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samoa42 commented on Dump these small-biz routers, says Cisco, we won't patch their flawed VPN   theregister.com/2022/09/0... · Posted by u/sorenjan
dont__panic · 4 years ago
The 6S is losing support for the latest iOS this year.

I agree that their support is the best of the smartphone vendors, but I would also welcome legislation that opens up hardware for arbitrary software at EOL.

When Apple decides it's done updating the 6S, I should be able to run Android or Linux on it. But they've locked down the hardware so it can only run iOS.

samoa42 · 4 years ago
hardware manufactureres might even be found to owe compensation for the unreasonable externalities (cracking) forced upon the customers.
samoa42 commented on Tinder turns 10: what have we learned from a decade of dating apps?   theguardian.com/news/audi... · Posted by u/isaacfrond
seper8 · 4 years ago
>small subset of people

Growing every year... Take a look at Japan, I guess thats where the rest of the western world is headed. 25% of men aged 40 and below are virgins.

Fear the men with nothing to lose

samoa42 · 4 years ago
virgins do still have their virginity to loose, don't they?
samoa42 commented on Germany pushes for ‘pay as you fly’ model   businesstravelnewseurope.... · Posted by u/helsinkiandrew
wheels · 4 years ago
I was one of the folks hit by the massive cancellations in Germany this summer. I'd love this new suggestion.

My flight was canceled a month and 5 days ago. It was to the US and Canada, was canceled 22 hours in advance, and would have been my first time to see my family since the pandemic – more than 3 years.

I spent 3 hours on the phone with the airline trying to find a way to my destination. In the end they offered me nothing. I filed for a refund, and the statutory compensation on the day of my cancellation. I haven't received either. The airline has ignored my dispute filing, and the website where I booked hasn't processed the refund.

A week ago, I filed a chargeback with my credit card. I haven't received any info on that.

Two days ago, I had to spend the time hiring a legal service which processes the statutory EU compensation, but they'll take a third of what I'm due (€600 of the €1800), and say it'll take 2-3 months.

The current system does not work. Even if I do in the end get my refund and compensation, I'll come out roughly break-even on costs, lost my summer vacation, and will be down a dozen hours of effort.

samoa42 · 4 years ago
from another perspective; you get paid to not pollute the planet and do nothing instead.

first world problems ...

samoa42 commented on The ‘E-Pimps’ of OnlyFans   nytimes.com/2022/05/16/ma... · Posted by u/redeemed
progrus · 4 years ago
I meant to say that the phrase “medical/physical alternatives” in the context you used it, means genocide.
samoa42 · 4 years ago
as i tried to explain: it does not
samoa42 commented on The ‘E-Pimps’ of OnlyFans   nytimes.com/2022/05/16/ma... · Posted by u/redeemed
progrus · 4 years ago
I guess when your benchmark is genocide, it doesn’t seem like that big of a deal.
samoa42 · 4 years ago
wouldn't call it genocide because it is not a selective measure. but yea, "preventing births" does qualify
samoa42 commented on The ‘E-Pimps’ of OnlyFans   nytimes.com/2022/05/16/ma... · Posted by u/redeemed
bergenty · 4 years ago
I never understood the phone sex pull. It’s just a voice you can’t see anything and the person on the other end could be hideous.
samoa42 · 4 years ago
glory hole et.al.
samoa42 commented on The ‘E-Pimps’ of OnlyFans   nytimes.com/2022/05/16/ma... · Posted by u/redeemed
codebolt · 4 years ago
A lot can change over a decades time. I hope and believe that porn will eventually be a lot more restricted than it is today, as the societal downsides become more and more apparent.
samoa42 · 4 years ago
> societal downsides become more and more apparent

not sure, but in the greater picture of overpopulation, porn seems to be a cheap and effective measure compared to medical/physical alternatives.

samoa42 commented on “YouTube-dl” and “Pirate Bay” back on DDG   fosstodon.org/@rudolf/108... · Posted by u/ikt
BurdensomeCount · 4 years ago
Amazing that nowadays if you want the best "uncensored" results you have to go to the Russian Yandex (at least on all topics unrelated to Russia). How did our society get to such a point...
samoa42 · 4 years ago
i mean yes, it's suboptimal. but hardly news that for the real deal, you gotta leave the main road.
samoa42 commented on “YouTube-dl” and “Pirate Bay” back on DDG   fosstodon.org/@rudolf/108... · Posted by u/ikt
kevin_thibedeau · 4 years ago
They've removed Yandex and are now at the mercy of Bing's censorship.
samoa42 · 4 years ago
right, russians went from cyber-shady to cyber-pure-evil and now everyone has to cut ties...
samoa42 commented on Health care is turning into a consumer product   economist.com/business/ho... · Posted by u/brimnes
standardUser · 4 years ago
"There is no way you would rather have cancer in a country with free health care."

Unless you can't afford for-profit healthcare. Then any sane person would 100% prefer one of the fifty or so developed nations with free healthcare.

samoa42 · 4 years ago
also safe to say that a vast majority of ppl on the planet can't afford for-profit cancer treatment

u/samoa42

KarmaCake day207January 29, 2019View Original