> I get it, but the alternative is what? Get model release forms from anyone in a public space every time you turn your video camera on?
i think i would prefer this. i'd rather live in the world where no one can record or photograph you in public than the world where you're streamed or entombed in a vod for life.
it's more specifically ByteDance must divest. The effects that happen because of a divestment by ByteDance, such as TikTok losing access to "the algorithm", are just incidental. The oral arguments for the case are on YouTube and are worth a listen.
They may mean that they're locked into continuing the subscription to keep getting updates because if you have a break then you start at the high price again.
Whenever you don't renew you get whatever version was out when you last renewed in perpetuity which is great. But if you decide you don't want it this year, but in two years you do, now you're back at the $289 price. Though if you pay $289 every other year you're still coming out ahead compared to an annual subscription so I don't know what the issue is.
If you're worried about getting a colonoscopy, don't be.
I got one last year and it was the best sleep I ever got.
It was two days of the prep stuff you drink to shit your brains out which is a little rough, but I have a bidet, no big deal.
Then you go to the hospital, you dress down into a gown, nurses come in, they put some things on your chest, you get a little cold, they put a nice warm blanket on you, they start an IV, they wheel you into the procedure room, and then you pass out.
You suddenly wake up and I felt like I had an amazing nap and I was incredibly comfortable. Then you have someone drive you home and that's all there is to it.
It was really no big deal.
The only thing that sucks is you pretty much just drink powerade and eat chicken broth during the prep.
Honestly, even without any anesthesia or sedatives, the worst part is drinking the laxative for prep. If you can sit through a visit to a dentist, you can likely handle the procedure itself without any meds. I was actually surprised they even do general anesthesia for it in the US.
I ended up declining general anesthesia at the last moment when the doctor offered a consent doc to using my data in the training set for ML detection, leading to a quick discussion of being in the computing field, and he offered that I could stay awake and watch the video feed instead. Hell yes, I’d prefer that!
So, I got some kind of pain relief or relaxant but no anesthesia and it was really interesting and enjoyable to watch the procedure.
The prep was only slightly inconvenient and the overall process didn’t come anywhere near to how people talk about or build it up.
Honestly the picolax part of the prep is okay for me, I hate the low fibre diet of the prior 3 days.
White bread, boiled skinless potatoes and chicken breast. Nothing with any colour or texture. Blech.
That's not my experience. Dental local anaesthesia has improved hugely since I ws a kid; the only really unpleasant dental procedure I've had recently was a root-canal. Routine filling replacements were uncomfortable, but painless, and much quicker than a colonoscopy.
> they wheel you into the procedure room, and then you pass out.
This is the bit that a lot of people have a problem with, and there's usually some choices in the amount and type of sedation you get.
In the US they use much heavier sedation than other countries - use of propofol is not uncommon in the US - and it's one of the things that makes colonoscopy more risky than it needs to be.
i think i would prefer this. i'd rather live in the world where no one can record or photograph you in public than the world where you're streamed or entombed in a vod for life.