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I don’t want to go down the rabbit hole, but I’m wondering is this ia CA paying the difference on what would be price gouging, or CA actually controlling the process, to erase any opportunity for that price gouging. That latter would likely be permanent, the former would last only as long as the administration isn’t seeking budget cuts.

Apple and Google should just prevent their app stores from functioning in Texas. This crap is getting absurd. Cause a few riots from citizens when all their apps stop working, or it’ll only get worse.

I thought Google’s plans to kill AOSP effectively put a nail in Graphene’s coffin?

Obligatory “what are you doing, stepson?” here…

I’ll see myself out

The fact that these photos and PII (personally identifiable information) were not destroyed after the verification process was certified is absolutely atrocious OpSec. I don’t even care which of the two companies is ultimately responsible, because they are both responsible.

1. Zendesk for their bad OpSec
2. Discord for both outsourcing this AND not having contractual requirements to properly secure and destroy PII when it was no longer required.

I work in IT, and treat PII like it’s dangerously radioactive, because in the digital world, it really is.

Good choice

You CAN use it to interact with people without them knowing your number. The only current requirement is specific to registration.

The CEO is saying they are willing to, that should be taken seriously.

That makes the assumption you want to use your phone number at all. And I’m sure the overhead of encryption would break SMS due to the limits on character counts.

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That means nothing when the servers stop taking EU traffic. I get your point, but the real solution here is putting a bullet (double tap) in Chat Control, once and for all.

Why not just make it a website? We’re not doing censoring yet, right?

This section is almost worthless. It’s wholly reliant on the app developer self-reporting accurately, and honestly. We know how effective self-regulation is…

Just assume ALL apps are data harvesting, and take measures to block or sabotage that.

It’d be funny if all the big tech Seattle-area HQ’s moved to Vancouver just due to this.

Both are Exchange Traded Funds from Vanguard. VTI is "the whole US stock market, and VOO is “just the S&P 500”.

1. Open a brokerage account, I usually recommend Fidelity as I find them easy to get newcomers onto.
2. Put the money you want to invest in there.
3. Use that money to buy either fund
4. Forget about it for 10 years
5. Now you have your house down payment, probably

Absolutely. Invest it in VTI or VOO, and leave it there (and reinvesting dividends) until you are ready to buy a home in your 30’s.

Or, spend $5K, and invest the rest. You’ll thank yourself later.

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I assume that’s HVAC. Makes more sense to fix that before solar.

is that per-month, or for the whole span?

Feeling good feelings is healthy. You do you.