Re: Closest I've seen...
What it really shows is that people are put in front of a computer with no training and expected to know how things work, "because everyone does".
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I came here thinking I would find people saying "Good, I don't want third-party apps having the ability to record ....after all, they might do it without me knowing"
And the point that they are misusing an API to do so makes that seem more likely.
But everyone here wants them to do it. Who knew?
Why do unions in the USA (the ones I've heard of anyway) have weird names? UK unions have proper names like "the national union of blah blah workers".
Anyway if electricians or communications unions already covered this work, wouldn't the workers be trying to join those unions instead of forming a new one?
To be fair, it's a different product that has had to be produced separately. If I were an app developer/seller (which I am not) I would hope that if someone wanted it on a different platform they would pay for that product separately. Maybe some discount could apply, but I hardly think it's a matter for "Regulators".
Between asking you to "donate to help fund the app's development", and "pay for the app" -- they are both funding the app's development.
The latter has always been disallowed via non app store methods and the subject of much debate. So what's new here?
Is it just that a donation is voluntary?
Agreed, and while there are some Tesla evangelists who worship Musk, there are almost certainly far more Tesla owners who bought it because it's a nice car that does what they want, and who don't particularly care one way or the other about Musk. So no need for the headlines and snarky comments implying that every Tesla driver is part of the cult.
My point was:
AC: And do you think...
...that the same thing doesn't happen here? In the UK?
so here, AC is saying that the same thing DOES happen here
ST: Doesn't the UK have an entire agency dedicated to domestic spying? MI5, anyone?
... Get off your hoity-toity moral high horse.
and here, you are ALSO saying that the same thing happens here, as if AC was wrong.
DN: That's exactly what AC you replied to was saying.
I merely pointed out that it looked like you were criticising what was said as hoity-toity, but you were also making the same point.
Unfortunately it seems to be that a feature can be given a name, which people can mistake for a description. So as it's not a description, but a name, it doesn't count as false advertising.
In the past this used to be done by misspelling.
See also the drink that gives you "wiiiiings", note not "wings" because that would not be true!
Does your city designate a right side and a wrong side? Not in the UK, although it's not a bad idea in some situations.
In your situation when it became clear they were not going to move, I would have just stopped and waited. If you're standing still they can't say you did something wrong, can they?
Sorry the Scientific Method is not a belief system in the same way as religion.
It's simple language - saying that if you observe something it is true, is pretty much about the definition of words and what they mean. That's not a belief system.
You have made a circular argument "the scientific method can only be used to measure things which are measurable by the scientific method".
By that argument I could make up any old crap and say "sorry, this is not measurable by the scientific method so you can't say I am wrong".
Apparently, some people want to believe random stuff, even with the knowledge that there is absolutely no evidence (ie. no reason to believe it is true). That's the definition of delusion, and I accept that such people think like this although I don't understand such thinking -- wanting to believe something doesn't mean that you should. But don't say that puts it outside of the scientific method or that science is just a belief.
So they wanted an instrument that can detect IR. Nothing wrong with that, right?
How should it display what it found? in IR? so we can't see it?
How about everywhere there was some IR, they show a dot?
Is that "fake"? It's showing real information (where is the IR).
What colour should the dot be?
How about having it depend on the frequency of the IR.
Is that fake? It's showing real information.
Is my TV "fake" because it's showing radio waves as pictures?
What's your point?
I've seen all of these. Just because there are multiple ways that have come into use for people to be polite does not mean those who use a different way are idiots.
Regarding the last point about the car looking like it might pull out - I guess the objective of the hazard lights letting you know it's there, has still been achieved.
Tesla tell people to take the keycard with them. Unlocking via a button in the app is pretty pointless I agree, because it's less convenient. But unlocking automatically when you use the door handle whilst carrying a phone that's paired with the car - that is convenient and nice, when it works.
Tesla do say "you should take your keycard with you".
This is the users fault, they should have had the card. The phone unlock when it works is very convenient (via Bluetooth, unlocks fully automatically just by using the door handle) but that has become unreliable in my experience, the app sometimes takes ages to actually connect, so I'd rather just have a keyfob with a button.
If the store sold it as "with cashback" and didn't provide the relevant info, that is on them.
If it was indeed "too late to claim" then they should have made it clear what the dates were.
If the purchaser waited a while before checking, they can shoulder some of the blame, agreed, because if it were me I'd be checking what I had to do as soon as I got home, or even in store.