SoftTalker

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by SoftTalker 8d ago
"through intent or gross negligence" I'm not familiar with Korean law but that seems a rather high bar. I don't think we'll see many fines actually levied.
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
Windows Phone was pretty nice, too bad Microsoft didn't follow their DOS and Windows strategy of getting it preinstalled on every consumer PC sold. There was really only the Nokia Lumia line that I recall, but everyone I knew who had o
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
Probably. If international flights are arriving, why wouldn't it?
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
What do you imagine being on your phone that is "of interest" to CBP at a border crossing?
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
It's not routine. Most tourist visitors don't have any trouble. I'm a US citizen, but I've never had my phone searched at an airport or border crossing, not that I cross the border all that often.
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
Yes, the vast majority of US citizens returning from international travel cross the border with their regular personal, unwiped phones every day.
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
The law isn't a computer program. Intent matters.
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
Breathe easy.
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
It's more than that, it's being "close" to a border (you can argue if 100 miles is "close") and not on a whim but reason to believe you recently crossed it.
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
Most phones come with a lot of vendor or carrier apps that cannot be uninstalled, at least not by the average user.
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
At various times, yes. They all developed nuclear weapons, they all try to keep up with each other or at least enough to act as a credible deterrent to being attacked.
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
We never accepted 3k lines of code in a PR from a human, why do we from LLMs? And if we're going to, why are LLMs not doing the PR review? And if we don't trust them, then isn't that a rather large obstacle to the idea that L
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
As if every other powerful nation isn't doing the same?
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
Madoff's mistake was that he conned rich people.
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
One can still drive attentively but be on a route so familiar that unless something unusual happens, the brain does not bother recording any specific memory of it. Even at work, I can spend a week on developing something, implement it, and
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
Yeah my desktop is on 24/7. Laptop is on when in use. Phone is on all the time too, of course, but I don't use it for browsing or work nearly as much as my desktop.
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
Was there ever a time when this was not the case?
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
> the sustanability of a liveable climate And this is fuel for climate change denial. See? Are the wealthy and powerful people acting like they are concerned about the climate? No. They are doubling down on energy use and consumption. It
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
It isn't geological destabilization. They've awakened Godzilla.
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
It's very easy to lose money running a McDonald's (or any restaurant) if you do not keep a very close eye on all your controllable expenses. Most franchisees need multiple stores to cover all the overhead and actually be profitabl
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
I use Dawn dish soap in hot water. No need for harsh or expensive car wash detergents.
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
And hope you don't lose it, or leave it in a pocket when you do the laundry, or plug it into a faulty USB port that zaps it, etc.
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by SoftTalker 8d ago
I'd absolutely never trust Google to manage passwords/passkeys for me, with their habit of irrevocably auto-banning accounts. Apple seems... better? But that's today. That could change, and then you'd be screwed.
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by SoftTalker 9d ago
> unless you're capturing the runoff And doing what with it, exactly?
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by SoftTalker 9d ago
Yeah that could be a concern depending where you live. Where I live, water is cheap and abundant. And I've never measured, but I would guess I use maybe 10 gallons to wash a car. 2 gallons in the bucket, and just a light wetting follow
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by SoftTalker 9d ago
My son's college did the same thing. Every term, the billing for tuition and fees would include (a very expensive) fee for heath insurance. I would have to declare again that he was covered on my plan as a dependent and he didn't
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by SoftTalker 9d ago
Or a garden hose, bucket of soapy water, and a sponge. At least if you have a house with a garden hose. Many apartment complexes offer the amenity of an area for washing cars though.
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by SoftTalker 9d ago
The thing is, they rarely sell the properties. At least from what I've seen. It's all unrealized appreciated value.
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by SoftTalker 9d ago
Even if you have the space I'd caution against it. Cleaning out my parent's house after my mother's death was a chore, and they weren't hoarders in the classic sense but they had a lot of stuff. Thousands of family photo
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by SoftTalker 9d ago
The cheap ones are damaged or may be leaky, so they aren't necessarily good options for anything that you want to stay clean, dry, and rodent-free.

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