jotm

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by jotm 4y ago
You really believe their standard of living is like Cold War times US/Europe? Wtf is with these misconceptions.
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by jotm 4y ago
That's true, but the other side of the coin is that richer/more developed countries take all the specialists and raw materials from poorer countries, set up low level factories for the remaining idiots, control the IP and sell the
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by jotm 4y ago
Been thinking for a while - I need some serious BGA rework equipment and some training because I'd rather die in a ditch than not be able to replace any components in my computer :D At that point, might as well start my dream recycling
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by jotm 4y ago
"I miss it, but I won't use it" heh I also miss videogames but can't be arsed to play any since I lost interest. It's kinda weird how that works.
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by jotm 4y ago
In many, if not most, countries, if you don't pay your property taxes, if you don't do "adequate upkeep" of the property, or if the government decides it's needed for something more important, it can be forcibly bou
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by jotm 4y ago
Don't forget to pay your government taxes, or you'll quickly find out just how far "ownership" goes.
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by jotm 4y ago
My honest advice: Don't get HP. Except for the highest end ZBooks, maybe . They all have severe drawbacks in some way. They even used the Elitebook brand to make cheap shit and now no one likes it. Gamers wanted the Omen, turned out t
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by jotm 4y ago
My experience was in Germany. They checked my passport, face, name, address via PostIdent video. Same procedure as with N26 and ING online banks, though the latter didn't work due to connection problems so I had to do it at the post of
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by jotm 4y ago
You can see it in other media, too. Same tired tropes most of the time. You can even see it in social media, you can make out the common tropes shaped by the society/culture/subculture/mainstream media and while original thou
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by jotm 4y ago
Same, I used to have a lot of nightmares so when I stopped recalling any dreams I was pretty happy. Can't say I missed anything tbh. I guess I was way more optimistic and gullible, now I'm realistic and don't trust anyone, ev
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by jotm 4y ago
A prepaid SIM having the same security checks as a bank account definitely felt sour. And for some reason people think they have any privacy from the government.
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by jotm 4y ago
So does Telegram, last time I checked? I always found it funny - here's a privacy focused alternative to Whatsapp! But we'll need your phone number, first. Why? Oh, y'know, to limit spam and stuff. 'cuz that definitely c
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by jotm 4y ago
It's never too late tbh, but in this case it makes zero sense. The competition is also "made in Germany", it's not like all the datacenters/providers are fully run from the US or something. The only ones who would f
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by jotm 4y ago
Phone call culture is real in Germany lol. It's pretty maddening sometimes, I'd write emails that include everything they might need to know, yet they insist on calling back just to read the emails and confirm every point. Like...
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by jotm 4y ago
I was actually wondering if this is not common knowledge. People getting Testosterone Replacement Therapy are warned about the negative effects including a shorter lifespan. Bodybuilders using steroids know about it. ~10 years is a common f
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by jotm 4y ago
I thought that's common knowledge? The lifespan decrease from effective steroids, I mean. When making the decision voluntarily , you trade years of life for better quality of life. Which is a tradeoff many people would accept.
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by jotm 4y ago
Doubt it. Even today, obvious spammy content aggregators show up for many keywords with stuff taken directly from Reddit/Stackoverflow/Superuser/etc. All of Google's fancy ML could've been replaced with a simple rep
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by jotm 4y ago
I just remembered a guy who became a mayor and then started his own party with some decent, western inspired ideas in my country. Things which are sane in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, you know, countries which we consider developed. I
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by jotm 4y ago
That explanation, as dumb as it seems, can be the actual and only reason for many designs. Barely functional heatsinks in laptops, using 0.1mm metal backsides in keyboards instead of 0.25 or something (the fucking thing bends and keys sto
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by jotm 4y ago
That would be the case if for some reason, the third world countries would be getting repairable stuff. But no, they get the same shit that's popular in developed countries, even worse - because the main reason for soldering and gluing
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by jotm 4y ago
1. Well, d'uh. Also, everything will require a network connection (which is where ubiquitous Internet via cable or satellite comes in). No Internet? Pfft, what, do you live without electricity, too? 2. Pay for these kinds of profession
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by jotm 4y ago
Same way I can see the future of everyone commenting here with near 100% accuracy. If you're curious, I can see that you will die. If you're scared, I can help you avoid death for only $4.99/day or a war against Lichtenstein,
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by jotm 4y ago
No, I can ignore ads very well. I just buy what I need after a lot of research (and sadly good/real reviews are harder to come by). All new advancements in "tech" have actually been in money making. Like appliances that requi
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by jotm 4y ago
That's by design, to feed Google Search (and show you ads). Firefox has that, too, but you can easily turn it off so it will only show suggestions based on your history. Not sure about Chrome.
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by jotm 4y ago
Everyone thinks they want something to be done. The simple reason why few things are getting done is that it would seriously affect people's lives. Right now, rising prices are a massive boon for the environment. Less consumption, more
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by jotm 4y ago
It's hibernating. Apparently, Windows has the ability to perform some actions based on ACPI, which presumably is disabled by default. For whatever reason, some update enables this feature (once every 6+ months, but not right after rest
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by jotm 4y ago
Eh, Linux is more stable than Windows 10 in my experience, even with a bunch of extra bs and custom configuration that I needed. Windows 7 was rock stable. Indeed, it was W10 that caused me this kind of headache a few times - just updated i
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by jotm 4y ago
It's not. If you can see it, you can copy it. It just makes life harder for a small number of legitimate users on Linux or rooted Android phones because their license/contract says they need to use DRM.
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by jotm 4y ago
Wifi is practical, too. But I prefer wired Ethernet whenever possible, even if it's hard.
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by jotm 4y ago
I mean, it's in the name :P

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