RaoulDook

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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 ,

I'm thinking it's not Spotify that is keeping deaf people from enjoying music, but fuck the subscriptions also.

RaoulDook ,

The only one of those responses you listed that might not make people upset is this one:

‘I don’t talk about religion, politics or my private life with coworkers and I hope you respect that’

All of the others are going to go over poorly, if you are concerned about that.

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 ,

Correct, this law only affects the sites that care about those states' laws. The alternatives are probably uncountable in number, not hard to find.

RaoulDook ,

I have been to both, and the stereotypes are wrong. Cooking skill is not inherent to race or culture, it's within the individual at the stove.

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 ,

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 ,

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 ,

What made me not like it is the damn ugly design. It looks like a joke but they are apparently serious enough to sell them looking like that.

RaoulDook ,

No comment on your comment, except that it's quite mild to get a mod's attention. Having said that, I've had lots of comments removed around Lemmy because there are apparently a lot of mods who just want to edit the comment stream to fit their worldview. It's pretty goddamn pathetic IMO.

Anything the mods don't agree with personally is liable to be deleted. It's making Lemmy look bad with all the censorship.

For example I posted US gov't website info about how the poor can get free or reduced cost healthcare in the USA, and a mod removed my comment as "misinformation" because it was their opinion that there is no healthcare in the USA.

Anybody who is afraid of reading words that they don't agree with needs to grow up. If you don't get exposed to opposing viewpoints, then you don't understand reality.

RaoulDook ,

I am someone who "tried to get government assistance" too, and I got discounted healthcare from the US government when I was poor. I shared .gov links about those programs to help others who might need free or reduced cost healthcare but might not be aware that community health centers exist. That's what was "misinformation" according to the Wrongthink Censors.

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.

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 ,

This meme has no relevance to anything. If it was trying to imply that the USA is cut off from healthcare, it's totally inaccurate. There are thousands of hospitals and doctor's offices all over the USA, and Americans utilize them all the time to obtain the healthcare that they need.

Even Americans with no money have options for free healthcare, and here is a link that can be used to access it:

https://www.hhs.gov/answers/health-insurance-reform/where-can-i-find-free-or-low-cost-health-care/index.html

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.

RaoulDook ,

So if they are changing routes by using DHCP options, perhaps this could be exploited by telecom insiders when you are using mobile data, because your mobile data IP could be assigned by a DHCP server on the telecom network. If you're at home on wifi, then you can control your own DHCP server to prevent that.

RaoulDook ,

Sexism is still wrong, even when it's used against men.

RaoulDook ,

Then the question should be "a stranger in the woods" rather than "a man" right?

RaoulDook ,

It really isn't, you're probably just not aware of all the "proper" games that are out there for VR. Browse the Steam store and look at all the VR games sometime.

I have about 40 VR games in my Steam library, for example. I admit I haven't played them all yet but I've played a lot of them and most of them are great. There are tons more that I could buy if I had the time to play all that shit.

RaoulDook ,

Sodium Ion batteries are nonflammable. They are safer than most of what we already use.

RaoulDook ,

I've probably read more books than you've ever smelled. So why don't you take a big whiff of farts and think on that?

RaoulDook ,

What, did you expect a nice response after you replied with an attempt to insult my ability to read? You get what you pay for, dude.

RaoulDook ,

That kind of irrational fear of implementing good security is a big part of how bad security happens which leads to breaches.

Doing your work securely should be the norm. Each person should have the least privileged access they need to do what they need.

RaoulDook ,

Praise the Founders for our glorious Constitution. I continually celebrate the fact that none of the morons who hate freedom have the ability to take our gun rights from us. Our gun rights will outlive you all, thanks to the strong protections the Supreme Court have bolstered that amendment with in the past 2 decades.

RaoulDook ,

I'll never forget seeing the homeless man in a wheelchair with his eyeball hanging out from being shot in the face by a riot cop's baton round at the BLM protests. Poor guy was just trying to survive on the street at got a permanent disability for just being there.

RaoulDook ,

Yeah none of those kids should have cell phones. They should be about old enough to drive before they get one even.

RaoulDook ,

Mine tried to get me to plug in a monitoring device into our cars' OBD-II ports after we signed up. I said Hell Naw and returned them shits to the sender. They said my rates would go up if I didn't use it and they didn't really change.

Next car I get will have to be neutered of such spyware, since they're apparently building it all in now. Current car just had a box I unplugged to disable the 3G cellular network connectivity and the car works just fine without it.

RaoulDook ,

What, do those plebs not have driveways or garages for their cars? I never have to park on the street, since I just drive up my driveway across my 1/2 acre lawn. It's quite nice having that "wasted" use of land for my kids to play on whenever they want.

RaoulDook ,

The meme was too young to remember ...And Justice for All?

RaoulDook ,

Or maybe chat history just isn't that important overall. I can do backups just fine on android but have only used that once. I wouldn't be too concerned if I lost all of my chats, as I've already read them.

The core security and privacy features are what's most important. I'd prefer they keep those as the top priority.

RaoulDook ,

The admins don't control you. You can have an account anywhere else you want to. So unless you're paying for the servers here, you can deal with the Terms of Service or not use it.

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