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  • But this kind of thing is ripe for unintended consequences at best and flat out bad data at worst.

    When I drive I put my phone in the center so I can see the map. If me and my passenger’s phones are in the center, who is marked as driving when I get into an accident?

    From there, why stop at one phone? Let’s put several phones in the back seat, including mine. Hell, let’s have a burner phone that I use only for driving that has a throw away account. Or let’s go back to old fashioned maps and GPS devices while our phones are turned off. Meanwhile, at home, I’ve spun up a virtual device where it is very peacefully driving a route. Perfectly. Then I have another virtual device that is driving a different route on the other side of the world driving erratically.

    These companies are forgetting that the data from phones are data from devices, not people. If you’re going to spy on me, I’m going to make you fucking earn it.


  • On the one hand I completely understand and agree with businesses that do this. CC fees take a huge chunk out of your bottom line.

    On the other hand, I’m less likely to go there a second time unless I really, really, really like your business.

    For my barber, I will gladly pay in cash.

    There’s a convenience store that charged me the 3% at check out. I left everything on the counter and went the extra mile or so and went to a normal grocery store.









  • Is it just me or are cheques still the best, cheapest, most secure, and generally universal way to send money from one person to another?

    I’ve been thinking about this a lot the past few weeks.

    • Assuming all parties have a bank account, you normally can get checks for free or some nominal amount.
    • Checks can be deposited via a bank’s mobile app.
    • They don’t require you to download a separate app.
    • You can stop a check by calling your bank
    • Since your money doesn’t leave the bank, it’s FDIC insured

    Yes I know that the MIRC line isn’t secured but your account is still protected by the bank for any fraud. You don’t get those same protections from venmo or cashapp.

    The closest I’ve seen is zelle but not every bank supports it.

    Every bank supports depositing in a check.



  • This right here. I know lemmy is all “LINUX IS FOR EVERYONE!” But it isn’t.

    I know this would go against Google’s self interest but they are best poised to make Linux mainstream. Chrome OS can play android games natively. But it’s all close source.

    It wouldn’t take much to make the ecosystem for general Linux. I don’t know if the other android-based OSes are working on this but anything we can do to push gaming into Linux would help it to become a better everyday OS