Why kill the dog? It didn't listen to her, embarrassed her, and she couldn't have that. Why admit to it? People already knew about it; she thought she could get in front of the story by spinning it as "hard decisions had to be made" rather than "sociopath murders dog."

Pixel Pass

Killed 8 months ago, Pixel Pass was a program that allowed users to pay a monthly charge for their Pixel phone and upgrade immediately after two years. It was almost 2 years old.

Well, that seems particularly scummy.

Prices usually don't fall. Falling prices are generally seen as really bad. Prices instead stop going up so fast.

Someone remembering you as a human being with hopes and aspirations and congratulating you on accomplishing them without attaching any weird come on? Absolutely lovely.

What's the fatality rate for right-on-green? That scenario always seems more dangerous to me than right-on-red unless you have a light where pedestrians get a cycle to themselves. You have the same danger with not seeing a pedestrian, but now you aren't even supposed to stop first, just make the check and decision while moving.

Those seats are useful for approximately 2 months max. Kitty should soon have his toy back.

Jan 6th

Vaccines!

Party all summer. Oh wait, variants.

I personally got my PhD and moved states to start at my new job. So it was a busy year for me.

I'm used to Dr., Mr., Mrs. all needing the dot.

I'd also add the medical ones which all use x, and most use the first letter of the word, but not all, so it's kinda point 3, kinda not:

• Prescription: rx
• Symptoms: sx
• Diagnosis: dx
• History: hx

A large chunk of people are on lemmy because reddit wouldn't let them use the nice UI of their favorite app. So wanting to use the nice UI of their favorite app, even if it's closed source, is entirely the point of them being here.

Which is why it's so crazy that people in America try the enlightened centrist thing. Our far left is center in many other countries.

The "requires human intelligence and perception to solve" after having just solved it at least feels a little sardonic.

If the kid is old enough to purposely bypass the security, they're probably around the right age to find some of the stuff on the other side. But you don't want them accidentally stumbling into it because they searched something seemingly innocent.