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by vinay427 5y ago
There's a similar situation in Switzerland, where a handful of banks dominate the national market despite some smaller (cantonal) options that mostly have their own consortium anyway. The larger banks cooperated on creating a mobile pa
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> I don't think the question of whether a place is 'in' the US comes down to any notion of whether its regional governing authority is subordinate to or a federal constituent of the national government of the United States
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> but they are not born in the United State. Just like people born in the Panama Canal Zone or someone like Ted Cruz who was born in Canada to an American citizen I wouldn't say it's like being born in Canada, considering Puert
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Yes, AdGuard seems to do so and IIRC also has customizable block lists. The default includes Safari-only blocking but it is able to add a device-wide filter using Apple's API for VPNs. It seems to identify the various trackers used by
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> And iOS needs an outbound firewall This can already easily be added through third-party apps. Would a system-wide firewall be a worthwhile improvement? I suppose it would help to have it enabled by default for users who wouldn’t instal
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Even if that once existed, this comment seems to exemplify what you wrote. The GP can freely voice their opposition to Spotify by moving to another service. They don’t seem offended to me, but rather resolute on a reasonable issue.
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If they're similarly guilty of misinformation, those responsible in the media should absolutely face consequences as well. This feels like whataboutism, which doesn't preclude people taking a stand against the JRE podcast.
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> It's Spotify telling artists and content creators that it won't be a part of either their political statements or grudges. I realize I'm pulling a quote out of context from your comment, itself a specific reply to anothe
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Even for Visa/Mastercard, this seems to depend on the issuer to some extent. Issuing banks often handle two-factor fraud portals (Verified by Visa, etc.) differently, and these portals are increasingly common especially in much of Euro
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I would assume the number includes all unique seller accounts as it doesn’t specify a constraint on seller activity or similar. In fact, (less reputable) data from marketplace research claims a far higher number in 2021 of over 6 million.
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Many do validate the address or at least postal code, however, although American Express doesn’t appear to in my experience. I assume it also depends on the issuer for Visa/Mastercard considering many have their own two-factor verifica
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by vinay427 5y ago
Could you elaborate further on this? I’m curious what commonalities you find in the cuisines of these areas.
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> Are houses in the US still built with 2x4's and drywall? You'd think they would move to what we have here in the Netherlands, mostly sturdy concrete blocks Do you mind explaining why you feel this way? There are definitely be
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by vinay427 5y ago
I doubt most of this is related to LTE. Other megacities seem to handle it relatively fine including in countries with similar mobile internet adoption. Meanwhile, in London some mobile operators at least in my travels seem to have nearly u
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I'm a huge fan of WLED. It tends to work flawlessly after some minor tweaking of settings, at least on my ESP8266 board with WS2815 LED strips. The built-in effects are likely sufficient for most uses and can easily be programmatically
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Honestly, I prefer it as a consumer. In the US, one can relatively easily find a card that gets 2% back on every transaction, if not more, with 3-7% not uncommon for certain spending. Even at 1-2% back, most of the price increase by a merch
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by vinay427 5y ago
If you look at the GP comment they replied to (quote below), it‘s fairly clear that they didn’t mean this to be a recipe that will make you successful, but simply commonalities that may make success more likely. > Doing what successful p
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That’s why N95 masks don’t permit ear loops, as far as I understand. The KN95 masks (similar certification from China) fill this purpose for people that really want ear loops, but I also find that they’re decidedly trickier to fit on my fac
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by vinay427 5y ago
Have you tried other eBook stores? Depending on your country, there’s Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and often massive freely available collections through local libraries (at least in the US and some European countries).
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> 2FA is bullshit and doesn’t work in practice. You made an argument against SMS/phone-based 2FA, but didn’t address any other 2FA method such as U2F. I don’t see how your claim follows.
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Exactly, with this relatively low support for extradition it would be surprising to see a jury conviction. And that's with abuse of the jury selection process, presumably in both directions.
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No. Have you visited cities in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, etc.? Most larger intersections have several crossings (1-2 on each side) that are signaled appropriately to allow pedestrians, cars, and often trams and/or bicycles
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> In the UK almost all junctions have either people crossing, or cars turning, but not both at the same time. This sounds super strange from a continental European standard as well. Do you mean that cars and pedestrians are never crossin
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Ahh, as the GP commenter I appreciate your clarification. Sorry for jumping to a less-than-ideal conclusion from your initial comment!
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> not well understood by many US men or by anyone beyond our borders. Is this satire, or did you actually mean to generalize _the entire world_ outside of the US with a statement that is still ostensibly politically controversial today (
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While I don’t believe this was true across Australia at certain points in the pandemic, your point is definitely taken and I would agree with the message. However, I don’t understand the US-centric (satirical) perspective in a comment like
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by vinay427 5y ago
Not the person you replied to, but a GitHub issue thread [1] seems quite close. I find it somewhat confusing and potentially troubling that (from a few minutes of searching so correct me if I’m wrong) a full-featured ARM-native fork seems t
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by vinay427 5y ago
I assume they mean native ARM support rather than depending on Rosetta 2, which from what I can tell [1] is still the case. [1] https://doesitarm.com/app/signal/
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The soft plastic bags are also much less common nowadays in my experience, at least among first-party tech products. Random accessories purchased from smaller manufacturers will often include more plastic bag packaging.
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That is accurate. What point are you trying to make? The case numbers of this variant in those countries or their neighbors are not comparable.

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