Unfortunately it seems to be legal currently, despite being completely against the spirit of the GDPR.

https://cy.ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/online-tracking/consent-or-pay/

https://noyb.eu/en/court-decides-pay-or-okay-derstandardat-illegal

The scorpion and the frog.

Except oracle is more of a venomous toad

Isn’t there several in the old testament?

Beat me to it.

Nothing, federation is effectively done by bots.

Do you have a better way of making anonymous digital payments?

Monero is anonymous, so it makes sense.

I guess it stops the feds having to do the dirty work of cutting people’s brake cables.

Being a tomboy is more socially accepted than being a sissy.

Way too many pirates have started sounding like Lars Ulrich since this AI bubble started.

Ublock origin has the option to block all media over a certain size and JavaScript. The browser will never request the files so it will be faster (as long as it isn’t inline scripts)

Alternatively https://github.com/ayastreb/bandwidth-hero/

Thank you, I try my best.

I think he’s a monster, in the classical sense that is.

The Latin monstrum, had a broader meaning, encompassing any kind of warning from he gods (demonstrate has the same root). Rulers then, just as now, weren’t very observant of subtle hints, so back then this often took the form of godzilla wrecking shit.

Take the story of Laomedon, the Trojan king. After having some very nice city walls built for him, he neglected the small matter of actually paying his workers. Unfortunately for him said workers happened to be gods, who have slightly more bargaining power than your average worker, with the eventual industrial action including a cetus, a kind of sea monster, sent by Poseidon.

Rather annoyed at having his shit wrecked by a sea monster, Laomedon enlisted Heracles to kill it. Which, of course, being a hero, Heracles did very heroically. Now Laomedon, being a complete fucking moron, failed to learn absolutely anything from this, and decided it was a good idea stiff Heracles out of payment for this task.

In response, Heracles raised an army, besieged Troy, and killed Laomedon and his sons. This bought the matter to a close.

For now.

Also the last time I tried using the audio option on recaptcha it felt like a psychotic break.

“leadership” is often a euphemism for nepotism.

And say what you will about the T1, but let’s give credit where it’s due. Trump Mobile aren’t gouging their fanbase…not yet anyway. Against all expectations, the T1 is actually well priced when compared to the equivalently specced 512GB U24 Pro, and the only things you give up are the 60W fast charging and your dignity.

Honestly the most shocking thing about it.

That’s one way to make the Catholic church popular again.

Very early on there was a hard-coded slur censor list that was eventually changed to be settable by the instance admin, that’s about it.

There’s a lot to criticise Washington for right now, and westerners will generally care a lot more about it since it affects them, even if it’s only indirectly.

It’s also a bit of a reaction to how the western MSM tends to be the opposite, being critical of everything the CPC does.