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> But this went out of the window when some genius decided that usernames were too complicated, so Passkeys had to be discoverable, which means they have to be fully stored token-s…

> See, that’s just flat-out lying. What’s this mythical circumstance where playing audio A at the same volume as audio B on one device will magically make A louder than Bon another…

> The HB vaccine unfortunately doesn't work that well, many people are still not fully immune even after several doses This is incorrect. The HBV vaccine is one of the most effecti…

> Yes, there is an effective vaccine but not everyone has access to it for tons of reasons. Also, about 3.5% of the world's population already has it. That's about 300 million peop…

It's estimated that 300 million people have HBV. HBV is currently incurable once acquired, at which point the vaccine is irrelevant. The HBV virus is also carcinogenic, which makes…

> “Free Palestine” isn’t exactly fringe. In fact, outside America and Israel, I’d bet it’s the default stance That's certainly not true in many European countries

> wait, how many workers fall outside the 16-65 range?? A little less than 10% of the workforce. GP is correct - basically there was a report making that claim about the decline in…

> This is wrong. There is no minimum time in the country for a green card. You are thinking of citizenship. That is different. You are incorrect. What you said is technically true …

> This is not true, India has something called “Overseas Citizenship of India” which is technically not a citizenship even though the name says, but its a life time visa available …

> How many people become permanent residents of the US through these visas, as opposed to the others? The majority of permanent residents gain their green card through a status adj…

> That excludes all fans who don't live in big cities. A lot of people travel just to go to shows. Not really. The place that sells the tickets doesn't have to be the performance v…

> Google owns Android. Google does not care about you or other users. Their customers are ads publishers. 0days does not matter for them "Google does not care about zero-day vulner…

> They ended up citing a state law indicating that no locality domains were to be used for _government_ purposes in MA as their reason to say no, when of course that has no bearing…

> Chargebacks. "Oh, honey, I don't know how that got there. A hacker must've stolen my card! I'll call the bank immediately!" Worked in the adult industry and traditional e-commerc…

> pornhub doesn't even accept payment via credit card. A while back they were kicked off due to there being too much CSAM. There are orders of magnitude more CSAM on other platform…

> This law is why they've been so aggressive over the last few years. There's nothing else that has changed There is so much that has changed! If you think FOSTA/SESTA are the only…

> Those bills are the reasons banks/credit card companies are pushing this since it holds them liable. You are either misreading those bills or confusing them with other similar bi…

> The problem is that activists who are laser focused on eliminating adult content watch intently for the first thing they can use against the company, and even if it violates thei…

Thank you - appreciate you being willing to correct that.

> FOSTA-SESTA is the source of this. A well intentioned bill, that, once again, has unintended consequences beyond it's original intention. You're right that these are connected to…

Collective Shout is Australian, but there are plenty of similar groups in the US , UK, and Europe.

> There hasn't been sufficient reporting on all the lobbying and back-room dealing. There has been tons of reporting on this in the industry. It is not hidden. The war on sex work …

> It's not people using stolen cards, it's people feeling shame or regret after making an intentional purchase and using chargebacks to "undo" the purchase If this problem were as …

> Adult content, pharmaceuticals and travel are all industries that experience significantly higher occurrence of fraud and chargebacks than others. For example, your spouse sees a…

> Why payment processors do it? Why people in America do not want to earn more money from commissions? Strong church lobby? Legal risks? I think its mostly religious groups who who…