rdyoung
@rdyoung@lemmy.world
- Comment on How do passkeys work across devices? 5 months ago:
Good to know
- Comment on Why are SMS messages so expensive? 6 months ago:
If you want to get technical, my town (really a village) has zero free wifi networks. It’s the larger city to my south that has all of the restaurants, hotels, retail, etc with free wifi.
- Comment on Why are SMS messages so expensive? 6 months ago:
Sounds like you need to move away from the actual sticks.
I call where I am country’ish because while I have only a handful of neighbors, we have gigabit down from spectrum, damn near gig over 5g, etc.
- Comment on Why are SMS messages so expensive? 6 months ago:
That’s hilarious. I currently live where I can see like 3 of my neighbors.
- Comment on Why are SMS messages so expensive? 6 months ago:
Where did I say anything about a contract? I spend $1800/year for 4 lines, 3 personal and 1 work line. In the USA at least, prepaid beats postpaid/contract every day of the year. Every time I price moving all 4 lines over to postpaid to get easier access to esims, a little leeway on payment, etc, I always end up staying with prepaid.
- Comment on Why are SMS messages so expensive? 6 months ago:
OP didn’t clarify personal versus business. I’m aware of how much businesses get ripped off, I’ve looked into using the short codes for promoting my own business and shit is not cheap.
- Comment on Why are SMS messages so expensive? 6 months ago:
None of that is actually true as a contrast.
There are tons of free wifi networks from hotels to restaurants, etc.
None of what you are saying makes any sense.
- Comment on Why are SMS messages so expensive? 6 months ago:
Where are you that you’re paying anything extra for sms? They used to be expensive because they could charge that much, now that are included in even the cheapest prepaid plans. If you are paying per message, that’s a you problem and you need to find another wireless provider.
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Real estate isn’t that simple. Way too many layers of work and bureaucracy between wanting to build something and making it happen even when you have the cash to make it so. Many of these layers are essential, others like nimby idiots are not. We need more housing for people and it would take a huge increase in available housing to have any negligible effect on any one individuals house/property value.
As for restaurants. It’s also not that simple. Most restaurants fail in the first year or two. You have to figure out what type of food is in demand and then maybe be willing and able to shift to something else if the market gets oversaturated.
- Comment on Is there any 5000 mAh power bank with 30W? 8 months ago:
They have others in the 5k range that are half the size. And ankers recent banks definitely charge if not as fast, close enough to wall speed.
- Comment on Is there any 5000 mAh power bank with 30W? 8 months ago:
You need to look at other brands then. I also have a 10k one from anker that is slim and fits in a pocket easy peasy. If you have an iPhone or are willing to buy a new case there are also ones that use magsafe to stick to the back of your phone and charge it wirelessly.
- Comment on Is there any 5000 mAh power bank with 30W? 8 months ago:
I bought this one a couple of years ago. I ended up nit using it because it wouldn’t power my laptop. It claims to output 130w.
- Comment on When people setup two factor authentication on an account on sites that allow it and insert a phone number, does that site assume by default that it's their own number or do they see it as "a" number? 8 months ago:
Which is why I said you could port that number elsewhere. Google Voice, textnow, etc.
I personally uave at least 5 numbers.
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GV that was ported from tmo a good 15+ years ago
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My direct personal line
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My direct business line
4)My GV business line
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My textnow number that I am just sitting on.
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I’m going to set up a family number attached to our family email.
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- Comment on When people setup two factor authentication on an account on sites that allow it and insert a phone number, does that site assume by default that it's their own number or do they see it as "a" number? 8 months ago:
Numbers can belong to anyone and yes, they do “assume” that the number you enter is at the least accessible by you. It would make no sense for you to make up a number or give them a relative or friends number especially for 2fa.
Why don’t you have a phone number? You can get a cheap prepaid phone and if you don’t want to pay for cell service you can import that number to Google Voice or other services like textnow, you could even go straight to textnow and get a free number from them. I have one that I pay like $5/year for them to hold on to just in case I feel like I need it.
- Comment on When people setup two factor authentication on an account on sites that allow it and insert a phone number, does that site assume by default that it's their own number or do they see it as "a" number? 8 months ago:
If it doesn’t ask you to verify the number by entering a code that it texts you, it’s not true 2fa.
As for your sister’s account. Are you sure it was her account and not you just viewing her channel? If you were actually logged in to her account it stuck around because sites store credentials via cookies it’s not unheard of to be able to access previously logged in accounts for a very very long time even after moving across the globe.
And what the fuck do mean by “makeshift DNA”? Unless you meant makeshift 2fa which is still confusing as a term.
- Comment on How is it possible to start a business if you have no money and skills, but have an idea? 9 months ago:
Have you tried being literate?
- Comment on How is it possible to start a business if you have no money and skills, but have an idea? 9 months ago:
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit
- Comment on Why were online subscriptions once rare, but now they are everywhere? 9 months ago:
I often wonder how many people are still paying for AOL. I know people that were still paying for it when dsl or cable internet became the better option. I’ll bet people are still paying for it decades later.
- Comment on Is there a chart where particular cuneiform or hieroglyphics are actually matched with emojis? 9 months ago:
I’m going to have to say yes.