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WearsHats

@WearsHats@realsocial.life

40-something disabled nerd who doesn't know what he's doing. #Progressive #SecularHumanist

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Hudson River dusk. Zoom in to see the George Washington Bridge.

StillIRise1963, to random
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To carry on the tradition, let me add that NO ONE has on a mask in this eye doctor waiting room.

WearsHats,
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@StillIRise1963 My eye doctor's office is in a hospital complex. They still have signs up saying masks are required. I was the only one wearing a mask. Not even the staff.

StillIRise1963, to random
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Alvin Bragg was ELECTED. VOTING WILL HELP US MOVE FORWARD.

WearsHats,
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@StillIRise1963 I voted for him! In part because he promised he wasn't afraid to prosecute Trump. But also because he had an established history of prosecuting bad landlords, and the city needs that.

GottaLaff, to random
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’s campaign took in $35 million in fundraising since this happened:

WearsHats,
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@GottaLaff That'll probably pay for about a quarter of the fine he'll have to pay in July!

TerryHancock, to random
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Wow. A website just asked me if I were between 13 and 15 years old.

What's that about, I wonder?

I mean, the implication is that the content is okay if you're < 12 or > 15..? 🤔

WearsHats,
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@TerryHancock @FeralRobots

Just checked the site and it said it's "for compliance with local privacy laws." I clicked yes, but nothing visibly changed. It's probably that they're not allowed to track certain information about tweens, or serve certain ads to them. But I'm not finding a relevant NY law that's actually in effect, and I don't know what happens if you're 12 or under. The neither the site's TOS nor their account sign-up says anything about age.

WearsHats,
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@TerryHancock @FeralRobots

Found something in the privacy policy:

We do not knowingly collect UK/EU Personal Information from children under the age of 16 without consent of the parent or guardian.

So it's EU privacy law. 16 or older, they can track you. 13-15 they may be able to collect data with parental consent (depending on the country). 12 and under, they can't.

But I don't see any place they actually ask for such consent. 🤷

WearsHats, to random
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Stomach: I want broccoli tempura.
Brain: It's the middle of the night. Restaurants are closed.
S: It'll go great with the leftovers of the chicken fried rice you made.
B: The point of leftovers is you don't have to cook again.
S: Come on, it's not that hard to make.
B: I'm so woozy I can't even watch cartoons right now.
S: Brooooooccccoooolliiiiiii teemmmmppuuuuuurrrrraaaaa
B: Dinner is in 2 hours. We'll see.

2 hours later...

Yeah, I ate the whole batch.

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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Hi, Fediverse:

Whew. I finished this week's blog post. Do your thing, Mastodon.

https://terikanefield.com/beware-the-lawyers-follow-up/

It's a follow up from last week, answering some of the questions and comments I got.

In response to people telling me that I am overestimating the ability of people to decode legal news, I attempt to prove this hypothesis:

If people stop listening to legal pundits speculating, they wouldn’t feel confused and they wouldn’t think they need help from lawyers decoding the news.

1/

WearsHats,
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@Teri_Kanefield You wrote 2020 in the timeline but 2000 in the paragraph.

WearsHats, to random
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I finally did it. I used an LLM. A couple of months ago, MS added its Copilot to Windows. I turned it off. But the latest update shoved it back in my face and tried to get me to let it use my data. So I asked it a question: How do I get rid of Copilot? It suggested I uninstall it like any other program, but MS removed that option. But Copilot went on to tell me the exact registry key to change to block it from loading, and now it's gone.

WearsHats,
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@JohnJBurnsIII Sorry. Should have included the link in the original post.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-uninstall-copilot-i-dont-want-to-disable-it/b301b77d-b879-4433-9979-f8795805e9f1

WearsHats,
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@LinuxAndYarn Yep. I just added it to the original post, but here you go:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-uninstall-copilot-i-dont-want-to-disable-it/b301b77d-b879-4433-9979-f8795805e9f1

WearsHats, to random
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US Department of Health and Human Services is proposing a new rule requiring hospitals to electronically report cases of respiratory illness such as COVID-19 on a weekly basis, even in the absence of a declared public health emergency.

Public comments on whether to adopt this policy are open.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/02/2024-07567/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-and-the-childrens-health-insurance-program-hospital-inpatient

LiamOMaraIV, to random
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Take a look at this person's flag choices. Ask yourself what similarity they see that brought them together. Take all the time you need.

WearsHats,
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@LiamOMaraIV That's easy. They're southern Evangelicals who believe in white Christian supremacy. They have supported Israel since the beginning because they believe that a fully Jewish state in the holy land is the key to triggering the Rapture.

WearsHats, to random
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Cooking revolutionized food safety so much that the appendix (which existed to try to deal with foodborne parasites) became vestigial. Germ theory led to pasteurization, vaccines, and sterile medical environments, which all but eliminated a whole swath of deadly infections.

Those measures were so successful that we have trends of raw diets, raw milk, antivaxxers, and anti-maskers because people don't remember why they're able to feel safe.

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