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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
I was not aware this could be done remotely explicitly going against settings the user himself has set.
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
Thank you. I should have been more explicit. The settings I am referring to are under "Apps & notifications"/"Wireless emergency alerts". They are about controlling whether to and which alerts one wants to recei
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
How do you manage w/o a phone? Some of our bank accounts require using an Android (or iPhone) app, for example. Messengers like Signal don't work w/o a smartphone. COVID-related apps for traveling. I could continue. Genuinely
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Tell HN: Your Android carrier can remotely turn settings on
234 points by brainchild-adam 4y ago|290 comments
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
Thank you for being open to the idea. Having no personal experience distributing applications against payment, all I can draw on is my experience as a customer. Threema recently introduced their app, which requires a paid-for license, throu
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Should You Be Eating Less Salt?(theskepticalcardiologist.substack.com)
2 points by brainchild-adam 4y ago|3 comments
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
Nice! Thank you for sharing. It's probably not something you'd want to prioritize, and you mentioned releasing it quickly influenced some of your decisions. But a way to pay outside of the PlayStore would be nice for those of us w
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
Technically, it's a breach of the license agreement Khaled entered into with his customers. It seems he realized that the lifetime license did not work out for him as intended, and he started looking for a way out. Possibly there are m
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
Hm. On the one hand, I find this pretty cool. A singular-focus media campaign, and from what I read one that could actually provide some educational and entertainment value. Might be a good step by GE in terms of managing brand awareness an
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
I am sorry, but your comment is so terse that I find it quite difficult to really understand. I am very interested in learning and growing, though, so maybe you can help me understand what you were trying to say. This is what I got and my a
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
Thank you for elaborating. What you describe ads balance to my impression of the crypto world, and like that. > at the time i just stashed my $ in BTC because it was the only place where i felt i understood the security model. Makes perf
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
Thank you!
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
Thank you for sharing. I might be reading this wrong, but it seems to me from your description that your grandfather simply did not get "ticked off" by the same things as your grandmother. Those topics do not seem to have generate
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
Tied to this topic seems to be the ability to tolerate unpleasant emotions. My impression is that avoiding negative emotions is something we all impulsively attempt, and it takes practice to increase one's ability to tolerate them. Thi
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
France is not alone in this. In a way it seems Europe in general is headed for a challenging winter when it comes to energy supply. I wonder where this will lead. I assume that once larger parts of the population start feeling the effects o
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
Does anyone know whether this also applies to the government?
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
> You say that another entity deciding what you, as an adult, can interact with is unacceptable. To be a bit more precise, what I am saying is that I prefer a higher level of autonomy in general. Any society needs to agree on how to orga
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
Thanks! I will check them out.
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
I fail to understand how this example argues for the claim I was questioning. Am I missing something?
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
I agree that it's not simple, if that's part of what you are saying. Which makes it such a problem in my view. I look at the principle more than the specifics, and another entity deciding what I as an adult am allowed to inter
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
It was simply my first, slightly tongue-in-cheek go-to, since I appreciate the show's setup so much. On that note, what would you suggest as a prime example for some utiopian future?
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
> The problem is nobody can entirely think for themselves. People are manipulated by advertising and propaganda which reprograms on a subconcious basis to the point they will not be able to accept basic verifiable facts, let alone anythi
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
I generally find this approach quite scary. It seems we are all slowly building our version of the Great Chinese Firewall. I am aware of the fact that information control is a central part of any power structure setup, and I assume that too
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
Yes, I can relate to that. Next to my Linux machines, I use an M1 Mac Mini with macOS, and I eagerly await the day I can install a Linux of my liking on it and run the Mac from there (looking at Asahi Linux's impressive work). Also, th
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
Welcome back to Linux! What made you switch from macOS?
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
Another vote for Linux Mint. Run it on my trusty X220 (main driver), a Fujitsu (mainly for media and browsing), an HP (media + browsing), and my mom's ancient Dell laptop. Works flawlessly, leaves me in control, gets out of my way, and
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
Thank you for the detailed account. Have you used fiat to buy crypto as well, or do you still use the original crypto from when you started? I can see how in theory crypto could be interesting in the creator space as touched on by you. Do y
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
Thanks for sharing.
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
Genuinely curious: (a) Shouldn't the USD then be comparatively volatile relative to goods and services as well? (b) With the USD (in this case) the de-facto currency for practically all end use cases compared to crypto (ppl need to cas
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by brainchild-adam 4y ago
I am both fascinated and confused by crypto currencies. The idea of a free-as-in-freedom, flexible, secure, and more democratic and independent payment system seems quite attractive. At the same time I seem to see mainly examples of high-to

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