Norah (pup/it/she)

I do have a seperate card for recurring payments that is easily cancellable.

No. I’m not American, the rewards suck here, I’m never getting a credit card. My bank doesn’t even offer them :)

Unless someone anti-piracy is combing through your statements, why would anything come of it? I use my debit mastercard for nzbgeek and vipernews and have never had an issue.

Oh absolutely, it really upsets me that they never dropped the prices down after covid supply issues were resolved. They were really proud of being accessible price-wise once upon a time ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The power constraints are more important to most than the size constraints honestly.

Sure, but the above is from a gnu humour post that’s over 30 years old: https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html

POV: you opened ed for the first time

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OBDII exists and is reasonably open.

Did you ever stop to wonder why most people say that?

What do you mean? That selling porn online isn’t sex work?

Oi! How dare you call me out like this,

Your monitor always needs to be plugged into the graphics card. If you plug it in via the motherboard, then your GPU is doing nothing, as it can’t backfeed to that motherboard connector. CPUs often have their own graphics built-in, and that’s what yours would have been using instead.

You’re right, I misspoke with the term anonymous, it’s actually pseudononymous the same as Lemmy or Reddit are. It’s not like there is a published index of names to wallet addresses.

That’s the point I was making. In Australia, wire transfers through your bank are free, attached to a phone number or email address (rather than account numbers), almost always instantaneous and 24/7.

Not really. Zelle seems to just be US banks implementing the payment and bank-to-bank transfer systems that other countries already have. Except, at least for Australia with our ‘Osko’ system it has the involvement of our Reserve Bank and is mandated to be supported universally, whereas Zelle is completely private. The traditional lack of that bank-to-bank transfer ability is why apps like Venmo and Cash App have been popular in the US, which I think explains why Zelle has had an app until last month, as consumers expect that, even though it’s owned by the major US banks.

Taler on the other hand seems to be “What if crypto but with fiat currency and also the recipients aren’t anonymous”.

What a strange and messed up thing to say! You have no idea what my life is like, so please don’t dare to comment on it. ✌️

Disabilities can be managed to the point they cause minimal disturbance to your life, thanks to modern medicine and technology alongside accessibility legislation. As well, what I have had to struggle with has made me a more compassionate person towards other people’s struggles. That’s not an idea, that’s a fact. You aren’t going to convince me to love myself any less.

You aren’t going to change my mind, and honestly this is becoming insulting, so I’m going to take my leave. I hope you have a good day, evening or night wherever you may be!

You’re welcome to believe what you want to, and I didn’t try to convince you that you shouldn’t. Personally, I believe I am the sum of both my positive life experiences and successes, as well as the challenges, pain and trauma, for better or worse. Now, if they came up with a cure tomorrow for my connective tissue disorder, would I take it? You’re damn right I would. But given the choice of “pressing the button” and being born without it, I absolutely would not, because to do so would mean that I will have never existed. It’s the same reason I, as a trans woman, don’t wish I was born a cis girl. These things have inextricably made me who I am, I wouldn’t just be a “different” person without them, but entirely unrecognisable.

I mean many “sane” people, myself included, wouldn’t “cure” their disabilities because it is part of who they are. I’d rather society cure itself of its ableism than me have to change who and what I am. I have more issues than just my ADHD though, and “curing” all that would fundamentally make me a completely different human being. To each their own though.