Probius

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[–] Probius@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Why do people suddenly have a problem with this sort of thing? Art has always used exaggerations and tropes to convey things to the viewer more effectively than being realistic would. Lasers don't actually make solid beams of light in the air, evil people don't generally have red eyes or maniacal laughs, and female skeletons don't really have eyelashes and bows. Hell, most women don't even wear bows anymore.

[–] Probius@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

I never said it was a good one! I doubt they'd bother if it didn't make it easier for them to start charging you. Plus, card providers often have virtual card services nowadays anyway, so it probably doesn't work very well.

[–] Probius@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I believe the theory is that without unique payment information being provided each time, one could simply sign up for a new free trial every time the previous one expired.

[–] Probius@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is it valid science if you re-test the one that had the link to see if it was a fluke?

[–] Probius@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Malware's definition:

Malicious computer software that interferes with normal computer functions or sends personal data about the user to unauthorized parties over the Internet.

Any forced update that increases data collection without consent or intentionally breaks previous functionality being pushed out to millions of people should result in multi-decade prison sentences for cybercrimes.

[–] Probius@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

Oh, so mobile-only.

[–] Probius@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

How did you do that?

[–] Probius@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We need to make it illegal to force people to use a chatbot. It's just a way to create the most frustrating experience possible without even having to pay an Indian call center. It's the new version of being put on hold for an hour and then getting transferred and put on hold for another hour, someone you can barely understand picking up the phone, and then hanging up on you after you explain what you want and making you call again.

[–] Probius@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

I hate that YouTube Music keeps trying to make me waste my bandwidth on videos that have worse audio quality than when it just plays the song. 0/10 smoothbrain design, probably just to sell more video ads.

[–] Probius@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What were the multiple awful visits for?

[–] Probius@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

My point was that using the Sun, Earth, or really any object as a reference is arbitrary and the "same position" at two different points in time is completely undefined.

[–] Probius@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Actually 🤓, position and velocity are relative, so that's a nonsensical statement without defining a reference object for the Earth's position. If we're not assuming you end up safely on dry land, you could just as easily end up light-years away as wherever you were relative to the sun.

 

I just think it'd be really neat to look up and see a smaller moon orbiting the Moon. Optionally, I'd also like the Moon to start rotating at a rate of one rotation per day so we can see more than just one side of it.

 

Just hypothetically, if a state decided to stop receiving money from the federal government as well as intercepting and/or stopping federal income tax payments, could they do it? What might the consequences be?

Please be respectful so that rule 5 doesn't get broken.

 

Sidebar doesn't say why, but it does say I have to post, so I guess I'm posting to ask why!

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