But why do Visa/Mastercard give in to them? If it were governments, or even a very large popular movement I'd get it, as there might be consequences to ignoring those. But Collective Shout is really quite small, there would be no backlash to just ignoring them. I guess maybe they have powerful connections.
I really don't get it. What makes this one radical organization from Australia seemingly have so much influence and power? Frustrating as hell seeing how people's livelihood can just be taken away from one day to the next due to one organization's puritan values.
I can. Never properly learned it, but spent so much time on my computer that it became second nature I guess. Can even do it on my phone with maybe about 90% accuracy.
I like full-size mechanical keyboards with red switches. Currently using a Ducky One 3.
I don't think there's much you can do, nor would there be much of a point to it. It doesn't look like the cables are currently blocking the airflow and you're not going to get the inside of this case look aesthetically pleasing anyway. Presumably the side panel isn't glass either, so you'll basically never see it. Personally I'd just close it up and forget about it.
I hope nobody will trust them with their data after this. Just leaving their databases open to the public is horrendous. Though I fully expect this kind of stuff to happen way more often over the next few years, with the rise of "vibe coding".
Calling it "TV license fees" is a bit inaccurate, as at least the German fee is not just for TV, but also radio and online offerings. I don't watch TV, but frequently use their online services and occasionally the radio.
I'd suggest Guild Wars 2. It's an MMO that can be played quite casually and doesn't require massive time investment or grinding. It has a fun gameplay loop that encourages free exploration. Collaboration with other players arises freely from gameplay.
I kinda think it's often on purpose when teachers do that. I guess it's one way to raise the average grades, with plausible deniability that it may have been accidental.
So in high school, we had TI-84 programmable calculators. Those could be used to store text. The teachers knew about that capability, so when there was a test where we were allowed to use the calculator, they wiped the memory of each one at the start of the test. However, I found that there was an app you could install called "fake", where you could restore all your saved data after a supposed memory wipe by entering a predefined numerical code. Teachers never knew that method existed. I may or may not have used that functionality a couple times. I don't feel bad about it, as memorizing some physics formulae would have never been any use for me in my later life anyway.
Don't know if it counts as cheating, but in uni there were some professors who reused exams all the time. Some students set up a download server where you could download all previous exams and its solutions. Pretty sure the professors knew about it as well, but were still to lazy to come up with new exams I guess. So as we were allowed to bring a hand-written sheet of paper with notes (which is a way better policy than all the memorization in high school), I just had all the solutions on there.
A well-researched video for a user that asked for sources. If you’re going to assume it’s immediately incorrect because it’s a youtube video, then that says more about you than it does about me.
I haven't said anything about it being incorrect or correct. What I'm saying is that guy clearly wasn't banned for posting it. I have no strong feelings either way about the lab theory.
Also, good job avoiding giving a definitive answer to a question that should be common knowledge.
Where would you get that "common knowledge" from? Like I said, ban records aren't public.
Also worth checking out who Ken Lacorte is. A former Fox News executive who is accused of having covered up negative stories about Donald Trump before the 2016 elections.
Dunno. Bans and their reasons are not public record. But they definitely don't ban all of them. Funnily enough, you've just proven that yourself further down, by linking to a youtube video arguing for the lab theory.
Sites like Facebook and Youtube went absolutely wild with "Covid hoax" bullshit during the pandemic. Spawned an entire popular movement in my country, who went to the street protesting against the protective measures.
Phew, looks like the industrial revolution just saved us from falling below the safe climate zone! /s