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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What? An item wouldn't have both dates. But almost everything has at least one.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

So we're changing "Sell By" and "Best Before" to "Use By” and "Best if Used By”

I don't really see this helping food waste at the consumer end, but greatly benefits supermarkets by allowing products to remain on shelves longer and closer to spoilage.

However, in that case customers could have less margin to use their purchased groceries before they go bad.

I think this has a chance to backfire. There is greater incentive to dig around for the product with the most time. Those who frequently shop or most desperate would buy the items expiring sooner, but folks like me who only really check items I've been burned on, will start checking everything. I'm not buying a $3.99 head of lettuce with 2 days left.

EDIT: don't grocery stores already donate lots of near-expiration unspoiled food to support systems? I thought there was a organization in CA that coordinated all that. They may see a dip in donations.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Raises paddle

$2.50!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If I recall you still can through ADB, but it's a pain and they started locking that down too. Ad blocking VPN (at least the one I tried) didn't work.

There was a big update about a year ago that very clearly sent the message "this device will show what we want you to see."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

While based on Google TV, they lock down the OS, control the app store, and force their apps. You're in their walled garden and it's a pain to break out in any meaningful way.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (5 children)

No thanks. It's all about data harvesting and ads now.

There was a time it was a neat product, but Amazon tech isn't entering our household anymore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images

The painting "This is not a pipe" sort of touches on this very topic. A picture is not the thing pictured much like a photo of an AI image is not that image.

Fun mind teasers!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A % of customers won't return an incorrect product so an accidental sale is still a sale. It sucks, but statistically benefits the company.

I get tricked now and then too by products that ended up not matching my search. So annoying.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Totally right. Forgot what community I was in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Don't most? Even Fitbit does that for ages. You can select what apps to receive notifications from.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Maybe they did mean hung, drawn and quartered.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hung

In that case, I'd rather be hanged.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I'd be screaming in terror if the cockpit and flight controls were installed backwards too!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

First of all, thanks mods for your work. I know spam sucks and ain't easy.

I'm new to this lemmy thing, but there seem to be a few bots out there that may be able to help or ban spammers.

Could we maybe look into that and automatically suspend/ban posts that link to amazon? That would seen to put an obstical in this kickback scam going on.

Just an idea.

 

So we're posting Celicas now?

This is a project car I've been working on off and on for a while. Yup, there is still much to do (mostly cosmetic) but it drove for the first time since I totally rebuilt the engine...

... until the heater core hose burst and sprayed my leg with hot antifreeze.

It's been a really fun project and hitting this milestone feels great!

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