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That was common in my university as well, for the same reason. I think OP's school lacked some common sense with the schedule.

Why did we as consumers accept this?

I remember back when MSN/Windows Live Messenger used to be one of the most popular options out there. Even though I used Ubuntu, I could still chat with my friends through the Pidgin messenger. This was all possible through the XMPP interface, which still exists by the way.

It's not just that these new messaging platforms are adding no extra value, they are creating worse experiences, and we're buying into it. You now have to install half a dozen messaging apps just to keep up (WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, etc.) . And now we're suddenly talking about reinventing the wheel.

Come on, don't be so dramatic. This is not a 911 call center, people will survive these minor outages.

Nonsense. As we age, our sense of thirst diminishes. Senior citizens are at higher risk of dehydration.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/drink-up-dehydration-is-a...

Not any less ludicrous than any other religion. People believing in fairy tales is unfortunately the norm, not the exception. I even find it a bit condescending that this report comes from the BBC. Last time I checked, UK was still predominately religious as well.

NewPipe is garbage. Vanced has that original YouTube app feel, but works even better.

Why would they be above the law? Are they considered an emergency vehicle?

There are a couple of publicly traded companies with crypto holdings. One idea would be to short those. Galaxy Digital Holdings, for example, is entirely about crypto.

They do choose to move somewhere where their language is not spoken.

As stated in this article, the woman was receiving service in Arizona. The official language in that state is English, so you should expect services to be offered in that language.

Yeah, and it's not like lawyers do this as a charity. This is already a financial burden.

Wow, the author is very naive. Did you really think anything good would come out of you telling this to your employer? Your do not owe them anything you do in your spare time, unless there's some contractual obligation. Companies are just looking after themselves, and will quickly throw you under the bus. I am very paranoid with that.

I used to explore APIs and do this sort of digging for fun, even though I was employed. My approach was the following. If the company had a decent bug bounty program, I'd be happy to report it there, it's the safest way for anyone to do that. If there was not, I'd try to sell it to an "alternate buyer", which is less preferred. I never many things worthwhile reporting though.

I did not see any corporate announcement from Mailchimp regarding enforcement of sanctions. Ate you a Russian living in Russia?

This one seems to be a lightweight Vuze fork. The differential is that it should have most of the Vuze features, which are not necessarily available for the programs you mentioned. Swarm Merging, for example, seems to be exclusive to Vuze. I've never used it though, so I don't know how appealing that is.

I bought my car via FB marketplace two years ago, and I've been very happy with my purchase so far. I could have lucked out, but don't remember seeing any obvious scam back when I was browsing for cars there. I wonder if it's a new trend.

But unfortunately it is highly censored. And if you're part of any community that is banned, your account is banned as well. It happens often. Something I experienced, as a former member of a nootropics server.

I don't find the service very trustworthy, but I think that if you're a gamer, it may work out just fine for you.

What is the alternative then?

Nobody has done anything after the fake bombings before the Cechnya intervention in 1999, which at least is in their own territory. But then again silence in 2008 after the Georgia invasion, and again in Crimea in 2014. They are using their nuclear arsenal as a free pass to invade everyone and break every treaty.

I think it just became unsustainable at this point. And honestly this is the best we can do to help without making things worse.

Your second point does not invalidate it as a double blind. But I agree that the person administering should not be aware.

Not sure what you're talking about. They're are double-blind placebo clinical trials with injectible drugs all the time.

This is probably way more pervasive than we imagine.

Several years ago they uncovered a large SAT cheating scheme, out of Thailand. They even made a movie about it : https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bad_genius

And that was using way more rudimentary technology. There are a lot of rich kids willing to pay their way to a deegre.

I don't think it's common for porn websites to do these sort of verifications. Also, who would trust a sketchy porn website with their id? Remember the Ashley Madison incident?

Have you ever worked with decompiled apps? It's extremely hard. Even more props to Vanced. Yes like they are playing a game on "Hard" mode, while Google is on "Easy".

The website itself used to be hosted in St. Petersburg, Russia at least. Not sure if that's the case anymore though.

An American Court even found Sci-Hub guilty, in a lawsuit brought up by Elsevier. But nobody could enforce it, so it was just pointless in the end.

I'm surprised they did not have a plan for this. I thought Vanced would be based in a more "rebel" country like Russia, which is what Sci-Hub does. A Cease and Desist letter from Google would be meaningless there. Were they trying to pull this off in the USA, or other Western countries?

That's disappointing. I was in awe on how much better an alternative modded app was, when compared to the official one from Google, which supposedly has the "best" developers working on it.

Why is the Atlantic finding it hard to believe that we are normalising pandemic deaths?

We have done just the same with the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which is still ongoing by the way. People would be surprised to know how many people die of AIDS in the World each year.

And future does not look so bright either. Would not be surprised if we soon have to deal with a third pandemic at the same time.

More than USD$75K? I find it hard to believe.

Why is it that Russia have a perpetual tendency to be ruled by autocratic governments?

To be fair, they don't regret a thing. They still have shrines to honour war criminals, and continuously downplay what they did.

I suggest signing up for subscription services using virtual credit cards instead. There's a service called Privacy (https://privacy.com/) that provides those. You can set up limits and expiration dates. I find it safer.

What a wild story. Everybody is taking these amateur events way too seriously. Not just Meza, who went through all the trouble of doing that, and all for social media points. These Internet patrol guys also seem a bit pathetic, like Derek Murphy. They've got way too much time on their hands. Are they also going to report kids that cheat on board games soon?