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  1. Comment on Prepaid SIMs in Germany / Prepaid Jahrestarif in ~tech

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    The simplest and fastest option ended up being walking into Telekom and asking for a prepaid sim (with my passport). The year prepaid is 15€ more than than 85€ my partner will pay for O2 but also...

    The simplest and fastest option ended up being walking into Telekom and asking for a prepaid sim (with my passport). The year prepaid is 15€ more than than 85€ my partner will pay for O2 but also didn’t involve receiving a SIM card by post and needing to deal with remote ID verification process, etc.

    It’s also 13GB/month which is excessive in my opinion but #yolo I’ll never worry about hitting a data cap.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Prepaid SIMs in Germany / Prepaid Jahrestarif in ~tech

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    I understand the PayPal usage but also don’t understand the PayPal usage. Like being able to pay for the first aid course I need for my driver license transfer by PayPal was unexpected. I’ve never...

    I understand the PayPal usage but also don’t understand the PayPal usage. Like being able to pay for the first aid course I need for my driver license transfer by PayPal was unexpected.

    I’ve never had PayPal and suspect this country might be the end of that, but we’ll see.

  3. Comment on Pluribus full season discussion in ~tv

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    I’ve never used TikTok and am old enough to have a child in their teens if I’d been less lucky as a teen. Pluribus is too slow. It’s not bad, it’s just too slow.

    I’ve never used TikTok and am old enough to have a child in their teens if I’d been less lucky as a teen.

    Pluribus is too slow. It’s not bad, it’s just too slow.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Pluribus full season discussion in ~tv

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    The pacing is really, really too slow. I finally got around to watching Utopia (UK), between episodes of Pluribus, and trying to come back from that relative masterpiece of pacing to Pluribus was...

    The pacing is really, really too slow. I finally got around to watching Utopia (UK), between episodes of Pluribus, and trying to come back from that relative masterpiece of pacing to Pluribus was brutal.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Moving back to the US (after 7+ years living in Germany) in ~life

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    Do PS4’s not use a generic C7 power cable? My Xbox was one of the few electronics to make the list for the move because all I needed to do was grab a cable. I think I need to prioritize a third,...

    Do PS4’s not use a generic C7 power cable? My Xbox was one of the few electronics to make the list for the move because all I needed to do was grab a cable.

    I think I need to prioritize a third, and possibly fourth, pair of pants before an e-scooter…

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Moving back to the US (after 7+ years living in Germany) in ~life

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    If you’re considering selling it instead of moving it, I’m in the market for a PC (minus a graphics card and ram depending on the CPU)…

    If you’re considering selling it instead of moving it, I’m in the market for a PC (minus a graphics card and ram depending on the CPU)…

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Cotts & Ravine 12 deck mix back 2 back (electro hard dance hardstyle drumstep hardcore) (2013) in ~music

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    A proper throwback; Cotts and Ravine were putting out multiple part sets back when YouTube had the 10 minute limit. In 2026, it feels quite quaint to watch two dudes seem so happy spinning an hour...

    A proper throwback; Cotts and Ravine were putting out multiple part sets back when YouTube had the 10 minute limit.

    In 2026, it feels quite quaint to watch two dudes seem so happy spinning an hour long set on thousands of dollars of equipment in their living room.

    I don’t know them but their sets brought a lot of joy to my life over the past 20 years, so I hope they’re doing well and I hope their sets can bring some joy to random tildes folks too.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Prepaid SIMs in Germany / Prepaid Jahrestarif in ~tech

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    Using AirAlo for data at the moment, but if you managed to get a UK and French Apple ID with a US number I’ll try to rip it with the US number and see what happens for a German Apple ID.

    Using AirAlo for data at the moment, but if you managed to get a UK and French Apple ID with a US number I’ll try to rip it with the US number and see what happens for a German Apple ID.

    1 vote

  10. Prepaid SIMs in Germany / Prepaid Jahrestarif

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    I need a German phone number, so I need a German SIM. My preference would be a prepaid year because it’s a bit cheaper. Also, I have a physical sim slot and would rather use a physical sim than an...

    I need a German phone number, so I need a German SIM.

    My preference would be a prepaid year because it’s a bit cheaper. Also, I have a physical sim slot and would rather use a physical sim than an eSIM.

    Many apps (Mein O2, MeinMagenta for cell services and most of the local transit apps) are region locked. I can’t currently change my Apple ID to Germany and can’t make a new Apple ID for Germany without a German phone number.

    Any hot takes on Telekom, Vodafone, O2, etc. or recommendations on getting a physical SIM card?

    Note: The Aldi closest to me only had eSIM today or thought they only had eSIM.

    Edit: I actually need a phone number for things, e.g. kita being able to call me if one of my kids get sick at daycare.

    7 votes

  11. Comment on Mac advice for a long time Windows user in ~tech

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    Changing the default path for screenshots to something more reasonable can be helpful too. defaults write com.apple.screencapture location "/path/to/new/location"

    Changing the default path for screenshots to something more reasonable can be helpful too.

    defaults write com.apple.screencapture location "/path/to/new/location"

  12. Comment on Moving back to the US (after 7+ years living in Germany) in ~life

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    I brought RAM, NVMEs, SSDs, and HDDs. Everything else was sold or given to friends. If I had a GPU I’d have brought it too. PSUs are heavy, cases are big, etc. and we limited ourselves to checked...

    I brought RAM, NVMEs, SSDs, and HDDs. Everything else was sold or given to friends. If I had a GPU I’d have brought it too.

    PSUs are heavy, cases are big, etc. and we limited ourselves to checked and carry-on luggage.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on As a reindeer herder, I am watching Norwegian renewable energy projects threaten our land, livelihoods and an Indigenous way of life the state once tried to erase in ~enviro

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    I feel bad for them because there’s no win to be had. Environmental justice concerns today and inevitable changes to ecosystems from climate change tomorrow.

    I feel bad for them because there’s no win to be had. Environmental justice concerns today and inevitable changes to ecosystems from climate change tomorrow.

    18 votes

  14. Comment on Anyone know of any good way to transfer Apple Music playlists onto a hard drive? in ~tech

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    On Mac, iTunes is mostly dead; it was split into Music.app and TV.app (and Podcast.app?). Here’s the support page for exporting playlist information but I don’t think it’s quite what OP is looking...

    On Mac, iTunes is mostly dead; it was split into Music.app and TV.app (and Podcast.app?).

    Here’s the support page for exporting playlist information but I don’t think it’s quite what OP is looking for: https://support.apple.com/guide/music/save-a-copy-of-your-playlists-mus27cd5060f/mac

    5 votes

  15. Comment on Jeffrey Epstein emails show close connection with MIT's Noam Chomsky in ~society

  16. Comment on Living wage calculator in ~finance

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    I didn’t think Ramsey County looked unreasonable, on average. There is reliable public transit but I wouldn’t say it’s the most expansive system. If all you need to do is hop on the blue line or...

    I didn’t think Ramsey County looked unreasonable, on average.

    There is reliable public transit but I wouldn’t say it’s the most expansive system. If all you need to do is hop on the blue line or green line and walk a few blocks, it’s not too bad.

    But if you need to commute to or from one of the burbs daily, like all the HQs and industry along 494 or 694, it’s not too good.

  17. Comment on White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt now has a family connection to a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest in ~society

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    White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt now has a family connection to the ICE actions sweeping the country — her nephew’s mother was arrested by agents in Revere earlier this month.

  19. Comment on Looking for recommendations for a new home router in ~tech

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    I’m happy with my Synology RT6600ax. Easy to setup VLANs and I trust Synology to push updates and security fixes even if I don’t trust them to not be greedy on the NAS side of their business. I...

    I’m happy with my Synology RT6600ax. Easy to setup VLANs and I trust Synology to push updates and security fixes even if I don’t trust them to not be greedy on the NAS side of their business.

    I don’t have any issues streaming 4K from a media server upstairs to a client downstairs over wireless, but placement and wall material and floor plans can impact that a lot so…

    Should work with just about any device.

    Some IoT type things struggle to connect to routers if 2.4 and 5 share an SSID, so you have to split them to connect. You can merge again after they connect for the first time if I recall correctly but it’s annoying. And it’s a device issue not a network issue. I keep IoT on a VLAN with firewall rules to prevent WAN access and only broadcast in 2.4.

    3 votes

  20. Comment on What broke the quarterback pipeline? in ~sports.american_football

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    I think it’s interesting that the drop in under center snaps in the NFL lines up with the “draft’em and start’em” draft years in the early 2010s for - generally - mobile QBs: Griffin (2012), Cam...

    I think it’s interesting that the drop in under center snaps in the NFL lines up with the “draft’em and start’em” draft years in the early 2010s for - generally - mobile QBs: Griffin (2012), Cam Newton (2011), Tebow (2010), Bradford (2010).

    3 votes