MinorTom

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by MinorTom 18d ago
Archive link (no paywall): https://archive.ph/AkB4w More context (Aug 4, but with a detailed timeline and additional discussions of Texas' anti-abortion laws): https://www.snopes.com/news/2026&#x2F
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Flock's CEO Is Lying to Cops About 404 Media's Reporting on Abortion Case(404media.co)
35 points by MinorTom 18d ago|2 comments
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by MinorTom 3y ago
-site:reddit.com works for that. I think it might also be possible to create a new lens from an existing one while blocking a domain.
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by MinorTom 3y ago
That's not what I meant, exactly. I'm just trying to argue that we should allow people to transition (from a social perspective, not just a medical one) and respect them and their new gender. (I don't think they're findi
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by MinorTom 3y ago
(I wrote this reply as a comment edit originally, but I'm making this it's own comment.) I understood your comment to be against social acceptance of trans people, (and honestly still do. Admittedly this isn't a best-faith in
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by MinorTom 3y ago
(I'm not trying to convince you of anything, just making this clear for anyone else reading. also: comment talks about suicide) > In the old days they pretty much had to learn to accept themselves for who they were and not worry ab
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by MinorTom 3y ago
Relatively speaking the German police is better than the US police, but they still lack in accountability. If you want more information, see the article on the murder of Oury Jalloh [1] and that police department [2] <(contains murder, r
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In a crisis, sometimes you don’t tell the whole story(ft.com)
2 points by MinorTom 4y ago|0 comments
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by MinorTom 4y ago
meat packing =/= burger frying
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by MinorTom 4y ago
No it doesn't. Section 230 was created to optionally allow them to moderate their content without being liable, whereas previously they would not have been allowed to moderate.
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Maestro Is Being Gradually Phased Out by Mastercard(nilsonreport.com)
2 points by MinorTom 4y ago|0 comments
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by MinorTom 4y ago
In Germany the standard price for an SMS is 9 cent, of which somewhere around 2-3 cents are paid to the recipient's carrier. Unlimited plans are common, but only because nobody texts anymore (same applies for phone calls).
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by MinorTom 4y ago
Late answer: If your foreign card is a Visa or MasterCard you should have to choose credit for your transaction to go through. In this case you still have the same chargeback rights as you would have for a transaction at home, but that migh
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by MinorTom 4y ago
Wow. I remember reading about buying books by the foot in a communist satire book, I didn't expect reality to catch on that quickly.
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by MinorTom 4y ago
Some other pay-with-cash methods in other countries are paysafecash (like viacash), paysafecard (only anonymous if you meet strict KYC requirements), some gambling related one (whatever) and cash-by-mail. Do note that all of them have signi
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by MinorTom 4y ago
This distinction between payment fee and platform fee (ignored in this article) is relevant even to non-legal-scholars bc. if you ignore it you get results like this (yes, this is based on real rulings): > Apple plans to charge developer
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by MinorTom 4y ago
In addition to mschuster91's point, you should know that the cap only applies to four party scheme card transaction interchange , not to scheme fees nor to your acquirer 's fees. In reality you will pay somewhere between 0.9
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by MinorTom 4y ago
You're absolutely right, which is why the IA buys physical books, scans them, and makes them available online under so-called "Controlled Digital Lending". Renting out one digital copy at a time is covered by fair use, they a
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by MinorTom 4y ago
Regulation requires 2-factor verification of sign-ins and transactions (and no, WebAuthn and TOTP aren't allowed). That leaves three options: * Physical hardware (what?) * SMS at 9 cent each * An app
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by MinorTom 4y ago
The issue is likely not with Cloudflare, but with the connection between your ISP and Cloudflare. That's why this speed test is relevant - if your ISP can't manage to make good, settlement free* connections (=peering) to Cf it&#x2
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by MinorTom 4y ago
> Also how does the second illegal thing work, is that subletting basically? I'm not sure if this is what gp meant, but: In some cases the current tenant (who is looking to move out) offers you the landlord's contact details if
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by MinorTom 4y ago
The EU isn't exactly a model democracy, with its three levels of indirection.
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by MinorTom 4y ago
> So if an application on your PC makes it overheat and break the PC is at fault for being defective and you get to RMA it? Kernel code can absolutely brick your PC due to how much it can do. This could be fixed at a UEFI/microcode
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by MinorTom 4y ago
That Hetzner price doesn't include acceptable peering with Telekom (Germany's largest telco), I can only imagine how bad the international peering will be.
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by MinorTom 5y ago
After they changed (raised) their pricing they simply removed the cloud drive with no notice and no way to access existing files.
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by MinorTom 5y ago
> - Change their constitution That isn't possible > - Change their interpretation of their constitution The BVerfG tries really hard to interpret the constitution in a way in line with EU regulations, but it reserves the right no
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by MinorTom 5y ago
Legal Cannabis stores
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by MinorTom 5y ago
> Block my website for European visitors? Under a strict interpretation of the law, yes.* (GDPR does apply to blogs, even if they're private) In practice removing analytics for EU visitors would probably be enough. * Note that the p
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by MinorTom 5y ago
Somebody has been fined for reporting illegal parking to the city. Yes really, they say he has no legitimate interest in reporting people who park on the sidewalk in a way that's endangering pedestrians. https://www-mucbook-
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by MinorTom 5y ago
> a post box It needs to be a specific kind of legal service address. Using a post box is illegal and can cost you a lot of money if a competitor finds out. > new analytics It's a lot more than that, under Schrems II you can&#x27

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