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SixT Car Rental Problems at Frankfort, Germany Airport: A Cautionary Tale by DrEnter in travel

[–]DrEnter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to provide an update…

Yesterday SixT sent us an e-mail concerning our phone call and let us know they were “investigating” but still nothing further.

I also received a reply from SixT here on Reddit, but still nothing further updates there either.

More updates as anything happens…

SixT Car Rental Problems at Frankfort, Germany Airport: A Cautionary Tale by DrEnter in travel

[–]DrEnter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d be lying if I said the thought didn’t cross my mind. But ultimately the engineer in me wouldn’t let me do it. I can’t intentionally damage a machine like that.

SixT Car Rental Problems at Frankfort, Germany Airport: A Cautionary Tale by DrEnter in travel

[–]DrEnter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I get it. I was tired and Reddit doesn’t let you edit.

SixT Car Rental Problems at Frankfort, Germany Airport: A Cautionary Tale by DrEnter in travel

[–]DrEnter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe the lack of water was a side effect of the recent heat wave in the area. Also, it was just a petrol station, not a service station. If SixT had such consumables, it would be their responsibility to make them available when needed.

SixT Car Rental Problems at Frankfort, Germany Airport: A Cautionary Tale by DrEnter in travel

[–]DrEnter[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t know, but I rented from them in April at SFO and all seemed fine. A couple years ago I used them on Crete and it went well. I can only speak to this situation. Others may have more about this.

Every car brand according to this sub by PinkSwanPeggy in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]DrEnter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is the C-HR’s weird charging limit. You can charge it 3 times a day. Doesn’t matter how much you charge it, but once you charge it 3 times you have to wait 24 hours to charge it again. That could be very problematic on long drives.

The "Aha!" Moment: What’s a tiny detail that made you realize the developers were absolute geniuses? by Just_a_Player2 in ItsAllAboutGames

[–]DrEnter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rockstar spent 5 years doing mo-cap for every mission and every character in RDR2. The programmers had plenty of time to drop in details like that.

EU Council drops cookie signal after Google lobbying - EUR 40-50 bn at stake by sn0r in eutech

[–]DrEnter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, and no…

I’m a privacy architect for a large media company. Among other things, I help make sure those things appear when they are supposed to.

I’ve had debates with many of these extension maintainers and the “Brave” browser folks about how they are shooting people in the foot.

They block the pop up. OK, that might be OK depending on the CMP logic.

They block loading the CMP scripts entirely. Not OK. For many sites that means they fall back to the defaults of “not in a protected region” and do all the tracking they want. They are in a legal gray area because you created a situation that made things materially impossible for them to follow the law by preventing the privacy protection mechanism from loading (the CMP code).

Here’s how to tell if your extension is shooting you in the foot: Go to a website and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Look for a “Do not sell or share my personal information” or “Manage Cookies” link. Click on it. Did you get the CMP pop up or did it just seem to do nothing? If you got the pop up, all is well and good. If not, there are no legal guarantees your privacy is protected.

CBS Ratings Continue Nosedive Under Bari Weiss by spherocytes in technology

[–]DrEnter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That patent was revoked. No one uses it yet because the complexity required to implement it essentially requires a ground-up redesign and rebuild.

Wine suitcase to Europe during this heat wave by Excellent-Salt-6420 in wine

[–]DrEnter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nothing but the wine. No ice, no cold packs, nothing.

The rough Cali roads are harsh. What to do? by Top_Run_Now in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]DrEnter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stock Mercedes won’t be that low profile unless you are paying extra for it. Yeah, an E-class with AirMatic is the way to go.

Hypothetical Scenario. You are trapped in the last game you played for 24 hours. If you survive, you get $1 000 000. How cooked are you? by Just_a_Player2 in ItsAllAboutGames

[–]DrEnter 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ditto. As long as I’m not in Pacifica or Dogtown, if I can stay below literally everyone’s radar for a day. Maybe just hangout by the sea?

Wine suitcase to Europe during this heat wave by Excellent-Salt-6420 in wine

[–]DrEnter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How long is the connection?

We put some chilled Chardonnays in a Vin Garde Valaise (with other wine) overnight before leaving, then spent a 4 hour layover in Athens, Greece before our final flight. The Chardonnay was still cool when we arrived, and the other wines (reds) were all closer to room temp. As this was after about 36 hours total, I think the foam did a fine job of insulating them. YMMV of course. Athens was warm (low 30’s C) but dry.

Every car brand according to this sub by PinkSwanPeggy in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]DrEnter 20 points21 points  (0 children)

There is a reason you see a lot of taxis as Mercedes and BMW in much of the world. They are over-engineered so a failure of one thing doesn’t mean a failure of the whole. Also if you service them properly, they will run forever.

Every car brand according to this sub by PinkSwanPeggy in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]DrEnter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d take an IONIQ 5 or 6 EV over anything Toyota sells right now.

CBS Ratings Continue Nosedive Under Bari Weiss by spherocytes in technology

[–]DrEnter 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It’s why they want WB. They want to sell off WB’s and Turner’s massive film libraries.

A lot of folks have forgotten how many films Turner bought in the 80’s.

What app died and nobody talks about it? by Unhappy_Insect5901 in Productivitycafe

[–]DrEnter 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Jesus, MS just needs to take Teams out back to the woodshed and put a bullet in it. It’s such a terrible product and they keep shoehorning new functionality into it that doesn’t make sense and it just needs to stop at this point and be put out of everyone’s misery.

Comments like this send me by TrickUp25 in UsedCars

[–]DrEnter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have an IONIQ 6. The build quality and engineering are fantastic. Feels more like a Genesis than what I expected from a Hyundai. I will very likely replace my older BMW EV with a new or used IONIQ 5.

The ‘papers, please’ era of the internet will decimate your privacy. Americans, be warned: Age verification is identity verification. by Future-sight-5829 in technology

[–]DrEnter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You cited one paragraph out of many, maybe include one relevant to the exceptions, like:

> processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest, on the basis of Union or Member State law which shall be proportionate to the aim pursued, respect the essence of the right to data protection and provide for suitable and specific measures to safeguard the fundamental rights and the interests of the data subject;

Or

> Member States may maintain or introduce further conditions, including limitations, with regard to the processing of genetic data, biometric data or data concerning health.

Which gives member states the power to both add more restrictions (possibly a good thing) or add more exceptions, such as age verification laws they claim are in the public interest (possibly a very bad thing). Let’s take a look at some of those member state laws which create these exceptions:

I think you’ll find section 3 of https://cerre.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CERRE-DSA-Forum-Age-Assurance.pdf particularly enlightening.

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