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Comment on Twenty years of digital life, gone in an instant, thanks to Apple in ~tech
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Comment on Twenty years of digital life, gone in an instant, thanks to Apple in ~tech
avirse Link ParentI've used smaller-scale (reputable) email providers with and without custom domains for about 15 years now and it's been an ever-increasing problem. Several times a site or app wouldn't allow me...I've used smaller-scale (reputable) email providers with and without custom domains for about 15 years now and it's been an ever-increasing problem. Several times a site or app wouldn't allow me to create an account without using a large provider's domain like gmail or outlook, particularly those relating to job-hunting, claiming my email address wasn't valid.
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Comment on Twenty years of digital life, gone in an instant, thanks to Apple in ~tech
avirse Link ParentThe bigger risk in my experience is services not accepting custom domains or automatically flagging them as spam. There have been many businesses I just can't correspond with via email because...The bigger risk in my experience is services not accepting custom domains or automatically flagging them as spam. There have been many businesses I just can't correspond with via email because they won't receive what I send, but my partner's gmail address gets to them just fine.
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Comment on CONTROL Resonant | Announcement trailer in ~games
avirse Link ParentIt looks like it might be set in The Dark Place - I pretty sure that station is in Alan Wake 2.It looks like it might be
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Comment on Meet Pebble Index 01 - External memory for your brain in ~tech
avirse Link ParentWhat's wrong with an old-fashioned dictaphone?What's wrong with an old-fashioned dictaphone?
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: Voting topic in ~games
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: Voting topic in ~games
avirse LinkFreddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist (5) Back in a Flash (5)Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist (5)
Back in a Flash (5)
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Comment on Tildes' Colossal Game Adventure: Inauguration and nominations in ~games
avirse Link ParentI was going to suggest Freddy Pharkas! Never did play it myself, but the song is burned into my brain all the same, I think from when my dad was playing it.I was going to suggest Freddy Pharkas! Never did play it myself, but the song is burned into my brain all the same, I think from when my dad was playing it.
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Comment on Retro Video Game Club brainstorming and planning topic in ~games
avirse Link ParentRetro Gaming Bunch? Or VGA could be Video Game Archeology, "digging up" old classics.EDIT: Retro Game Club = RGC. We could change the last word to make RGB, which feels retro.
Retro Gaming Bunch? Or VGA could be Video Game Archeology, "digging up" old classics.
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Comment on Firefox's new Terms of Use grants Mozilla complete data "processing" rights of all user interactions in ~tech
avirse Link ParentExcept all of those services are covered by separate Terms of Service, linked separately on their Legal page, so why would the browser's Terms of Use need to cover them as well?Except all of those services are covered by separate Terms of Service, linked separately on their Legal page, so why would the browser's Terms of Use need to cover them as well?
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Comment on Duty to Warn's John Gartner breaks down Donald Trump's cognitive decline in ~health.mental
avirse Link ParentI imagine it's missing from that quoted passage because the Macron/Mitterand mistake is explicitly mentioned earlier in the article:I imagine it's missing from that quoted passage because the Macron/Mitterand mistake is explicitly mentioned earlier in the article:
Joe Biden’s calling the current president of France by the old president of France’s name is like me calling my youngest daughter by my oldest daughter’s name
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Forgetting the name of the president of France isn’t the same as thinking Obama is president or that Nikki Haley and Nancy Pelosi are one person. -
Comment on Grand jury in the US state of Georgia returns indictments in Donald Trump 2020 election case in ~society
avirse Link ParentIgnoring for a moment that people don't always get their rights back after serving the sentence for their crime (and the existence of wrongful convictions). People who commit particularly bad...Ignoring for a moment that people don't always get their rights back after serving the sentence for their crime (and the existence of wrongful convictions).
People who commit particularly bad crimes are sentenced to a lifetime of imprisonment, people who violate their federal oath are effectively sentenced to a lifetime of not being able to take another. Sometimes that is the solution for public good.
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Comment on Squabblr is now a free speech platform in ~tech
avirse Link ParentWow, ok, I was just expanding on what I'd said above about how it's easy to use words of equivalent meaning, i.e. I was also agreeing with you.Wow, ok, I was just expanding on what I'd said above about how it's easy to use words of equivalent meaning, i.e. I was also agreeing with you.
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Comment on Want employees to return to the office? Then give each one an office. in ~life
avirse Link ParentThis can really cut both ways - I've found that going into the office most mornings makes me far more productive and generally happier because I'm escaping the endless chore list of being at home....it doesn't change the fact that someone not having to commute and constantly being in their personal environment is such a huge moral/productivity factor.
This can really cut both ways - I've found that going into the office most mornings makes me far more productive and generally happier because I'm escaping the endless chore list of being at home. It's great to be able to do housework in moments of downtime during the day, but it's also a huge, draining distraction to have thoughts like "I could be putting the laundry away right now" or "I could be prepping for dinner" or "I could just quickly run the hoover 'round" constantly running through your head.
Much like it's common to solve problems or have great ideas in the shower because of the lack of distraction, it can be much easier to focus on work when in a purely work-oriented environment.
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Comment on Squabblr is now a free speech platform in ~tech
avirse Link ParentThat's why I used "stupid" as my example, because its etymological roots have nothing to do with mental illness or developmental delay, and nor does its casual usage. An equivalent meaning also...That's why I used "stupid" as my example, because its etymological roots have nothing to do with mental illness or developmental delay, and nor does its casual usage.
An equivalent meaning also doesn't have to mean a synonym for the entire word, just the nuance you're getting at. E.g. the r-word strictly meant intellectual disability, but it has nuances of being literally slow, archaic, and backwards, etc. which would also work with a "fucking" prefix.
It's amusing that you're familiar with "gay" as the insult but not "queer", given gay originally meant happy before being adopted by the community, while queer means "strange in a negative way" and was the insult when I was at school.
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Comment on Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds in ~lgbt
avirse Link ParentNot even just appearance. I sleep best on my stomach. While I'm perfectly satisfied with the appearance of my boobs, it would be nice to have a nap that didn't make my lower ribs ache.Not even just appearance. I sleep best on my stomach. While I'm perfectly satisfied with the appearance of my boobs, it would be nice to have a nap that didn't make my lower ribs ache.
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Comment on Squabblr is now a free speech platform in ~tech
avirse Link ParentAnd leaving one social platform and joining another isn't literal reincarnation. There's a certain irony that you're making this point on the site that many people joined because they were sick of...And leaving one social platform and joining another isn't literal reincarnation. There's a certain irony that you're making this point on the site that many people joined because they were sick of Reddit.
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Comment on Squabblr is now a free speech platform in ~tech
avirse Link ParentI think it's a bit disingenuous to say people used the r-word with no intent of hurting the feelings of handicapped people. It's technically a true statement, but only because the feelings of the...I think it's a bit disingenuous to say people used the r-word with no intent of hurting the feelings of handicapped people. It's technically a true statement, but only because the feelings of the people being insulted were never a consideration, either through sheer thoughtlessness (which is and should be discouraged these days) or precisely because of the contempt that the r-word carries.
I agree with you that there's no emotional alternative with the same meaning, but that doesn't prevent people from stacking emotional equivalents alongside words of equivalent meaning, e.g. "fucking stupid".
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Comment on Squabblr is now a free speech platform in ~tech
avirse Link ParentThe idea is to find a home, but when your home gets destroyed what can you do but wander to another?The idea is to find a home, but when your home gets destroyed what can you do but wander to another?
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Comment on Squabblr is now a free speech platform in ~tech
avirse Link ParentA significant number have migrated to discuit.net, the front page there has been almost entirely taken over by talk of it.A significant number have migrated to discuit.net, the front page there has been almost entirely taken over by talk of it.
I was talking about both. Other examples being emails to nurseries that didn't arrive when sent from my address (cc'd to my husband so I know they sent and should have been received), same for multiple small companies (generally tradespeople) who are not technologically inclined nor motivated enough to give a shit about digging out my email or whitelisting my domain.