BubbleMonkey

I did like that he was debating sticking around, that felt pretty human, but the blatant sexism was uncomfortable. That bit about “not used to a woman on the bridge… oh but your different..” suuuuper cringe and unnecessary. :p

I’m glad I watched it, but I’m also glad that’s not how it got made, ultimately.

I finally watched that original pilot and it’s soooo bad! I’m really glad she was there.

Child’s Play gave me nightmares as a kid. I was way too young to watch it when my parents rented it, but it had a dolly so of course I watched it anyway, I was a stupid kid.

I know this isn’t the same thing, but they chose a really really bad name for this is what I’m saying.

Well that’s disappointing. But I did a bit more looking and at least it looks like it needs to be actively plugged into something to get information out of. This model year/trim package doesn’t really have, like, stuff? Just Bluetooth, and looks like that’s not useful for anything but audio.

Definitely wish I could entirely disable it, but.. is what it is I guess, and at least it’s not phoning that info home, or sending to anyone else.

This is what I found from 2014, so before every car was a full service internet infotainment spyware system on wheels.

https://www.edmunds.com/car-technology/car-black-box-recorders-capture-crash-data.html

My favorite bit is in the second pic, blurry as it is, you can tell they are cracking up.

I would too, honestly.

How would someone go about finding out if their older car has this?

I have a 2012 Honda civic coupe and I can’t find anything about telemetry, but I doubt that means anything.

If you think your insurance company isn’t selling your data to other companies, you are in for a surprise.

My insurance company, for example, requires so many permissions for their app, just to show my insurance coverage. I refuse to use it because they don’t need my contacts, calendar, use details, phone information, location, network status, and whatever else they are asking for. They have no use for this information, so why would they collect it? Oh right, because they are greedy and consider customers to be multiple revenue streams.

Part of the privacy policy for using the app is agreeing to be a product for them. Hard pass. I give them more than enough money considering they have never paid out a single fucking penny for anything (tho we’ll see how I feel tomorrow when the adjuster comes out to inspect the storm damage to my roof - probably the same.)

If a scammy company like insurance is doing a thing, you can bet they are not being benevolent. They are taking whatever you give them and it will fuck you eventually.

I just gotta ask.. is this an apartment or something, or are these just horribly mislabeled?

I just can’t imagine only having circuits for the kitchen and (essentially) appliances, but that’s a really interesting way to wire an apartment I’d never have really thought of…

On no, people doing their job properly! The horrors! Whatever will we do!!???!!

Dude is good for Wisconsin. He does the things, and we don’t hear about any of it. The way it should be.

Except when he’s being sassy. Which is not common at all, but I’m super here for it when it does happen.