Unfortunately the normies have replaced us, and there’s a lot more of them, so I’m not surprised they’re seeing higher number overall, even if the average normie probably doesn’t use Reddit nearly as much as we did

Well, TIL. There goes my hopes of showing up to the MRI room with a giant gold necklace

Easy solution : have a pure gold necklace, since gold isn’t magnetic

I’m gonna start using it ironically when I know I’m rambling or saying dumb shit

It follows. Go for a little roadtrip, ez 3 billions.

Not using one with my fairphone, it’s bulky enough already, the entire back is replaceable for cheap and the frame looks solid. I dropped it quite a lot, including on some hard surfaces, and it’s only made a few superficial marks, like it scraped the frame’s shiny coating in that spot, but that’s about it.

I do use screen protectors though. They’re cheap and are not as intrusive as cases. Just changed it after years of service actually, the thing was all fucked up with scratches and missing glass everywhere, and the actual screen under was absolutely spotless.

IIRC Signal stated that they can collect IPs of some users if asked by a judge but that’s about it (not retroactively). Which imo also further proves that they actually value privacy without using it as an excuse to make money from people doing truly evil shit

It might be correct behavior but when there are laws in place to force the company to comply, actually having the data is a problem.

Also, making it harder for pedophiles to find each other and groups where they can share their shit is a good way to defeat all the shitty “think about the children” laws that European countries are constantly trying to pass to make encryption illegal

I don’t think there’s any edit. All the quotes feature the “obvious plant” logo.. So it’s probably just part of the prank

Does that sticker say “no God, no State, no cable salad” in German ? Because that is peak Lemmy.

My money is on “the french love roundabouts so we’re not doing that”

It’s possibly the least disruptive thing you can do that may also entertain some passersby

Who cares what they support ? If their code is good, that’s all that should matter. Because that allows you to disagree with them on other instances even though their home instance is heavily moderated.

As a gamedev I feel strongly about financially supporting the games and creators I like so I try to always pay for the game if the price is fair. But Konami can fuck right off, they basically hold SotN and all the best Igavanias hostages behind their shitty bundles that are too expensive and sometimes exclusive to some platforms. Some of them were still Nintendo DS exclusive for ages until they got released in a bundle recently. I’ll consider giving them money again when they start actually making games again.

Same treatment applies to retro Nintendo games. You’re telling me I bought basically all your consoles since the GameCube at release day and you’re still gonna fuck me over and make me pay your stupid online subscription so I can play Super Metroid on the switch (even though I still own a working SNES and the game’s cartridge) ? Honestly that was the last straw that made me preorder the steam deck when I heard how easy it was to emulate on it

Also I have met people who have published some pretty important papers, most of them use scihub on a weekly basis, and none of them care that their papers get “stolen”. And they all have some strong opinions about Elsevier.

Pretty sure you technically get worse at this as you age

Yeah they converge. OP should understand after about the third time they wake up and their back hurts for no reason.

Yeah my comment is probably not that useful to you since I am in France where the medical misinformation issues are different from other countries. Here it’s illegal to advertise drugs that are only sold with a prescription, but pharmaceutical companies sell all kinds of make-believe bullshit drugs that are basically expensive placebos.

Here’s a couple of pics of some funny ones a friend saw in a pharmacy just the other week

(The right one says “doubts - indecision”…)

Also try looking up random medications names and see what comes up ? As a complete layman that is usually what I do when I (or a family member) am taking or about to take some new meds. Of course with a generalist scientific background, the best I can do is try to compare different sources and apply some critical thinking/common sense, but I assume a lot of people don’t do that (and be fair, I don’t always do it either). And/or trust the doctors who are sometimes incompetent self-important assholes (not generalizing at all, but I’ve heard and seen first hand my fair share of horror stories)