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by bmarquez 4y ago
Last major T-mobile hack was 2 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28202399 Already had to freeze my credit reports because of last time, this new breach is ridiculous.
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by bmarquez 4y ago
> Nobody is unaware that the vaccines are not perfectly safe Are you so sure? "Safe and effective" and similar slogans in other languages were repeated like almost like a mantra, especially in lower-income, immigrant areas of l
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by bmarquez 4y ago
> Why are these random people not participating in actual research?or writers for real publications? The author of the article wrote for the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, and Wired. Are those not real publications?
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by bmarquez 4y ago
> noticed an increase in fake notifications there I started using Twitter again and in order to kill fake notifications, you have to go to "Push Notifications" settings and uncheck everything except for "Related to you a
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by bmarquez 4y ago
TikTok is also an interesting omission.
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Since they're banning Linktree (which exists primarily for that purpose) it sounds like they are. I hate that Twitter is turning into a closed platform like Instagram.
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Most of the time you can't even view a public Instagram post without being logged into an Instagram account.
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Oh I'm not saying I agree with the banning, I'm just saying he would have someone write an algorithm to do it to save time.
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by bmarquez 4y ago
If the algorithm is suspending accounts that shared screenshots Elon doesn't like (matching via checksum) then it's banning regardless if the account belongs to a journalist or not.
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by bmarquez 4y ago
> While we don’t know what’s going on here yet, it’s possible that the suspensions are the result of automated content moderation gone awry. Some of the suspended accounts shared Mastodon and ElonJet’s Twitter handles as well as images o
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Yeah apps for pilots also came to mind, though I took a look and ForeFlight was $400/year on the iOS store, not a one-time fee.
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by bmarquez 4y ago
I do this for my home computers out of laziness. In case I want to take a nap in a room with a computer, I don't have to shut off the monitor to turn off the light it emits because the desktop is already black.
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by bmarquez 4y ago
This seems like a Mastadon instance for furry conventions.
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Yeah according to the screenshot the censored content was just a mirror of the creator's YouTube channel, available on the iOS app. Different rules for different companies, ugh.
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by bmarquez 4y ago
This article finally explained what was going on with my former friend. He was extremely narcissist (and an alcoholic), then got rejected by a woman and started lashing out at all his friends because his image of being a self-proclaimed &qu
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Same here. Looking at a list of companies who have paused advertising on Twitter; I have zero interest in many of them. Like the California Lottery or DirecTV. While I dislike advertising in general, if I have to see ads I hope it's an
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by bmarquez 4y ago
> The internet is awesome. You work with tech or maybe have considered it. You probably have a knack for coding, and might love to work for a tech company if you already don't. You are patient and have a passion for the job you do.
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Exactly. The coupons for Domino's are on the front page of their website, no quantity or time restrictions, no app is required, and no account creation is required. It's basically their regular price. Unlike something like McDonal
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by bmarquez 4y ago
I created a TikTok account with a VPN and for the first few days most of the content was tailored towards the faraway city that the VPN IP address pointed to. Geolocated IP is one of the few pieces of info TT has initially, so not surprised
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Oof, I had to delete my Nextdoor account after witnessing that same kind paranoia (with a hint of racism). The last post I read that caused me to delete my account was about an elderly woman complaining about a brown guy taking pictures of
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Their browser doesn't block Microsoft tracking scripts (but blocks everything else) due to a contractual agreement. IMO DDG did a poor job of explaining this, choosing to hide behind marketing buzzwords. https://news.ycombin
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by bmarquez 4y ago
The great thing about Vivaldi's feed reader is that you can subscribe to YouTube channels without an account (and without any ads as well). https://vivaldi.com/blog/when-it-comes-to-youtube-and-feed-r...
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by bmarquez 4y ago
That just sets the privacy level for the post, selecting if an individual is allowed to see a specific post. What the parent commenter is talking about is whether the Facebook newsfeed algorithm will even show that post to the people allowe
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by bmarquez 4y ago
I'm not so sure. If he really made that tweet (while drunk as you suggest) it would be better to just delete it and avoid the potential Streisand effect when the truth gets discovered, and I'm sure he's aware of that. Social
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Oh yeah some creators are afraid of demonetizing (even though they're non-political, they're afraid the algorithm might accidently trigger on them) so they'll tell their viewers about their backup Odysee or Rumble page. It tu
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by bmarquez 4y ago
This is not always true with regards to personal information. I wanted to delete my phone number from Snapchat, but it wouldn't let me without adding a new phone number. Note that the account was created using email address so the exis
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by bmarquez 4y ago
From the website: > Ultimately, only by contacting the developer, can one confirm censorship. Yeah I wish the website did this for every app listed, because claiming censorship if a developer temporarily removes an app in a region for la
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by bmarquez 4y ago
> Instead of saying anything, instead of just ignoring them, they wonder about a half dozen scenarios of horniness that completely misunderstand men in general Yeah, I kind of wonder if the author was trying to validate her ego. Some of
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by bmarquez 5y ago
You can have multiple accounts on one "trusted phone number". Trusted phone number is where Apple sends the SMS 2FA code. I have several Apple ID's on 1 phone number. This is different than "Reachable at" phone numb
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by bmarquez 5y ago
I've previously bounced between different open-source notetaking apps but the great thing about any note format based on Markdown (Standard Notes/Obsidian/Zim/etc), is that it's pretty easy to move from one platform

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