This is the same use case that people are currently up in arms against Larian for

It ends up being initially "Yes I want my app to notify me about important updates" but then the app abuses its notification privilege to start spamming you. I want my banking app to notify me when I get paid and when bills clear. I don't want my banking app to tell me about a new low interest rate I can secure on a loan.

The app at least had granular notification settings I could go in and change, but then it ends up being a periodic battle of attrition against changes to the granular notifications that are always opted in by default every time they add a new category. I turn off "offers and promotions" in an app but now it offers "recommended deals" or some garbage.

And where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Nicole noticed me once, that's the only time in my life I ever felt special.

America collectively peaked in high school

The concept of purple is older than English, though. I guess when English chose to adopt it is the main question, but should be clarified that the term where "purple" derives from goes back to the ancient Romans, who recognized it as a distinct color used for royalty given the difficulty in obtaining it.

It does have me wondering exactly when red onions first arrived in the UK, or what the Romans may have called it (potentially before those dirty Britons got their hands on it).

I also know that, when boiled, they yield a very rich, red color. Could maybe be named "red" due to that? Some Orthodox Christians/eastern Europeans traditionally use red onions to dye eggs for Easter.

Might be the conspiratorial part of my brain coming through, but I'm half convinced it's not just a stupid person, but an AI that completely missed the point.

I almost wonder if there shouldn't be an extension or corollary of Hanlon's Razor somewhere to account for AI.

"Never attribute to malice that which can be better explained by stupidity, but never attribute to stupidity that which can be better explained by malicious chatbots."

I looked it up, it does look like a line from the original PS1 script. Cid says this line, in the context of Cloud being potentially short-sighted by letting people finish their personal business before entering the Northern Crater.

Cloud: No! What I meant was... What are we all fighting for? I want us all to understand that. Save the planet... for the future of the planet... Sure, that's all fine. But really, is that really how it is? For me, this is a personal feud. I want to beat Sephiroth. And settle my past. Saving the planet just happens to be part of that. I've been thinking. I think we all are fighting for ourselves. For ourselves... and that someone... something... whatever it is, that's important to us. That's what we're fighting for. That's why we keep up this battle for the planet.

Barret: You're right... It sounds cool sayin' it's to save the planet. But I was the one who blew up that Mako Reactor...... Lookin' back on it now, I can see that wasn't the right way to do things. I made a lot of friends and innocent bystanders suffer... ...At first, it was revenge against Shinra. For attackin' my town. But now...... Yeah. I'm fightin' for Marlene. For Marlene... For Marlene's future... Yeah... I guess I want to save the planet for Marlene's sake...

Cloud: Go and see her. Make sure you're right, and come back. All of you. Get off the ship and find out your reasons for yourselves. I want you to make sure. Then I want you to come back.

Cid: Maybe ain't none of us'll come back. Meteor's gonna kill us anyway. Let's just forget any useless struggling!

Cloud: I know why I'm fighting. I'm fighting to save the planet, and that's that. But besides that, There's something personal too... A very personal memory that I have. What about you all? I want all of you to find that something within yourselves. If you don't find it, then that's okay too. You can't fight without a reason, right? So, I won't hold it against you if you don't come back.

But don't forget the tablespoon of glue to use as a binding agent. No one wants pancakes that get too soggy and soft when drenched with syrup.

Lolita is an (in)famous novel about a man's obsessive sexual attraction to a prepubescent girl. It's supposedly well written, but the content is abhorrent.

All fun and games until Lembot_0009 is replaced by Lembot_000A.

Huh, here we have a cleaner brand that looks like some sort of juice or drink mix.

Seems like they should just switch packaging, haha.

Getting help with Windows now: support forums owned by Microsoft filled with users telling they have the same issue, and AI agents hallucinating solutions.

I feel this to my core.

My work PC uses Windows, and sometimes I have to Google something that is acting up, which takes me to these sorts of threads. It's always:

OP: I'm having trouble with this app, it doesn't recognize my default audio device. I've tried X, Y, and Z, which did not work.

Jimothy, Certified Windows Expert: Greetings, OP! My name is Jimothy, a Certified Windows Expert and fellow Windows enthusiast! I am sorry to hear about the issues you've been having. But don't worry, I am here to assist. 3 paragraphs later You should try going to the user settings and make sure that "Use default audio device" is checked on. Did this fix your issue?

OP: I don't see any setting labeled "Use default audio device."

15 posts follow from other users who are experiencing the same issue, also confirming there is no such setting.

Jimothy, Certified Windows Expert: Greetings again, OP! I am sorry to hear that did not answer your question. According to the app specifications, use of the default audio device is not a supported feature at this time. If you would like to make a suggestion to include this feature in a future release, you may submit a request through the Microsoft Feedback Portal. I will now close this topic to further replies. Thank you!

But a good day to have eyestalks I guess!

For sunk cost, I think the post could have illustrated this one more accurately as "You were raised a boy," which I think encapsulates the parental investment that makes it a sunk cost. That's how I had initially read it, at least.

I think the false dichotomy angle could also be expanded by factoring in intersex people who are similarly forced into AMAB/AFAB boxes despite biologically not fitting neatly into those categories, basically that the labels male and female themselves are a false dichotomy. Sorta blurs into the next point re: chromosomes, but I think it still captures two different ideas (Biologically male and biologically female are not accurate categories, and chromosomes are not indicative of gender identity).

And I think even the ad hominem aspect could be blurred a little bit to still make sense, if read in the sense of, like, "You're a man, you can't understand what it means to be a woman, therefore you're not allowed to call yourself one."

The full text of this act (translated to English) is available here: https://www.jftc.go.jp/file/MSCA_Guidelines_tentative_translation.pdf

I haven't read through the full text, but it does seem to specifically apply to only smartphones. The Switch is a mobile device but I think it'd be a hard case to make it count as a phone and a general computing platform like iPhone/Android.

Preferably fried and with a side of honey mustard.

And especially when faced with the difficulty of trying to sue a company in a different country.

Hmmm, I'm having a hard time choosing between the Seerup and Puxoca Coun. Does either come with a free side of Sseeiiqers by any chance?