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New comment by jaywalk in "Two pharmacists figured out that oral phenylephrine doesn't work"

jaywalk — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:32:22 +0000

The TSA's official policy is to accept IDs within a year of expiration: https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification

New comment by jaywalk in "Two pharmacists figured out that oral phenylephrine doesn't work"

jaywalk — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:21:44 +0000

Yeah, the scanners they use for age restriction are just standalone devices that show the age without the user having to figure it out themself.

New comment by jaywalk in "Beeper – Moving Forward"

jaywalk — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:29:05 +0000

AirMessage requires you to run a server on macOS, and Texts only supports iMessage on macOS. That's why Apple doesn't mind, because neither of those services is hacking iMessage itself.

New comment by jaywalk in "Tolkien estate wins court order to destroy fan's 'Lord of the Rings' sequel"

jaywalk — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:44:04 +0000

It's really not. At all.

New comment by jaywalk in "Two pharmacists figured out that oral phenylephrine doesn't work"

jaywalk — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:33:48 +0000

They've already come up with better, cheaper, more efficient methods. They don't need Sudafed anymore, so removing the stupid restriction won't affect meth production at all.

New comment by jaywalk in "Two pharmacists figured out that oral phenylephrine doesn't work"

jaywalk — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:30:03 +0000

The reason they don't allow expired licenses for alcohol purchases is because an older, similar-looking person (sibling, etc.) could just give their expired license to someone who's underage.

New comment by jaywalk in "A Lufthansa A350's frustrating Oakland diversion"

jaywalk — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 19:30:20 +0000

Clouds at SFO???? Never!

New comment by jaywalk in "A Lufthansa A350's frustrating Oakland diversion"

jaywalk — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 19:29:06 +0000

With every other plane on visual, they can't just stick an ILS approach in there without messing everyone else up.

New comment by jaywalk in "A Lufthansa A350's frustrating Oakland diversion"

jaywalk — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 19:27:28 +0000

> your phrasing "Lufthasa is the one making this hard on everyone" just seems wrong, having more safety seems totally justified and reasonable here.

It's so "justified and reasonable" that nobody else does it. Maybe it's not quite so justified or as reasonable as you think.

New comment by jaywalk in "Homes need to be built for better internet"

jaywalk — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 18:30:41 +0000

They don't just leave cables hanging freely behind the walls.

New comment by jaywalk in "Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications"

jaywalk — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 18:09:02 +0000

Notifications aren't sent to IP addresses, so none of this matters.

New comment by jaywalk in "Switch off bad TV settings"

jaywalk — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 19:27:10 +0000

The fact that it's still enabled by default on TVs being sold today is an unforgivable sin.

New comment by jaywalk in "Spotify will reduce total headcount by approximately 17%"

jaywalk — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:16:06 +0000

I guarantee you're not the only one. Do you think Spotify brought on someone like Rogan without considering protest cancellations?

New comment by jaywalk in "Spotify will reduce total headcount by approximately 17%"

jaywalk — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 15:50:50 +0000

Unless you are pretty high up at Spotify, you have literally no idea how much Joe Rogan has brought in for them. His podcast has been number one on the platform since it launched.

New comment by jaywalk in "The 1988 shooting down of Flight 655 as a user interface disaster"

jaywalk — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 22:57:26 +0000

There really is no mechanical connection. And the Airbus A320 (first airliner with no mechanical backup) has been flying this way since 1988, so it's not anywhere near as dangerous as you think.

New comment by jaywalk in "Inspired by aircraft IFF interrogator antennas, I decided to build my own array"

jaywalk — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 21:16:13 +0000

Yeah, I think that's all there is here.

New comment by jaywalk in "Almost no one pays a 6% real-estate commission except Americans"

jaywalk — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 15:59:57 +0000

Well yeah, of course. I'm talking about the most common scenario, where both parties are using Realtors (TM).

New comment by jaywalk in "Almost no one pays a 6% real-estate commission except Americans"

jaywalk — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 14:56:01 +0000

No, the seller pays the 6% commission to their agent and then their agent gives the buyer's agent half of it. That's how it works everywhere in the US.

New comment by jaywalk in "Verizon, AT&T customers sue to undo T-Mobile merger"

jaywalk — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:37:37 +0000

What if the user "initiates the thread" by taking an explicit action on a website? The carrier has no way of knowing that, so what should they do? Just block everything? Not workable.

New comment by jaywalk in "Maine's constitution has unprintable sections"

jaywalk — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:32:01 +0000

Yeah, I thought it was a Canadian thing as well. Coming from an area that was heavily populated by Indians, it was a relatively large part of the curriculum back in my younger days. And I never heard that term in relation to Native Americans.