Damn, sounds like an incredibly dangerous chemical

Why do they keep it a secret?

That’s the thing. I read something online, my friends tried to explain, and I didn’t really understand. After your explanation, I finally get it :)

Thanks for the clear and concise explanation :)

Can you explain neurodivergence?

I wear both. I use Gentoo

I just realized this. When I got the laptop, the contract with the carrier still had one month left. That’s when I created my WhatsApp account, and I’ve never used the phone number since (guess I really don’t use any other shitty software). Thanks for bringing this to my attention because I would have definitely tried to use it and be very disappointed :)

I like how you just assume that the content of the messages is the only thing they care about. The app is proprietary goddamnit.

I would actually argue that this argument is more suited for Greece. I was born here and live here now, and the bueraucracy is absolutely horrendous. If you have money, however, you pay a lawyer and they do everything for you. And, at least on the islands, the police literally doesn’t work. I used to drive about 30 km daily… when I was 13. I saw a police car at least once a week (way too frequently for Greece), even drove by them, greeted them, never got caught.

Bonus points:

1. The GDPR, while far from perfect, still applies here;
2. many people live here that cannot, for the life of them, use computers. Digitalization is starting to emerge here and it’s still in it’s infancy, but even when they are done, you will still be able to do any government actions the “analog” way;
3. since this is Greece, where democracy emerged, people do their best to protect it (although lately this isn’t working out too well).

I personally don’t trust any E2EE, where the client is not FOSS. Like, how can I verify it’s:

1. Actually E2EE; and
2. if it is, that the keys aren’t being sent to the company?

I did the same. A relative of mine bought a decommisioned ThinkPad from their workplace and it came with a SIM card. The company contract on it expired after a while, so I wrote the number down and tossed it. Now I have a disposable number to sign up with for shitty software :)

Who owns the keys? Say it out loud with me: Meta.

Yes, but to penetrate the top layer of human skin, you need about 60 V DC, or 30 V AC. A car battery is 12 V DC…

Edit: I got the voltages from an old ElectroBoom video and I just remembered them so I know when to use protection when working with electricity and when it’s not needed.

I’ve heard of electric stimulation used for fetish, but none of the manufacturers state how high of a voltage the tools produce (at least I couldn’t find any info about this).

I have a collection of various Zeiss lenses, because my proffesional photographer friend told me he enjoys them. They’re amazing, but I refuse to even share how much I paid for them, since I’d probably cry :D I also have a few from various brands like Canon, Sigma, etc.

In terms of cameras, I always bought a new one, used it for a while, sold it and bought a new one. I settled on the Canon 1DX Mark III in the end, I think I’ll use this one until it dies.

I never did, really. I don’t have anything special in there, just some Dell Optiplexes and HP stuff… I wanted to sell them but once I found out I’d maybe get 20€ a piece, I decided to keep them and try out new software on them, use them for parts, etc.

How? Isn’t it just 12 V? Genuinely curious, because I never understood this stuff in movies…

Yes I do, but I prefer to not be a part of a cult of fanatics (so-called "religion) who only pretend to live their life by some ancient book. Don’t get me wrong, the religious books, such as the Bible and Quran do contain a lot of knowledge and some pieces should be followed, but going to church on Sunday just to show everyone how “good of a Christian” I am is unbelievably dumb.

I see God as an entity that helps me, and I do believe in the afterlife. It just seems so bizzare to me, that I should follow some rules that people made, saying that God actually did… The church is a company like any other and I’m not going to support it, ever.

Oh boy, where do I even start. I guess we should first have a minute of silence for my wallet…

• Fixing old computers

  In high school, I agreed to take the decommisioned PCs home. They were in various states of not working, I diagnosed the problems, bought parts, upgraded and fixed them all. I now had a ton of relatively old but reliable computers. What’s the logical next step?

• Home server room (homelab).

  I live in a flat with a giant basement, so it’s full of these old PCs and servers. I needed a server rack, switches, cabling, the whole nine yards.

• Photography

  New lenses and filters constantly bought. Sometimes a new camera body. This is my most expensive hobby by far, but I take care of the lenses so they at least hold value, unlike the PCs :)

I have disconnected the built-in camera and microphone on my laptop. If I want to have a conference call, I just plug in equivalent external devices.