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Cake day: October 4th, 2023

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  • I have something like 4000 physical movies/shows on disc. A lot of those have digital copies. I will tell you that they’ve absolutely pulled dozens of digital copies from my library. It’s in the fine print. You don’t own digital movies even if you bought them. They don’t tell you they did it they’re just gone one day. If you can figure out what they removed and complain they might give you $5-10 for the inconvenience.

    Other topic. When I was able to take the train downtown for work I read so many books on an e-Ink display. I couldn’t do it on a glossy screen but the ‘similar to paper’ of an e-Ink was great. My train was always busy so I stood a lot holding onto the ceiling loop or rail. Dealing with an actual book when you really only have one hand is cumbersome. The digital readers are great for these situations.



  • My understanding is that the testing methods have diverged enough that very few helmets meet both the ECE 22.06 and DOT(FMVSS 218) certifications. A European helmet with only the ECE certification would not be ‘street legal’ here in the states. I own a Shoei RF-1400 with a Snell/DOT rating. I believe the EU sells it as the NXR2 (with only ECE 22.06) but while they look identical they have tiny differences for the certifications they need to pass. I think the ECE 22.06 standard is better than the DOT one by far and I wish the US would just conform with most of the world but we don’t really do that. The major problem helmets are generally not from big name manufacturers but the hundreds of ‘DOT certified’ helmets you can find on Amazon for $30-100 from brands like GIDLVV and other such gibberish. You can basically guarantee those are absolute junk but they come with the correct sticker…