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I fully realize that. My point is that a blanket “everyone should do X” is the wrong approach here, since everyone’s situation is different, and the overall situation has severely changed (and continues to change).

I’m already assuming that if someone has had that changed, in all likelihood they spent a long time thinking about it. My point is the basis of that decision has changed, things have gotten much more dangerous for trans people, which can change the equation. There will be plenty of people for whom the gender dysphoria has a higher priority, and that’s not a problem. My point is that a blanket statement isn’t quite the best idea here, everyone has to weigh the risks for themselves, and that will be different for every person.

Do not do this if you are transgender or have an X gender marker. They will cancel your passport and tell you to apply for a new one with your sex assigned at birth.

Set aside for a moment that ICE has a habit of thinking IDs are fake, I really wonder if this is a point where it might be worth prioritizing. If it’s increasing the likelihood of being deported, kidnapped, tortured, or similar, than I think there’s a legitimate question of whether dealing with the gender dysphoria is worse than that. I’m not saying it necessarily isn’t, that may be different from person to person, but it’s definitely something that should be considered carefully.

Of course, the safest option is probably trying to get the hell out of the US, but I’m not going to get into that can of worms.

all the modern features I want

What are those? Because the difference between midrange and top of the line has been shrinking from year to year.

the best processor

What do you do with your phone that needs the best processor? Maybe you have some special use case, but the vast majority of people don’t need the best processor - often that’s a case of chasing the shiny new thing.

There’s always Fairphone and Shiftphone if you’re living in the EU. Not cutting edge, but should be more than good enough for most people. (Oh, and my Fairphone 5 is honestly built like a tank.)

Even slower than Windows 10? That’s impressive…

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So… Reddit is full of posts about stupid shit happening on 4chan. Now the fediverse is getting posts about stupid shit happening on Reddit. Now we just need 4chan to post about stupid shit happening in the fediverse and we’ve come full circle?

Honestly, I’ve read through his comments, and I’m surprised at how much bad faith is being assumed here.

He never actually defined anything. He essentially said that trans women cannot get pregnant and trans men cannot impregnate someone - at least not naturally (although I am curious to see what science will come up with in the next couple of decades). That’s just a fact, unless you have some evidence otherwise.

Yes, of course there are cis people that can’t have kids, he never said anything to the opposite effect. Just because there are people with eyes who can’t see doesn’t mean that the statement “people without eyes can’t see” is false.

And OK, people from “terftown” apparently say similar things - honestly, I don’t hang out there specifically because I don’t like the transphobia, how the hell should I or anyone else who doesn’t hang out there know? Can we please just judge people by what they say, and not by what other people say? Because this is turning into a “Hitler also drank water” argument.

Railway safety. On airplanes there will sometimes be people who clap when the plane lands safely. In modern cars we have a number of safety features that are pretty hard to ignore. But with trains everyone is (rightfully) focused on punctuality. Only in the rare event of a crash or similar so most people even begin to think about the safety aspect.

First off: if, then he wouldn’t be a pedophile but a hebephile. Small, but important difference.

Second: there are the laws. If you’re breaking laws, it could quickly become a problem (obviously).

But finally, what you were actually getting to: it really depends. There are plenty of age cases that are unacceptable no matter what (e.g. if he were 25 instead of 19, for instance). People mature differently. I’ve met people who were 16 where you could think they were 20, and vice-versa. If one is much more mature than the other, than you have a power imbalance, and that’s the problem. And that can happen with two people of the same age, as well (although it’s less likely).

So, no, 16 and 19 isn’t necessarily wrong, per se. The question is: is the relationship in question problematic?

Debian has some instructions here, maybe it can be used for other platforms as well.

To be fair, up until recently, there was no clear indication that Google would do this. Google made it so that installing non-play store apps was slightly more difficult, Apple made it pretty much impossible. So Apple was a pretty logical target at that point (and honestly, up until then, they had pretty much gotten a free ride - think of the default browser issue in Windows, no one every bothered with Apple).

I’ll keep it short: no, there is no “healthy” amount of dandruff. Definitely look beyond the 3-in-1 combos, those can really make things worse. And if that doesn’t work, ask a doctor, since dandruff can have a number of different causes.

IANAL, but I don’t think there’s a reasonable ground for a lawsuit (although there’s nothing prevent an attempt). It’s not claiming to be TikTok, that would be a clear trademark infringement. It’s just saying it’s similar to their service, and if you want to compare it (which is allowed), you have to refer to it somehow. Similar to when people say LibreOffice is an MS office alternative - Microsoft wouldn’t have the grounds to sue there, either.

Sync is not backup

Thank you. Now can you please explain this to my IT department that thinks force syncing everything on our computers to OneDrive is a solution to our lack of backups?

It can’t be said often enough: fuck Axel Springer.