Fleppensteijn

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[–] Fleppensteijn 24 points 1 year ago

Depends on the country. I once got some people in trouble when I passed through Germany because I didn't know internet is heavily censored/surveilled there. Haven't had trouble anywhere else though. Do some research on your country.

The biggest threats come from the movie industry. Just use streaming sites for movies and series, torrent the other stuff.

Look into Tribler, I2P and Utopia.

[–] Fleppensteijn 5 points 1 year ago

Out of the ones I've tried (Jerboa, Connect, Thunder), I think Thunder is best (after a little config) : https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder/releases

[–] Fleppensteijn 2 points 1 year ago

I must be out of touch.

I didn't think I'd need an app to visit YouTube.

[–] Fleppensteijn 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tbf the only reason I know that YouTube has paid subscriptions is because of threads like this one, so it doesn't seem like they're really pushing their paid service.

Maybe they're only targeting people who, for some reason, don't block ads, and that's why I'm unaware, but they should offer a little more than the things you can get for free already (no ads, downloading) if they want to draw in the adblocker crowd too.

Now people will start to google what's up with all those ads and end up installing uBlock.

[–] Fleppensteijn 5 points 1 year ago

The just important thing a teacher explained to us: our university's core business is handing out diplomas. That's where they get their financing. Everything else is just a cost. That's probably why the level was as so low and I could redo all my failed tests until I passed. Most of my school time I spent looking out of the widow, bored.

It's so different from other countries where they actually teach. But somehow our diplomas as worth the same.

[–] Fleppensteijn 64 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I accidentally watched a YouTube video on a browser without blocking. It started with an ad. I thought I'd just endure it this time. Then another ad. OK, just this time then. Suddenly, another ad in the middle of the video. I gave up. Who'd have the patience to sit through this?

Then there's Google's habit of completely ignoring the browser's language settings so I have to sit though ads I don't even understand.

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

On streaming sites (Fmoviesz), some mirrors have a download button. You can also use the Video Downloadhelper plugin for Firefox.

[–] Fleppensteijn 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apparently nearly 70% of US is religious, so I don't know why you'd be surprised about people believing in ghosts. I would even say you need a deeper understanding of the world to understand why ghosts can't exist.

[–] Fleppensteijn 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If interest rates rise, what will typically happen to bond prices?

Is this basic financial literacy? Who deals with this on a daily basis?

As for the other questions (inflation, interest), any average person knows this. What kind of people did they ask?

[–] Fleppensteijn 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Fleppensteijn 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I only got some cheap chair, but honestly the problem is less with the chair, more with how I sit.

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