Feel free to ask weird questions and rant about life! Our lives were very different 20 years ago, so it’s interesting to learn from the perspectives of other generations.

🤔 I kinda want to type “illegal content” into Yandex now

Again.

If you own your own domain name, this process is easier. Your email address can stay the same, even when moving to different email services.

Well I don’t think Spotify wants to do it, but it’s probably a better option than abandoning their UK users.

I assume the other streaming options will do the same in the UK market, so probably better to look at self-hosted alternatives, if you’re into that

+1 for vinyl. The album art, inserts, etc. really adds something to the experience that I had long forgotten over the years of downloading and streaming music.

Many years ago, when I was repairing computers for a living, spyware like this was highly frowned upon.

I haven’t touched Windows in a few years, but I’m still somewhat saddened to see how normalized this has become. Why did society stop valuing privacy?

I don’t disagree with your main point, but I’m not sure it’s really even “stealing”, as that means to take without permission. In this case, the storage permissions were configured so that the files were publicly available to everyone, so everyone had permission to access them.

Semantics though. It’s still unethical to access that data, even if it’s not technically stealing.

I’m no lawyer, but this seems like at least grounds for a class action lawsuit, I would think. Like, it seems like privacy and security is implied (however ironic for an app like this) when requiring users to upload their PII.

Also, I assume their privacy policy didn’t mention that they were just gonna publish their users’ PII.

Thanks! I edited it

A good craftsman never blames their tools

EDIT: I misquoted

A bad workman blames their tools

Kinda wild that app stores allow something like that. I wonder how long it’ll take for someone to build the same up, but with the roles reversed: Men anonymously talking about local women 😬

Huh. On the surface, they don’t sound very neutral on the weapons stuff 😕. TIL. I wonder what their underlying reasoning for this is

I wonder how long this will last. The NSFW industry is insanely huge. If the current payment processors cut it off, that leaves a giant gap in the market just waiting to get filled (😏).

If they hold firm on this, it might just be a rare opportunity for a new (and hopefully better) payment processor to enter the market.

Or maybe just wider crypto adoption, idk.

I meant current times, not in the past. Sorry, I assumed that would be obvious. There are also some things I like about Germany, though they have a pretty terrible past.

This is the first thing I’ve ever disliked about Switzerland (not that I know a lot about the country).

Congrats! Enjoy your null 🙂

THIS. It’s not only about income; it’s income minus expenses.

Budgeting was probably the most important financial tool/skill when I was living in poverty. And now that I’m in a more comfortable financial position, I still value budgeting quite a lot. It’s great for preventing more money from creating more problems.

In that case, a monthly budget is even more important – and might be pretty simple

…You assume that I haven’t? I originally had to learn to budget when I was making less than minimum wage, to avoid homelessness. Budgeting can be even more important with less money.

Sadly, Americans are groomed at a young age to dive deep into debt early in life. It has become normalized for most of the population to carry some form of debt (credit cards and student loans are popular choices).

Most people don’t even bother making a budget — a task that only needs to be done once a month, and is easier now than ever, thanks to technology.