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Join da official Matrix space!!! :3 https://matrix.to/#/#196-blahaj:catgirl.cloud
A few of u might maybe kinda probablynot remember the unofficial c/196 space started by me and euphoric.kat(who isnt in the community anymore but shes fine if anyone was wondering :3), but its pretty dead now and we havent bothered reviving it until now >v< but now that Im mod here and after someone suggested we could have a matrix space I figured it made more sense for it to be the space for this community now! :3
There r 9 rooms (General, Introductions, Shitpost, Tech, Queer Chat, Horny, Media, Pets, and Roleplay) and theres already some people since this is actually months old X3 there r 180 participants but very few r still around XP So we need YOU to uhhhh be gay and cute or something :3
Btw I was going to use that image for the original post on c/196 but didnt so I just edited it further for this post as u can see X3 idk the original artist but I got it from KYM https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2340512-spronkus-kronkus
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Abolish Ice. No Kings. Free Palestine.
Down with monarchists!
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transcription: be a rainbow in somebody elses cloudy day!
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For those who as kids also wondered what would happen if you cut out "SIM card" from bank card, this stupid rulepost is for you
(files.catbox.moe)
Preface
My bank blocked my card due to a "high risk transaction"... again. This time they told me unblocking isn't possible, and issued me a free replacement.
And as the title says, as a kid I wanted to try putting a cut-out bank card chip into a phone. Yes, I grew up in 2FF era.
The... thing
I also stripped the front foil because I was curious what's under it. Nothing. The card is just flimsy without it, and the chip contacts raise above the card.
The abomination in comparison to real SIM cards:
I have contactless and magnetic payments blocked. Only chip + PIN, thus the wear.
Attempts
- Samsung GT-S5830i (Android 2.3.6) - "Insert SIM"
- D-LINK DWM-222:
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Status | state: failed
| failed reason: sim-missing
| power state: on
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- Alcatel 1066G:
This is the only device with observable difference.
Without SIM:
With the... thing:
At least it detects something. Contact and SMS storage says "SIM not initialized"
The "Searching network" eventually fails (what a surprise), and switches to "Insert SIM" after a few minutes.
About the blocking (unrelated to post)
Bureaucracy
Apart from what's in the preface, the documents I signed still mention the standard 10 EUR charge. I asked to see what I am signing this time rather than just issuing the signature on their tablet and trusting the employee.
This time around, there is "fee will be individually assessed and charged" as well, and if I do get charged, I was told to dispute it at the bank.
Last time when giving me a card at the bank they just charged me anyway. Interestingly, that time the official reason was given as "card not delivered after 2 months". If that were indeed true, why should that be my problem?
That was when I just opened the account. They told me that I could get the card immediately ("free") rather than wait for it to arrive by mail.
Blocking process
Message from automated system approx. 12 hours before card blocking:
Plus, the payment worked on second attempt.
OH, FUN FACT: I didn't even use the physical card, but a digital single-use card generated in the bank app.
So, they blocked physical card, after suspicious payment made using digital card, and even if that made sense, they waited 12 hours and let my second attempt through.
The other 2 times the blocking happened after donating to archive.org
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Cephalopod 2: electric boogaloo. By great demand I bring another cephalopod. This time, octopus! One of my favorite creatures, period. These little ones are incredibly intelligent; I actually stopped eating them because of this, even though takoyaki is delicious. Theres a famous octopus, Otto, who has been known to shoot water at lights to turn them off, juggle hermit crabs, and rearrange his tank to his liking.
I firmly believe theyre only held back by two things: one is being very solitary, with most species living in their own den their whole lives. However, they can be social and communicate with others by changing colors on their skin. There was even a documentary I watched where someone swam to the same octopus every day, and even though Im sure it was dramatized and cherry picked, there seemed to be real trust built between them. The other is their incredibly short life spans with most living only 1-1.5 years. Partly this is because when females give birth, they will neglect themselves, protecting the eggs until they hatch and perishing soon after.
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transcription: girls dont want boys, they want the 12 food tall skeleton, stolen from <3 home depot (we also want girls :3 )
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