So, after that song rose in popularity, phone companies de-registered it entirely

In my area code, the number was intentinally bought by a local guy who runs a small ISP. He has it connected to an answering machine that plays the song.

Where I live that goes to a working number that plays a recording of the song.

Apparently it’s owned by a guy who runs a small ISP who did it just for the lulz.

Appearing secure is MUCH more effective than actually being secure.

Cheaper too.

And my companion is Anne Uumellmahaye

I do occationally, especially if it’s a new cashier who is still worried about pleasing the boss.

My usual workaround is:

First name: cash

Last name: sale

not even Starbucks needs to know your name. You should get an order number/code like everywhere else.

I’m standing right here, I’m the only customer in the place right now - you don’t need my name.

try to get them to shout something ridiculous, unpronounceable

I’ve always been partial to Heywood Jablomi

However, some stores I’ve gone to, lately they want a bit of customer information for their database if you’re a first-timer

Hair slons are the worst for that in my experience.

One place wouldn’t let me past the front counter unless I gave them my phone number and email.

I walked out and got my hair cut somewhere else.

What a coincidence…

But only mildly.

Certainly not infuriating enough to do something about the problem…

Walmart was also telling their employees in some states how to apply to food banks and other social supports, because they refused to pay their workers adequately.

“Somebody else will pay the salaries of our customers”.

That’s been the mindset of these business “leaders” for a few decades already.

The difference is now they have a tool that promises them that they can eliminate workers at an increasingly rapid rate.

Of course that’s a false promise, but once they realize that, a helluva lot of damage will have been done.

You can’t 100% 3D print a working gun that won’t be as dangerous to the user as it is to the target.

You still need some actual metal gun parts to make it do gun things properly.

This has been a problem since the early days of usenet.

I suspect there is no good solution

You ever have a car cd player that plays files?

It’s pretty common.

My current car can do that (2019 Toyota) with the factory player.

As could every car I have owned in the previous couple decades.

Winning any sort of “best local food” award almost always means the price jumps immediately.

she’s kind of bland in my opinion (compared with European left at least).

Compared to European politics, the USA doesn’t really have any “left”.

Most Democrats would be considered center-right in a lot of other countries.

common sense

Careful with that term these days.

The rightwingnuts tend to call their anti-progressiveness talking points “common sense”.

For some religious people, lust is a hard sin to fight.

That line of thinking is what leads to burquas being mandatory in some countries.

Control yourself, not other people.

And if you can’t, then get proper help (not a preacher), don’t just mask the problem.

Can someone lend me some eyebleach, I seem to have run out.