Global opinion?

Right?

They’re only about 15 years behind

You got the upvote for the Princess Bride quote!

Yep.

I went from Verizon ($200/mo for 2 lines) to Xfinity ($80/mo for 2 lines) to JMP.chat ($7/mo for 2 lines) to US Mobile (still about $18/mo for 2 lines). I still have JMP as my cell provider for the SMS-to-XMPP bridge (my sms comes through XMPP), and just have US Mobile for data. My current monthly is still about $20/mo for 2 lines with 10gb of data. Additional data is $4 for 2gig if I go over.

Frankly in the US now US Mobile is hard to beat. Their unlimited plan is $45/mo,and they have coverage on every carrier (my phone will switch to the dominant local carrier wherever I go, and it’s usually 5G).

This is why I buy a used phone 1 or 2 model years behind.

You’d be surprised how much of a discount you can get when someone upgrades.

I’m currently running Pixel 5, and I own three of them for less than any new phone. This gives me the ability to have a hot spare/test device.

Fine, Dad, take my upvote.

What?

An old fashioned spark radio is pretty effective. Plus it has a use for a “hobbyist”.

Time to setup some old spark radios on rooftops, run them randomly 30 seconds at a time.

Which means a leak would be “relatively clean” water getting all over the place.

Just doesn’t sound like a good idea.

Also, are we talking using this water in chiller cooling towers, like most buildings use? So essentially heating that “relatively clean” liquid to about 100° or so (you know, a temp that microbes just love), and releasing it to the atmosphere.

Yea, I wouldn’t expect to be able to kill either of those - they’re kind of necessary for the system.

Something is requesting activity from them. When did this start? Is the timing related to a new app or a change in the system?

$2700??

Cant you just find a psychologist and schedule an appointment for a lot less than $2700? Like $250?

Potential conflicts of interest, no “smoking gun” as headline implies… Yet again.

Do I trust Telegram? No.

But there’s less evidence of wrongdoing at the moment by orders of magnitude than WhatsApp, etc.

I do appreciate the conversation, but holy hell the same connect-the-dots is never made about WhatsApp. Makes me wonder who’s pushing these stories.

Good journalism would cover the issues with all the mainstream comm systems.

Ones hot, ones not

Also, if you think they’re the same, you should study world religions sometime.

Check out courses by The Teaching Company, they cover all major religions (about 20 last I checked.) These are courses as taught in major universities, about 300 level.

Plus it just seems like a network cable. A bit of security obscurity.

Some kind of boar?

There are small filters that hang hoses over the side.

You’ll spend more running the filter, treating the water (and testing it) than simply replacing it.

From my own pool experience the smaller the volume, the harder it is to keep balanced. Even a 12’ pool can be a challenge.

Boy, so much to unpack.

Simply put, (and I mean this in a caring way), you’re in a growing moment.

Of course you desire physical affection, it’s part of human connection. Hell, it could be argued the physical stuff is our primary driver, just like for any other animal, and us humans struggle to reconcile that with our feelings and intellect.

Accept that whatever combo of desires you have (more physical/less personal, or the reverse, or any combo), that’s how you feel. It’s you, embrace it, and understand it.

As one dating coach put it - “attraction is not a choice”. What we do about that attraction is the choice(s) we make.

Sounds like you intellectually get the guy you’re currently hooking up with isn’t good for you. Then stop seeing him. Seeing him is taking time and energy away from the opportunity to meet someone better for you. It’s like spending your time practicing baseball when you want to be a long distance runner.

Two things I can rexommend: read “Your Erroneous Zones” By Wayne Dyer. He shows how to identify mis-thinking, or thinking that’s simply not useful, and how to alter our perspective using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques, (without ever calling it that).

Also, check out Evan Marc Katz’s dating blog. He’s where that quote about attraction came from. You may not agree with some of what he says, but the foundational ideas - know yourself, don’t waste your dwindling time with people who aren’t good for you, etc, are excellent.

As someone who’s (foolishly) also had a couple long-distance relationships - they don’t work, because relationships are built through shared experience. You may have time apart once a relationship is well-established, but that’s not the same thing as you don’t get that day-to-day life sharing. So don’t feel bad about it not working out, it would be surprising if it had.

I don’t get it. Einstein’s makes bagel sandwiches. This is what they do.

Is it not sliced like a bagel? Seems like you’d have to specifically request this.

Easier to link am article than write one myself.

I only glanced through this one, it may not be 100%,but it gets the salient points.

https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/18770/the-truth-about-windows-10-spying-on-almost-everything-you-do/

The problem mostly exists on Windows Home versions, since they’re not managed by am orga izatkom. Plus during initial setup it makes it seem like a Microsoft account is required, which means MS collects a lot of activity data about you.

I only run Pro, and disable many of these unused services with tools like O&O Shutup and setting specific registry keys.