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- Comment on Can't install app because it isn't "certified" by the government 2 hours ago:
That’s only on their local android varieties though. That looks like a Xiaomi/Redmi phone? In that case head over to xiaomi.eu, download the EU version of the ROM, and flash it following the instructions there, it’s very straightforward.
With Oppo and OnePlus phones it’s equally simple, there are a ton of how-to’s over on forum.xda-dev.com for all models. If you stay in China, best get their Indian ROMs, the EU ones have some mobile bands inactive that are not in use there, but are in Asia.
For other phone manufacturers, it’s anywhere between trivial and impossible (Huawei for example). Xda-dev is your best source of info usually.
- Comment on What do zoos do with dead animals? 2 hours ago:
Ah right, that’s different then. Still don’t think they could legally sell it, but would be fine to eat, most likely.
- Comment on What do zoos do with dead animals? 5 hours ago:
You wouldn’t want to eat an animal that’s died of natural causes, it’s usually old and tough, or still died of an undiagnosed infection while old so not further investigated.
All meat sold for human consumption must be certified, not gonna happen with random dead zoo animals in any developed country.
If the zoo staff decide to go for it without, that’s probably on them, but they can’t sell or even legally give it away.
Ostrich is quite nice though, it’s a very lean, red meat. Like a gamey beef I’d say, but not as intense as deer.
- Comment on [Même] Which movie was this for you? 1 week ago:
Yep. Great movie, watched it in cinema and a few times later. Still don’t understand how people didn’t like it.
- Comment on [Même] Which movie was this for you? 1 week ago:
The French Dispatch for me.
God I hated every second, and it only got worse. That’s the kind of movie you’ll need to play on repeat and I’ll spill all my secrets to make it stop.
- Comment on [Même] Which movie was this for you? 1 week ago:
That movie is awesome. Silly for sure, but awesome.
- Comment on [Même] Which movie was this for you? 1 week ago:
I liked it as well, they just did remarkably poor with the expectation management prior to screening it.
Or they knew what was coming and wanted to grab the money.
- Comment on [Même] Which movie was this for you? 1 week ago:
I didn’t know it’s got terrible ratings, love the movie.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
3 years is nothing. Stocks move.
- Comment on Where does a man get a proper shoe horn that will not break 3 weeks ago:
Leather slippers (or loafers, think they are called differently in some locations) don’t have laces you could possibly loosen.
Hiking boots and winter shoes are often challenging to put on due to the rigid ankle support.
Other shoes such as Converse and the likes get really worn out and flimsy on the heel, to the point where trying to slip in without support will just wrinkle them up.
Some people are unable to bend down properly due to knee or hip issues, etc.
Shoehorns make life easier for almost everyone. I’ve been using them for 20+ years and wouldn’t miss it.
- Comment on Ex developer at Bethesda quit his job after 14 years and made this heavy metal horror game as a solo dev with no publisher 5 weeks ago:
I never used any ranged weapon in the game, did I miss out?
- Comment on From a cyber security aspect how hazardous are random mini PCs from Ali Express/Amazon if you are starting with a fresh OS install? 1 month ago:
That’s why I said “essentially”. The data is no longer accessible by the system, which is all that’s needed to prevent malicious files from being executed.
- Comment on Box Office: ‘Megalopolis’ Crumbles With $4 Million, ‘The Wild Robot’ Lands at No. 1 With $35 Million 1 month ago:
“This was never destined to be a box office hit and is the very definition of a passion project,” says senior Comscore analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “That said, the film could enjoy long term interest from movie aficionados.”
In other words, some poor film students might be forced to analyze the shit out of this movie some decades into the future?
- Comment on From a cyber security aspect how hazardous are random mini PCs from Ali Express/Amazon if you are starting with a fresh OS install? 1 month ago:
Deleting all existing partitions via the installer is already enough. Once a new partition is created, all files are essentially wiped.
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 1 month ago:
Different pretense, if a kid is identified as a victim, authorities will be informed since they haven’t reached maturity yet, and the alleged perpetrator is the legal guardian.
If an adult falls victim to sexual abuse, they will not inform any authorities on their behalf but leave it to the person.
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 1 month ago:
It is where I’m from. Not even nurses have full access to the patient file. Confidentiality exists between doctor and patient exclusively, that’s why I’m so shocked.
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 1 month ago:
Insane. Where I’m from they are not allowed to forward anything. Not even billing information to a third party payment provider without explicit written consent.
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 1 month ago:
Why on earth is your doctor even allowed to share your personal situation with anyone? Did you consent to that? Else it’s a quite severe violation of your privacy.
- Comment on Amazon's system marked an item I returned a year ago as not received and charged me for this return, but the chat bot already knew they had received it. 1 month ago:
I have two expensive suitcases now for that reason. I kept both.
- Comment on Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair, Inc. 1 month ago:
You can’t patent certain game mechanics. Would have to be an actual piece of code that was replicated.
- Comment on TikTok must face U.S. lawsuit over the platform's viral “blackout challenge” that several parents blame for their children’s deaths, an appeals court ruled 2 months ago:
Yeah Douyin is pushing educational content and is very fast to censor harmful stuff. Still full of garbage and racism though, just the sanctioned kind against people the government doesn’t like.
- Comment on My new m.2 ssd 2 months ago:
One pin too many, the slot is not wide enough.
- Comment on Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis trailer withdrawn over fake quotes 2 months ago:
Giant shitshow, that’s what’s going on. They try desperately to create some sort of publicity, no matter how.
- Comment on what would happen if a rogue, earth-size planet ran straight into the sun? anything interesting? 2 months ago:
Uh, yes. Absolutely. The corona of the sun alone is about 5 million km thick and has temperatures of >1 million degrees C.
Crossing that distance takes about 0.3 light minutes. For a planet with a somewhat large mass traveling at a fraction of that (average travel speed of celestial objects is around 1000-10000 km/min, depending on its mass), it would take between 83 and 833 hours (3.5-35 days).
For reference, the distance from earth to moon is about 400000km (and takes a rocket 3 days to traverse), so the sun’s radius is about 12x that. Just put things into perspective.
Silicon vaporizes at 3650°C, iron at 3500°C. A couple days at a million degrees? Yeah it’s vaporized alright.
- Comment on what would happen if a rogue, earth-size planet ran straight into the sun? anything interesting? 2 months ago:
The planet would have burned to a crisp a long time before it even touched the sun. A waft of residual gases would maybe get close enough, which does exactly nothing.
It’s the equivalent of tossing a single grain of hail into an active volcano.
- Comment on Question about south Korea customs declaration 2 months ago:
You need to declare new goods, not pre-owned stuff. Nobody will ask you to fill a customs declaration for your luggage.
- Comment on What the fuck happened to YouTube!? 2 months ago:
Just update it frequently, the new version works currently.
- Comment on Chrome will block one of its biggest ad blockers 2 months ago:
I think the lite versions don’t allow scripted blocking, only static or something. So a whole lot of the adaptive blocks for persistent ads you encounter on facebook, instagram and other shitty socials that behave like viruses will be hard to impossible to kill.
I’m glad I never had to deal with that as I have never used Chrome on desktop, but I’m pretty sure there will be many folks out there who don’t know how to switch.
- Comment on is there a trustworthy SMS MMS app for Android that's not Google? 2 months ago:
It works for me since I hate subscriptions and don’t use anything that sends stuff to my phone :-)
- Comment on is there a trustworthy SMS MMS app for Android that's not Google? 2 months ago:
Mezo SMS, comes with a beautiful keyword filter. “to unsubscribe” gets rid of 99% of the spam out there.