canada!
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Outpost22 posted:How about instead of nickel and diming everyone else, just increase taxes on millionaires and billionaires? Or is that socialism? We regret to inform you that that is socialism.
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MrQwerty posted:it really sucks that they made the loving ignition a goddamn USB that you can short out with a male A connector, because I really like Hyundais and was gonna get another one next time I get a new car and now you can't insure them. My brother has a 2008 Elantra and his rates are going up by virtue of it being a Hyundai. Yeah, my nephew’s is a 2011 with a physical laser cut key and ignition, not push-to-start or USB. It’s not even on the list of most stolen, but it’s still a Hyundai and that’s a red flag to insurance companies.
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You Are A Elf posted:Yeah, my nephew’s is a 2011 with a physical laser cut key and ignition, not push-to-start or USB. It’s not even on the list of most stolen, but it’s still a Hyundai and that’s a red flag to insurance companies. I thought it was some stupid computer poo poo having to do with USB but apparently it's not. The issue affects models with physical keys going back through 2011. This low-tech hack specifically targets the Korean cars that use a physical key. quote:Videos—many of which have since been removed—reveal exactly how they're going about it, and it involves peeling back the steering column cover and dismantling the key slot. A USB cable can then be used to turn the ignition tumbler, start the vehicle, and release the steering lock. In turn, this allows the Hyundai or Kia to be driven away and started again at any time using the same cable. The thieves specifically target Korean vehicles with a physical key slot as push-button start models can't be bypassed as easily.
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Denim Dude posted:home insurance companys in california are flying drones over peoples homes and cancelling home insurance for having an untidy back yard. What
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