throwawayacc0430

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[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

To be fair, if microsoft didnt automatically backup the keys, a simple BIOS/UEFI setting change, or windows update could trip the Secure Boot settings, which would clear all the TPM keys from the system, which means the sysyem would prompt you for the recovery key. I think people value being able retain access to their data over encryption. And to Microsoft's credit, its not exactly a secret, they literally tell you that the key will be uploaded.

Will there even be a specter of fair and free elections for POTUS in the future? (Doubtful)

There will be free elections, eventually.

After a bloody conflict on the streets, that is.

Traitors have stolen the country and the US is in need of a second American Revolution.

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Kamala Harris's husband was "Second Gentleman", so I'll assume yes.

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Today? No, probably not in the near future.

Maybe in the 2040s we'll see a gay/lesbian person become US president, but not 2028.

Remember, there was a long gap betweeen 1965 Civil Right Act and Barack Obama becoming president.

And Remember, the Obergefell ruling and Respect for Marriage Act are still very recent (2015 and 2022, respectively), and might even get overturned, which indicates that the country is still not ready to accept gay/lesbian people, especially into positions of power.

Just look at the recent "DEI" outcry.

You wake up tomorrow and now you now suddenly love Elon Musk

"Heil Tesla", you say, as you put on your swasticar armband.

"Guys, I had the ephiphamy of my life while I was sleeping and... so I guess... White... Power?"

looks at mirror

"Hmm... what's wrong my with skin?"

(the person is black btw)

Jurors would weight in feelings over facts.

Which means, yes, Mangione gets acquitted.

But also possibly acquitals the when a cop murders someone, or when a group of white men chases down an unarmed black man and shoots him.

Possibly even some mass shooters, if they were white, because they'd be viewed as a "troubled youth" rather than a cold hearted killer.

Nullification goes both ways.

And if the accused is someone the jurors don't like, its possible, with the idea of nullification in mind, they'd be more willing to just overlook the facts and convict based on "gut feeling".

Because, what adding nullification to the jury instructions is doing, is that you are instructing the jurors to become not just the finder of facts but also the finder of law.

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

school

I thought people said college was the right time to date and have relationships?

I mean as long as its student-student and not professor-student, its fine, right? Or did people teach me wrong?

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 17 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I expect Chinese New Year celebrations to go down too once they start ramping up the "CCP Spy" Sinophobic rhetoric.

It'd be like the red scare all over again, except this time the Russians already won, and is now... in a proxy war with China via the US?

So now:
Russian agent in the white house = good?
But every Chinese American is now a spy, even with zero proof whatsoever?

What the fuck is going on lol? This Simulation is broken

Entity in a human-like appearance which may or may not be an alien reptillian creature.

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe its due to the latestagecapitalism.exe virus has been infecting "earth" gameservers? Which would explain the missing serotonin.dll files in some player characters, which causes the "depression" debuff, and thus fucking up their sleepcycle.sys process.

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You remember your entire life, and the last thing you remember is going to sleep at home, then the next thing you know is you wake up to a dead body next to you.

 
  • For simplicity, let's assuming this is your country, in some random rural area
  • The dead person has a kitchen knife plunged into their chest, blood is still fresh
  • The dead person is a random stanger, you've never met them, they are just a random average (non-famous) person
  • There is no one else in the house
  • You have a tiny bit of blood on your clothes, but not a lot, you are unsure of whose blood it is
  • You have no injuries
  • You were never drugged or anything, you just happen to mysteriously, spontaneously get teleported there, while sleeping. You went to sleep on your bed and just woke up only to find yourself in this scenario. (Bloodtests will show nothing)
  • You wake up right in the morning, at sunrise
  • There is electricity and running water, small amounts of food in the refrigerator, enough for maybe a day
  • You don't have any items with you, not your phone, nothing beside the clothes you slept with (if any). There are clothing in this house belonging to the dead person
  • There only electronics devices (besides appliances) in the house is the dead person's smartphone, in their pockets (no lockscreen codes or anything), and a laptop (no password). This house has wifi.
  • This house does not have any security cameras.
  • There is a car in the driveway, belonging to the dead person. No other vehicles, no bikes or anything like that.
  • Nobody (yet) knows this person is dead. They live alone.

So, would you think that you did the murder, and just turn yourself in; or assume someone set you up and try to escape? How would you escape this scenario and avoid prison?

Remember, this is a rural area, not that many cameras.

So do you make a run for it? How?

Or do you just call the authorities and hope you don't get charged with the murder? Very awkward interrogation tho, nobody would believe you. I doubt "I don't remember how I got there" is a strong defence.

What is your "game plan"?

 

There are no other options. This is even more stupid than the phone number verification thing. Attemping to logging to Google Play Store on that wiped device (which previously was logged in to the account) doesn't work either.

Luckily, this is a throwaway account, not much data of value was lost. FRP on the wiped device was also off.

But like, what is the point of this. Suppose, my phone got stolen. How am I supposed to log in to Google to initiate a remote wipe, if it ask for a verification code which is on the phone that the thief has?

Zero logic at all. 🤦‍♂️

Edit: And MFA was never enabled. Just to clarify.

 

I mean, it kinds seems inevitable to me. Books has become e-books. Cash is becoming digital transfers. China has done it. The west is mostly doing card-swipes. One day, that transition will be complete, and cash would be phased out.

What happens then? Think like the power outage in Spain recently. Some people had cash. But in 20-40 years. There might not even be any cash in existence. What then?

What if, instead of a few hours, its a few days? Or weeks?

I guess riots break out all around the world?

(Seriously, has none of the politicians ever thought about this? Where are the backups? Are we just going full "YOLO" on the reliance on the power grid?)

 

For me:

-The Expanse - The beginning was confusing AF and the politics didn't make sense and seemed boring, so I quit. But then eventually after like a year or two, went to reddit and it was recommended again, so I just read some light spoilers and that helped me got through the first season. And then it has been an intriguing and thrilling journey.

 

I don't know about y'all, but if I grew up in a country that never has the news criticizing its leaders, I'd be very skepical and deduce that there is censorshop going on and the offical news could be exaggerated or entirely falsified. Do people in authoritarian countries actually just eat the propaganda? To what extent do they believe the propaganda?

 

If the government is willing to spend the effort to investigate, they'll find that deleted comment you posted 10 years ago criticizing the government.

But if you want to find your lost files after your cloud account gets suspended for vague "ToS Violations", I hope you have a backup, because good luck trying to get the cloud provider to send you a copy of your files.

It might be out there, but not for you.

Unless you convince a government to try and get it for you. 🤔

 

You can have a face-to-face conversation with a friend, but how do you do that if you want to talk to a therapist? No therapist is gonna make an exemption and leave their phone in another room, not to mention, they literally write their notes into the computer system, instead of on paper.

And with lawyers? I just read about how Luigi Mangione's conversation with his lawyer is being unlawfully recorded. How do you even have a conversation with your lawyer if you are in custody and they could just hide recoding devices all around the jail?

Sure, maybe they can't use the evidence in court, but they could just leak an out-of-context audio clip to the press to win the "court of public opinion".

 

This question is common throughout the internet, but I'd like to see Lemmy's response.

The country you end up in would be random, you don't get to pick.

 

Obviously this is about the power outage in Spain.


While normally, if a card declines, people would probably have to leave their IDs with the restaurant while they went to get a withdrawl from their bank; this is a power outage, withdrawls wouldn't work. It would be silly to arrest people because of a power outage. So I'm assuming people just have to give the restaurant owner/management their identity info with a promise to pay?

And power outages shouldn't affect buses, since they run on gasoline/diesel, but the payment system processing transit passes might not work. Do buses still get run during a power outage and they just let people on for free, or do they just shut down the bus lines?

 

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/37022405

This is a carrier in the USA (T-Mobile).

I did a quick search for the other 2 carriers using the term "[Carrier Name] Family Tracking" and Verizon and AT&T also seems to have it.

And according to https://www.t-mobile.com/support/plans-features/t-mobile-familywhere-app, it says:

FamilyWhere uses geolocation data from the T-Mobile network and is not affected by changes to device location settings.

So it appears that its using cell tower triangulation. Turning on Airplane Mode should stop it (assuming there isn't a separate tracking app on your phone)

Oh Wow, What a wonderful tool for abusive spouses and abusive parents. And telecom companies are making money off of it. 🙃

TLDR: Its a good idea to get your own separate cellular plan.

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