It would be really smart if devs just started implementing “sign in with Mastodon” or something on new projects but unfortunately they do not.

Just replace it with Transcribro.

Once again “traffic aware cruise control” is still not the same thing as normal cruise control. I’ve had this car for 5 years, I know how to use it. It speeds up and slows down randomly and refuses to go above the speed limit at seemingly random times. Sometimes it will, sometimes it won’t, with no clear rhyme or reason.

Yeah can use standard ACC but it still won’t go over the speed limit. There’s no “normal” cruise control.

Use Deflock maps to avoid them. Ride a bike. My city is full of rogue natural trails so I can get around pretty easy without coming across them. Even if I did I have an indistinct bike with no logos. Typical balaclava, hat, sunglasses, etc.

This is why we have to stop the COVID tests!

Uhhhh I think the better question is how are they?

I have Autopilot on mine (2020). I’ve asked them at the shop to remove it and reinstall basic cruise control and they refused, and I’m jealous. Autopilot suuuucks. I went on a 1200 mile road trip through North Texas. The whole time the car thought the speed limit was 55 when it was actually 75, and it refused to go any faster, so I had to drive for hours with no cruise control. It sucked.

They’re not omnidirectional. You can just walk up from behind it.

A receipt from alcohol purchase seems equally as valid as a govt ID. One could falsify either by just stealing someone else’s.

And until these whackadoo politicians decide they’re going to provide the tools or other guidance on exactly how to verify someone’s age, it seems appropriate.

please hold while I connect your call to a live representative who only ever says exactly what is in the script

I mean, what you have here is a complaint with customer service in general. I’d bet the AI I’ve described is far more helpful than some person half way across the world that doesn’t even speak English.

I’ve only ever seen and used it 1 time and it was awesome.

Read access or write access?

Honestly, this is an excellent use for AI. So long as responses are limited to the context of the customer support document database. Which is why it’s astounding that no one is talking about it.

Force customers to use it for 5 minutes and you cut your call volume by 70% (RTFM).

Ideally they could take those savings and invest it in their human support providers but of course that’s very unlikely in most cases.

Unfortunately some companies demand SMS verification for some services. Those services will often reject SMS verification from VoIP providers. Like I literally CANNOT access my health insurance without a stupid normal SMS.

but internet-based apps should work.

As much as I wish it were possible, no one calls me on “internet-based apps”.

Haven’t tried it personally but from what I’ve read the main problem is that the phone stops functioning as it’s (arguably) main purpose: calling and texting.

Banning something is a sure fire way to give it oxygen.

Depends. Stephen says he was told not to tell anyone on air that they couldn’t air it. Assuming that’s true, and he had decided to comply, no one really would have known. It’s only through his (presumed) bravery that we’ve all seen it.

I fear for the future of reading comprehension

I fear for it currently if you think it’s okay to make up things people said and put it in a headline.

I don’t know that they crippled anything. I still regularly see posts from a few users. The problem is that they just half-assed it. It’s unidirectional. So you can see and reply to their posts, and they can see your replies (or they use to be able to) but they can’t do anything back. They can’t follow you or reply to anything. It’s also opt-in, and almost no one cared enough to do that.

I think the reason they did it in the first place was to avoid regulatory scrutiny but any shits given about that previously are completely gone now since we transitioned into a corporate utopia.

It’s not if but when. Hopefully sooner rather than later. And you’re a fool if you think the implications won’t be felt around the world. Just like they were when Americans rammed the housing market into the ground. We live in a global economy.