But these tariff costs are going to be paid by China just like you promised, right Don ? RIGHT ???

Very well written. Definitely helps in my understanding !

As per an official statement from Asus - it is not true that their Zenfone series is going to end with 10.

https://press.asus.com/news/asus-zenfone-10-to-continue-production/

I have tried Blokada and RethinkDNS already (I guess DNS66 is no longer maintained - I may be wrong) but finally zeroed in on PersonalDNSFilter.

I don’t see it being mentioned much - but IMHO it is much more lightweight and customizable than the other two.

I point to Cloudflare DoT for DNS, and use the OISD blocklist, and that’s all I need for device-level blocking ( I already use Firefox + uBO in my Android device so I’m good on that front).

https://www.f-droid.org/packages/dnsfilter.android/

“Show me the money!”

This is creepy AF man…

Assuming you are sarcastic - I agree wholeheartedly.

Look up The Invisible Dragon anecdote by Carl Sagan (in his Demon Haunted World book), or for more serious people - Falsifiability principle by Karl Popper, If you haven’t already.

Unless the question specifies which God it is referring to ( Ancient Greek gods like Zeus or Poseidon, Roman Gods like Apollo or Mars, Judeo-Christian God, Hindu Gods etc - or referring to the concept of a “Creator” in general ) - it can not be answered.

Assuming it refers to a “Creator” - then no, I do not see any evidence supporting that Creator.

God is supposed to be All Powerful AND All Good. The current fucked up state of the Humankind clearly suggests that he (or it) is not both of those at the same time.

Musk tried to fix something that was not broken, and it almost always is a bad idea.

There is a very high chance that you might be right ;-)

No it’s not a Lemmy thing. DP is a generic term used for the picture one uses for one’s online profile.

Avatar is used synonymously.

Display picture/photo.

Although there’s another meaning of this acronym that is indicative of vulgarity, lol.

You bet your A he does lol

They can. Not sure if they would.

As the other post says - Lemmy users would be able to interact with Reddit, and Reddit users would be able to interact with Lemmy.

But the matter of the fact is -

(Userbase of Fediverse) <> (Userbase of Reddit)

And I believe Reddit bothers only about their own userbase, i.e. registered with them.

If I were spez I wouldn’t do it (but F U spez anyway)

Agreed. This is relatable AF.

Agreed.

Thanks ! I realized that the post title doesn’t reflect what I actually wanted to ask (stupid of me) - so I will edit the question. But I still appreciate your write up. It is very helpful. Thanks again !

Savage indeed !!

“…Why must I register my car? A license and insruance should be all I need. I don’t register my shoes. I don’t register my computers. A car is no different…”

You have a very legit question, and I too thought about this.

And I think the reason is just the same as registering your firearms - because in the end your car is a 4,000 lb killing machine.

Everything else you mentioned - I agree 100%