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My take on it is there's more downside doing the facial scan than opting out. The worst case is the scan can miss-identify you and then you get pulled aside for questioning. The worst case for opting out is raising suspicion with an agent? Sure all the security cameras could be doing facial recognition and come up with false positives, but why add another opportunity to be misidentified by doing the scan?

It also takes longer for the scan. I was with a group and figured I'd hold everyone up so positioned myself last, and it was 2 seconds to hand them my ID. The only way this the scan is more convenient is for people who don't care to pull out their ID or are too timid to say "no facial"

[Bracket City]
June 30, 2025

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Maybe you can check the manual if the laptop has a CMOS battery. If it does, you'll have to take apart the laptop to remove the battery for a few minutes, which will reset all the settings.

Are CMOS batteries still a thing? Removing that and the laptop battery should wipe the BIOS to the default settings. Actually before that, can you reset the BIOS settings with the admin password, and will that wipe the user password settings?

Molecules of water? hair follicles? Grains of rice?

There are web browser addons which can change the export to a png, but if all else fails, imagemagick after saving the image takes less time than screenshotting and cropping.

This isn't me shilling the card, but I guess it's 15% off on your first purchase or day of having the card? That being said, the rewards are best buy points so that does limit things.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/misc/financing-rewards/pcmcat102500050032.c?id=pcmcat102500050032

15% back in rewards: *Offer valid 6/2/25–7/6/25. Get 2.5 points per $1 spent (5% back in rewards) on qualifying Best Buy purchases when you choose Standard Credit with your My Best Buy® Credit Card. If you apply and are approved for a new My Best Buy Credit Card, your first day of purchases on the Credit Card using Standard Credit within the first 14 days of account opening will get an additional 5 bonus points (an additional 10% back in rewards, for a total of 15%).

I think the rewards are in best buy points, which is something I guess but not 15% cash back

Also in this scene, why was there an empty spot in the grid for the robot to blend into? If it took the place of another robot, what did it do with the remains of the other robot without time. A lot of "don't think about it too much" in this movie.

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. There are people who can help you if you're having thoughts of suicide, unless you're Stephen Miller.

If they market it properly, maybe they could make it work? Call it a Gayover and have some baggage holding service so people can dance and let go without having to worry about their stuff