exaybachae

joined 3 months ago

Girls do this shit too, and it's not new.

The general message to 'be good to each other' is very old, and has to be told often. The internet provides for a lot of anonymity and seperation from consequence, so allows for people to say shitty things without the moderation that's more common in public and personal spaces.

It's not surprising at all that there is tons of men or women online talking shit about each other. What is surprising is that the platforms it happens on don't just delete that crap as a rule. Many will let it fester and negatively effect the community because people interact with it, and interaction means ad hits.

We need laws that make monetizing such content illegal, to encourage it's quick removal.

Just bitching about having to see it isn't good enough.

[โ€“] exaybachae@startrek.website 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Community bikes are not a new thing. They had them in my hometown through most of my youth and teen years, and may still. I don't live there anymore. ๐Ÿ™

They had a strong bike community, and a bike store and repair shop off a main ped/cycle path through town, just outside downtown. It had a lounge and was the primary source of the community bikes and their maintenance.

Paint the bikes all a similar bright color, not white, and get stickers made with info about use and contact info for pickup and repair.

Like, "I'm a community bike, use me as you like, leave me somewhere responsibly when you're done with me, so somebody else can use me too. Contact for pickup or repairs 555 RIDE 4ME"

[โ€“] exaybachae@startrek.website 15 points 3 months ago

Yeah, don't say you don't know if you do, that's lying, which is a crime in this situation. You can answer crime related questions with questions (avoidance). But don't do that for everything. If they push, start asking if you're free to go. If they say no, invoke the 5th.

Don't do their jobs for them.

Don't answer any questions that could incriminate you. Or talk to them in general. But be polite when you do speak.

Only tell them your name or provide other required identity information. Don't say where you are going or coming from. Don't explain anything. Don't tell stories. Don't lie.

[โ€“] exaybachae@startrek.website 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can definitely cut steal with my angle grinder.

[โ€“] exaybachae@startrek.website 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Faraday bags work... But test them.

I got a cheapo $7 Chromebook sized bag that seemed to work for my SOs iphone. We don't use NFC so I couldn't test that.

No BT, WiFi, or Cell, and probably no GPS.

I only did casual testing.

The screen still showed the signal having low bars for WiFi and cellular, but it didn't actually receive a signal at all when trying to call or use the net, not even with the top of the bag open a sliver and my hand in there.

If the device was off or in airplane mode and in the bag, I'd be comfortable assuming it was safely hidden from tracking.

I haven't thoroughly tested my various personal devices, but I expect identical results.

I think everyone should probably have a bag like this around, in a go-bag or something, just in case. And it's safer to have your phone available than not, as long as it's secure (use a pin or password to lock it, use encryption, put emergency info on it for first responders).

[โ€“] exaybachae@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Awe, I miss browsers like Lynx, and MDA and EGA monitors. Those where the days.

That's what email is for.

In fact, if I unblock them, I still get emails from an elementary school in the Seattle area because 20 years ago I dated somebody with a kid that went there and I subscribed to their event email.

Yes, I tried to unsubscribe for many years.

I was shocked by their paper on static.

There paper on water was surprisingly dry.

[โ€“] exaybachae@startrek.website 10 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It'll be challenged and decided to be unconstitutional as ICE agents are a special protected class, which makes this descriminatory and illegal.

Not saying it's right, but that's what will happen.

There is a conversation to be had here about how newer broadcast mediums like YouTube are not regulated the same way as older mediums like TV/Radio... And it is that old regulation and those differences that allowed Colbert to sidestep this censorship.

Both the censorship and the tech aspects of this story are worthy of discussion, and thus this 'event' most certainly does belong here.

But most people are more concerned about the censorship and the content of the video, and that will naturally influence the direction of most discussions about it.

Plus, people don't always even look at the forum a post was shared too before commenting. Naturally they just see a thing that interests them and they start talking about it.

I only know the forum cause I got far enough down the comments to see yours.

[โ€“] exaybachae@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm still confused how core Christian beliefs can be in any way compatible with right leaning political beliefs.

[โ€“] exaybachae@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Some Republicans know better than to mess with 1st amendment rights, maybe even most, but apparently none of those Republicans own or control our media outlets or operate our government.

I kinda feel like there are definitely poor Republicans, but all the supposed rich and powerful Republicans secretly belong to an entirely different clan.

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