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  • Yes, NFC the technology works. However, certain applications, like Google Wallet can be problematic and require workarounds (not because of technology itself though)

    I know that low key defeats the purpose of a privacy oriented android build but yeah

    Not everyone using a custom ROM is doing it for privacy reasons. I see privacy as a perk but I mainly use custom ROMs to keep my devices around longer and to get new features.

    Even for those who are concerned about privacy, I don't think NFC is that big of a security hole. I know some people who turn it on only when they're using it, but that's pretty painless.

  • Nowadays, if you set out to have a specific career and aren't willing to adjust, you're likely going to be missing out on opportunities.

    I graduated university in 2011, and besides a few people who went on to develop for FAANG and have been there since, almost nobody is where they expected at graduation. Many are very successful, but in very different ways than they could have foreseen: The engineer who's now the CFO of a charity; the English major who became an AI developer; the golf pro who became a sales rep and moved up from there in a billion dollar company.

    There's so many other similar stories just in the people I know. In the economy now, you have to roll with the punches and carve your own path, some which didn't exist a decade ago.

  • I'm willing to consider that the number has grown recently, but it definitely wasn't anywhere near zero before. There are a lot of areas, often very conservative, that idolize the States.

    For example, in the Bible Belt of Manitoba, I wouldn't be surprised if close to, if not a majority of residents would support this. There's a independent streak bordering on libertarian, and many are VERY socially conservative. I didn't spend all that much time there, but I heard multiple people say how they wish they didn't have to pay for other people's healthcare. They're so close to North Dakota, even doing cross boarder trade and many see the higher mean income (sum of all income divided by number of residents) in the US and ignore the lower median income (50th percentile of income).

  • You're right about the mechanism of the Supreme Court justices. They rule on many important cases and regularly set precident.

    However, since the vast, vast majority of cases don't end up in the Supreme Court, lower courts have a massive impact into how justice is served.