I have a pay-as-you-go insurance in Canada, and they explicitly say that they “… will not use the data to cancel or refuse an automobile insurance policy; to apply surcharges to your current or future automobile policy or for marketing purposes.”.
Apparently, they only use it to confirm the mileage. It does capture your GPS tracking, and will alert you of any issues, like a low car battery (which I’ve had a few times because I drive so little!).
Honestly, in this case, I don’t care. I drive too infrequently, and this saves our family thousands a year, so it’s a net benefit for me, and I choose to opt-in.
Between my wife and I, we used to pay a minimum of $150 and $200 per month for a single car. That was what we paid, even if we didn’t move it from the driveway.
With pay-as-you-go, we paid around $250 for last year, and it’ll be less this year.
Generally speaking, it is “OK” if you happen to capture people on video while you are recording a public space.
However, the article is referring to situations where people are being video recorded, without their knowledge, as the main focus of the video.
In this case, it should be treated like any TV or movie set, where consent must be given.
I see it as video recording for commercial use, so permits should also be required by these social media degenerates, before a single frame is captured.
If you’re on the sidewalk in public, you have no expectation of privacy.
Under normal context, that’s correct.
But if you are purposely being filmed as part of a movie, project, “prank” or anything else that makes you the “talent”, it moves into a commercial licensing/permit/consent realm.
I’ve been to loads of public events where I’ve had to sign a release form acknowledging that my photo may be captured and that those images may be used in marketing/social media posts, etc. That’s because being at the event makes me the subject. While this wouldn’t be a concern if other people in the group are taking photos/video for their own personal use, the fact that those images may be used for commercial purposes changes the context.
If social media asshats want to use someone’s photos or video for their own commercial purposes, they should be following the same rules as any other professional.
For clarity, we aren’t talking about randos being filmed while on a walking tour of a city; we’re talking about specific people being targeted and recorded as the main subject without consent and with the explicit purpose to use their video for commercial content.
Nearly every country has laws protecting people from having their images used for commercial purposes without consent.
LOL. Yeah, sometimes, answers can be very much “I’m winging it today”, but certain prompts, especially for story ideas, can be very interesting and usable.
I’ve always said that if you know a lot about a subject, you can easily spot how AI generally tries to fake it until it makes it.
But if you have no idea about something, the answers you get are certainly better than what your buddy might tell you 😂
But to my point, it comes up with long form content so fast that you wonder how the hell it actually processed the question that quickly.
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.
Today, I set up my new Birdnet-Pi,a raspberry Pi, running an app that detects and identifies birds by their calls. This is my first half day of recording birds....
I installed BirdNet-PI on an unused Pi 4 that I had last month. It’s so cool, and I’m surprised to see some of the birds that it captures.
I really need to get a better mic placement, though. I’ve got my Pi set up behind my kitchen window (inside) and the mic (a small lavaliere mike) taped behind the mesh screen.
It’s not capturing nearly as much as I’d like, say, if it were in my backyard.
I will say, though, that detection on BirdNet-Pi takes some time. When you compare it to something like the Merlin app with Sound ID, which has instant detection in real-time, it’s a different beast.
That would help, but wouldn’t do much for the mountains of people in cars on the weekend… going to stores they could easily walk to.
Personal driving needs to be one of those things that you might do a few times a month, when necessary, to get to a destination further than 25 km away.
The only vehicles you should regularly see on roads are delivery, emergency services, transport trucks, and maintenance vehicles.
Anything else can be handled by public transportation, micromobility, walking, bikes, zoom calls, etc.
Yes, it’s not easy for everyone to do that, which is why government should step the hell up and subsidize and incentivize the crap out of every mode of transportation that isn’t a car. Give away free e-bikes to every family if you need to, just get people out of cars!
I wish this report could explain how a company like Loblaws can continue to consistently post hundreds of millions of dollars in profit per year, because the report makes it seem like pricing is out of their control.
The photo was from a site that no longer seems to be up. The pedal on the right, measuring at 15.7mm is the same size that the pedal on my indoor spin bike uses and I want to use standard 9/16 threaded pedals instead....
If you can’t find anything bike specific you can get general purpose coils (helicoil i think? ) for for bolting stuff in oversized threads , no idea if that will hold up probably not great if you need to remove them often.
I didn’t know if that might work, but thanks for the suggestion. I don’t plan to really take the next set of pedals off, unless for servicing, so this might be an option. Never used them before, but know of them.
Very interesting! Now that I see it, I can’t unsee it! That’s pretty interesting, but I think finding a solution is either going to be too expensive or just not worth the effort. Maybe I’ll see if I can just remove the crank arms and put on a standard pair!
Premier Doug Ford’s push to get beer and wine into convenience stores ahead of schedule will cost Ontario taxpayers at least $225 million, but there’s evidence the full price tag actually adds up to hundreds of millions more....
Why is Doug so obsessed with the alcohol industry? From the “buck-a-beer” gimmick to ramming booze in ordinary stores, something tells me he’s got a lot of money in private investments and favours from his buddies in the industry.
New research shows lifelong bikers have healthier knees, less pain and a longer lifespan, compared to people who've never biked. This adds to the evidence that cycling promotes healthy aging.
Is Your Driving Being Secretly Scored? (www.nytimes.com)
Is it ever okay to film strangers in public? (www.vox.com)
DuckDuckGo AI Chat adds support for Llama 3 70B and Mixtral 8x7B (duckduckgo.com)
Might be helpful for those that...
Ontario underspending on social services by $3.7B: watchdog (www.cbc.ca)
Never wait in the school car line again. Here’s how. For the first time in decades, a small but critical mass of children are riding their bikes safely to school again in the US. (wapo.st)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/10212084...
New Birdnet-Pi (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Today, I set up my new Birdnet-Pi,a raspberry Pi, running an app that detects and identifies birds by their calls. This is my first half day of recording birds....
The world’s 8 richest billionaires have the same wealth as the poorest 50% of the global population of 3.8 billion people (medium.com)
Turn almost any bike into an e-bike with the Clip (arstechnica.com)
Dead simple to use, the Clip offers up to 12 miles of electric range for your bike.
Colorado’s Bold New Approach to Highways — Not Building Them | The state has made it harder to widen highways, and transportation officials are turning their eyes to transit. (www.nytimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16028585...
TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS (www.bbc.com)
Google accused of secretly tracking drivers with disabilities (arstechnica.com)
Burnout Is Pushing Workers to Use AI—Even if Their Boss Doesn’t Know (www.wired.com)
Non paywall: archive.is/DCIVo
Loblaws boycott: Costco and Walmart are Canadians’ top low-cost grocery store alternatives (cultmtl.com)
A new study by Léger has assessed Canadians’ perceptions on the Loblaws boycott, which is currently underway over claims of greedflation.
Why are grocery bills so high? A new study looks at the science behind food price reporting (theconversation.com)
web.archive.org/…/why-are-grocery-bills-so-high-a…...
For the good of the country, rich Canadians need to pay higher taxes on passive income (policyoptions.irpp.org)
web.archive.org/web/…/tax-the-rich/...
Where do I get an adapter for this oddly sized pedal thread? (lemmy.ca)
The photo was from a site that no longer seems to be up. The pedal on the right, measuring at 15.7mm is the same size that the pedal on my indoor spin bike uses and I want to use standard 9/16 threaded pedals instead....
Doug Ford's change to booze sales could cost far more than $225M (www.cbc.ca)
Premier Doug Ford’s push to get beer and wine into convenience stores ahead of schedule will cost Ontario taxpayers at least $225 million, but there’s evidence the full price tag actually adds up to hundreds of millions more....
Like to bike? Your knees will thank you and you may live longer, too (www.npr.org)
New research shows lifelong bikers have healthier knees, less pain and a longer lifespan, compared to people who've never biked. This adds to the evidence that cycling promotes healthy aging.