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by jolmg 1y ago
> Age verification: If we incorrectly estimate a user to be under 18, the user has the option to correct their age, including by uploading a photo of their government ID or a selfie. Hopefully false positives won't be set high and t
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by jolmg 1y ago
> In my personal life, email is only for one way transactions. Where some company is sending email to me or spam. In my experience, email seems common for customer support.
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by jolmg 1y ago
In some languages, it may be more common than in English to refer to passwords with the counterpart word to "code" (e.g. "access code"). There's also the idea of a "coded"/"encoded"/&qu
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by jolmg 1y ago
> But I think most folks interested enough in the concept are also rich enough to afford a phone and a laptop, and if you want a keyboard for your phone you might as well just use a laptop. Laptops are bulky; phone and keyboard can fit i
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by jolmg 1y ago
> The extra hardware doesn't provide any practical benefit (at least IMO) for the typical person running a FOSS authenticator app on a mobile device with an up-to-date OS. For the user (and in the context of Pinephones), the benefit
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by jolmg 1y ago
> Note that TOTP can be handled by any app of the user's choosing The banks are probably using the same standard behind the scenes, but they don't allow alternate TOTP apps. There's no point where they give you a key to se
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by jolmg 1y ago
> What's protecting me when I do online banking in the browser, which I can do using more or less any device? IDK about your country, but it's also common for banks to require supplying a token from the phone's banking app
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by jolmg 1y ago
> When I ordered mine, they shipped it with no packaging from Hong Kong. As I understand, customs (in your country) will typically check what's being imported, to verify the invoice is true for correct taxation, and also to check th
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by jolmg 1y ago
> it felt like they were riding the popularity of linux phones while not contributing a lot to their future I think they're the ones that contributed the most. They've provided the most open-source phone out there at the lowest
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by jolmg 1y ago
It's just big enough that it might be barely usable to touch type with sufficient practice, not comfortably though. Definitely seems smaller than the Libretto from glancing at pictures. If the idea is to have a portable keyboard to the
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by jolmg 1y ago
> Good riddance. Yes, we should be happy to have less options.../s
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by jolmg 1y ago
I meant 2560×1440. Checking online, I didn't realize there were so many different 1440p resolutions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1440p Random adapters on Amazon specify 4K though, so I would've thought they
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by jolmg 1y ago
I haven't tried Whatsapp or Signal. The problem I've had with Uber is feeding it GPS coordinates. Talking about Waydroid, for some reason, while I can get Google Maps to see my coordinates, Uber seems to try to get the coordinates
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by jolmg 1y ago
> the best route for Linux phones is going to be by taking Android phone parts and trying to make it run regular Linux > and hopefully solid enough drivers to build on. This is the crux of the problem with this approach. That the driv
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by jolmg 1y ago
> The external monitor I think was capped to 1920x1080 (if connected to a 1440P display a huge chunk was just static) That happened to me with the PP, but I can reliably use a 1440P monitor with the PPP. Not sure if it's the phone,
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by jolmg 1y ago
I think he's replying to the bit: > an 18650 would probably have lost all it's chemical abilities.
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by jolmg 1y ago
I'm not into aviation, but if this is about planes broadcasting their position publicly, I would imagine it's beneficial not just for the traffic control towers, but also for other pilots flying around in the area that can receive
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by jolmg 1y ago
> I would find it unreasonable for anyone to think that who ever they are calling is able to take a phone call at all times. Sometimes I am driving, [etc.] Hence why I said, >> It also depends on whether you call back, in case you
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by jolmg 1y ago
I think they were pulling your leg.
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by jolmg 1y ago
> Never seen it prescribed to manners if someone picks up a phone or not. Is that a US thing? I would see it analogous to someone in real-life saying hi and the other person ignoring them. Is that rude? Depends on your relationship with
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by jolmg 1y ago
They don't make a race of it, but I think they go at a reasonable "marathon" pace. There are also dedicated baggers. I should note that cashiers also accommodate other services like paying utility bills, or making withdrawals
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by jolmg 1y ago
> Yea, where’s the theft of my time and labor for now performing part of your business transaction process you should be performing by hiring staff to check me out. I've seen this sentiment in recent years, but with respect to time,
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by jolmg 1y ago
Checks out with the picture in the article.
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by jolmg 1y ago
I see it as a comparison of 2 groups of people. Seems weird to include the same group on both sides of the comparison.
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by jolmg 1y ago
100% - >25% by age 11 - 70% before 18 = <5% after 18. I assume the "while" means the former isn't included in the latter.
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by jolmg 1y ago
> now you see why I used the smallest type possible I think the length's worth it for the sake of a crystal clear enumeration.
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by jolmg 1y ago
> bool -> bool has 2^2=4 values Not the best example since 2*2=4 also. How about this bit of Haskell: f :: Bool -> Maybe Bool That's 3 ^ 2 = 9, right? f False = Nothing f False = Just True f False = Just False
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by jolmg 1y ago
Calories isn't the only thing that's needed from food.
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T-shirts are knit
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by jolmg 1y ago
Or if you flip cause and effect, power corrupts.

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