Maybe Uber should be responsible for background checks of their drivers and hold them accountable for their actions and be able to fire them for misconduct. But that might require hiring drivers as actual employees. And then Uber could issue company vehicles.

Oh wait, I’m describing taxi companies that already existed before Uber.

The fact that we allow Uber/Lyft to operate as a way to skirt regulations that were put in place to keep people safe, and then trust Uber will implement work around solutions like this is ridiculous.

Same goes to AirBnB

An analog watch and a paper journal have been the biggest upgrades to my life I’ve made in years.

Nut butters with tons of added sugar, oil, and stabilizers don’t need to be refrigerated. But nut butters with an ingredient list one item long do.

I live in croatia, and I did overexagarate the price a lot

Yeah, I just put on a VPN and picked a random address in a random town. Seems like iFixit will sell the battery replacement kit for €39.95 and shipping is €9.80

That sounds like you just got a dud of a battery. Because phones dying in a few months is not normal. A quick look online and it seems like smasnug has a 24 month warranty (in regions other than North America). Have you tried a warranty replacement?

If battery degradation is the only problem, why not just replace the battery? You can probably find a shop that will do it, or iFixit has a guide and sells batteries for $55.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Samsung+Galaxy+S24+Battery+Replacement/175612

Seems pretty wasteful to throw out the whole phone because of a dead battery. Do you also get a new car instead of changing the tires when they get worn?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification

Funny you compare fire arms to cars, because I believe that both fit in the category of “things your average person should not have in public”. I want more regulation on guns AND cars.

And just because nitrous mods are illegal, doesn’t make your average car any safer.

Unlike the rest of the rifle. Which is perfectly safe.

if you “own” a piece of land in the middle of the planned rail route, the Government will just kick you out.

That’s how the interstate system and urban highways were built. But people being displaced were mostly black and/or poor and/or immigrants, so it wasn’t seen as a bad thing at the time.

The first public electric tramway used for permanent service was the Gross-Lichterfelde tramway in Lichterfelde near Berlin in Germany, which opened in 1881.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram

So if your city shut down its streetcars in 1951, like mine did, then what you said is true. If you city had streetcars in 1953 or beyond, its not. Not to be too pedantic about it.

My point is that is less than 1 human lifespan. There are people that rode the streetcars in my city when they were kids that still live here. Its not ancient history, its living memory.

Oil companies literally killed electric trolleys wayyyyyyyyyyyy back in the day.

In most cities, this happens around the 1950s. So not that long ago, if you think about it.

Amtrak: “At least we’re not VIA Rail.”

There are no medieval equivalents to YouTube channels, since YouTube wasn’t invented for at least a decade after the medieval period.

I have a case on my Pixel 8 only because I don’t like how sharp the edges are around the screen and on the camera bar.

Should the role of government be to say:

Sorry, corporations, you’re going to have to pay your fair share of taxes so our citizens aren’t dying in the streets

Or

Sorry, peasents, you’re going to have to die in the streets so that corporations can continue to make record profits

I tend to think it should be the former. As a Canadian, we have a federal election coming up and it sucks that there is no (relevant) political party that shares my opinion.

The most recent Intel Core 2 Duo was discontinued in 2008. I doubt Intel would be able to convince anyone that this is a competing product or would cause any customer confusion. No one is going to be looking for a low end processor from over a decade ago and accidentally buy a watch.

Does it use just standard watch bands? It looks like it, but I didn’t see it mentioned.

One of the things I find ridiculous about other smart watches is that they use proprietary bands. When I found out that people are paying $60+ for a silicon band for an Apple watch, it blew my mind. Also that people put screen protectors or cases on their Apple watches because their $500+ watch doesn’t even have a crystal lens, and is prone to scratching.

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Calendar_of_Harptos

Strubb’s pickles. They are supposed to be back under a new owner, but I still can’t find them in any local grocery store.