First of all I just want to say that I completely agree with all of the technical things you talked about in his question but I think you kind of miss his question.

OP doesn’t wanna be on SS7 (the thing that gives you your phone number), neither do I. I’ve just come to the conclusion that when it comes to infrastructure and paying for your goods SS7 is the only realistic option I have.

There is no distributed communication network anyone can just connect to. And the dream of leaving WiFi access points open for free (or for some kinda crypto-pay, e.g SkyNet) is just a dream, individuals have to invest in it and nobody wants to or take responsibility for it.

Here are some rules:

1. Somebody* has to build the radios and computers that our phones connect to and has to build them all over the world (*doesn’t have to be an individual, could be a company or government)
2. You gotta pay to use it (whether it’s with a billing account where they have your full name and house address, or crypto)
3. It’s gotta be the easiest option

If we can come with a solution that fits these rules we can do away with the SS7 cellular protocol and have a truly anonymous network.

“You, higher mammal. Can you read?”

I have no fear of implementing anything I’m asked to in typescript go rust java c# f# or nix… They’re all the same tool just kinda different in some places.

Nix and home-manager, those are the only 2 I have off the top of my head.

TF2.

I feel like I struggle to visually identify my opponents in every other videogame but TF2.

They are categorized as headphones

Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic, Audio-Technica and Sony aren’t famous luxury brands in the same way that Beats are.

huh… in hindsight I didn’t think about my position about headphones all the way through, I was just mad about the existance of beats.

sry

Cloths, headphones, handbags. Anything that’s just buying the brand.

I don’t get why I should want these high end brands when the only thing I can afford from them is plastered with their logo.

I’ve seen the Gucci tracksuit, the Jordans, the Beats, everything and I’m not impressed. Even though luxury things are luxury I don’t even agree with the luxuriousness of many of these products. For example, if I’m going to wear a Gucci tracksuit covered in the Gucci logo and using Gucci colors then it’s gotta look good first and foremost. If I’m going to hold a Hermes bag that’s not comfortable, or durable, or robust but is just supposed to look cool, then it’s gotta actually look cool! Not like something Shien could design.

And yes I am aware of the concept of buying a store of value: diamonds, expensive watches, actually rare and valued handbags. But most of the famous luxuries I see in public are not that. They’re literally a poor man’s status symbol IMO.

Same tbh idk if it’s the community or the app for me

Stranger in a strange land

For the chaos

Discreet math, Calculus, and Physics change the way I think about code

There should have been more non-human hybrids

Forget neovim, try using ED

Id pay to watch that

Termux

I mean… Sure it can look alittle different in the database but I’d assume 99% of my Internet footprint is plain text

Convention over configuration feels like such a fight when I’m trying to configure something

I guess another way to phrase that is “is the concept of creating fire” creative.

Because sure you can have many ways to create it but if everyone is doing it then is it creative? Because if everyone is creative then is anyone creative?

Maybe that’s why current year sitcoms are so lame, the laugh track made the "mean"ness a joke

Guys how often do you think the US sells guns to terrorists to try to gain some intel about them?

This “Amazon’s Choice” is actually really valid, I’ve had mine for a few years and they perform great

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