Numberone

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[–] Numberone@startrek.website 58 points 7 months ago (16 children)

The word rape doesn't show up in that entire article. Must be some kind of mistake. I wonder why that would happen?

[–] Numberone@startrek.website 0 points 8 months ago

A measured response...

[–] Numberone@startrek.website 2 points 9 months ago

Haha! Over my head. Sorry

[–] Numberone@startrek.website 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Cricket shill here. I've had cricket for years, it's affordable and has good perks like free roaming in Mexico and Canada. It's just an MVNO of ATT last I checked, so if ATT went down cricket would too.

[–] Numberone@startrek.website 3 points 11 months ago

As a Iong time ST fan I just way to say, this game was a great time. It was like I was playing through a ST episode, dilemma and all. Sending a ship to warp cinematically was something I never knew I wanted to do, but it was perfect.

[–] Numberone@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, what? Is this confirmed? Please do explain!

[–] Numberone@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Oh I see. Yeah that's cool. I've seen several posts around the fediverse that take a real tsk tsk signal user kind of tone, So I responded to yours kind of defensively. As a person with middle of the road tech knowledge I also curious if how I think about it stands up to scrutiny (because people will tell me!). Didn't mean to distract from the intent. Thanks for posting this in any case.

[–] Numberone@startrek.website 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For me using signal wasn't about becoming Jason Bourne, it was about changing the threat model. I don't have any dilusions of grandeur that I can't be owned if I'm targeted, but you know what? My calls and texts aren't stored with my phone company with a direct link to the Government and advertisers. That may be low hanging fruit, but that's dealing with most of the issues the average user is going to run into. I'd suggust that the step from SMS to Signal is of greater benifit to a normal user than from signal to something more advanced. And, fwiw it's open sourced and audited, which gives me more confidence than something like imessage or WhatsApp, despite similarities im encryption schemes.

[–] Numberone@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

The other commenter is comparing FSA to HSA which is right I think. I think FSAs work for some people (I never understood who though) but there's literally no downside to an HSA. It basically can end up as another tax sheltered investment account, if you have enough money/luck to be able to pay off your healthcare costs out of pocket.

Like everything in the US, it's amazing for people with money. Less useful for those that don't. But at the very least it provides a buffer for the insane deductibles that US persons need to pay to keep living.

[–] Numberone@startrek.website 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I've seen this in banking too. I have my health savings account with a provider that charges a percentage of your holdings as the admin fee. That can add up. My old one is a flat rate per month. I have been transferring the money every year to the flat rate provider and the process is completely arcane.

  1. Find the document on their site. The correct document isn't named clearly like the document you use to pull other providers into your account.

  2. You have to print it and write by hand (not an editable PDF)

  3. Assuming you've done this correctly you must mail them the document, like he said, with a stamp like a fucking caveman.

  4. Behind the scenes the process is even more arcane, because again they claim they PHYSICALLY MAIL A CHECK to the new provider like fucking cavemen.

It's really clear that this is in bad faith. Banking "innovation" is a joke in the US. I know that everyone hates crypto up in this bitch (I get it), but a little self custody would go a long way in situations like this.

[–] Numberone@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't believe Minke whales are endangered either.

[–] Numberone@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago

It isn't really profitable. The meat isn't really in demand and they harvest far fewer than the limit that's set by the government. This interview with a wailer from freakenomics was interesting and touched on a lot of these issues.

Here is the freakanomics episode

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