Well, if the restaurateurs live in the same area you live in...

It should also be noted we have hurricanes almost every year, my power was out for a cumulative 3 weeks in 2024 and 2025. Every year storms come and knock the poles down, and still none of the people in charge pull their head out of their ass and pony up to bury the cables. Their solution: "Don't look at us, buy a generator. Great sale now, tax-free weekend."

In my area, I'm told it's considerations of soil quality and flooding, but probably cost is a bigger factor.

People wouldn't accept the electrical rates the power company would charge to redo the whole infrastructure. And government here is ideologically opposed to funding it, or doing anything useful for people more broadly.

It's an experimental flying craft conducting trials. Why wouldn't the FAA be involved?

Thankfully the FAA has some skills of deduction and reasoning. They know that just because this crash didn't kill anyone, doesn't mean the next crash won't. Someone like you on the case, yeah it would be a total waste.

It sounds like it's more comparable to 311 or 713-848-4888 (local sheriff's office number).

That's what some in power see as the problem. For a contemporary example, you can take the red hat movement. Scamming (and worse) has been greenlit as long as they get a cut.

What you see from that is the government ceasing to create anything valuable, to do anything worthwhile. It becomes organized crime. The end-game is a Mafia state that functions similarly to Russia.

It's right there in TFS: "However, if the system detects keywords suggesting vulnerability or risk or emergency, then it will be able to divert the call to a human being." So if somebody - a child, or an adult confused by panic - calls this number in an emergency, then yes, it IS comparable to 911.

And if that caller is unable to speak clearly enough for the AI to understand, what percentage of the time do you expect the AI to correctly divert the call?

Three notes about your comment:

1) Culture and race are far from synonymous, therefore multiculturalism has no inherent connection to do with racial homogeneity.

2) The fortunes of the United States were founded upon the slave trade. That means that its racial diversity - and at least a small slice of whatever cultural diversity it has - are what Made America Great before a bunch of fucktards tacked on the "Again" and spoiled it for everyone.

3) Food is a component of culture, so if you've ever eaten dishes from Japanese or Chinese or Indian or Mexican restaurants - or any others that don't have hot dogs or American cheese as part of the traditional fare - then guess what! YOU supported multiculturalism!

It's not so much the foreign aspect that bothers me, I just pointed that out to try explaining it in a way an idiot can understand.

I do have hope that Europe can prevent domestic companies from taking advantage of people, in addition to the foreign companies.

Compare that to the US approach with TikTok: Foreigners taking advantage of the public is absolutely unacceptable, but if it's homegrown criminals giving Bunko his cut, that's just fine.

Well, I'm about to find out if I need to do my first chargeback, I have a delayed response on a return authorization for where I was sent the wrong item. They advertised a different version. This might be confusing for them since the difference is small - yet critical. But there really should be no confusion because they advertised the other version both in the images and the product name/listing title.

They have been having decreases in their ability to grow food, so yes they absolutely want Ukraine. You really think people around here know dick.

I have overly expensive cable internet already, I don't need to also pay for CATV.

I got a Google TV because I knew it would have the best app support. Looks like you didn't.

My desktop TV-used-as-Monitor has stupid LG WebOS, but I also don't need a TV-specific app since my desktop is connected to it and I don't connect the TV to the network, only HDMI.

Most iPhone owners didn't buy them outright.