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  1. Comment on I just turned 29 last month, what are some things I should be thinking about before my 30s? in ~talk

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    I feel like a parka and I guess using some UV protection on the remainder of your exposed face would suffice in this case, not much of you should be exposed—certainly not to the extent of getting...

    I feel like a parka and I guess using some UV protection on the remainder of your exposed face would suffice in this case, not much of you should be exposed—certainly not to the extent of getting a sunburn while surrounded by snow :)

  2. Comment on Single most useful program you daily use? in ~tech

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    Moneystats for iOS and Mac is my most used and favorite because it helps me model my financial stuff and fprecast everything so I can juggle everything and play out all my decisions rather than do...

    Moneystats for iOS and Mac is my most used and favorite because it helps me model my financial stuff and fprecast everything so I can juggle everything and play out all my decisions rather than do dumb stuff and suffer later.

    Very little stress if I keep on top of it and keep it up to date. I'd very likely be on the street if it wasnt for this app, not even joking. Left to my own devices I'd br screwed and an absolute chronic panic attack if I didnt have it

    2 votes
  3. Comment on Snacks that aren't just sugar or crazy salty in ~food

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    Cottage cheese with all the fat is good stuff. Filling and tasty, no too moreish

    Cottage cheese with all the fat is good stuff. Filling and tasty, no too moreish

    6 votes
  4. Comment on Passkey technology is elegant, but it’s most definitely not usable security in ~tech

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    Someone correct me if I'm wrong but aren't Passkeys secured by biometrics and emphatically not a password? Seems much less secure than having a proper master password that exists only in your mind...

    Someone correct me if I'm wrong but aren't Passkeys secured by biometrics and emphatically not a password? Seems much less secure than having a proper master password that exists only in your mind...

    1 vote
  5. Comment on Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reverses US policy that would have limited anesthesia periods in ~health

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    What I'm getting at is because the hospital and insurance company are verically-integrated, wouldn't they charge themselves (since its "in-network") the least they could so its not cutting into...

    What I'm getting at is because the hospital and insurance company are verically-integrated, wouldn't they charge themselves (since its "in-network") the least they could so its not cutting into the insurance side's numbers? Like just enough to cover all the actual bare combined costs so neither part is taking a hit to their own respective numbers?

    2 votes
  6. Comment on Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reverses US policy that would have limited anesthesia periods in ~health

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    So would $1700 more likely be the free-market undistorted actual cost/price of this medical visit?

    So would $1700 more likely be the free-market undistorted actual cost/price of this medical visit?

    3 votes
  7. Comment on How do you learn to recognize your own emotions? in ~health.mental

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    You can listen to music in your current mood (have to figure that out first) and move gradually to music more how you'd like to feel

    You can listen to music in your current mood (have to figure that out first) and move gradually to music more how you'd like to feel

    1 vote
  8. Comment on Unable to feel progress, lack of happiness and not finding motivation to keep investing in ~health.mental

  9. Comment on Russia suffers deadliest day since start of full-scale invasion, Ukraine's military says in ~news

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    What makes you think Biden won't leave a January surprise and dump a bunch of funding and capacity before he out? Whats stopping Europe from rising in place of the US' fall and becoming the...

    What makes you think Biden won't leave a January surprise and dump a bunch of funding and capacity before he out?

    Whats stopping Europe from rising in place of the US' fall and becoming the predominant hegemonic power and arbiter of all this?

    4 votes
  10. Comment on Is Google doing its darndest to squeeze out Firefox or other browsers? in ~tech

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    Netscape is still active?!

    Netscape still do good stuff

    Netscape is still active?!

    2 votes
  11. Comment on Unable to feel progress, lack of happiness and not finding motivation to keep investing in ~health.mental

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    Can you clarify what you mean by this?

    profiteer

    Can you clarify what you mean by this?

    2 votes
  12. Comment on When victimhood takes a bad-faith turn. Wronged explores how the practice of claiming harm has become the rhetorical province of the powerful. in ~life

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    Anyone with more knowledge or understanding of slave/master dialectic would probably have some interesting insights here

    Anyone with more knowledge or understanding of slave/master dialectic would probably have some interesting insights here

    3 votes
  13. Comment on Elon Musk’s lawyers quietly subpoena public interest groups in ~tech

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    What are some plausible example dog whistles that could pop up?

    What are some plausible example dog whistles that could pop up?

  14. Comment on I hate alcohol. Totally hate it. in ~talk

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    Not that its my place, but if they start drinking again and that's just going to be how things work out, please have them look into Sinclair method. Its a tricky thing to suggest the poison can be...

    Not that its my place, but if they start drinking again and that's just going to be how things work out, please have them look into Sinclair method.

    Its a tricky thing to suggest the poison can be turned on its head to the point it becomes part of the cure and the approach is sort of radical at first blush but theres a chemical aspect of addiction that doesnt get looked at with abstinence approaches and if they can't manage on that, there's still hope and an arguably more efficacious approach with Sinclair.

    Keep that mind if you see things regressing. I really wish it was otc and covered publicly and more people were aware of it

    3 votes
  15. Comment on I hate alcohol. Totally hate it. in ~talk

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    Hows the stepson doing recently? Drinking/not drinking, treatment etc?

    Hows the stepson doing recently? Drinking/not drinking, treatment etc?

    4 votes
  16. Comment on Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov arrested in France in ~tech

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    Its not an attack on e2ee, Telegram is first and foremost an unencrypted service. It can offer limited novel encryption for private chats but I think thats only person to person (and its...
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    Its not an attack on e2ee, Telegram is first and foremost an unencrypted service. It can offer limited novel encryption for private chats but I think thats only person to person (and its definitely not by default), it also collects a ton of "unencrypted" data through all the permissions it requires to use the app.

    This is more like Facebook allowing illegal content to stay up and refusing to moderate and also not handing over plaintext user data they retain and profit off of that they definitely have full access and knowledge of which is related to illegal conduct at issue.

    If Telegram was actually an end to end encrypted service, they would probably be on better footing.

    Edit - I'm okay if this misunderstanding actually galvanizes the public to realize the importance of e2ee/encryption in general and make this issue politically radioactive but there will always be totalitarian snoops who want access to everything and anyone for their own selfish purposes

    32 votes
  17. Comment on Program your finances: Command-line accounting in ~finance

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    What do you think about something lile MoneyStats? Curious because I just can't see plain text being robust enough for anything other than simple record-keeping, as opposed to being able to...

    What do you think about something lile MoneyStats? Curious because I just can't see plain text being robust enough for anything other than simple record-keeping, as opposed to being able to project and put it together to make whatever inferences that probably get missed when you're getting that low-level.

    1 vote
  18. Comment on Google must destroy $5 billion worth of user data illegally collected in Incognito Mode in ~tech

  19. Comment on What is a software you wish existed? in ~comp

  20. Comment on Topless men: should they be banned if they’re not at the pool or the beach? in ~life.men

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    Woman with A-cups: VERBOTEN Man with Double-D cups: Amen

    Woman with A-cups: VERBOTEN

    Man with Double-D cups: Amen

    15 votes