If it wasn’t actual candy I could see this as a way to trick kids into brushing their teeth

My 25 year old SO got carded while my 19 year old brother wasn’t questioned when we were at a liquor store. I think because my brother had a big beard they assumed he must be old lol.

You can also just buy digital downloads from sites like Bandcamp and Quobuz, and even iTunes if you click past the Apple Music streaming part.

I’ve always liked that in Halo games you survive long enough to react, unlike in most FPS games where it’s basically whoever sees the other first wins.

Why

The server is sending me data and I’m choosing what program I’m using to interpret that data. That shouldn’t be illegal, regardless of the purposes of the data.

This is a nice CloudFlare ad

Basically.

They slowly decay as hawking radiation, but there’s nothing you can do to speed up the process.

One of the libraries at my university has bathrooms for everyone which simply has solid floor-to-ceiling stalls (as opposed to the flimsy barely standing things that are common in the US).

It’s a neat tool, but be careful what you do with it. I wouldn’t make anything web-connected or otherwise requiring security considerations, for example.

It didn’t “run a red light”. In the video, the lights were green when it entered the intersection.

But yeah, it should not have tried to make that turn from that lane.

diagnostic

I think it is useful to send crash reports, but the user should have power over it (see: when macOS generates a crash report, it asks the user if they would like to send it)

engagement measuring

That is your data they are taking to make money off of without your consent, and I consider that malicious. There are ways to do that with consent. See: Steam’s annual hardware survey

Honestly it largely is.

Personally I like sharing crash reports, but even then, the user should be able to turn that off if you like.

Telemetry should be 100% opt-in.

I have these battery packs that magnetically stick to the back of my phone and charge it. Just slap it on and forget about it.

It makes my phone hot and wastes a lot of power (I can also charge from the same battery packs using a cable, and I get noticeably more charge).

But it’s real convenient when you don’t want to worry about it. I use them at conventions or when I’m out hiking or skiing.

I think I have had an instructor put a mirror in the pool before lol

I doubt someone who has only ever read about swimming could do it in deep, cold water. But they are talking about taking it to a swimming pool to practice. I think they’ll be fine.

Probably. Take it to the shallow part of a pool (where you can stand up if you need to) and practice until you are comfortable trying more.

Also, watch some videos. I think it’s easier to learn something like swimming by watching others than by reading about it.

I live in a bigger US city that does have a metro. It’s not bad for doing longer trips in certain directions, when it’s working. But it breaks down at least a few times a year, and if you have to make a transfer to another train to make it to your destination, it’s often literally faster to walk.

I spent a few $1000 on the computer, I’ll spend $100 more to make it look fancy

That’s kinda the way of the world in general unfortunately.