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Yes, education around these scams and their methods could be better, but there is also a reason they target the elderly and vulnerable. Unless something else terrible happens, I as…

Hah, yes, this is also how S21 works. But to still refute the OP's point: (1) it is in stock settings, you do not need to enable the developer settings menu via any arcane method. …

This is also how it works on my Samsung Galaxy S21. There's no need to enable developer settings.

I don't think it's that simple. GitHub themselves say [1]: > You're under no obligation to choose a license. However, without a license, the default copyright laws apply, meaning t…

Is it though? By what metrics do you believe that's true?

How is it any different than remembering and using people's preferred names?

Prescriptions are free in Scotland and NI too. Only England charges.

> But ignoring that, the double taxation applies to income not spent. It is irrelevant to this discussion, in which Bezos borrows to spend. It's not irrelevant if Bezos spends his …

> That is not a tax loophole. In your opinion. However, some people clearly believe it _is_ a tax loophole, presumably including those you're discussing with upthread. One of the t…

> You are inventing tax loopholes that don't exist Are you aware of "step-up in basis" [1] that is widely considered a loophole around CGT for inherited assets? Any gains on assets…

This doesn't seem right to me as it goes against my intuitive sense of how other factors generally scale with size/weight/volume (e.g. rocket equation), but I admit I'm definitely …

AirMap mobile app [1] has a very comprehensive database of no fly zones, airports/airfields, and summaries of national rules. It works well in US/Canada and lots of countries in Eu…

> In a normal social setting if someone says "If you don't like X don't interact with it!" that can reasonably understood as a negative statement. Except they didn't say that, did …

Also, license plates in the UK must adhere to a standard font which presumably makes them easier to read in software: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/..…

> As a free person I think you need to have the right to make bad decisions and accept their consequences, as long as those do not impact others. Peak Libertarian fantasy to think …

Same experience here. Among my MSN friends it was also common to say "brb" to pause the conversation for a short amount of time. In contrast, I've never seen that in WhatsApp conve…

Doesn't work for me at all in Edge (v41.16299.15.0). Are you on an Insider Preview?

In some compilers due to C99 variable length arrays [1], your macro compiles happily if passed a value that is not a compile-time constant. For example, this compiles but segfaults…

I just finished reading the book. Although it does appear, the linguistic subtlety you mention is lost in translation and I'd have found that particular passage confusing if I hadn…