Lumisal

@Lumisal@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did Border Control exist in previous eras? (Say, like 500+ years ago or more) Can people go to other places? If so, what does the procedure look like? Just walk across a border?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So I guess you have to make sure you apply to have your tax home changed. Doesn’t seem automatic from what I read

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did Border Control exist in previous eras? (Say, like 500+ years ago or more) Can people go to other places? If so, what does the procedure look like? Just walk across a border?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  US is one of like 2 or 3 countries that does that.

  There are usually other costs, and if you have any outstanding debts you have to pay those first too.

  Some may need a lawyer to figure out how to just do the paperwork.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did Border Control exist in previous eras? (Say, like 500+ years ago or more) Can people go to other places? If so, what does the procedure look like? Just walk across a border?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They have treaties with some countries so that if you don’t pay you can have your wages garnished. This is assuming you have citizenship and not residency etc with the other country.

  So it’s on a per country basis. In some, nothing happens. In some there’s also treaties so you don’t have to pay double tax anyway, or it’s percentage based.

  However, this also assumes you have no family you care about anymore in the USA or that they’re able to travel to see you instead. Otherwise you face prison for tax evasion if you ever go back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did Border Control exist in previous eras? (Say, like 500+ years ago or more) Can people go to other places? If so, what does the procedure look like? Just walk across a border?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, a modern form of that still sort of exists today, except the leash is longer.

  You cannot for example just get rid of your US citizenship - you have to pay to get rid of it, and as long as you have it, you’re susceptible to paying taxes to the USA. Even if you have dual citizenship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She's a pain in my rear but she keeps me straight!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought this implied the wife was even smarter

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sora AI Slop is here⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  To be me it was the way the possum jumped. They don’t cartoonishly move their limbs like that, but jump similarly to an Armadillo.

  … But not everyone has seen a real one jump to be fair.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you say you don't like linux on Lemmy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Unpopular opinion, but I partially agree with you.

  Win 7 and 10 did pretty much mostly work out of the box. And during those times, Linux didn’t work as well always.

  But with Win 11? Microsoft has fucked up. Not only do things not always work (the biggest issue I get is display drivers malfunctioning and Bluetooth/internet issues with updates), but certain Linux distros the hardware works better, which was really weird to come across. Specifically KDE Fedora stuff. I can actually control the brightness on a desktop easily from a software panel for example, instead of having to manually use the buttons on the monitor.

  Even HDR recently breaks on Win 11 when it was working just fine, throwing off all the colors outside of the game you’re playing if you activate it for the game.

  There’s also something you pointed out in your own comment that’s a benefit that Linux sort of had since even back then - the interface is easier to use than Windows. My dad always had issues figuring out how to use his computer to just browse the internet on Windows but finally learned on Ubuntu. But like you said, at the time, I had to set everything up first. Now? I’m pretty confident certain distros wouldn’t need that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has this ever happened to you?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not a woman, but after going through a whole explanation saying it’s not about you specifically, but about the unknown, and you still take it personally - I’d consider that a red flag.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has this ever happened to you?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But that’s a me thing, something you would know if you knew me.

  You’re not getting the point.

  The point is, we don’t know you.

  And this may shock you, but people with bad intentions can just lie about things online. I’m not saying you are some psychopath who acts nice and caring online only to spike a drink and rape in person. Or that you’re an abuser but you can’t catch it yourself. I’m saying people don’t know you, and therefore it can’t be ruled out as a possibility. And so therefore the risk does indeed exist.

  Not knowing is the point. Some people will therefore want to take more precautions when getting to know you even better in person, to minimize the risk further. Others won’t think of the risk and just take it, or think it’s not too risky, or not care of the risk, or even might think they can keep themselves safe, and won’t meeting you in person alone in public.

  No matter what though, the point is that initially, people don’t know you. It’s not an accusation directed at you, it’s literally just the situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has this ever happened to you?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. They don’t know you at all either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has this ever happened to you?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re sexist, but I will say I’m glad I took the offer when given it. The night ended up twice as nice, along with the next couple of months too.

  Basically, go ahead and think that. More fun and good times for the rest of us, the two girls I was with that time included ;)

  (In hindsight, it should’ve been way more obvious I was poly. But my sights were distracted at the time, and it’s something that wasn’t really talked about much back then)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Whitelight] You Don't Hate Remasters Enough⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  and the remaster looks the way I remember Arkham Asylum looking.

  That’s what happened to me with Metroid Prime

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung phones embedded with 'unremovable' Israeli spyware⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I literally quoted an article saying how meta and Yandex specifically got through operating system features it wasn’t supposed to.

  Anyone who comes across this chain can easily see at this point you’re a bad faith troll now. A bad one at that. This discussion is over. Blocking you now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung phones embedded with 'unremovable' Israeli spyware⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay now I know you’re arguing in bad faith. Not only were 2 of the articles about apps on a phone and not external Israeli software, but over half my comment was about on-phone software bypassing permissions.

  Goodbye.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BREAKING NEWS: We did it, guys! 20 poptarts!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bet you can go to 25

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OK what is your Roman name?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Phaseolus

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung phones embedded with 'unremovable' Israeli spyware⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We have evidence that they can do, simply not evidence that they’re doing it currently.

  Israeli technology is already used to bypass encryption and security on both Android AND iOS. This despite the documentation showing they have security features that make them safe. Here’s just some news articles talking about it over the years: gizmodo.com/cops-have-less-time-to-break-into-iph…

  www.msn.com/en-in/technology/…/ar-AA1Np36m

  twoeva.com/2025/…/android-apps-spyware-exposed/

  npr.org/…/what-happens-when-law-enforcement-wants…

  arstechnica.com/…/meta-and-yandex-are-de-anonymiz…

  And despite it being well known by now that they’re able to do this, neither Alphabet nor Apple has been able to (willing to?) stop them.

  It would be utterly naive to think that Israel can’t make an app that can ignore being disabled, considering they can make software that can straight up get around literal security features allowing law enforcement to enter locked phones. The last article in particular is about bypassing system rules, quote;

  The covert tracking—implemented in the Meta Pixel and Yandex Metrica trackers—allows Meta and Yandex to bypass core security and privacy protections provided by both the Android operating system and browsers that run on it. Android sandboxing, for instance, isolates processes to prevent them from interacting with the OS and any other app installed on the device, cutting off access to sensitive data or privileged system resources. Defenses such as state partitioning and storage partitioning, which are built into all major browsers, store site cookies and other data associated with a website in containers that are unique to every top-level website domain to ensure they’re off-limits for every other site.

  Basically, you’d have to e stupid to think that a system saying “permission not allowed” is enough to stop a maliciously intended app, but even more stupid to think Israeli backed technology can’t, considering the existence of tools like Pegasus and the past operations and actions of Mossad, along with so many governments adopting Palantir.

  At best, you’re blissfully ignorant of things, at worst you’re part of the problem, to think this pre-installed app can simply be stopped by disabling it. If they seek to spy on you, a disablement isn’t going to stop them. It’s laughable you think it is. That you think it isn’t, really shows how little you actually know or understand the technology.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung phones embedded with 'unremovable' Israeli spyware⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t have evidence that Israeli app developers can’t do this either.

  It’s almost as of we’re lacking the money, skills, and manpower of a nation or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨reddit chatroom⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems like the other person replied “A skill issue? 😂” Btw lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung phones embedded with 'unremovable' Israeli spyware⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, you tell yourself that buddy. Israel is happy for you to believe it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung phones embedded with 'unremovable' Israeli spyware⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. It’s not the first time it’s been done either. Then there’s the loopholes as well, like Meta was doing recently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Block Blasters: Theft of $32k in crypto from a stage 4 cancer patient due to valve’s incompetence in allowing malware on their platform⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You crypto heads always bring up the Argentinian Peso even though it’s still actually more stable than even Bitcoin. People aren’t buying Argentinian Pesos thinking they might become rich one day, because it’s an actual currency, not a speculative asset, which is what crypto is. It won’t spike in value over 3 months or dive off a cliff by multitudes of thousands.

  But ignoring that, most of the world does actually accept US dollars - it’s the most traded currency in the world. It’s also safe to say in nearly every country you can probably exchange USD to the local currency fairly easily.

  If you can find me a city where more stores accept Bitcoin rather than the designated currency, then sure. I’m not sure a single one exists.

  And that’s bitcoin, which actually is well known and traded. What the person in the article lost wasn’t even that, not any other well known crypto like Ethereum.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Block Blasters: Theft of $32k in crypto from a stage 4 cancer patient due to valve’s incompetence in allowing malware on their platform⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do the majority of locations that offer goods and services accept USDC in it’s designated region? Can you buy groceries at basically anywhere with it, watch a movie, pay for a gym subscription etc with it? Can you buy a home or other shelter with it?

  If no, then no, I don’t, since it didn’t meet that criteria.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Block Blasters: Theft of $32k in crypto from a stage 4 cancer patient due to valve’s incompetence in allowing malware on their platform⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A form of relatively stable currency that is accepted to have value for the trade of goods and services by the majority of locations.

  Memecoins from pump fun that are less stable than Trump’s mood and vent be used to buy pretty much anything are definitely not that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung phones embedded with 'unremovable' Israeli spyware⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
  • said every hacker ever
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung phones embedded with 'unremovable' Israeli spyware⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because Israel has shown itself to be trustworthy when it comes to software /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo on Winning the Debate on Climate Change⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Orpo isn’t the reason Finland is so green. It’s the previous governments - him and his party would be glad to go to Fossil fuels given the chance. All while he does his best to wreck unions and make the rich richer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cable placement a little weird, but the ergonomics are excellent.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So far a 45° mouse has been the best for me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Philadelphia neighborhood group approves $25,000 to fight bike lanes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If it’s historic shouldn’t it have dirt roads?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon asks out a friend⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Being one doesn’t exclude the other tho