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kleiba

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    I have genuinely no idea why I need a smartphone to get a line of credit, and that there is no alternative for people who don't have one. Also, the thought that we as a married cou…

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    Comment #47671195

    But also: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1018865

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    Comment #47671065

    What for? It was a mandatory step but my wife and I will manage the credit through an app on her phone. Minimally, I should have the option to waive it.

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    Comment #47665458

    I know I'm in the minority but I value privacy higher than convenience. I'm aware that not having a smart phone does not automatically equal total privacy, but I just cannot get my…

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    Comment #47665423

    Well, my case is the best proof of that: the phone number I ended up using was my mom's. It's most definitely baloney because I also had to provide ID. So, certainly there is no wa…

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    Comment #47665373

    I could also buy a smartphone. The point is that I shouldn't have to.

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    Comment #47665166

    No, I don't really use a lot of service that require 2FA and for the ones I have to (e.g. work), there's always been a workaround. But this might not really have been a 2FA case - …

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    Comment #47664829

    My wife and I had an appointment last week to apply for a line of credit. We talked it all through with the clerk and decided to go for it, so he started the whole process on his c…

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    Comment #47613708

    Amazing - an acquaintance of ours when we lived in Germany a couple of years ago had a similar idea. But she found that telemedicine + prescription drugs (and possibly advertising …

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    Comment #47613628

    Not enough information here to make informed comments.

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    Comment #47613595

    Interesting. Where we currently live, kids carry all books back and forth between home and school every day in giant backpacks.

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    Comment #47610277

    That's possibly the first time that "skyrocketed" and "5%" have been used together in one sentence.

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    Comment #47602201

    Then it't not AGPL, because Section 10 of the AGPL explicitly states: | You may not impose any further restrictions on the exercise of the rights granted or affirmed under this Lic…

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    Comment #47600195

    ...or to tighten them.

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    Comment #47599708

    In Germany, where Lidl is originally from, you can already order them online in their store. This is a variety for your balcony: https://www.lidl.de/p/vale-gmbh-balkonkraftwerk-eco…

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    Comment #47598061

    For Emacs, I agree with the maintainer's analysis that this is really a git bug: what happens is that Emacs runs `git ls-files` and that triggers a script execution. So, the attack…

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    Comment #47592972

    I guess what I meant to say is that clearly, one side here expects loyalty from the other side but isn't really giving any themselves.

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    Comment #47589421

    Between employers and employees, loyalty is only expected one way.

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    Comment #47585097

    I'm on board. But in general, I think obsessing over the monospace font you use for coding is, ultimately, bike shedding. I've used a lot of different fonts over the year, not beca…

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    Comment #47571260

    > Git is very simple, reliable, and versatile, but it isn’t very functional. Funny, I would probably swap the first and the last adjective in that sentence.

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    Comment #47563544

    +1 I haven't made an account on a new website in years, and god forbid I will ever link my gmail with anything other than g-suite.

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    Comment #47545002

    Get two identical chairs.

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    Comment #47544403

    I suspect that's the reason why they want it done by 2029.

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    Comment #47544364

    > with a hose You mean wrench? https://xkcd.com/538/