DebatableRaccoon
@DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca
- Comment on How did Third World countries handle the Covid Pandemic? 2 weeks ago:
Some would argue a healthier dose of common sense.
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 3 weeks ago:
There’s nothing stopping you from making a boot key and messing with Linux or making a partition of your storage. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
That said, as someone who is also very visually inclined, I’ve tried a couple of different distros over the years and always bounced off. I kept encountering the dumbest little issues that most people didn’t get, and it always required Terminal to fix. It’s those moments when you get to learn how obtuse and unwelcoming some of the Linux community can be.
- Comment on [USA] How can sales tax brackets affect purchasing behavior when prices are pre-tax? 1 month ago:
As another European, I can at least understand why tax isn’t represented on a US (and Canadian) website since the US is as truly united as a dysfunctional family come inheritance time and tax rates are different from state to state, but to pull that in local stores is something I can only ever see as fraud.
- Comment on What does "legitimate interest" mean in cookie settings? 2 months ago:
They’re legitimately interested in selling your data to paying parties.
- Comment on If I have an account on Mastodon.Social, and another account on PieFed.Social are they technically on the same instance, since they're both on .Social? 2 months ago:
The devout Christians currently going through a crisis on whether to go “Jesus is in all of us, thus yes” or “Our boy J don’t want none o’ that nastiness”.
- Comment on Nothing is requiring employees to be in the office five days a week 2 months ago:
The hypocrisy is strong with this one.
- Comment on Where Are You Supposed To Buy Pajama Shirts? 2 months ago:
Those are UK chains.
- Comment on is there a trustworthy SMS MMS app for Android that's not Google? 2 months ago:
I use Textra
- Comment on How come it shows that I have 7 messages? Then when I click on it it shows nothing? 3 months ago:
Platform? App? What we working with here?
- Comment on After Musk's pro-Trump/Vance bender, X users report issues following Kamala Harris' accounts 3 months ago:
Sadly, people with brain damage but aren’t vegetables can still vote (poorly).
- Comment on First overseas trip with my girlfriend – Any tips to make It our best trip? 3 months ago:
Specifically, expect no-one to speak English when you need help but everyone to understand English when you’re complaining about something to do with the country you’re in.
- Comment on Is everyone here leftist? 3 months ago:
This is our social platform!
- Comment on Is Batman TAS Amoled friendly? 3 months ago:
The right opinions
- Comment on What makes it “Legitimate Interest“? 4 months ago:
They’re legitimately interested in spying on you and selling your data.
- Comment on why isn't anyone calling for Trump to drop out. 4 months ago:
The cost, no. What they do to rust, yes. What they do to flesh… that’s part of the experiment.
- Comment on why isn't anyone calling for Trump to drop out. 4 months ago:
It’s not science unless you’re using fancy equipment during the practical experiment!
- Comment on why isn't anyone calling for Trump to drop out. 4 months ago:
More opportunity for experimentation, I like it!
- Comment on why isn't anyone calling for Trump to drop out. 4 months ago:
In the name of scientific accuracy, absolutely. Can’t go having inconclusive results, can we? Now I know one might be inclined to split him top and bottom but I posit we do left and right.
- Comment on why isn't anyone calling for Trump to drop out. 4 months ago:
You’ve got my vote. Im not American but you can rule over my country too and give our band of useless cretins the finger too.
- Comment on why isn't anyone calling for Trump to drop out. 4 months ago:
We should try both… For science.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
It’d be a very idiotic move, in my opinion but the push towards contactless payment methods seem to be the way banks and payment services are wanting to push society.
- Comment on Why do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth? 6 months ago:
Why do people eat food they know isn’t good for their health? Why do people continue to buy products from companies that have proven to only sell bad products or engage in scumbag practices?
They all have the same answer.
- Comment on If you or somebody you know ever fell for a romance scam, how did you or the person fall for it? 6 months ago:
A common tactic is to pay your victims back to build trust and later ask for larger sums because “well they paid me back last time”
- Comment on If you or somebody you know ever fell for a romance scam, how did you or the person fall for it? 6 months ago:
I don’t have personal history with romance scams but this video is a good example other sites being used. In this instance it was Instagram but I’ve heard of Facebook stories in the past. I’d say it can happen on any website that is designed to have some personal level of interaction, so not the standard screaming match that is Twitter but I wouldn’t be surprised to learn of them happening there too.
For avoiding it, it’s as simple and harsh as “don’t accept invites from people you don’t know” and “don’t send money to people you don’t know”. Going beyond romance scams, such as hacked accounts from friends who are “suddenly in trouble”, do everything possible to be sure it’s them before even looking at a payment link. Consider if this is a person who would ask you for money (some people are too proud to do so and a scammer wouldn’t know that), get them in a call and have a full conversation with them so you can be 100% sure it’s them.
Back on romance scams specifically, particularly good scammers can wait months or even a couple of years before they pull on the money thread. It’s more likely they’ll start off with actually paying the person back (they do this by having multiple victims on the hook at once and just shuffling money around between them to look legit). Slowly but surely, the figures will increase before there’s a sizeable honey pot before they dip.
Golden rule I can say for anyone is only send money to someone you are presently physically looking at, otherwise only send money you’re comfortable with never getting back. This also applies to buying stuff for them with a “I’ll pay you back”. If you’re the sort of person who would feel bad about not helping out a friend in need, you are the target. It’s harsh to say “don’t help the people you think are friends” as a blanket statement but it’s having absolute rules such as “don’t add people” and “don’t send money. EVER” that will keep you out of danger.
- Comment on Which is the best Lemmy app for mobile? 6 months ago:
Hands down Jerboa for Android.
- Comment on Why are SMS messages so expensive? 6 months ago:
For such limited usage, it’s absolutely not worth monthly. Unlimited for X amount is only good value if you’re making enough use out of it to outweigh the cost of PAYG. I used to travel for work and even at a bargain price of ~$10 for 20GB/unlimited/unlimited, I was only really using my data for Spotify while driving so come the end of the monthly cycle, I’d have an evening of watching YT or whatever else on my data since I’d still typically have about half left.
- Comment on Why are SMS messages so expensive? 6 months ago:
Pay-as-you-go is still popular in poorer markets, more rural areas or even in pro-competitive markets. It’s only particularly scummy markets that force customers to use their credit within a certain time period so for those who only rarely call/text and have consistent access to wifi, even 5-10 dollars worth of credit can last a year or more. Extremely consumer-friendly.
- Comment on "Batch cooking" how do you store meal for the second half of the week ? 6 months ago:
Define cool properly, please.
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- Comment on Why is living with your parents considered a bad thing? 8 months ago:
I have to admit it’s refreshing to hear from the haves acknowledging it was their and prior generations that fuckes things up instead of accusing the younger generations of being lazy.