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Cake day: June 24th, 2023

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  • The VCR was invented, marketed, and sold to do this very thing. When the VCR first came out (same for betamax) they didn’t sell pre-recorded tapes because the only way they had to make those was to manually record them individually in real-time which was prohibitively expensive. That’s also why movie rental places caught on: early VHS movies were too expensive for most to afford. But not too expensive for a business to rent hundreds of times.

    Suffice to say: if recording TV was piracy, it wasn’t illegal and the people bitching had no way to enforce their will.




  • Nothing Ear (a) could be the best sub-€100 earbuds on the market The Nothing Ear (a) is going to be pretty similar to the Nothing Ear, with the big differences being the waterproof rating and the battery life. So we’re still looking at dual connection, Active Noise Cancellation, and quick charging to get you 10 hours of playback in just 10 minutes.

    On the battery life front, you’ll get eight hours of playback with ANC off, and the case will get you 38 hours of playback total. The buds are going to have a waterproof rating of IP54, while the case will get a IP55 rating. All of this for just €100.

    Is this better than most other earbuds? I’ve had 2 pair total and have honestly never had a use case for more than 3-4 hours at a time before returning them to the case. But they never sit around not in the case. So I can’t really tell what their charge time is.












  • I understand and agree with most of these. But the fines are pretty high.

    No Connecting to Someone Else’s Wi-Fi. Fine up to $10,000

    I’m wondering if this is enforced or is a tack-on to when someone is caught using someone else’s wifi to run scams or other illegal activity.

    No Drinking After 10.30pm. Fine up to $1,000

    This is my biggest objection. That’s like when all the good drinking happens.

    Flush the Toilet. Fine up to $1,000.

    Lol. What? This has to be for public toilets. The fine is pretty ridiculous.

    No Singing Explicit Lyrics. Imprisonment up to three months and/or a fine.

    Can you curse regularly?