Women’s rights are on a sharp decline in Israel.

Yeah, that’ll happen in a patriarchal theocracy.

You have to look at it through the lens of American exceptionalism.

The US doesn’t need any of Trump’s fucked up vanity projects, but they seem content to allow him to do it anyway.

and never connect it to the internet.

How many of them force you to connect to the internet as part of of the initial setup wizard “in order to register and enable your new tv”?

AFAIK, some of the TVs with built in Roku have been forcing exactly that before they will allow you to do anything.

Maybe predictable or somewhat reliable would be better choices of wording?

Europe should stop acting like Trump is a reasonable person.

I’m pretty sure they are aware.

I suspect they’re hoping there are still some sane heads in Washington.

Exactly how much should one allow a thief to take?

but there are nearly no niche non-tech communities here.

And if they do exist, there are 4 subscribers and zero posts in the last 6 months.

It’s ruining far more than reddit.

My robot vac will only operate when connected to the Internet

That would trigger me to return it to the store. “It doesn’t work”

Newfoundland and Labrador is the province involved.

Had to read far too deep into the poorly written article to find that important bit of context.

Users will receive automatic pro-rated refunds for active subscriptions, and the app code is promised to be open-sourced after shutdown.

That’s the correct way to wind down a cloud based subscription app.

Not that I’m in favor of the entire business model of cloud based subscription apps, but at least Marques is ending this one the right way.

I’m proud not be able to visit the US, because

I’m able to visit, but I am absolutely unwilling to do so.

For the reasons you already mentioned.

Quiet quitting is such a bizarre phrase

It’s just a trendy phrase for what has always been called work to rule.

Do precisely what your job description requires and not a single bit more.

For the sake of argument, what would you call a seat that was not next to the aisle?

Cabin view.

If you’re going for chaos based investing, just buy a goldfish

The Russians claimed they have not been over NATO territory.

Only because they believe it should be their territory.

I don’t think there really is a third option. If he decide to not address this

He could intentionally avoid mentioning it while an elephant slowly wanders around behind him.

just because the appliance you bought offers an internet connection, it most likely doesn’t need it for core functionality.

…until it does.

It’s not unprecedented for manufacturers to lock hardware capabilities behind software controlled paywalls.

When I was shopping for stoves, there were a couple of models with “features” that were not available unless you connected to the internet and used their app on your phone.

We chose a model that didn’t have any networking at all.

The only foreigners coming into America should be members of an intervening military coalition.

Americans need to fix their own shit.

Don’t be expecting the rest of the world to rescue you from all this foot shooting that your country is doing to itself.