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Have a look at how some early apple varieties looked like, before they were cultivated:
https://birdsongorchards.com/pages/welcome-to-wondrous-diversity-of-heirloom-apples
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Didn't know they released season 3 yet, that's up on the watch list for next week now!
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1w ago
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Yeah but every 180 days they deactivate your balance and you have to log in to enable it again. Annoying.
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Same in Germany, so I just got a free credit card from Advanzia Bank in Luxembourg. As long as you pay the bill on the due date (via bank transfer, which is free in the EU), there are no fees and charges whatsoever.
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No you don't. The name field is optional. If your bank requires you to fill something in, their app/system hasn't been updated to comply with EU banking regulations. I'd simply write Not Applicable from now on. Or Mickey Mouse.
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Hence it only applies in the US.
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That article is a wild mix of paranoia and conspiracy theories.
Never expected to read about burning witches, Kill Bill, covid, and government control in one setting.
I guess the author has some good intentions, but the way he presents his stuff makes him seen like a crazy person.
And most of the cons aren't inherently negative.
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That sounds a bit like "The Prince in Waiting" by John Christopher (more famous for "The Tripods"), it's a trilogy also set in the distant future after a nuclear war, where all machines have been outlawed and humans exist alongside dwarfs and mutants. Over the course of the trilogy, the protagonists (living in fairly alright areas) venture deeper into more and more radiated areas and encounter grotesque stuff.
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I like the bot, and I also hate amp links and url forwarders that can literally take you anywhere but where it's supposed to.
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I never used any ranged weapon in the game, did I miss out?
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"Toxic - Don't touch, keep under lock and away from children."
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I wouldn't really compare the pro version, when the regular one works better and has extendable storage via SD card and comes at $149 retail, with offers as low as $129 around.
Annual hardware revisions are nice and all, but in my understanding they don't actually improve what the end user get to experience.
The main advantage I see in the shield is the ability to sideload apps, such as SmartTube for adfree youtube with integrated sponsorblock, ftp server, torrent client etc., and not least use VLC as a media player. Plus you can customize the launcher or replace it as a whole to tailor the UI to your exact needs.
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Agree, of all the companies out there, Apple isn't the one I entrust with my data. Pretty happy with my Nvidia Shield instead, the OS is open enough to allow monitoring all telemetry, and I'm happy to say that after switching everything off that Android enabled by default, nothing really gets out there. I've sniffed connections on my router as well, and it only really connects to where it should.
Edit: Aww look, I've triggered the fanboys ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Some local market, they are quite large. Think they are from Malaysia.
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If you meal prep and know what you're doing, 5 days is not outrageous.
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Sounds more like you never dealt with them. I'm German, we still got plenty of ideologically challenged individuals in country, and they are not stupid.
No idea what a glowie is, but those trump worshiping clowns you got in the US aren't the people I'm worried about. Over here there is no discernible education gap between left and right wing.
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There's an app called Cheq, which is a means for foreigners to buy stuff in India using their QR payment system, that's normally restricted for citizens only.
Follow the link on https://cheq.money to the correct version for your phone, there are a bunch of other apps and service providers piggybacking off of the name.
They'll charge you a sign-on fee of 999 Rupees (about 10 bucks), I'd suggest you use a virtual credit card from wise.com or something for that. I inherently distrust random online shops in third world countries. Once you've done that, they ask for your location to perform an in-person ID verification to make sure you actually live in India.
That's the point where you choose a random location out in the sticks. Say Lemru town in Chhattisgarh State or something - you might try a few until you find something where they show you a local account manager but no physical shop to perform the activation. That part is key.
Contact the account manager via whatsapp (can be registered with your regular phone number, the service is aimed at tourists and foreign residents alike). Normally they are supposed to come visit you, but they can't be bothered to drive 3h to see you, especially if you press it a bit and call it urgent. Eventually they'll just ask to send a passport copy directly to them, and they'll activate it remotely.
You can then use a VPN to set your play store (should work for Apple store as well) country to India, enter a random address there, select "UPI" as payment method, and open the Cheq app when prompted. After a couple hours you'll get an email that your play store country has been changed, and from then on you can use Cheq to buy stuff for cheap. Top up the balance with virtual cards whenever needed, you can't use non-indian credit cards directly in google play. You can however buy gift cards on amazon.in with them, have the code send to yourself and redeem it, that works without problems.
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Yeah but that doesn't mean they need to enforce US laws in other jurisdictions where it means fuck all.
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Prices are less than 10% of what they are in the US.
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Enjoy! It's really good stuff, hope you like it!
Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Any plans, milestones, major dread or whatever else you want to share coming up in the week ahead? And how are you generally?
Since it's been kind of weekly since 8+ weeks... Maybe start this thread again? Not a moderator or anything (nor trying to be one), but I liked this community on reddit and would be sad to see it die.
Hallo zusammen, Ich hab mein Depot bei FlatEx und bin damit an sich sehr zufrieden, aber jetzt stelle ich mir die Frage, ob sich dahingehend eine Diversifikation anbietet? Bei der DKB als Hausbank hab ich ebenfalls ein Depot, aber da sind nur noch Karteileichen von vor 15 Jahren drin; irgendwelche endfälligen Zertifikate bis 203x, bei denen die Verkaufsspesen höher wären als jegliche Rendite. Jetzt möchte ich gerne meine Anlagestrategie ein bisschen diversifizieren und zu dem ETF-Portfolio gerne kurzläufige Staatsanleihen kaufen. DACH mit kleiner Rendite, max 1 Jahr ab Kaufdatum, nix wildes. Hintergrund ist, dass ich ggfs. in den nächsten 6-24 Monaten Geld brauche um ein Haus anzuzahlen; gleichzeitig aber das Volumen die Einlagensicherung übersteigt, sonst hätte ich es einfach auf's Tagesgeld gepackt oder Festgelder regelmäßig verlängert, das geht nun leider nicht. Jetzt die eigenltiche Frage: Bei Flatex würde ich für diese Order knapp 4 Euro zahlen, bei der DKB 32,50 Euro. Sollte ich früher verfügen müssen und entsprechend nochmal verkaufen, ergo das doppelte (Endfälligkeit ist kostenlos). Eigentlich ja ein no-brainer, 28,50/57 Euro zu sparen; aber bietet es sich eurer Meinung nach an, hier denoch das Ausfallrisiko auch über 2 Broker zu verteilen? Danke im Voraus!
cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/14206569 > Hi all, > > First off: Can't switch to Linux, Windows is a work requirement. Please spare me. > > With that out of the way, here's my problem: > > Since 2-3 days I've been seeing ads disguised as a minimized video player popup on my Windows 10 Login Screen > . > > Initially I thought I might have been watching something on youtube and forgot to close the tab and it autoplayed in the background until reaching this stuff by chance; but that turned out not to be the case (I'm also using Firefox exclusively, which I thought wouldn't integrate with Windows, but I wasn't 100% sure on that end). > > I tried to research this a bit, but the only similar case I found was in an old [reddit thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/linkedin/comments/15osce8/a_linkedin_popup_started_appearing_on_my_desktop/) saying that some Windows update installed the LinkedIn App for them, which is not the case here. > > Antivirus (Bit Defender) and Malwarebytes both give me a clean report. > > So I did some more digging and right click that thing with my firewall set to deny all to figure out where this is taking me, and surprise... > >  > > There's a total of 100 connection attempts from Windows Search to around 10 different IP addresses, all of which belong to Microsoft. > > I have not installed any updates in the last 14 days, no new software, and have not changed any system settings. > > What did change is that I am currently not in China, where I normally live, but am on a business trip to Malaysia, where a bunch of services that are blocked in China might be accessible, and are now splicing in those (somewhat disguised) ads. > > Does this happen to anyone else, and if so, do you have an idea how to get rid of it? > > Thanks a lot in advance!
Hi all, First off: Can't switch to Linux, Windows is a work requirement. Please spare me. With that out of the way, here's my problem: Since 2-3 days I've been seeing ads disguised as a minimized video player popup on my Windows 10 Login Screen . Initially I thought I might have been watching something on youtube and forgot to close the tab and it autoplayed in the background until reaching this stuff by chance; but that turned out not to be the case (I'm also using Firefox exclusively, which I thought wouldn't integrate with Windows, but I wasn't 100% sure on that end). I tried to research this a bit, but the only similar case I found was in an old [reddit thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/linkedin/comments/15osce8/a_linkedin_popup_started_appearing_on_my_desktop/) saying that some Windows update installed the LinkedIn App for them, which is not the case here. Antivirus (Bit Defender) and Malwarebytes both give me a clean report. So I did some more digging and right click that thing with my firewall set to deny all to figure out where this is taking me, and surprise...  There's a total of 100 connection attempts from Windows Search to around 10 different IP addresses, all of which belong to Microsoft. I have not installed any updates in the last 14 days, no new software, and have not changed any system settings. What did change is that I am currently not in China, where I normally live, but am on a business trip to Malaysia, where a bunch of services that are blocked in China might be accessible, and are now splicing in those (somewhat disguised) ads. Does this happen to anyone else, and if so, do you have an idea how to get rid of it? Thanks a lot in advance!
Dear all, Since feddit.de has fallen into disrepair by its administrations, some of the fine folks over here have started feddit.org as a second home. Like most (all?) feddit.de communities, we have now launched !germany@feddit.org (or alternatively https://feddit.org/c/germany, if your instance hasn't federated the community yet) to continue talking about all things Germany, in English. Welcome to join us over there!
Hi all, Just updated FF to 124.0.1 and now the whatsapp web view is broken. The text input field is somewhere in the upper third of the screen and in the background, overlayed by text boxes so that I can't actually select it. It's automatically selected when switching from one chat to another so I can type there, but only blind in most cases since any comment boxes overlap it. Tried restarting, clearing cookies, re-authenticating, disabling all plugins, nothing worked. Does anyone experience something similar and/or know a workaround? Thanks! Edit: Fixed by logging out of whatsapp web, clearing cookies, restarting the browser, and then logging back in. Neither of the steps had worked on its own previously, but the combination did the trick.
Hi all, As our community is still small and not overly active, I thought instead of trying to have a weekly or monthly chatter thread up as a sticky, we could try a perpetual one and see what happens. So anything you feel doesn't warrant a post of its own, just put it here. Cheers and take care!
Hi all, Need to pick your brains for a bit regarding best practices for handling of account recovery issues while traveling. Premise would be that my phone gets lost or stolen, and I may not have easy access to my laptop either, and being in a foreign country I couldn't easily get a copy of the original SIM to restore via OTP. Consequently, I also don't really love the idea of using some password manager with a master password and no F2A. Under those circumstances, what would you consider the best way forward to ensure accessibility without crippling myself in the process? The only thing I can come up with is a random subdomain on one of my domains, with random username and random password, where I store an encrypted container containing txt-files. Maybe even further obscured with a random cypher (all numbers / letters shifted x positions to the right or something). But there's gotta be other use-cases out there, so I was wondering what you are using? Ideally something that doesn't involve another person. Thanks!
Hi all, I've got a bit of a spam issue that isn't solved by either keyword or actual spam filter. The problem is that I'm in China and mass email marketing here is acceptable for some reason, so local spam filters don't catch the perps, and international ones are useless based on the language. And since I'm in a customer/supplier facing role, quite a few genuine mails use the same keywords as the spammers, so that doesn't work to fix my problem. However, the mails are usually sent to hundreds of people at once, all with their mail addresses in plain view in CC. So I'd just like to set up a filter to send mails with >100 recipients or something like that straight to trash, but can't seem to find it in the outlook rule settings. Does anyone know of a useful workaround? Thanks!
I don't really use facebook anymore so couldn't care less; but so happened to log in today to change my password and saw this on my front page.