balaksakrionon

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1. 31.▲
   by balaksakrionon 7y ago

   many are not aware of the oral fixation and/or ritual part of the addiction (which not all nicotine users share); no reason to take a pot-shot at the person you are responding to
2. 32.▲
   by balaksakrionon 7y ago

   What do you mean by: vaping weed and marijuana at the same time ? Or do you mean weed + nicotine?
3. 33.▲
   by balaksakrionon 7y ago

   except for the rich and far-reaching history of human substance use (or abuse, depending on your perspective)
4. 34.▲
   by balaksakrionon 7y ago

   thanks for that, flickr cuts off a significant portion of the title for me: Pulmonary illnesses associated with b... I also don't live in NY so I don't know those brands; the fancy packaging makes it appear similar to much
5. 35.▲
   by balaksakrionon 7y ago

   yes definitely a big issue; testing requirements must be improved, and there should be random samples of product batches taken for testing so companies cannot game the tests
6. 36.▲
   by balaksakrionon 7y ago

   Are you certain this is only happening from illegal products? Here are pictures of brands new york has flagged: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nysdoh/sets/72157710703391248/ And according to this article:
7. 37.▲
   by balaksakrionon 7y ago

   looks like it should be: https://www.health.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/2019-09-05_vap...
8. 38.▲
   by balaksakrionon 7y ago

   so it's not a contaminant, but rather an additive? seems like the title should be changed potentially
9. 39.▲
   by balaksakrionon 7y ago

   does the contacts app support carddav? I am thinking birch or chestnut sounds fun
10. 40.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    interesting article, thanks for sharing it. I have been seeing more and more of these 3rd party contractor vans milling about and it makes since they're skimping on safety, etc. in order to get a piece of amazon's shipping needs,
11. 41.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    agreed, everytime i am in the settings and elsewhere i realize i'm using chrome and hate myself for a moment
12. 42.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    i see, thanks
13. 43.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    i installed the new version (while retaining the old version 60.8) on my mac, but none of the accounts / settings / etc. have been transferred over. Trying to figure out how to export and import into new version but have not found
14. 44.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    so what's the proper way to upgrade from version: 60.8.0 (64-bit)? don't want to break anything
15. 45.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    thanks for the detailed reply
16. 46.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    and do you have to pay for service from a cell phone company for the voice calls?
17. 47.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    i suppose not, so how does it work?
18. 48.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    so how do you get a phone number for this phone, do you just buy service / sim card from a regular carrier and then plop it in or what?
19. 49.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    i hope it materializes; i try to avoid pre-ordering but the quality of their tech updates and blog posts, along with this talk have nudged me into ordering. thanks for the work you are doing Purism
20. 50.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    Just remember to avoid fastmail (due to the terrible Australian tech laws - essentially anyone can be coerced into installing backdoors / surveillance tech into any system and they're required to maintain secrecy). So add the avoi
21. 51.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    It's always gamble to go to HR
22. 52.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    Fastmail is unfortunately very bad too now due to recent Australian legislation.
23. 53.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    It's left as an exercise for the reader to decide
24. 54.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    Not sure exactly what you mean by this
25. 55.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    I suspect the type of dismisiveness you show towards large swaths of the populace's opinions contributes to the success of folks like JBP and Sargon
26. 56.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    Why do you think it's unmoderated? I saw this same statement in another comment and pulled up their guidelines: https://gab.com/about/guidelines . Essentially they aim to moderate according to US law
27. 57.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    It's incorrect to state they have no moderation; they moderate in accordance with US law IIRC. Their policy is detailed here: https://gab.com/about/guidelines
28. 58.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    Would it be possibly to camoflauge a gab instance as if it were a mastodon instance for the purposes of federation? It probably wouldn't stand up to the scrutiny of a follow up human review, it would bypass the federation block.
29. 59.▲
    by balaksakrionon 7y ago

    Lots of very good discussion there; it's quite an interesting topic. Circumcision is another practice that seems likely to be viewed more harshly in the future, but doesn't seem to get much traction in popular contemporary debates
30. 60.▲
    by balaksakrionon 8y ago

    Is your statement true, and that is what they are fixing with the software update, or is that just your conjecture? I have not read in detail yet about the proposed update to MCAS they are working on