Many years ago, when I was repairing computers for a living, spyware like this was highly frowned upon.

I haven’t touched Windows in a few years, but I’m still somewhat saddened to see how normalized this has become. Why did society stop valuing privacy?

I don’t disagree with your main point, but I’m not sure it’s really even “stealing”, as that means to take without permission. In this case, the storage permissions were configured so that the files were publicly available to everyone, so everyone had permission to access them.

Semantics though. It’s still unethical to access that data, even if it’s not technically stealing.

I’m no lawyer, but this seems like at least grounds for a class action lawsuit, I would think. Like, it seems like privacy and security is implied (however ironic for an app like this) when requiring users to upload their PII.

Also, I assume their privacy policy didn’t mention that they were just gonna publish their users’ PII.

Thanks! I edited it

A good craftsman never blames their tools

EDIT: I misquoted

A bad workman blames their tools

Kinda wild that app stores allow something like that. I wonder how long it’ll take for someone to build the same up, but with the roles reversed: Men anonymously talking about local women 😬

Huh. On the surface, they don’t sound very neutral on the weapons stuff 😕. TIL. I wonder what their underlying reasoning for this is

I wonder how long this will last. The NSFW industry is insanely huge. If the current payment processors cut it off, that leaves a giant gap in the market just waiting to get filled (😏).

If they hold firm on this, it might just be a rare opportunity for a new (and hopefully better) payment processor to enter the market.

Or maybe just wider crypto adoption, idk.

I meant current times, not in the past. Sorry, I assumed that would be obvious. There are also some things I like about Germany, though they have a pretty terrible past.

This is the first thing I’ve ever disliked about Switzerland (not that I know a lot about the country).

Congrats! Enjoy your null 🙂

THIS. It’s not only about income; it’s income minus expenses.

Budgeting was probably the most important financial tool/skill when I was living in poverty. And now that I’m in a more comfortable financial position, I still value budgeting quite a lot. It’s great for preventing more money from creating more problems.

In that case, a monthly budget is even more important – and might be pretty simple

…You assume that I haven’t? I originally had to learn to budget when I was making less than minimum wage, to avoid homelessness. Budgeting can be even more important with less money.

Sadly, Americans are groomed at a young age to dive deep into debt early in life. It has become normalized for most of the population to carry some form of debt (credit cards and student loans are popular choices).

Most people don’t even bother making a budget — a task that only needs to be done once a month, and is easier now than ever, thanks to technology.

Thanks to web browser development, there has been quite a lot of focus/investment into JS runtime optimizations. Since the server-side runtime environments use those same JS engines, performance tends to be quite good.

You’re not wrong about the fun, but every time I buy a car, I eventually miss having an SUV when I can’t move things that are too big for cars 😕

…ok, I’m morbidly curious. How did you manage to do that?

That reminds me of a joke:

What’s the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer? The taste.

With ADHD and social anxiety, I’m more productive when the office is less social. I definitely got much more productive when I started working from home.