Dbumba

joined 3 years ago
[–] Dbumba@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago

I want to see more of JDisco lmao, quality meme

[–] Dbumba@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Posting all the rare Jebs! I found from a 2015 Buzzfeed article

[–] Dbumba@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd say it's a little of both.

People of all ages are certainly conditioned to record and photograph every little thing out of the ordinary, which takes away from being present. Phones in general are incredibly distracting from taking you out of the moment.

It's also incredible technology the ability to capture any photo/video at any time. There's no real tangible loss of taking too many pictures ie you aren't wasting any film/money.

Photos/video are really just a way to remember the past. People in the 90s would record pretty benign stuff too with camcorders and cameras, just the tech was more expensive and not readily affordable and available like it is today.

Also the zoo in particular brings out the nature photographer larp. Documenting nature in the wild takes an incredible amount of skill, luck, and patience. At the zoo you cut out all the hard work and get the instant gratification of shots which would be borderline impossible irl

Is anyone going to look back fondly on sleeping zoo animals or shaky concert footage? Prob not. I just think the conditioning of it is a way to help us remember the past, so at the end of the day it's only mildly annoying at worst, and pretty harmless.

I think a better example of technology alienation is a couple/family all scrolling on their phones during dinner together.

[–] Dbumba@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What's the visa process like? I also live in the states for reference.

[–] Dbumba@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I took the Android leap from Apple about six years ago and never looked back. Androids are superior in almost every way when it comes to privacy and customization

Apple stopped being innovative around the time Steve Jobs died; each update is just more ways to spy and spam you with a slightly better camera. I will say iPhones are very user friendly, so there is like a 20 min learning curve converting from Apple to Android.

Also not sure where you are getting your phone plan, but there's only 3 tower providers in the US now. Verizon, At&t, and T-Mobile. I'd avoid any of those as a carrier because they tend to overcharge.

Low cost carriers still operate service under 1 of those 3 company's towers, so you'll still get the same service but at a cheaper price. I use Boost Mobile, $50 a month with no hidden fees, month-to-month and somehow the price hasn't gone up in five years.

[–] Dbumba@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is like a 2k era celebrity excuse, surprised they didn't pull the ol' Lindsay Lohan dehydration

[–] Dbumba@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago (6 children)

AB+ Gang rise up. Universal recipients (sigma parasite) and universal plasma donors. When receiving blood sometimes I'll mix A, B, and O just to flex.

[–] Dbumba@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We pwomise we're swawwy 🥺👉👈

 

I have an app for work that uses wifi scanning to track my location. It basically wants a location update every hour so it can geotag my location. If the data is too far apart between where I am and where I'm supposed to be, it creates a red flag.

Ive deduced its because of wifi scanning. Tried a GPS spoof which seemed to work once I turned off wifi and wifi scanning.

But now if I disable wifi scanning, the app insists I turn it back on and it refuses to work. Any feasible workarounds for this? Android device.

 

Hey Hexbear

Like to think I do an ok job keeping my desktop setup secure, but realized recently I don't do the same for my mobile devices.

Does anyone have any good tips how to help keep your phone more private and secure?

I have both an android and iPhone, and realize androids are superior to that sort of customization. Thought it might be useful tho if anyone had any tips for either though.

[–] Dbumba@hexbear.net 17 points 6 months ago

Black Epstein be like

[–] Dbumba@hexbear.net 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the info, any idea how much Swift charges? Appreciate it

 

Howdy Howdy Howdy brace-dark-cowboy amerikkka

American here, planning on visiting China for the first time at the end of the year.

Specifically wondering if anyone here has any advice on the visa process for American citizens -- I've been researching myself but I keep finding either conflicting or outdated information since things seem to change rapidly.

From what I gathered, one needs to make an appointment window to the closest Chinese Consulate and apply for a travel visa in person-- which is then good for repeat visits up to 10 years? Or are there single use visas as well?

Also I'll be happy for any advice about visiting in general-- it's a huge country and a lot of ideas to sift through. Was suggested for phone (android) VPN, sim card, WeChat, WayGo, Baidu, 12306, Didi, MetroMan, and Trip.com (missing any?)

Mighty obliged folks, yeehaw deng-cowboy

 

Excited to hear my family's brain damaged hot takes, completely unprompted. Post yours below.

So far when simply mentioning the Zelda movie "they'll prob make Link trans", how Michelle Obama was actually a man, and you can still drop dead from the covid vaccine at any given time.

[–] Dbumba@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Close, a centrist is converservative but ashamed

 

For me, it's the drive thru-- makes the boomer kids lazy, wasting gas, environmently unfriendly, no thank you. I'll physically walk into the fast food lobby for reconstituted pink chicken slime as nature intended.

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