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But my achievements…!

(I’m serious about this.)

Just an FYI for the RSS thing: if a Bluesky account is set to be viewable to logged-in users only, its RSS feed will not work. It only works if the profile is viewable publicly without logging in.

In general, yeah. Private torrent trackers tend to focus on specific types of content. Some might focus on cartoons. Some might focus on anime. Some focus on books. Some focus on video games. Public trackers, on the other hand, generally focus on everything, which, of course, means they won’t have a lot of the older or more niche stuff, and they might be lacking in one or more categories (music, anime, books, TV, etc.).

It’s also much less likely that a torrent on a private tracker will die because most private trackers enforce certain rules about seeding and because the people there are generally much more into seeding than most people on a public tracker. (Probably most people on public trackers simply download what they need and stop before seeding anything back.)

Private trackers are also typically the first (and sometimes only) places to get scene releases. Scene releases, which are done by private groups, are usually higher quality than stuff on public trackers. Sometimes, they leak onto a public tracker, but not usually.

Eh, Aniwave was a pretty big one for the anime community. From what I understand, it’s the one most people fled to after KissAnime was taken down. Aside from that, I’ve never heard of any of the other sites they mentioned.

Me waiting for the next “mothership” to pop up so I can use it:

Aniwave (formerly known as 9anime) was, from what I understand, the site most people fled to after KissAnime bit the dust.

Your GPS doesn’t do the Cha Cha Slide?

Unfortunately, bullets fired straight up need to… come down. And the wind means it won’t always land in the same spot.

I still remember some idiot fired a pistol or something straight up at a local fireworks show a few years ago. A little boy died. It was really sad. I don’t think they ever found the guy who did it, either.

… I just googled it. That was ten years ago. Dang…

“What directly benefits the user?”

“Heated seats.”

“Okay, start charging a subscription fee for that.”

I know it’s not what you meant, but it’s what I immediately thought of.

I mean, just schedule the appointment, put it on your work schedule, and ask that doctor (or whatever you call them) for a note for work. That’s what I do.

You usually get BOGO for half price in my experience.

Not necessarily. In my area, most stores actually require that you get two. Publix is the exception.

Only one or two stores on grocery day, but I saw her cut a bill in half with coupons.

I used to work in a grocery store (not Publix). I once saw someone use so many coupons that the store owed her money. I have never seen that happen since. It blew my mind at the time that that even happened. It still kinda does.

I know a lot of people at my local Publix shop there primarily for the BOGOs. In my region, you don’t actually need to get two. The product just rings up as half price at the register. (Apparently, in some regions, you actually need to get two for the BOGO to work. That’s not the case in my region, though.)

That’s not what they asked for in the slightest.

Ah, ok, so it was a mechanical failure, not a software glitch.

They’re not banned for cheating (this time). They’re banned for invading Ukraine.

except for the two times it got stuck in a boot loop until the battery died.

Did the emergency shut-off (holding down the volume down and power buttons at the same time) not work?

“I can’t reverse it, so I have to carry the consequences. It’s the biggest mistake of my life.”

Source: The article linked in the OP

If that’s not remorse, I don’t know what is.

I admittedly only knew it wasn’t self-snitching because I read another comment from someone that had actually read the article.

I did check to confirm before I actually commented myself, though.

This was several years ago, so the law in my state may have changed, but I do remember reading that dashcam footage submitted by a civilian can’t be used by police to issue a ticket after the fact. It can be used as evidence for or against someone if the police do get involved, though.

To put it another way, the officer has to witness the traffic offense themselves in order to issue a ticket. But dashcam footage could be used as evidence to prove someone either was or was not speeding after the ticket was already issued.