nimpnin
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- Comment on How difficult would it be to live in a modern-day developed country without a smartphone? 33 minutes ago:
My bank and most others here require a smartphone authentication to log in, even if you use the website on the computer.
- Comment on How difficult would it be to live in a modern-day developed country without a smartphone? 49 minutes ago:
I’ve done no. 1 a few times for a month or so each. Some of the biggest problems with that are:
- Banking can be a bit rough without the app. You can sometimes get a separate device to log in from some banks
- Digital authentication to eg. government services, and some private services as well works via a smarthphone app. Depends on the country a bit how extensive this is, Sweden has been really bad considering this.
- Sometimes public transit only/mostly sells tickets through an app
- Digital maps and route planners are very convenient and not having them substantially increases the time and effort you need to put into finding places
What usually won’t be a big issue
- Messaging: Whatsapp, Signal and obviously Facebook Messenger work on the computer, so you won’t be fully missing out on anything. Also, SMSs and calling work well and are cheap/free
- Missing out on social media and digital entertainment like youtube on a device that you carry 100% of the time is probably just a good thing
- Photography, you can find all kinds of digital cameras, camcorders and DSLRs for a reasonable price
All in all, it’s feasible but quite inconvenient at times.
I find having a smartphone without a sim card at home to be a good compromise. It limits the time I spend on my phone, which in itself is nice, and subsequently decreases the amount of data that can be collected of me. Also, if you aren’t relying on your phone it doesn’t need to be nice and expensive.
- Comment on Why isn't Mbin more popular? 1 week ago:
Why would I want two different things in one?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Same question as, is 22 too young to have kids. Both are non-reversible and have consequences for the rest of your life.
- Comment on What is the difference between a platonic and a romantic relationship? 3 weeks ago:
As I see it, most long romantic relationships like that die out in terms of romance.
- Comment on What is the difference between a platonic and a romantic relationship? 3 weeks ago:
So there are no romantic relationships where you don’t have a ”shared life”? Sounds pretty implausible to me.
An affair at a workplace can definitely be a romantic relationship. As can be a short fling, and all kinds of polyamorous relationships, where your life doesn’t revolve around a certain partner.
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 3 weeks ago:
Now look at the standard umbrella and figure out if it is 25x30cm…
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 3 weeks ago:
Why? You can carry your phone and charge it at the same time.
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 3 weeks ago:
That charges a phone just fine?
I use a smaller panel to charge a battery at a summer cottage. That keeps my and a few other people’s phones charged pretty alright.
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 3 weeks ago:
Oh in that picture. Yeah I didn’t even think about that, I’d imagine for the original use case you would charge a phone. Laptops need a lot of power, I didn’t even dream of charging one off of a portable solar panel lol :D
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 3 weeks ago:
A computer?
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 3 weeks ago:
Who said it would?
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 3 weeks ago:
Yeah. Mass producing can be orders of magnitude cheaper.
It’s a ridiculous argument. Of course something like that could be manufactured, it’s just too niche of a market so nobody has made it a reality (yet).
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 3 weeks ago:
Protects you from the sun while you walk. Umbrellas are used for that at least in Japan, as somebody already mentioned
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 3 weeks ago:
Nah. You could DIY something like that for 30€ or something, let alone mass produce. The only problem is that the folding would be more clumsy and probably take a bit more space folded
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Asking ”what is tagalog” is really disrespectful waste of everybody’s time.
The phrase ”english and tagalog” clearly indicates that it’s a language.
Moreover, it is a single word, which is really, really easy to use a search engine for. Or wikipedia. You rarely see ”what is X” type of questions even here, on nostupidquestions.
Third, the person acknowledged themselves that it’s a stupid question.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Google is your friend…
- Comment on Why doesn’t Apple/Samsung/Google use new tech like every other phone maker? 4 weeks ago:
when the battery inevitably degrades, you’ll still have solid battery life.
We used to have user replaceable batteries. The companies stopped making them and few people cared
- Comment on Why doesn’t Apple/Samsung/Google use new tech like every other phone maker? 4 weeks ago:
I really don’t think the average person cares at all about improving the current picture quality of phone cameras. The pictures get posted on instagram or sent on a messaging app, and looked at once on a 6 inch screen. They are not getting printed. Most people wouldn’t even notice.
Battery life is a thing people would maybe appreciate, but then again, people seem to be fine with charging their phones overnight, and current phones seem to last one day on one charge.
- Comment on Why doesn’t Apple/Samsung/Google use new tech like every other phone maker? 4 weeks ago:
Most people don’t really care about cool tech, they want a phone that just works
- Comment on When does Trump finally start taking accountability? 5 weeks ago:
When he is forced to.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
cato institute
Lol
I mean it can work, at least in theory. I’d have to take a more comprehensive look at Estonia’s case. I will not take that source at face value though.
But recently I’ve seen analyses of both the UK and the southern EU countries’ austerity policies being failures. And that’s multiple countries with very different economies.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
Austerity doesn’t work
- Comment on Does people doing things that upset others also upset you? 5 weeks ago:
Given that the general population doesn’t even know how allergies work half the time, it makes even more sense to ban peanuts on flights
- Comment on If people's voices become copyright protected in the future as a response to AI, will any non-commercial uses of voices be affected as well? 5 weeks ago:
whose hegemony results in most of the world conforming to the same
Does it really? I know there are significant differences between US and EU copyright law, fair use comes to mind
- Comment on What are the differences between 1) probabillities, 2) possibillities, and 3) plausabillities? 1 month ago:
maybe all the stats have eroded any intuition I had for these words
- Comment on What are the differences between 1) probabillities, 2) possibillities, and 3) plausabillities? 1 month ago:
Probability is a numeric value between: 0 and 1 of how likely an event is going to happen. Depending on the definition, I would say that possibilities and plausabilities are both events with a nonzero probability. Colloquially, possibilities are more likely than plausabilities I guess. Source: two thirds of a stats phd and C2 level english skills lol
- Comment on is it normal to feel tired for weeks after running and doing yoga every day for almost 6 months? 1 month ago:
Why are people so bad at doing things in moderation
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I would say no. While they make the process more superficial and gamify it to the gain of the companies rather than the users, lots of people find partners on dating apps. A quick google reveals that already in 2017 dating apps were the leading way couples originally met.
So I would at least try them, just keep in mind how they work and what the incentives are. And don’t take it personally if you don’t get a lot of matches - that happens to a lot of people. Also I would definitely not pay for a subscription, that’s the scam part.
- Comment on What's the e-reader you would buy if you were in the market? 1 month ago:
Kindle Paperwhite 2