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- Comment on What's the e-reader you would buy if you were in the market? 1 week ago:
Might be the case, my experience is with the Shine 3. Giving them an hands on in the store is imho always better than reviews on the net.
- Comment on What's the e-reader you would buy if you were in the market? 1 week ago:
I see you’re coming from a .de domain so chances are you might have a Thalia (store) in your area. I’ve bought a Tolino Shine about 6 years back and I really like it. Sure, you can buy them online too, but I liked the option to try it out before I buy.
- Comment on How would I pop a bag of popcorn on the microwave? 2 weeks ago:
That explains why you thought I’d be a good idea to put the paper bag onto the stove top xD
- Comment on Why are American cops allowed to be morbidly obese? 3 weeks ago:
That’s why they are armed like they go to a war zone. Don’t need to be fast off you have weaponry which has more reach than even the fittest guy can run before they pull the trigger. Survival of the suspect is optional.
- Comment on How does one use an electric toothbrush? 4 weeks ago:
Mine just stops if I press too hard.
- Comment on Has a patent office ever refused to grant a patent to something on the grounds it was too obscene? 2 months ago:
Crap, well now I keep it that way.
- Comment on Has a patent office ever refused to grant a patent to something on the grounds it was too obscene? 2 months ago:
Do I see a repo the generic opera reference here?
- Comment on Why do some say they own or have bought something that they technically haven't (e.g. domain names, expensive things, etc.)? 2 months ago:
For domains, you actually own them. If you define ownership as being able to trade them compared to leasing something where you are not allowed to sell the item for example.
- Comment on Hypothetically, if you are in prison and want to communicate with the outside world without being detected, what are some ways to hide a message within an innocuous letter? 3 months ago:
You usually get the book corresponding to your faith, so that would be an option. Given that the Bible (can’t speak mich about it but way less about the others) has chapters and verses and what not, addressing single words is simple.
For the “name of relative is the code”, yeah that needs a good memory.
- Comment on Hypothetically, if you are in prison and want to communicate with the outside world without being detected, what are some ways to hide a message within an innocuous letter? 3 months ago:
Your options depend on how much code you can agree on. Ask about imaginary relatives map each name to a meaning, so asking about the health of Aunt Judy could mean that the prison refuses your access to a lawyer and telling you thought about Uncle Sam could mean they keep you in solitary. Or whatever facts you want to communicate. Your revolutionary friends could respond in the same manner. The flaw is in being limited to previously agreed upon code words.
If you have access to a common book, you can refer to words by page, line and word number. You could embed the numbers as words in a story you are writing to your (imaginary) child. “Behind the seven hills, there were five houses with nine rooms each” can translate to “take the 9th word on page seven, line five”. Obviously you need the exact same copy of the book for this to work, the Bible is quite common for this cipher.
- Comment on Like Trump says that the cartels have invaded Canada wouldn't they have to pass through the US, avoid checkpoint, border control on both sides and many other things? So Canada can only blame the US? 3 months ago:
GTA told me that, one mission in particular.
- Comment on When Lemmy got named did no one think that the "lemming" association might alienate people? 3 months ago:
TIL, thank you.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
It could be an instance of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
Wanting to fit in but not knowing how to do it right.