Absolutely!
And I’ve had companies offer me a discount on product, rather than a full refund or replacement. I always refuse and state how disappointed I am. They pretty much always follow up with a full refund or new product.
Hell, I even ordered an indoor spin bike, complained that it used non-standard crank arms, and they refunded me $100 to replace the crank arms and pedals! Just for stating that I was unhappy with one aspect of an otherwise great purchase.
I’ve had Amazon listings where the title, description, specs on the box, specs on the product, and the reviews ALL had different information.
Who creates these listings? AI?
That said, I strongly encourage anyone who shops on Amazon to complain about issues in your reviews, and contact the seller if ANYTHING is wrong with your product. I have a 99% success rate of getting replacements or a full refund while doing this (resulting in basically a free product), even if the issue is cosmetic or a personal dislike. Just be honest.
Male cardinals feed females when courting them and again when the female is incubating and can’t forage for herself.
What a gentleman! 😁
Question: Was the male giving the female seed?
I ask because my birdfeeder camera often captures our male feeding his mate, and I was puzzled when I first saw it. Is this normal behaviour?
How much should I read into my results this weekend? Could it just be chalked up to a hard week and a bad nights sleep?
For a one-time poor result, yeah, I would.
If I had a really hard day going for 120km on June 9, should I pull back on trying to go for 157km on July 1 and 200km in September?
What has your previous max distance been, and how did that go? If you base it on average with other long rides, then you’ll get a better idea of what you can expect.
On a side note, do you have or use a fitness tracker or bike computer? Having some insight to your health/performance can be helpful, especially for distance rides. For example, helping you to pace based on heart rate or power.
If anyone is a toddler-parent who works full time and engages in long-distance cycling, I’d love to hear how you make that work
My kids are grown up, but now we have grandkids to watch, so balancing time to cycle is always a major challenge. I did get an indoor spin bike to help fill in the gaps, but nothing compares to actually get outside and putting on those miles.
Right now, my longest rides happen only on weekends, with errands and some other rides throughout the week ( much shorter stuff).
Good luck! Long rides like those are better than a week-long “regular” vacation, IMO!
If you’re on the sidewalk in public, you have no expectation of privacy.
Under normal context, that’s correct.
But if you are purposely being filmed as part of a movie, project, “prank” or anything else that makes you the “talent”, it moves into a commercial licensing/permit/consent realm.
I’ve been to loads of public events where I’ve had to sign a release form acknowledging that my photo may be captured and that those images may be used in marketing/social media posts, etc. That’s because being at the event makes me the subject. While this wouldn’t be a concern if other people in the group are taking photos/video for their own personal use, the fact that those images may be used for commercial purposes changes the context.
If social media asshats want to use someone’s photos or video for their own commercial purposes, they should be following the same rules as any other professional.
For clarity, we aren’t talking about randos being filmed while on a walking tour of a city; we’re talking about specific people being targeted and recorded as the main subject without consent and with the explicit purpose to use their video for commercial content.
Nearly every country has laws protecting people from having their images used for commercial purposes without consent.
Generally speaking, it is “OK” if you happen to capture people on video while you are recording a public space.
However, the article is referring to situations where people are being video recorded, without their knowledge, as the main focus of the video.
In this case, it should be treated like any TV or movie set, where consent must be given.
I see it as video recording for commercial use, so permits should also be required by these social media degenerates, before a single frame is captured.
LOL. Yeah, sometimes, answers can be very much “I’m winging it today”, but certain prompts, especially for story ideas, can be very interesting and usable.
I’ve always said that if you know a lot about a subject, you can easily spot how AI generally tries to fake it until it makes it.
But if you have no idea about something, the answers you get are certainly better than what your buddy might tell you 😂
But to my point, it comes up with long form content so fast that you wonder how the hell it actually processed the question that quickly.
It still amazes me just how quickly these models can spit out complex answers pretty much instantly.
I installed BirdNet-PI on an unused Pi 4 that I had last month. It’s so cool, and I’m surprised to see some of the birds that it captures.
I really need to get a better mic placement, though. I’ve got my Pi set up behind my kitchen window (inside) and the mic (a small lavaliere mike) taped behind the mesh screen.
It’s not capturing nearly as much as I’d like, say, if it were in my backyard.
I will say, though, that detection on BirdNet-Pi takes some time. When you compare it to something like the Merlin app with Sound ID, which has instant detection in real-time, it’s a different beast.
Google recklessly violated privacy laws to spike ad profits
And they will continue doing so because the “risk” is worth the consequences.
Here’s an idea: Fine them the value of all that ad revenue + 20%. Then see how willing they are to break privacy laws.
If they can’t profit from doing illegal stuff, they won’t do illegal stuff.
I’ve got the Netvue Birdfy with built-in AI detection and a solar panel. If you don’t get the AI version, you have to pay a subscription for that feature.
It’s mounted to a huge tripod meant for studio lighting, and I just installed a squirrel baffle under it. The feeder is about 8 or 9 ft in the air.
It’s awesome to watch them live, or to just replay a bunch of captures at the end of the day. Cardinals are out at 5:30am, and the last birds (also often a Cardinals pair) are usually at the feeder just before sunset (around 8:30pm EST these days).
We had a family of house finch visiting and had 4 or 5 of them at the feeder at one time 😂 All those baby birds!
Here’s a Chipping Sparrow from earlier today:
We had a lot of house sparrows visit, too.
I’ve got a birdfeeder with a camera that will alert me when it identifies birds. Chipping Sparrows are at it all the time! Super cute little ones!
If you want a true BIFL cookware get:
Stainless steel pots.
For pans, cast iron (if you are ok with the maintenance) or stainless steel.
I switch between the two, depending on what I’m cooking. I expect my cookware will last many lifetimes.
I’ve never heard of a non-stick pans lasting more than 5 or 10 years, and that’s if you aren’t being slowly poisoned during that time, either. There are almost no safe non-stick pans, other than cast iron. :)
SS can be non-stick if you use them properly. But even if you don’t, they are easy to clean and make like new again.
I want to see the video. Sounds like a great idea.
Fair enough. I don’t know much about how money is added into Monero to say whether it can be traced or not. Cryptocurrency is pretty broad, so there may be exceptions to my original statement.
No more complex than opening a bank account, and finding a way to get cash to put in it, whether that’s getting a job, prostitution, selling things, etc.
I don’t want to keep arguing, but I disagree. Even the most simple person in the world can open a bank account and put money in it. “Tap to pay” and e-transfers are as easy as they get, and cash withdrawal is something that anyone can do anywhere in the world.
Talking about “fiat money” and “XMR” and “coins”, isolates like 99% of the population.
Someone working at McDonalds can easily get paid and withdraw that money to use in a real store they can walk into. How does one even attempt any of that with Monero? Can you pay your mortgage or electrical bill with Monero? What about paying someone to fix drywall?
Monero may be a fine option for some, but it’s nowhere close to being a mainstream option for ordinary people.
After you install a wallet, you need to get some Monero. There are multiple ways to acquire some coins to spend, like mining or working in exchange for Monero, but the easiest way is to use an exchange and convert your fiat money into XMR. Many exchanges, centralized and decentralized, list Monero (XMR).
This sounds crazy complex for most people.
Cash -> Prepaid credit card (all still real money) is best, with the caveat that it may not be accepted everywhere. But then again, Monero is hardly accepted anywhere.
That’s crazy. Don’t they want money? LOL
It gives businesses a very easy to way to set up monthly payments, one-time donations, accept forms of payments other than e-transfer (which many people don’t want to use), allows for international purchases without being penalized, and more.
Other options are available, but they are neither easy/cheap/convenient for the business or any better for the customer.