GreatBlueHeron

joined 2 years ago
[–] GreatBlueHeron 7 points 2 months ago

I understand the downvotes you're getting, but this take isn't far off the level of cynicism I'm feeling now.

[–] GreatBlueHeron 8 points 2 months ago

Exactly - I'm still very happy with my 4a. A used 5, 6 or 7a would be very cheap and very usable.

[–] GreatBlueHeron 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'd be curious to know what the people downvoting this don't agree with?

[–] GreatBlueHeron 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It might be expensive, but still worth a short visit. I've got a shockingly bad memory, but I'll never forget the awe I felt waking up to a view of the Alps.

[–] GreatBlueHeron 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can't understand how someone hasn't explained to them that it's impossible to enforce. I can only see two possible ways:

  1. Require every social media platform operating in Australia to do rigorous ID checks on all users to ensure no-one is under the legal age, or

  2. Somehow lock down the whole Australian internet so that users must login and then validate the identity, and therefore age, of all users. Then maintain a huge filter table to restrict under age users from social media.

Both of these are clearly never going to happen. Have I missed a simpler way to do it?

[–] GreatBlueHeron 4 points 3 months ago
[–] GreatBlueHeron 4 points 4 months ago

Almost a chuckle

[–] GreatBlueHeron 13 points 4 months ago

I recently had a bereavement flight with Air Canada. There was no discount, but I was upgraded from my most basic ticket to one that could be rescheduled at no cost.

[–] GreatBlueHeron 5 points 4 months ago

The author of the article has no theory why they might have done this. I'll suggest that maybe screenshots are used as a way to document obnoxious advertising, and Google would like to make that as difficult as possible.

[–] GreatBlueHeron 6 points 4 months ago (11 children)

I'm still on google for email and a bit of drive, calendar etc. I've been reading stuff about Proton with some interest as I'd like to ditch google. This doesn't encourage me - what's the point of a mobile only plan? Isn't half the point of a cloud drive to allow sharing with other platforms? I'm just thinking aloud here - I could go read their offerings where I'd probably find that it's their lowest entry level tier and they have less restrictive plans with clients for various platforms?

[–] GreatBlueHeron 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I must be old - it's WordPerfect to me.

[–] GreatBlueHeron 30 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm fairly certain it is only anonymous "on paper". Behind closed doors, they know where it came from and what is expected in return.

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