I for one, miss the old, grimey internet. Reddit is/was so good because of the possibility that you might find something disturbing while using it. Just about everyone is represented on there. YouTube was also much better when the sketchiness was easier to accidentally run into.
Definitely don't like how it purposely hides the fact that it cost money (15 bucks!!!) until the end of the process. A bit dark patterns for a Show HN.
I'm living in Barcelona, I don't own a car (and hopefully never will need to) and I'm a fan of getting rid of cars in downtown areas. But there are few downsides. Horrible pollution while they are making them, due to street closures (I'm right next to a new one under construction and I've never experienced air pollution this bad in my 20 years here. It's horrible walking my kids to school. And it will be a 9 month construction job). Also once the superblocks are built, crime increases (no traffic ie witnesses) and rents increase (pedestrian friendly area!). This has happened in other superblock areas near me.
I've been noticing internet problems here and there all week, and was getting a little sketched out (is the heat waves, Russia, or alien attack:) so this really got me worried.
Sadly my nine year old daughter is addicted, and have trying "soft" measures to get her away from it (like buying a Switch and Animal Crossing) but all her friends are on Roblox. Has anyone seen any good videos for kids that explain the negatives of Roblox, and tried any successful methods with their children?
A similar thing actually happened to me, by a friend of a friend (although we lived in different countries). He was making an adult film that was supposed to be for a big platform. Hired everyone (including some big names), rented condos, film equipment, paid for flights (convinced a producer to front the money for some of it). At the end of the week long shoot he tried disappearing without paying for anything or anyone. And there was no platform involved, it was all made up. And my life was threatened by a few of the people he had "hired" because they thought I knew the guy (although I really didn't and he ripped me off too). This guy Ali sounds like the same kinda psychopath.