I don’t know what my most played song currently is but I can tell you what has been the most played for the last 15 years and it’s this one.

Every single time I install a computer this is the soundtrack to test the audio. At first it was annoying, the dog barked, kids screamed and the elderly cursed me. Now, of I don’t play I’m asked if I’m feeling under the weather.

A single ticket sold is already one ticket too much.

That is a very poor equivalence.

Powertools and machinery still require knowledge on how to do the work properly, account for future maintenance, test for leaks, etc.

Which is not what everyone is trying to do with “AI”. The “tool” is supposed to replace all necessity of trained and knowleadgeable workers and at some point the workers themselves.

Brave should not be recommended under any light. Telemetry, their own advertising, crypto, data mining, etc. I used it for some time and I do not recommend it.

So, essentially, the screws are being turned, only slower.

How come? The way you’re explaining it, it seems the situation is being exagerated.

You’re referring to the 24h waiting window.

But what is being stressed is that no unregistered developer will be able to supply software for Android. The people behind NewPipe are adamant on not complying, hence, the program ceasing to function on registered devices.

A slight high-jack to your post: NewPipe will stop working with the Google lockdown in September.

I personally think it will be a plus for me, as I keep YT open too much time but for those who rely on it for entertainment, info and whatnot, what alternatives will remain?

Give them the AI! All of it! And then we just wait.

You mean my civilian public identity data?

Let’s speak about me now: I have no social media presence and I like it like that. I pay my taxes, I drive a 20+ years car. I’m boring and I enjoy it as it is.

Someone telling me I seem suspicious because I have no electronics and no interest in using it would be gold.

Actual event: I was once stopped for speeding. The police pulling me up asked me if I hadn’t seen the FB post warning for the speed radar. And I bluntly put it that I had no account on the network. Their face was priceless. I got fined for speeding, fair, but that was that. Social networks are not official communication channels. They want to be, but they are not.

According to what I’ve been told, an entire page of requirements was forwarded by the travel agency; not something they drafted but just passed on.

The application was also handled by the travel agency and it was the agency taking the photo to process the travel authorization, regardless of the passport info already been made available. As personal note: this entire demand on the looks and garments for the travellers make sense if we factor the heavy use of automated tools being used at border controls nowadays. And how poor they can be is also widely known.

Tourist VISA. Everything I listed came through the travel agency.

Under the current american politics reasoning I’m a radical but I have no predefined approach to ideas and concepts.

Not gay, nor transgender. And I think people are more than labels. Human dignity is howed to all.

But I’m not really white. Give me a few days under a hot sun and I darken enough to pass for something else.

This person is completely oblivious of political strife.

That was a typo on me. I have to rectify that.

Burn Notice fan? Because I just heard your message in my head in the main character’s voice.

What is a burner phone? A phone with no direct association with your name? A prepaid plan?

I’ve mentioned this in the thread: what would be the reaction if someone arrived there with no electronics on them? And if further stated they did not intended to buy any for their stay? What could happen?

That is grim outlook!

I actively fear that.

you’ll either water

Mind explaining this part, please?