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Amazon thanks loyal Kindle devotees by bricking their kit
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This is the way I've been using my kindle for a couple of years. Works great.
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Amazon thanks loyal Kindle devotees by bricking their kit
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This is the way I've been using my kindle for a couple of years. Works great.
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Federal Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New Cars by 2027
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Fuck your entitlement. What does your lack of sleep have to do with my privacy? Get a remote job or take the bus if your too tired to drive.
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I put a leaf catcher on my lawn mower today.
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I have a s100 john Deere riding mower. It mounts to the back. $500 seems like a lot, but it took 30min to remove 90% of the leaves in my 1/2 acre yard. That normally takes all weekend with a rake and pitchfork.
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Should cash stay alive to enable "private" transactions?
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A CBDC would give the government more control over your money. They have a lot of control now, but there is at least a middle man that the government has to compel to comply. With a CBDC, the government would be able to allow/disallow any transaction. Right now, they would have to convince Paypal or Zelle to invalidate a transaction. The on/off ramps to Monero and Bitcoin are the only locations with which the government can exert their power over those currencies. While Bitcoin is not private, it can be a good tool for privacy if used correctly. Cash, however, is still the most private. So I'll just keep slipping quarters in the keyboard to pay for my online purchases.
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ELI5 stablecoins
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So their utility is that they are a form of USD that can easily interact with cryto markets.
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Replaced the passenger mirror on my work vehicle
Nice, good work. What management doesn't know won't hurt them.
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Murena launches phone with hardware kill switch
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US networks might use different antennas/communication hardware.
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New(ish) to self-hosting. Question about reverse proxy setup
You don't need a reverse proxy if your using tailscale. Make the server you exit node and you can access jellyfin and everything else from outside the network.
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ELI5 stablecoins
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I guess I should have asked a better question. What I really want to know is how are stablecoins better than just plain ol' bitcoin? And what happens when the asset(Bitcoin?) behind the stablecoin moves up or down? How do they keep the value at $1 USD?
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Best subsonic alternative?
I've been using Finamp for a few months now. I like the beta version that allows me to download music to my phone for offline use. I added Audiomuse and I really like the smart playlist creations. 10 outta 10
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Can anyone recommend a privacy respecting 4K streaming device?
LibreELEC on a raspberry pi. If you also put tailscale on the pi then you can travel with it too.
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Is Consciousness Everywhere?
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So you're saying that consciousness is just how we react to our senses. If I can't sense something then I am not conscious of it and if I am not conscious of everything then a greater consciousness doesn't exist. What if, like all our senses, consciousness is gradient? Some people have super taste, some people wear glasses. Maybe, some people have a more powerful sense that can perceive things most of us can't, like thoughts or intentions from other things.
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come on
Someone really needs to add googly eyes to these.
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Should cash stay alive to enable "private" transactions?
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So you're betting your privacy on government inefficiency. You do you.
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Should cash stay alive to enable "private" transactions?
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I agree
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Archaeologists Keep Finding Massive Shoes at an Ancient Roman Fort—and They Have No Idea Why They're So Big
Its the half alien hybrids from Egypt, duh.
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Murena launches phone with hardware kill switch
Will this work in the USA?
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Let's Make the Empire Great Again
The deregulations of the EPA caused them to remove the catalytic converter on the death star. This is the reason there was a straight shot from the exhaust port.
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Best subsonic alternative?
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That's the one.
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I put a leaf catcher on my lawn mower today.
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I've been raking for more than 30 years. If I stop now, there's no telling what environmental disasters will occur.