So they are saying they want to have bikes in all the lanes, everyday? Seems like traffic is going to get a lot worse in Toronto.

Been using the same SS set for about 18 years so I definitely agree.

The post doesn’t mention being on the street, it mentions walking around a mall and taking a break. Malls have historically been social locations since their inception, especially among those that choose to go there without the intention of shopping at the stores located within it. Nothing wrong with wandering the mall, but other people may think you are there to socialize if you aren’t shopping… Especially if you are partaking in their favorite activity.

Sadly, some of us are unable to ‘take a hint’ as it doesn’t seem like a hint. Not everybody is wired to pick up on small contextual cues and may only notice the big ones; being in a public shopping mall (historically a pretty social location) while not shopping, implies to my brain a desire to be around people, even if you aren’t there for the buildings intended purpose. It’s definitely fine that your intention wasn’t to be social, I don’t desire to be social and try to avoid places with people like the plague.

I don’t think he did anything wrong either though; the few mall walkers I’ve known almost consider it a sport so I get why he would say those exact words (not seeing you during their usual meetup time, he was likely inviting you to walk with their group).

You do you, my nephew would have taken off running while waving his hands in the air. No shame in either of those responses… Personally I just remain quiet and wait for the person to assume I’m deaf, but we all deal with unwanted conversations differently.

Going for surgery when he is second in command to a God that can heal anything? Bold strategy and I hope it goes well for him; personally I have a hard time differentiating between devine will, and what is okay to defy with science.

This would probably be my oldest…

Facebook doesn’t view it as objectionable or distasteful, never has; same guys been running it since its inception as a rate your classmates site. Nothing has changed with the platform, but I do appreciate more people talking about how shitty it is.

I think it started 0871 (similar to a 1-900 number in the US), beyond that not too much (well and costing 10p per minute to call). He was completely upfront when submitting it to places that might call, stating that it was a toll number, but most of the companies that sell cold calling lists strip all the extra information out and just include the name/number/address.

Anyone finding a vulnerability now should really be submitting it to a broker instead of the company. Brokers pay way more for good exploits than the big guys (Google/MS/Amazon/etc) and won’t just refuse to pay claiming you found an undocumented feature.

A guy in the UK had his number converted to one that charges the caller by the minute.

I think he only made like 300 GBP over a couple years, but it’s a pretty good way to at least get a little back (Lee Beaumont).

Nah, if the self checkout pos freaks out and needs someone, just move your stuff to the next one over. Someone will come fix that one eventually; no harm in leaving it to sing the song of “an item has been removed from the bagging area” to its people, you and your stuff just shifted 3 feet to try a different checkout lane. If anyone complains just tell them the cashier waved you over, it’s all good.

Debian has worked fine on my old laptop, probably only a few days for me but the battery is a decade old or so.

I have a referral from my doctor for an assessment, took a couple years to work myself up enough to ask and now I’ve been looking at it daily since July thinking “maybe tomorrow”.

Its pretty bad but in the past I have crashed my computer just when I started speaking in a teams call from fear. Simple meeting really, but as I stuttered my hands just instinctively went to the terminal and I had issued a command knowing it would drop me from the meeting and force my computer to reboot.

Almost as though that wage should pay at least the minimum to accomplish that.

I think that still counts as driving and its a bit out of my budget.

Pretty glorious tool if I’m being honest, so many useful things for an IT person to play with.

I’m 1,000,000% cool with both open and closed beta’s, but when a “closed” beta breaks records of online players like that, is it actually closed? The game has been throughly documented before its release… Feels like reading a booked based on a movie after watching the movie.

I live damn near the closest I ever have to work and would love to participate but getting to work involves the interstate and bikes/pedestrians/etc can’t be on there. Essentially it’s a ‘you have to have a car’ situation, not even a bus route to where I need to be.

I mean they didn’t specify which PIN they wanted, just that he hand over the PIN for his phone and that he could not speak to anyone (lawyer, someone that knows his rights, etc). I don’t know your definition of duress, but that situation fits mine and I would have given them the same PIN.

The border bitches asked a poorly worded question, made assumptions about the answer, and proceeded to wipe his phone and blame him for it.