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LinuxBender

57,650karma·19,241submissions·June 16, 2015
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How fast can these measures be reigned in should there be unintended consequences?
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I've only had one incident of someone trying to defraud me using my card in the last few decades and the card vendor instantly blocked it and texted me. I am obviously only one person but I hav…
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Netting spread across tall poles are about the only thing that is not outright illegal. HOA's and some towns will throw a fit about the netting. Using radio weapons outside of a war-zone will l…
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Do you use glasses to protect your eyes from the screen reflection? No. I adjust the settings on my monitors. I wear glasses to protect from shrapnel when cutting, drilling, sawing, etc...
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Is this how people ended up burning witches? Only if their scientific minds and governing bodies lied to and gaslit the population repeatedly until all that was left was to come up with their own a…
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Probably more appropriate would be ~Older people who keep their mind active have lower rates of cognitive decline~ Even crossword puzzles are probably sufficient.
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Does not work without javascript. BirdsArentReal does. [1] And birds are in fact not real. [1] - https://birdsarentreal.com/ …
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Phones have displaced paper money and credit cards as the preferred way to pay for a bill at the end of a meal. In Europe maybe? I've never seen anyone pay with their phone. Not in big cities…
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Probably not really hacked. Probably just lost their developers after USAID funding was cut. Blame Shoe for the idea, not me.
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What's to stop them from changing it, after a few months, when people are used to it? Exactly. If the software is loaded then enabling the service is just a feature toggle. The only way someo…
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