As a British English speaker, my biggest hate with human call centres is the cultures where they are not allowed to give a negative answer.

eg Should I try "X" is answere with

THIS IS AN ACTUAL DISSERVICE!

If the answer is "No" and you are not allowed to say it - you are not allowed to do the job! (And should not be given the job).

"Bad" is a very popular standard of service (probably not with customers, but who the hell wants customers, all they do is complain!

... it will force millions of adult internet users to give up their anonymity, privacy, and security before they access lawful speech.

Hopefully doxing the morons that voted for it.

This is the direct consequence of under paying for years.

"Include construction of 2 gigawatts of natural gas-fired power"

At last ... Kentucky Fried Data!

have anyone actually measured the values before (requires actual data) and after ?

i.e. water is life start measuring the water pressure and chemistry BEFORE complaining

A machine can tell the difference between one and two underscores. Whether a human can do so is dependent on the human and the font. (And a whole host of factors too numerous to name).

The computer _should_ be taught to flag the double underscore as illegal, and flag this as an error. That is obviously not going to happen, However, the guy who used the double underscore should be jailed for using it for assault of ASCII, regardless of any other crimes he committed!

"evidence by the police, and the judge trusted it"

... That is a whole 'nother crime, right there!

so you want to get things done

you want freedom and do not want to compromise your ethics

run exim or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_mail_servers

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_mail_servers

Why on earth does the USA still cling to the use of checks?

"Here, I'm going to write down an IOU on this piece of paper to pay for the thing" - uh, yeah, sure, and now I have to trust that the check (that has nowhere near the security features of actual currency) is legit, and that you are going to have money in your account at the time I try to deposit it.

Like, seriously?

What's wrong with electronic funds transfers? They're instant, don't have any fees and I can see the money in my bank account within seconds of someone transferring it to me. Or, for paying for things at a store, use a card. Tap and go. It's safe, it's secure and it's fast.

Frost Piss!!!

Good lord, you're insufferable.

I certainly find typing stuff out is easier than saying it. Especially as I can edit it before submission

Me too!

I am not American. Most of my friends would probably be prepared to pay extra to NOT have AI on their phone, and only use a camera to scan QR codes.

I do use a Samsung phone with the ability to write dimensions on photos of equipment, but other than that, mostly use it to phone. I am still on the 2022 model, which was bought for me as a present.

What I really want, and would pay a fair price for today, is a properly supported Linux phone. (Hierarchical Drop-down menus, no icons). With the option to run OpenBSD on it.

As a UK Boomer, let me say "We already wanted Starmer out". Now the young ones have good reason to do the job.