Commercial pilots are explicitly trusted to fly expensive and dangerous vehicles, sometimes with hundreds of passengers, over populated areas. They are trained and licensed professionals. If we can't trust those folks to have a mobile device with them but to make good choices about whether/when to use it in the course of their job, then they shouldn't be flying anyway.

If someone can't have their mobile device on hand because of stupid employer rules then they need to find a new job.

I get that you don't want your team distracted by mobile phone use during work hours, but saying you can't have one is idiotic. Fuck those employers.

OTOH kids need to learn that putting the device away to focus is a thing, if they can't figure it out on their own I'm not against removing the opportunity while they mature.

I don't know about acres, but large game population (deer, bear, elk, etc..) in the US has increased several hundred percent since 1950.

Who celebrated? Everyone at the time who wasn't trying to write flash exploits did

Those are not assault weapons. Any legislator who says so is wrong.

If they want to ban weapons, fine, but use the correct terminology.

automatic assault rifles

This is redundant, by definition all assault rifles have auto or burst fire modes. Anyone (including lawmakers) in the US who claims otherwise is incorrect.

if its rush hour on a highway, everyone is driving under the limit.

This might be true in a lot of places, but let me introduce a counterpoint: Los Angeles.

We invented freeways, and I'm convinced we've perfected shitty traffic. Get on the 405 anytime between 6a and 10p? Gridlock, everyone is going below the speed limit. Get on basically any of our other freeways at rush hour? Yeah, that's going to be us doing our best impression of NASCAR, driving bumper to bumper at least 10 over the speed limit.

It's so well known that it's a meme at this point. Every holiday season there's a bunch of posts on social media about visitors needing to get with the program. My favorite this year was the "stay the fuck away from the left lane" guy.

Is it safe? Probably not. Is it reality in LA? Absolutely.

I agree with this comment!

The best camera is the one you have, meaning that subjects or moments often pop up when you're unprepared, and your phone camera is probably really good and always in your pocket. Take advantage of its availability!

I also agree on film cameras. Getting the film developed is kind of a pain, and doing it yourself is also quite involved. But shooting on film (slides) forced me to think more about composition, lighting, lens selection, and how I'd develop the resulting image.

I ended up with 3 lenses: a 50mm normal in f1.4, a 20mm wide in f2.8, and a 200mm macro in f4, all in prime. Sure these lenses are awesome (and relatively expensive) but unless you're a pro they're entirely unnecessary. They did however teach me about framing, perspective, light, and how optics change your image.

If I went about it again, I'd just take a few photography classes which focused on film (to develop good habits) and rent gear. Then use my phone camera or a cheap digi to have fun.

This is a decision your MDM admin makes, at most of my jobs this has been disallowed.

Android is the same way with MDM managed profiles. Nothing in the personal profile can be seen by MDM. It goes as far as making you install apps twice, if you use them in both profiles. Even the clipboard can't be used to copy from one profile to the other, and screenshotting the MDM profile is typically disabled.

Nothing about this is news to people who actually manage and use MDM, or unique to Android.

This is the first thing I thought of too, would be neat to shoot once, super impractical.

it's not hard to make dishes modular

This is untrue. In many cooking styles using animal based stock as the entire foundation of the dish is completely normal. Subbing veggie stock isn't always possible given the chef is going for a certain flavor profile. Veggie fond is not the same as animal fond, which also changes the flavor. Animal proteins denature differently, and some proteins are specifically used for their chemical and physical properties (think cream for a sauce, or eggs for a souffle).

While it is usually possible to sub vegan ingredients to approximate most of the effects of non-vegan ingredients, doing so entirely changes the flavor profile, presentation, and shopping list.

Can it be done? Absolutely. Is it as trivial as you make it out to be? Not even close.

I say this as a seasoned chef who has worked in commercial kitchens and cooks 3 meals a day at home from scratch. When I know I have guests coming over for a meal I attempt to accommodate for their dietary requirements (this doesn't just apply to vegans), but it is rarely as easy as leaving one thing out. It usually means making two (or more) sets of completely separate mains and sides, which doubles the work and significantly increases the time spent.