[–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

My mom used to be awesome with our Windows 95 Packard Bell [...] Now she struggles and panics to do the most basic thing if it’s not 1-step on her iPhone.

Hey, pardon me if I'm overstepping, but I'm going through the evaluation process with my mom right now and this could be an early sign of dementia (one that we initially dismissed). It could be nothing, but it might be a good idea to get her checked out if you have any other reason to be concerned.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Just wanna say I've had similar experiences. I don't think I'd put the number as high as 25% for myself, but my workplace's internal sites and some local/utility sites are also broken on non-Chromium browsers.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    There actually is a problem with the technology in this case. It sounds like what they're proposing is eye tracking, which is not reliable with some eye shapes, eye makeup, dry eye, etc. and any markers they use to try to detect drunkenness would also trip for people with legitimate eye problems. Anecdotally, I once drove a Tesla and it locked me out of cruise control because the tracker thought I was falling asleep. Imagine if the car refused to start at all!

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I used to wear only men's pants, including cargo pants, and oh boy is it disgusting how much better I get treated by service workers, etc. since switching to vaguely fashionable women's pants. Fit issues aside, it's a lot more complicated than "just buy men's pants" (although I guess at least cargo pants for women are back "in" now?)

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    I'll stick with ikea until the kids move out

    Yeah, this is it for us. I grew up in a home with a lot of "grandma's heirloom dining table" type items that I was punished for bumping into, spilling on, etc. While I do believe in teaching kids respect, it seems like a lot of unnecessary stress for both parents and kids to use this stuff as your daily driver and we don't have the space for special-occasions-only furniture.

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