Yeah, the Russians need to be following U.S. law. Because Freedom....

Classic panic then price gouging. Of course, there is a million other things that have been around forever that is dangerous to your health and contaminates every surface around you. You have a far greater chance of getting struck by lightning than picking up the Corona virus from a toilet seat.

Great, so instead of having to compose the "foom-foom tish-tish"s, they just press a button and it's done for them. Just add some super auto-tuned voices (because these hacks can't sing to save their lives), and another rearangement of "love" "booty", ad nauseum, and they can become a super star. Though voice synthesis and Eliza-level 'AI' will do this for them too. All that's going to be left is bodies on stage pretend playing instruments and lip synching to keep the Glamour Industrial Complex going. The whole stink over Milli Vanilli will become laughable.

There is only a finite number of ways to sing the "La-dee-dahs". Most of the noise (I won't use the word "music") released today is the same rehashed, limited, and empty vapid crap and filler words such as "love". They should use their program on modern lyrics, which should take up no more space than an old fashioned floppy disk can hold and release that. If 'artists' want to copyright (sell) their works, they will have to be more original.

There is the real risk of a pet starving to death while it suffers and tries to eat anything just to stay alive. Sue Petnet? Ha! The ambulance chaser gets most of the windfall, and you get a $5 coupon for your next Petsmart purchase.

"Remember how long time seem to take when you were six? It felt like a decade between Christmas and the next Christmas. At 49 its more like, fuck wasnt Christmas just last month?"--Because you got a whole bunch of sweet loot when you were 6. Now it's getting felt up by TSA agents to go fly to some far off city to visit relatives you can't stand.

Here ya go: https://www.chewy.com/cat-mate... No telemetry, no cloud, no hacking. Just a simple digital timer. There are other brands just like this if you don't like Chewy for some reason.

Except Fido gets to starve whenever the feeder can't communicate with the mother ship. I don't know why they don't use a simple timer for the mechanism. They can even add a sensor to check if Fido's bowl is still full so you don't have a mess to clean up when you get home. But of course, "Telemetry, and Proffitz!". Fuck common sense, and fuck dead pets (or people). Ford Memo FTW

I doubt the mechanicals lock up when the subscription lapses. Maybe there needs an aftermarket kit to replace the non-functional computer. Should be easy to install, assuming standard interconnects between bike and computer.

"or 'sick' for the millennials" Being Generation X, I heard "sick" throughout the 1990s.

I don't understand why this is modded flamebait as it seems to be right on target. A pissed off Peloton company man is lurking on Slashdot? O_o

Imagine working your ass off for literally the entire day and evening, having to sleep in your car, and being looked at as replaceable as a burger flipper (more so scince some guy in India can do your work without having to step foot on US soil). This is Silicon Valley today.

Just because it was on the Simpsons does not mean it wasn't valid commentary.

Why would sending out a "1" eat up the battery? There's more going on here.

They likely will. It's like how certain words seem to make certain physical goods more expensive.