What is the use case for PayPal in the US?

It gives businesses a very easy to way to set up monthly payments, one-time donations, accept forms of payments other than e-transfer (which many people don’t want to use), allows for international purchases without being penalized, and more.

Other options are available, but they are neither easy/cheap/convenient for the business or any better for the customer.

Out of curiosity, are Olight flashlights just not good/popular, or is there another reason why they aren’t on this list? I own several, and they seem solid and reliable.

This makes me physically ill.

Cars are the only weapon in the world where you could injure or kill a few dozen people “by accident” and be let off without being held responsible. And it happens all the time.

Even when someone is charged with anything, it never accounts for a loss of human life. It’s always some BS traffic violation that might as well be a parking violation.

Maybe that’s why you don’t have problems with most of sites from Europe?!?

That’s an interesting observation. I’m not sure, since I’m in Canada.

I use FF as my primary browser on my desktop, laptop, and mobile devices.

As much as I love and support FF and the Mozilla Foundation, I find that some websites simply need a Chromium-based browser to function properly. It’s frustrating as hell.

I wonder how many people tried FF, had their favourite site stop working, and then switched back to Chrome.

Male cardinals feed females when courting them and again when the female is incubating and can’t forage for herself.

What a gentleman! 😁

Question: Was the male giving the female seed?

I ask because my birdfeeder camera often captures our male feeding his mate, and I was puzzled when I first saw it. Is this normal behaviour?

Good. Hopefully this will put an end to idiot parents who illegally park in the bike lanes near schools, putting cyclists and kids at risk, just because they are lazy AF.

Yeah, I’ve got a bunch of Ugreen hardware (external HDD enclosures, USB hubs, adapters, etc.), but there’s no way I’d get their hardware with an OS on it. I don’t trust the brand that much.

Just wait until AI starts rewriting history, changing historical facts, and purposely misinforms people.

It’s only a matter if time before AI will deny the Holocaust, Black slaves in the US, and the numerous African genocides.

Yes, it’s absolutely horrific where we’re at. But there is an upside!

If you’re able to acknowledge its existence and protect against it, you’ve built a tremendous foundation for preserving your mental health that will last a lifetime.

One thing I’ve learned over the years is that these ad companies (and the companies who deploy their services) only have control over you if you give them permission to.

• Block ads whenever you can.
• Avoid apps/websites that use dark patterns. .
• Work to improve your health (physical and mental), find meaningful tasks, be with people in real life or enjoy the outdoors alone; the less time you spend on ad territory, the less impact they will have on you.
• Buy from ethical companies, if possible.
• Avoid “influencers”, people who constantly promote “sponsored content”, and other strongly bias sources for your information or entertainment.

Register your bike, with the police and a registry like 529 Garage.

The fact is, police recover hundreds of thousands of stolen bikes, but can’t return them to the rightful owner because it hasn’t been registered.

FWIW, I use two locks, and a hidden motion alarm when I park my bike. I only have a tracker on the keys for the locks/alarm, but will likely put a Tile somewhere on the bike this year.

Also, keep in mind that thieves are scumbags and will steal anything off your bike: lights, saddle, pedals, accessory mounts, etc.

Do your best. Unfortunately, a motivated thieving scumbag will still try, and if they can’t steal your bike, they’ll try to damage it.

I would change to a credit union post haste.

Unfortunately, our local credit union would end up costing a lot more per month in fees than the “free” account I have with data mining. LOL

Inbound calls? Outbound calls? I would not want to sit through an ad instead of being put straight through to a bank rep to report a missing card or some other important issue

Hopefully, it also includes the “upsell” when you do call for something. Like, after the problem is resolved, “we have some other products you might be interested in.”. I don’t want to hear about anything that I’m not asking about.

to be supported with taxpayer dollars

Taxpayer funded factory farms? Why would anyone want their tax dollars going to a universally cruel industry, or to a company caught doing horrific things time and time again?

How about we subsidize more plant-based products? Make it more affordable and accessible, and this pesky beef problem will simply go away.