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Well to be fair the OP has the date shown in the image as Apr 23, and Google has been frantically changing the way the tool works on a regular basis for months, so there's a chance they resolved this insanity in the interim. The post itself is just ragebait.

*not to say that Google isn't doing a bunch of dumb shit lately, I just don't see this particular post from over a month ago as being as rage inducing as some others in the community.

Everything is transient and eventually becomes shitty, sure, but I generally trust them because they're able to make money just from people using the service. I don't know how profitable they are, but I am reasonably certain that as the card issuer they get a cut of every transaction. Given that they aren't issuing physical cards and have no obvious costs other than maintaining their platform, I don't see a reason not to trust them in the medium term.

I've generally had good experiences with Privacy.com. It seems like a decent solution when I want something from a semi-reputable website.

I particularly enjoy the bit where cards are vendor-locked, which has been interesting to observe in a couple of instances where a site seems to have had their credit card db breached and the attackers turn around and try to use the card on another site, where it is inevitably denied, but I still get an email that shows which site got hacked and where the attackers were trying to use the information.

Wait, you don't inherently trust pictures of text posted by anonymous strangers online? Clearly this sentiment deserves downvotes. /s

On a less sarcastic note, I've noticed this a lot with my gen z friends - instead of using the share button that is built into pretty much every website and app these days, I get a screenshot of a headline from an article and am left to find the source on my own. Infuriating.

You're right, it's not an insurmountable obstacle, I think I was just feeling petulant about seeing another product with a sign next to it saying basically, "you must be this invested in the Apple ecosystem to ride".

Let's be real though, it's already a better option than what Apple is offering for $3500, so I'm sure they will get some traction before being bought out.

Lastly, because you underscored the point I was making, fuck iPhones.

This requires an Apple iPhone XR or newer, as the face scan utilizes the TrueDepth sensor.

Am I wrong in my reading that this hardware product is only available for people who already own and use an iPhone XR or newer? It seemed neat until I got to that bit...

I have one of these, and while the switch tech is certainly neat, I haven't really come up with many good ways to use it.

Their implementation doesn't seem to support changing resistance or being sensitive to multiple levels of pressure on the key, but one way I do use it is by changing the activation distance for certain keys that I tend to press by mistake when gaming, like caps lock, so that you really need to bottom out the key to activate it. This seems to help a bit but I suspect that if I wanted to get the most out of it, I would probably need to be a much more intense gamer.

For MANY Americans, the US is their whole world. 🤷‍♂️

Lemmy has a tagging system, definitely recommend tagging this user so you get a warning that they might be wrong but don't want to educate themselves, then you can just ignore them and move on with your day.

I think Lemmy paints a difficult picture to decipher if we're considerate of the broader voter base.

Tin Foil Hat time! We know that Russia and China, among others, have troll farms working across social media to try to shape the narrative. One of their stated goals is to increase divisiveness among westerners. Lemmy is such a small community that it would not take much effort for them to dominate the conversation here.

At least thats what I tell myself, because I refuse to believe that there are so many people here stubbornly refusing to believe experts who have studied their fields for years. Just because I don't understand something doesn't mean that nobody understands it. I'm constantly amazed by people who make advances in areas that I have little experience in personally, but I know enough about the scientific community to agree that these contributions should be lauded.

Nevertheless, expect to be brigaded by downvotes for trying to bring logic into the discussion.

Sorry bud, you're in the wrong community if you're looking for allies when you bring logic based on reality into the conversation.

You lucky bastard. 😁

Never in the history of mankind has conservatism been stopped by pacifism.

• American Civil Rights Movement
• Indian Independence from Britain
• Singing Revolution in the Baltics
• Arab Spring

There are tons more examples but the point is that I only need one because your statement was so broadly inflammatory.

I don't disagree with your sentiment, but to claim that violence is the only way to make societal progress makes you seem intentionally obtuse.

This is objectively and verifiably false. Recommend you cool your jets a smidgen, the darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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Yes, all of the most advanced chip making factories are in Taiwan. It's the biggest reason that the US passed the CHIPS act and also why there is so much geopolitical tension around Taiwan.

Why did you think there was so much focus on Taiwan? Boba is great and all, but surely it doesn't merit the protection of the US Navy. 😁

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If you like that emoji then you'll love this.

How many wrong guesses were you allowed before the system would lock your account?

At this point it's more about motivating voters to show up than swaying voters from one side to the other.

Consider the uncommitted voter movement in Michigan - those folks aren't likely to ever vote for Trump, he's even farther from their position on the issue. The risk that they primarily represent is not submitting a ballot at all.

Expect ads in Michigan, and to a lesser extent nationwide, advertising how Biden's support of Israel has evolved in recent weeks, including the recent (failed - China/Russia vetoed) UN vote to call for a ceasefire in GAZA, which the US supported.