hansolo

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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 19 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

It is, but it's a use case that has a shitload of money behind it.

Do you know why we have had reliable e-commerce since 1999? Porn websites. That was the use case that pushed credit card acceptance online.

The demand is so huge that firms would rather stumble a bit at first to save huge amounts for a bad but barely sub-par UX.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Not all states. Fewer do this than don't, IIRC.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

Depends on the person. My spouse and I, along with 5 or 6 friends, use a variety of key words from a couple shared languages to talk about things when we don't want other to understand. Mostly haggling or talking about sales stuff to discuss if we like something or think it's too expensive when a human is hovering right there. So I can give body language of disappointment while saying "this is great."

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That sounds boring AF.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In practical terms, I threw a couple paychecks of USD into EUR when it was $1.11=€1 as a test case for if the Mar a Lago Accord ends up really happening. So late Jan, and ready to move more in 24ish hours if I these fools do more of what they do best. I made like $75 today alone just on the mid-market rate arbitrage.

Y'all, were cooked, but I'll bring beers to the cookout.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My only regret is not buying more Euros at $1.11/€1

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

Brace yourselves for being told on MSN and Yahoo about the hottest new toy this Xmas! If you don't buy it, you might be arrested for child abuse!

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Anyone know what Linux distro? I assume Ubuntu...

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Rural poor checking in.

I've lived in a camper, and then in the back of a convenience store my patents ran. Eventually upgraded to a doublewide. But I went to a rural school with like 40 kids that were all also poor. One kid and his family were miners living in a series of vans upon blocks by the mine. My best friend and his family lived in a half used rundown motel, the other half too broken down to bother living in. The richest kid was a rancher's family that lived in a barndominium.

So every family on TV was rich to me, but it was TV, so I figured it was all fantasy land anyway. Star Trek wasnt real, either. I had seen a "normal" school before 3rd grade, but by high school and college, people that thought Nickelodeon (which I didn't see until college anyway) shows were relatable at all just seemed like space aliens to me. I was likely more the space alien to them.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sorry if it seemed smug at all. The "My my" was more being happy that the Fdroid app repo is pulling it's weight and a valuable resource that fascists seem to over look.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Yeah, exactly. Mexican." -Kristi Noem

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don't insult this cat!

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