viking

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[–] viking 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, don't disrespect the cameramen!

[–] viking 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, I've removed both of those the second they showed up on my phone uninvited. Even as a non-US citizen, with the current state of their government, I definitely don't want any corporate collecting data on myself.

[–] viking 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've used K9 for over a decade, until at some point work required me to have an exchange account. At that time I switched to Nine, since outlook is hot garbage.

[–] viking 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Oh right, maybe I noticed because of Storage Isolation, that's an app which allows you to restrict folder access of other apps, and it prompts me to select actions for every newly installed app. So it casually prompts me whenever google pushes a new, hidden installation.

[–] viking 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Play Store, it doesn't show in local search results, but they list it as installed.

[–] viking 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's hard to ditch maps. They also have way more businesses listed, and an actually good review function. Nowadays I discover 99% of places via google maps, and while I do use organic maps whenever possible, it's still more of a niche application. Offline navigation is probably the most common use case I got for them.

[–] viking 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

France and UK have higher purchase powers than UK, thanks to Brexit, so I wouldn't put that down to people being more sceptical.

[–] viking 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bill Gates at least made his money by himself, transferred most to a genuine charity, and pledged that 99% of his remaining wealth will follow suit once he dies; plus he convinced a good number of other billionaires to do the same.

Hating on Windows and whatever Microsoft has become over time is one thing, but Gates himself is not a bad person.

[–] viking 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most shareholders are index funds that replicate the SP500 or other tech indices, they don't give a shit about beliefs and will sue if needed.

[–] viking 1 points 1 year ago

We have property taxes and VAT/GST, though the latter are federal. Property taxes vary by district, not justby state or even city. That's a bit of a hot mess.

[–] viking 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The text from the OP below the infographic was my point of reference, not the graphic itself.

[–] viking 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Google says the poverty line in the US is 13800, what am I missing?

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