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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Those names were chosen because they stereotypically fit these people, like Karen does a Karen. But popular names and connotations change over time. I feel like Stacy is a name befitting of an older person now than originally intended for the memes. I wonder if we're going to collectively keep these names locked in time, or rename them ever

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

The oddest spelling of "colourize", with both a U and a Z

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Oh that makes sense. I didn't consider it might be treated as a char

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

"1" + 2 === "12" is not unique to JS (sans the requirement for the third equals sign), it's a common feature of multiple strongly typed languages. imho it's fine.

EDIT: I did some testing:

What it works in:

  • JS
  • TS
  • Java
  • C#
  • C++
  • Kotlin
  • Groovy
  • Scala
  • PowerShell

What produces a number, instead of a string:

  • PHP
  • SQL
  • Perl
  • VB
  • Lua

What it doesn't work in:

  • R
  • C
  • Go
  • Swift
  • Rust
  • Python
  • Pascal
  • Ruby
  • Objective C
  • Julia
  • Fortran
  • Ada
  • Dart
  • D
  • Elixir

And MATLAB appears to produce 51, wtf idk

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Leaf blowers strike me as a very American thing. People do use them here in the UK, but rarely

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Watch out I guess, because that opens the Emergency SOS page on my OnePlus phone and, if I have an additional setting toggled, automatically phones emergency services... the phone does not lock

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Not sure about all phone models, but at least with mine, if I switch it off then it requires a PIN, rather than biometrics, upon being switched back on. Thus if the police arrive, immediately switching off your phone could be a sensible thing to do

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it simply represents the leverage Israel holds over the US.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The sort of comeback so good you think of it later on and write a comic, wishing you'd said it at the time

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I do see it on OnePlus though with all voice apps, including Google assistant. I think OxygenOS is not hiding it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

It's scary how accurate they can predict you with what data they have; they don't need to tap your microphone.

You're on a OnePlus; there's always a status bar icon if the microphone is active.

Think of what led to your conversation? Everything related to it you saw or searched online that could've later triggered you to talk about the subject, could also trigger them to serve you ads about it later. Perhaps your friend was the one, and the ad companies have linked you together, ie. by tracking your location and contacts.

And now you've noticed the adverts, you'll notice them much more, where you'd normally ignore them completely. Furthermore, if you noticed these ads, you might've clicked them or stopped scrolling and stared at them too long in a wtf moment and now the ad companies know, so they'll serve you a whole lot more of the same.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

Raise prices at peak times? ✅💰
Lower prices ever? ❌📈

Properly done dynamic pricing rewards customers with cheap prices for going at off-peak times, and the opposite on-peak. However this other form of "surge pricing" is really just price gouging under another label

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