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MinorTom

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About MinorTom

https://tree.jhkmnl.fi/

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    -site:reddit.com works for that. I think it might also be possible to create a new lens from an existing one while blocking a domain.

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    Comment #35365822

    That's not what I meant, exactly. I'm just trying to argue that we should allow people to transition (from a social perspective, not just a medical one) and respect them and their …

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    Comment #35365170

    (I wrote this reply as a comment edit originally, but I'm making this it's own comment.) I understood your comment to be against social acceptance of trans people, (and honestly st…

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    Comment #35363446

    (I'm not trying to convince you of anything, just making this clear for anyone else reading. also: comment talks about suicide) > In the old days they pretty much had to learn to a…

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    Comment #35292582

    Relatively speaking the German police is better than the US police, but they still lack in accountability. If you want more information, see the article on the murder of Oury Jallo…

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    Comment #35181939

    meat packing =/= burger frying

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    Comment #35101053

    No it doesn't. Section 230 was created to optionally allow them to moderate their content without being liable, whereas previously they would not have been allowed to moderate.

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    Comment #34344719

    In Germany the standard price for an SMS is 9 cent, of which somewhere around 2-3 cents are paid to the recipient's carrier. Unlimited plans are common, but only because nobody tex…

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    Comment #34331921

    Late answer: If your foreign card is a Visa or MasterCard you should have to choose credit for your transaction to go through. In this case you still have the same chargeback right…

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    Comment #32034820

    Wow. I remember reading about buying books by the foot in a communist satire book, I didn't expect reality to catch on that quickly.

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    Comment #31629409

    Some other pay-with-cash methods in other countries are paysafecash (like viacash), paysafecard (only anonymous if you meet strict KYC requirements), some gambling related one (wha…

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    Comment #31598285

    This distinction between payment fee and platform fee (ignored in this article) is relevant even to non-legal-scholars bc. if you ignore it you get results like this (yes, this is …

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    Comment #31396526

    In addition to mschuster91's point, you should know that the cap only applies to four party scheme card transaction interchange , not to scheme fees nor to your acquirer 's fees. I…

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    Comment #31182267

    You're absolutely right, which is why the IA buys physical books, scans them, and makes them available online under so-called "Controlled Digital Lending". Renting out one digital …

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    Comment #31082901

    Regulation requires 2-factor verification of sign-ins and transactions (and no, WebAuthn and TOTP aren't allowed). That leaves three options: * Physical hardware (what?) * SMS at 9…

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    Comment #31069308

    The issue is likely not with Cloudflare, but with the connection between your ISP and Cloudflare. That's why this speed test is relevant - if your ISP can't manage to make good, se…

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    > Also how does the second illegal thing work, is that subletting basically? I'm not sure if this is what gp meant, but: In some cases the current tenant (who is looking to move ou…

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    Comment #30859991

    The EU isn't exactly a model democracy, with its three levels of indirection.

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    > So if an application on your PC makes it overheat and break the PC is at fault for being defective and you get to RMA it? Kernel code can absolutely brick your PC due to how much…

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    That Hetzner price doesn't include acceptable peering with Telekom (Germany's largest telco), I can only imagine how bad the international peering will be.

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    Comment #30698797

    After they changed (raised) their pricing they simply removed the cloud drive with no notice and no way to access existing files.