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:-( I wanted an audio link.

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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I was imagining something amazing. Drum and Sax like Morphine used to play.

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I've seen Zelle recommended. And as it turns out my bank uses it, as well. From Alternativeto:

License Model: Free, Proprietary
Platforms; Android, iPhone

Zelle® has partnered with leading banks and credit unions across the U.S. to bring you a fast, safe and easy way to send money to friends and family. Money moves quickly - directly from bank account to bank account.

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I like GNU Taler because it's privacy preserving for the customer, is Free, Open Source, and is self hosted. And also because it's not a new/ different currency.

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I'm annoyed by Paypal, Venmo (and other similar vehicles) because they use what should be a simple process (one person giving money to another person) to invade our privacy and to siphon value towards billionaires. I'd rather be able to transfer funds with the simplicity and precision of giving the person standing before me a 'fiver'. And without someone else making bank off the transaction, for clarity's sake.

KYC defined: "The Know Your Client (KYC) or Know Your Customer (KYC) is a process to verify the identity and other credentials of a financial services user. KYC is a regulatory process of ascertaining the identity and other information of a financial services user." https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/wealth-management/know-your-client-kyc/

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FedNow looks very interesting.

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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Not Today, Satan! But let's do lunch later in the week. ;-)

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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LoL I just tried 10/0 and got "Not a number".

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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LoL, I clicked the link above, and EFF's Privacy Badger had replaced the TikTok widget. Thank you, EFF.org!!

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Energy is neither created, nor destroyed, only changes form. With the 'heat death' of the universe, all the heat spreads out evenly, so it's pretty danged cold by our standards of such things.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_of_the_universe

"If the curvature of the universe is hyperbolic or flat, or if dark energy is a positive cosmological constant, the universe will continue expanding forever, and a heat death is expected to occur,[3] with the universe cooling to approach equilibrium at a very low temperature after a long time period. "

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I liked when they called it the Great Gnab, as it's the reverse of bang.

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From the end of the blogpost @ (https://boehs.org/node/truth-social): "Once again, this was absolutely not the outcome I expected. Some people might be disappointed by it. I might be relieved. After I sent that email, I was a little worried about what I was getting myself into. The Truth Social Legal Team. Imagine. But it went my way. The real takeaway is that you do have power. Don’t be scared of the big guys. Speak their language, play on their court. Stand up for what you believe in. You can win. Finally, I want to thank Truth Social for complying appropriately. While we couldn’t be further apart politically, I respect that they followed the law in a timely manner without a fight."

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On the vast majority of days, as compared to these particular 3 minutes of Solar Eclipse.

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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It was so sad. And I hardly knew ye.

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time bea'n.

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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No advertising on Craigslist, Government websites, Brennan Translations (https://brennantranslation.wordpress.com/).

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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I looked up to see is my VPN is connected. It is. Good. Moving right along.

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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I use a VPN; I'm just not that hot about it.

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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Happy Pi Day! Celebrate Circularity! Ride Bikes! Share Spherical Sonnets! Get around to doing things! 🍕🥧🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣

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Happy Pi Day! Celebrate Circularity! Ride Bikes! Share Spherical Sonnets! Get around to doing things! Eat Round Food! 🍕🥧🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣

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Great article, explains everything quite concisely: "two-hour outage that was caused by a technical issue". It was a "technical issue", makes perfect sense. /s

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Going on a couple hours, it seems. LoL.

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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Part of the plan. smh.

Atelopus-zeteki , (edited )
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I care, it would be lovely. How can we pile on them like a 'dog pile', to keep 'em down?

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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In my experience, Signal has great uptime. This might be the moment to get them all to shift.

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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So could this be done maliciously? I'm just wondering about the Super Tuesday timing.

Reddit: 'We Are in the Early Stages of Monetizing Our User Base' (www.404media.co)

Reddit said in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission that its users’ posts are “a valuable source of conversation data and knowledge” that has been and will continue to be an important mechanism for training AI and large language models. The filing also states that the company believes “we are in the early...

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Ditto for me, as well. It's just a matter of establishing those 'niche' communities on the Fediverse. The Fediverse has broken thru 10M users. We're getting there. Onward!

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But not just Flint, there's more, to be sure.

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-lead-testing/

"Reuters obtained data from 21 states to identify neighborhoods where testing showed the highest rates of small children with elevated levels of lead in their blood."

Scientists develop game-changing 'glass brick' that could revolutionize construction: 'The highest insulating performance' (www.thecooldown.com)

Scientists develop game-changing 'glass brick' that could revolutionize construction: 'The highest insulating performance'::The team of scientists developed an aerogel glass brick, which is a translucent and thermally insulating material.

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For comparison: From Seves Glass Block: "Unlike standard glass blocks that have a thermal transmission coefficient "U"of 2.8 W/sq mt x K), HTI has a "U" value of 1.8 W/(sq mt x K). (https://www.sevesglassblock.com/product/191916-hti-wave-sahara-2s/). So common glass block is 2.8, fancier glass block is 1.8, and this new Aeroblock 0.053!! I think I did my numbers correctly, and DANG! I wan't to start building walls with this stuff tomorrow!!

Also: Get the light & keep the warmth - A highly insulating, translucent aerogel glass brick for building envelopes https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352710222016060

Edit: Looks like my numbers are off, above, per @A_A. Clearly, I'm neither an architect, nor a mathematician.

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whoops! TY! Umm, wait, a 1 meter thick wall of aerogel?

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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Now the temptation may spread to all of us. Damn you!

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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That's amazing, I've been working on this video project where everything is green, you know, just video of various shades of the color green. Very soothing. And I'm hoping it will be very popular on YT. /s

What’s your data really worth? (proton.me)

There’s a saying that data is the new oil(new window) because of how valuable it is to the digital economy. But what’s the value of your data, personally? Depending where you live, information about you could be worth at least several hundred dollars a year to Facebook and Google alone....

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I've often said that I wouldn't mind corps skimming my data, IF they gave me a cut. But they don't, and that's why I'm on Lemmy, Pixelfed, support FOSS, use script blockers, and other methods to minimize my exposure to them, and yet still participate is this lovely intarweb we've created.

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Excellent! I've been trying to get friends on the Fediverse, and this is the best general explanation I've seen so far.

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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That's an hilarious add-on. Like a google Geiger counter. Thanks for sharing it.

Atelopus-zeteki ,
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Hmm, so if one is on iOS, the current version 2023.16, and is vulnerable. Take note apple / mac folx.

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TY!

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