bandwidthcrisis

I got bad news about who owns Venmo.

I don't even mean browsing! Just trying to install something.

I search for "NordVPN" (because all the cool YouTubers use it!) and the first result is "Norton 360" with an install button.

It's a "sponsored result" and it's easy to install the wrong thing if you're used to it actually finding the thing you just typed in.

If I put Firefox. I get duckduckgo. Okay, maybe not so bad and pretty obvious. But I've had these things for apps that almost look like the legitimate one.

Now if they could just stop putting ad results above the app you search for in the Play store.

What about drive-thru liquor stores!

They are available now. This was in WaMart

https://i.imgur.com/d5ae1Po.jpg

Some of them even plug in!

But yes, kettles and toasters take forever.

It can lie about it's own emissions levels!

And they were made-up or misattributed quotes, too.

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/megalopolis-trailer-quotes-movie-critics-1236114212/

Years ago. Google changes the ways to sign in more frequently. 2FA messages, authenticator, then confirming sign-in on a separate device, which now seems to have been standardized as passkeys.

I'm that case I'm making "Swift 2032" bumper stickers now, get in the game early.

So many health benefits, "mental wellness" programs, etc. are ultimately all about "affecting you ability to work".

I get a free joint-pain exercise program. Every so often, the app asks me a survey which is all about "how many days did you joint pain prevent you from working", "do you expect your pain to cause you to take time off work" .

So is this review based on a prototype?

I moved from a UK city to a town on the edge of Dallas.

There was a crossroads with a strip mall. grocery store, dentist, food places etc, about 15 minutes away, but it was often too hot to walk. Anywhere beyond that was too far to walk.

Everything was so spaced out there. All the shops were surrounded by big parking lots. It was hard to even perceive that I was on a street with shops, at first, because everything was so far away from the road.

Now I live in a quiet street in suburb of LA. There's a main street about 10 minutes away. So within 20 minutes walk I can visit restaurants, grocery stores, etc. Even a British supplies store to get real chocolate. Bus stops, library, doctors, dentist, opthalmologist, and a hospital, too.

But if I want a big department store, I'm driving 15 to 30 minutes.

The broader LA area doesn't really have a center, just clusters of shops and malls at bigger crossroads. It seems endless. I could drive 50 miles to Newport Beach for vacation and never be outside a city.