Google thanks you for your data.

at a local shop

I’ve never even heard of Halti, let alone seen one in a store.

Around these parts, if you want a blank running shoe, you pay $20 at the local superstore then $200 at the doctor’s office, a few times a year each.

brb, gonna run a marathon in a pair of Oxfords

Sure, but good luck finding a decent quality running shoe without conspicuous branding at a local shop though.

Can’t wear it, if they don’t make it.

Imagine always having a reliable internet connection at a fraction of the cost.

Civilized countries have already figured this out.

Imagine thinking 5 people on the internet caused Trump to win.

It’s a shame the outage didn’t take MSN down with it.

I think it’s also a product of the guy on the left likely has never used and will never use a fishing net.

What? This an absolutely absurd assertion. Fishing cooperatives are incredibly common. Find one near* you and go inside.

Also, who do you think are the ones cleaning up the mess, actually cutting the nets off, and doing the research? It’s not the guy trying to max out his investment portfolio, that’s for sure.

Gas pump style soda fountains would be absolutely hilarious. Truly the peak of american culture.

Because a shit ton of fraudulent science hasn’t come out of the US or Europe. Nope. No sir.

Sure, it’s not a bad thing and it should be standard practice, but to act like encrypted traffic guarantees privacy is silly.

If you are implying that a government wants your data, they can just buy it or request it from the company directly. They don’t have to snoop to get it. Also SSL isn’t going to stop them.

The fact that anyone thinks they have any semblance of privacy when typing into an online AI chatbot is saddening.

Of course anything you type into a externally hosted AI is going to be harvested and sold.

But sure, in this case you are also potentially exposing your queries to your ISP or someone listening on your local network too.

Enterprise adopted 100GbE networking around 2019. You can now buy used network cards for around $100 each.

This is dumb.

Even if you encrypt network traffic, the receiving server still knows what you’re doing. All it does is prevent third parties from snooping.

Usually.

Or instead, form a union and demand better pay and retention incentives.

There are always exceptions to the rule, but the former usually turns into the latter given enough time.

I’m sorry, but there is no situation where it is permissible to stand idle as someone suffers an untimely and preventable death.

Even soldiers at war, captured in foreign territory without visas, are entitled to lifesaving care.

OK. So by that logic, let’s say you are touring Europe and have a heart attack. The paramedics are in the area and available, but refuse to take you to the hospital. You are left to die on the street.

You think you deserve such foul treatment?

When a government is informed that people are dying within its waters, and the gov has the capability to respond but deliberately chooses not to because the victims are “african”, you think that the government bears no responsibity for their deaths?