SayCyberOnceMore

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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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    29 days ago

    Have you actually witnessed that entire event pan out?

    The police that I personally know, visit the caller and talk to them first to understand the complaint and often (but I agree not always) educate the caller that teenagers are just doing what the caller(s) did at their age… usually, there are no more calls and all groups move on with their lives.

    Unfortunately, that doesn’t make headlines and it’s not emotive enough to discuss.

    In my personal experience, the older generations trust the media and just believe / expect the worst will happen. Most parents, younger adults, just don’t see the problem.



  • I updated a Phillips (I think?) TV - years ago, so this was over-the-air, not internet - and the built-in Program Schedule started showing adverts that were obviously in the update.

    Eventually the ads stopped appearing, so at least there was some form of expiry date, but no, I’m very wary of consumer updates.

    TVs should remain as display devices. I even keep the tuner equipment as a separate device to upgrade separately - sorry if that doesn’t increase their market share.

    What next? A toaster with butter spreader built-in?



  • Well, I’m definitely not using any delivery service - we live ~25 mins drive from the nearest town, so it’s just not an option.

    I’ve lived most of my life in the countryside and just think that getting someone else to go get my food is a weird concept anyway… I’d go as far as saying that I’m no-one special, so why ask someone else to get my food - just get it myself (lazy, etc.)

    Plus, I like driving, so I’m happy to get out of the house for a while (and drive like a delivery driver to get the food home whilst it’s still hot)


  • You make some good points, but may I say from a single viewpoint.

    I can’t physically charge a car at home.

    I work from home and travel to customers - most are hours away and I (usually) can’t charge at their office.

    Hence, I don’t have an electric car and my next purchase will probably be a self-charging hybrid because I need to recharge / refuel on the journey - hence quickly.

    So, in my case, the only way I can go full-electric is with a short charge (/ battery swap) at the places that currently sell fossil fuel, which are becoming battery charging stations (they already have AC mains, so no new infrastructure required).