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RaoulDook ,

I've had that freedom for the entire duration of the existence of smartphones, in the USA. I buy my phones with no contract, at discounted prices, then I flash them with custom ROMs to improve everything, and I use no contract cell phone service. Since about 2007, that is.

RaoulDook ,

I know lots of Americans who buy their phones without those stupid contracts. It's not uncommon at all. I have never have a phone on a contract.

RaoulDook ,

Exactly right, they are all extremely complex mechanically and electronically. Engine and transmission technology have come a long way, and I guess the absurd complexity is the trade-off we got for the improvements

RaoulDook ,

Right, those are the bullshit complexities that we don't need. I'm glad to have the beneficial ones like direct injection, advanced turbos, and variable valve timing (etc)

RaoulDook ,

I think you cracked the case on that one, that's gotta be what it means.

RaoulDook ,

It looks like an archery release, used by compound bow shooters to pull the bow string back and release with a trigger or button

RaoulDook ,

So are you people in this meme just on your phone all day looking at stupid phone apps? God, what a waste of life.

Smartphones are just boring little tools guys. Don't make it your life. Be a real nerd, get a PC, and surf the web where there are no limitations set by apps. Play some video games, look at porn sites, do some online shopping or whatever. If you're done with all that, go outside and ride a bike or something.

RaoulDook ,

LOL right, tell yourself whatever you need to

RaoulDook ,

I don't think we asked about you, did we? Anyway, I hope you find some relief from those problems.

RaoulDook ,

OK so what if Wolverine cut off his dick, and grew a new one back quickly, could he then cut off the head and attach the old dick to double its length? I'm wondering if he could extend his dick infinitely that way... could be a new superpower of the long dick whip weapon, terrifying to many of his enemies

RaoulDook ,

That's all good but those features are not what makes a good discussion forum. This, what we're typing on, is an example of a good forum.

RaoulDook ,

You nailed it, it's just like the Walmart effect making small businesses fizzle out. We'll call it the EnWalmartication of the Internet

RaoulDook ,

It's pretty nice, I do mostly whatever I want every day.

RaoulDook ,

Tech espionage is a pretty big problem though, not something anyone should hand-wave away as irrelevant.

RaoulDook ,

All you really need is a better mouse mover. Cradle for the mouse with a wheel under it with a pattern designed to make the mouse move around randomly.

RaoulDook ,

Yep hardware that's not connected to your work device at all

RaoulDook ,

I never mentioned a jiggler. I was talking about better devices that move the device at random. They can move the mouse all over the screen, but an observer might be able to see that it was not normal activity if they watched it for long.

RaoulDook ,

What's so sad about it? You have the ability to securely send E2EE messages for free. I'm very pleased with Signal after using it for years.

If you mean it's sad about the weed being hard to get / illegal... yeah, I concur. Hopefully Schedule III happens soon and nationwide Medical will be legal.

RaoulDook ,

That sounds like a problem with YOUR phone. Every phone I've bought has been faster than the last. Maybe you have too much bloatware?

I use open source Android only, will not use a phone with stock android. Bloatware is a non-issue on AOSP unless you do that to your own phone.

RaoulDook ,

Another person who's never read the platform of any actual Libertarian politician. Supporting tyranny of any kind is inherently antithetical to those platforms. The root word of Libertarian is Liberty, my dudes. That is what they are primarily about.

RaoulDook ,

Proving my point - you have not read anything about the Libertarian party platform, because those are not positions they hold. You are talking about the cartoon version of libertarians that you made up out of the whims of prejudice.

Here's what they actually stand for: https://www.lp.org/platform/

RaoulDook ,

I guess you could read that into it when you are determined to believe that's what they stand for, but I don't read it with such a pessimistic outlook. I understand that the general premise they are going for is individual liberty and not freedom for businesses to do whatever they want.

But anyway there's no chance they could do any of that, even if a member of the party was elected President. They could at best achieve some improvements to our liberties and at worst no changes. So I will keep voting for them unless a better option is available.

RaoulDook ,

And nothing of value was lost. I can't imagine ever wanting to read a tweet from somebody's console game.

RaoulDook ,

Right, that seems obvious. That's what I was talking about being of no value. Nobody needs to watch anyone's console game clips on Twitter.

RaoulDook ,

Now they can track your account through car tax records since you said that.

Next time say you drive a 1992 Pontiac Fiero

RaoulDook ,

"Apple refuses to send money to security company inside of embargoed country, to maintain compliance with USA law."

RaoulDook ,

Right, they could be installed in the middle of nowhere as free phone chargers and stuff even if there was no other use for them. Just set them up with a used inverter and some used chargers, whatever etc.

Or maybe a whole lot of them could be put together in the middle of nowhere to make an EV charging station

RaoulDook ,

BRULE

RaoulDook ,

Cursed Roddy Piper has a disturbing face

EU approval for chat control (www.patrick-breyer.de)

We need to do something against this. The EU plans to apply a law for a chat control in the territory. The approval say that all the chats and the emails would be send to the government to do AI scanning to in fact “find the children abuses”, even when using apps with end-to-end encryption (the EU will ask the services to...

RaoulDook ,

Signal is also great because it is easy to use, and works on all mobile platforms. It's probably the easiest secure chat app to get people onboard with using.

RaoulDook ,

That's a crazy secret code requirement there

RaoulDook ,

Weird dicks only! No sexy huge cocks.

RaoulDook ,

I'm similarly wondering about these changes getting ported to MS Edge. I have Ublock Origin on Edge on my work computer now, but if they move Edge to Manifest v3 then I guess Ublock won't work, then my work browser will be less secure.

RaoulDook ,

Did you not know they're already selling your purchase data? All the card networks do it.

That's why you need to use cash to buy anything you don't want logged to create a data point about you to be sold

RaoulDook ,

The card companies can get data from the Merchant Category Code to infer the nature of purchases, without specifics. The stores also have a record of what items you bought, which could also be sold unless you have a contract with the store that guarantees they won't sell your purchase history (at least in the countries without strong privacy laws)

RaoulDook ,

I've never had a Twitter account and never felt the need for one, also haven't been missing out on that junk. I've read lots of tweets, on occasions when I was offered a twitter link for whatever, but just never felt like I needed to join up at all. Just seems like a waste of time to get on social media where all the posts are just small bits of opinionated content without much depth.

RaoulDook ,

Yes those are the problematic fantasies that corporate social media is brainwashing people towards. Too many of the youth are wasting their time on fantasies of revolution when they could be acting within the scope of reality to achieve something actually meaningful.

RaoulDook ,

Youtube is good as a video hosting website, but bad as anything social-related. I just treat it like a video website and ignore the rest. Private browsing mode, no login used is my preferred way to access youtube videos

‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)

*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be...

RaoulDook ,

Streaming in general is great. Streaming services are a mixed bag of results, but overall our options are excellent at this point in time. You can have streaming services with no contract, pay for one month and abandon it if you don't like it. There are also numerous FREE streaming services with lots of great content.

It's important to understand the above in the context of how it used to be before Streaming was an option. There was basically only the option to have a cable or satellite TV on contract, or use OTA antenna TV, or watch everything on disc / tape. So yeah I think streaming is great.

Having said all that, I buy anything I want to keep perpetually on disc. 4k Blu-ray for movies and CDs for music (I bought 3 albums on CD over the last couple weeks). Games don't fit on discs anymore so I try to get stuff on GOG when it works out.

RaoulDook ,

Being self-sufficient should be a goal for every human being to strive for. Independence is a potent form of freedom that makes you feel like a magical eagle.

I'm not saying you should be Ted Kazynski or however you spell the Unabomber's last name and live in complete isolation for most of your life, because it's cool to have access to society's benefits and all. But the more you can do for yourself, the more secure you will be in all ways. Basically don't be a helpless or useless person.

RaoulDook ,

Good point, and it sounds like you're doing good work out there

After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year (www.billboard.com)

When Bloomberg reported that Spotify would be upping the cost of its premium subscription from $9.99 to $10.99, and including 15 hours of audiobooks per month in the U.S., the change sounded like a win for songwriters and publishers. Higher subscription prices typically equate to a bump in U.S. mechanical royalties — but not...

RaoulDook ,

I still buy everything on CD that I can get from good bands. Nothing beats CD quality and durability. My CDs from 30+ years ago still play just fine except for the few that have too many scratches from abuse.

After I get a new CD I rip it to high quality MP3 and add it to my personal streaming library.

RaoulDook ,

Shit I hadn't heard about that sealed transmission thing, that's fucked up. Transmission fluid replacement seemed pretty important on the maintenance schedule of all the cars I've had

RaoulDook ,

That's great, but the question from that OP was "are you able to" and your answer should be yes. I make less than that and I definitely am able to. But I'm waiting on the market to correct first

RaoulDook ,

I'm just here to spread some facts to fight back against this ridiculous doomerism. It is a straight-up fact that Americans do have access to healthcare, and this meme is making a joke to imply that we do not. It's fucking stupid and being a doomer is worse than useless.

RaoulDook ,

Yes I have had all sorts of medical issues, numerous emergency room visits, and car accidents. I am quite well versed with the healthcare system in the USA and its costs. Everything that I wrote was based on real-life experience and facts. I've paid for the births of multiple children and surgeries for myself and family.

Every one of you that thinks healthcare is not accessible is wrong. We have options, and being a doomer who thinks that you don't only hurts yourself and the others who you infect with your mental delusion.

RaoulDook ,

Nowhere did I ever say anything like that. Not once did I say "the American healthcare system is perfect" or great or even good.

What I said already is still there where I said it before. Please do not make up your own interpretations of my words, because you cannot speak for me.

RaoulDook ,

Well fuck you too, you sick bastard.

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