If I want to call MY doctor, a specific person, then no I can’t.

If I want A doctor, then yes, I can just call. Any time 24/7, I can talk to someone. Worst case, it’s a nurse.

And I don’t have to be rich, it’s free.

Argh, that sucks.

So why can’t I read them for free too?

I can. Don’t you have libraries in your country?

Someone knocked on my door, asking if I had seen a missing person. I hadn’t. I asked if I could join the search, they told me where to go to volunteer.

Long story short: They handed me a high-visibility vest with their logo on to wear. I had to return it.

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Nailed it!

If you assume that people actually want to do the right thing if it’s easy, and then you make it easy, it usually works.

Even when this isn’t enough, it should still come before anything else.

Yep, all my smart thermostats are zugbee. No phoning home by design, so I don’t have to worry about missing functionality by not giving them internet connection.

And that goes for almost all my smart home. I only have wifi things when I couldn’t find a realistic zigbee option.

I do NOT want my thermostats to phone home. I don’t see any value of that.

But they are connected to MY smart home system (Hone Assistant), and THAT is accessible from the internet.

I get the remote monitoring and control that I want, and they don’t get any of my data. Perfect!

Or just “1.5 months”.

If it was 46 days, there will (arguably) be times where it’s less than 1.5 months.

I guess the intention is automation that updates every month, leaving you with half a month to fix issues.

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You’re not getting the point.

A: You csn shop there without an account. It’s your own choice. An account has pros and cons, and it’s your choice.

B: I don’t know how it works in US, but in my country a McDonald’s account is a fair deal to me. They pay me a fair price for some personal info. And if I go to McDonald’s and I for any reason feel like they shouldn’t register that particular visit, I just don’t use my account.

C: I want to use Windows, but logging into a Microsoft account does not give me any benefits worth the cons. So I use Windows without a Microsoft account. And it will be annoying to keep track of a “fake” account just for that.

I don’t like to say it to anyone but my partner and my kids.

I like to show it though. And let’s be honest, does saying it really mean that much, if you don’t show it?

Yep, that’s basically what I have.

I’m ready to buy a factory new car, when I find one where the data is mine.

Yes, but this is not one of those times.

Imagine someone poops on your doorstep, and then removes half of it.

You can say it’s good that they removed some of it, but that’s probably not the point you would want to make.

None of them were trying to push privacy as a competitive advantage.

This is why I don’t have a new car. I’m hoping I get one where I have access to my own data (in eg. Home Assistant), and the manufacturer doesn’t.

Most of them, probably. It’s a new requirement in EU to get 5/5 stars safety rating.

That’s also why it’s specifically 5 features - that’s the bare minimum.

I’ll bite.

You haven’t watched the whole thing did you?

True. For several reasons.

First of all it was Trump who wanted and came up with the deal, why would it be “a setup and they never planned for the deal to go through”?

That is a VERY common political method. “Stupid” suggestions that will never get accepted comes up every day for various reasons.

1). Trump said USA gave most money to Ukraine, Z said no they didn’t, EU gave more, Trump said no we did, Z started arguing, Trump smiled, said well discuss it later, patted Z on the back.

What was he supposed to do? Just accept it? If he does fight the lies, more people will think that Trump is right.

Now people saw that Trump had nothing to back up his claim.

2). Zelensky said the war was between Ukraine and Russia, and that USA could be allowed in negotiation after peace as a partner… And I think this really pissed off Vance and Trump.

And how is that a mistake?

3). Zelensky said that “maybe if you believe the Russian lies,” in response to one of Trump’s statements, as if he was on r/politics.

Sounds interesting, I’d like to see that part. Can you provide a link with a timestamp? I tried finding it myself but found nothing.

4). he trotted out those pictures, with that condescending tone, acting like Trump is just a big orange dummy that needs his kindergarten lesson in war. He literally talks to Trump like he is a child while handing him the pictures.

It is very common to re-enact when the cameras are on. This was Trumps chance to show compassion.

I just rewatched that bit trying to see it from your angle, and I don’t see it at. He spelled out some stuff that any world leader shouldn’t need to be told, I assume that was for the cameras.

Although you could be right, that Zelensky is approaching Trumps childish language. But even if that is true, how is this something that would upset Trump? Most people appreciate when you use their own way of communication, except when their way is some variation of bullying.

If I can’t use it one-handed (using ALL physical buttons and ALL parts of the screen), then it’s not a phone.

Seriously, this is how we used to define the difference between phones and tables - one-hand or two-hand use.

For a while I couldn’t use voice to tell my car that I wanted to go home.

In my country we have a chain of real estate agencies called “Home”, and it would show my navigation to the nearest branch.

Annoying, since almost every second trip I take is going home.

(I use navi for traffic info.)

Yes, it IS a big deal. Someone was hired to do the translation. Either by hand, or quality-check machine translation.

That someone is either not very good at English, or don’t have time to do it right.

And this is where my nostalgia kicks in. Why aren’t people doing it right anymore. Why is it so often just good enough to not get too many complaints. And why do we keep buying for these low quality services and products, instead of spending our money on fewer better products.

And yes, I know I’m part of the problem. I can get an X that seems good. Or I can get another X that seems almost as good, and the savings is enough to pay the airplane ticket to see my family on another continent. At least if I use the cheapest airline…