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by rosndo 5y ago
Important to note that this is only true for domestic transfers, and even then it’s not necessarily an easy task https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/dec/07/i-lost-my-1930... Also this is only true for
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by rosndo 5y ago
I have a collection of international eSIMs, they certainly make my life much easier.
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by rosndo 5y ago
Problem? This seems like a huge win, the sooner we get rid of phone numbers the better.
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by rosndo 5y ago
> If you are a local ISP, you better be part of the program if you want to sell your services to apple's devices eSIMs aren’t some apple run “program” you have to take part in.
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by rosndo 5y ago
> What guarantees that, having done an irrevocable funds transfer, you get something back? How is that at all different from a regular bank transfer?
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by rosndo 5y ago
Much easier than 8 physical sims for sure! The long term SIM cards (Virgin UAE, Three HK, Lifecell Ukraine) with phone numbers I can easily transfer by going on the carrier apps or websites. But we’re rapidly headed towards a data-only worl
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by rosndo 5y ago
Try airalo, they’re available in almost all countries.
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by rosndo 5y ago
I only use eSIMs and have yet to have trouble with this. I guess all you can do is vote with your wallet and switch to a less shit carrier.
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by rosndo 5y ago
eSIMs significantly reduce the friction of switching between carriers and will inevitably force carriers to suck less. Especially in a world where people increasingly only care about data.
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by rosndo 5y ago
Airalo is the one I find myself using the most, amazing coverage and great support. I’ve probably used their sims in 30+ countries at this point, they’re even available in more exotic places like St Barthelemy or Moldova.
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by rosndo 5y ago
This doesn’t make any sense. The basic assumption of your comment doesn’t correlate with the real world.
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by rosndo 5y ago
Not any more than with regular physical SIMs, if your carrier wants to be shit they can lock a physical SIM to a specific device too.
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by rosndo 5y ago
That’s literally how it works… You can have as many eSIMs as you’d like, I currently have 8 on my phone and can choose which two I want to have active at any time. I’m not sure why nextgrid is constructing this weird technological strawman.
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by rosndo 5y ago
How do you know? @dang perhaps my previous comment didn’t deserve to be flagged?
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by rosndo 5y ago
This is stupid, your carrier could IMEI lock physical SIMs if they want. eSIMs change nothing, the control you speak of is just a delusion.
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by rosndo 5y ago
> eSIMs are good but it doesn't eliminate the bureaucracy/paper work involved with acquiring an actual network connection Of course they do, eSIMs allow companies like airalo to exist. Surely Apple moving fully to eSIMs will br
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by rosndo 5y ago
As a frequent traveler I can’t imagine going back to physical SIMs, now I can carry all my data plans on my phone and don’t have to waste time looking for a place to buy a prepaid plan. There are a ton of websites where you can immediately
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by rosndo 5y ago
I don’t have a physical sim in my phone, but I have 8 esims. As far as I can tell the physical sim slot is just a complete waste of space, I can’t use it anyway without toggling one of my esims off.
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by rosndo 5y ago
> This is how support is handled these days. These days ? When was this not a standard practice for the financial industry? Most of the time when a bank (or similar) decides to close your account they literally can’t even discuss the re
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by rosndo 5y ago
> Not illegal or nefarious things either Well, now I’d love to know about exciting illegal things one could theoretically do with this. Maybe pop a root shell on a satellite and have the coolest bouncer on efnet? Maybe you could spy on s
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by rosndo 5y ago
Maybe true for people working on/for startups. If you work for some bigco? Good luck explaining your “master race” jokes to HR. It’s not gonna go over well, even at FAANG.
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by rosndo 5y ago
I’m very familiar :) I’m not trying to criticize anyone, just offering a friendly reminder that letting these injokes leak outside of 4chan or reddit can have unfortunate consequences since most people won’t be as understanding as you or me
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by rosndo 5y ago
It’s not a comparison, simply an observation that the “modern technology movement” has deliberately chosen to borrow Nazis terminology. I’m not comparing them to the Nazis in any way. This is an understandable mistake, Godwin’s law is frequ
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by rosndo 5y ago
Exactly, no comparisons have been made here. Edit in response to your edit: > GP compares gamers to right wing ideologues. QED It really doesn’t, there’s no suggestion that gamers are similar to right wing ideologues. The comment just po
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by rosndo 5y ago
I’m not sure why you’d invoke Godwin here, nothing is being compared to the Nazis. Godwin’s law isn’t about mentions of Nazis, but specifically about using them in analogies.
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by rosndo 5y ago
The thread is titled “Ask HN: What are the best tech books you read in 2021?” Why would someone post a book that they didn’t consider worth reading?
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by rosndo 5y ago
> So long as you append the "PC" part to the name, no one will associate it to the Nazi thing Except for the more than 99% of non-gamers who don’t hang out on boards like /v/? I’m not accusing anyone of being a Nazi,
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by rosndo 5y ago
> Those two things together means people freezing to death What is the deal with americans and freezing to death? I’m from Scandinavia, and the only times I’ve heard people discuss that is in the context of someone getting drunk and pass
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by rosndo 5y ago
> Induction cook tops cost nearly $4k. A whole electric stove and oven for about $600. I can buy 5 Miele induction cooktops for $4k, what planet are you living on?
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by rosndo 5y ago
> yeah, I'm a huge PC Master Race type oof Maybe you should consider whether or not it’s a good idea to publicly identify as such? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_race It would not be unreasonable to e.g.

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