I'm new to RFID blocking and find it interesting. I came across this video to learn more and just have 2 questions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKwJwOm3bfI
Q1. Why would Vaultcard (4:42-5:30) protect both sides while Antetoko (8:47-9:20) protects one side? Are there different type of shields I...
Because everyone else will be like "Do you remember 2020? What a shit year?" and they have to be like "I mean...I married my wife in 2020...and my daughter was born in 2020 too"
@MechMK1 For reasons entirely out of my control I actually ended up with a decent pay bump in 2020 due to covid. This is not something I normally broadcast, because I don't want to be lynched. Covid also made my move super easy, because I was able to fly my family up for practically free instead of spending 14 hours in a car with a screaming baby...
As an immediate response to the very large loss of revenue, my company gave across the board pay cuts to all employees. However they didn't want to lose their developers, so they gave us that pay in company stock. It turns out that when they gave out the stock its price had reached the lowest value in years (due to covid). By the time the stock vested a few months later the price had already doubled back to almost its original value.
So really: is "electronic pickpocketing" (AKA people who use RFID cards to skim cards in people's wallets as they walk by) actually a thing? I don't think I have ever heard of such a thing, and I'm not even convinced it is possible, but apparently there are lots of things you can buy to protect you from this. Is it all just FUD or is there actually some truth to it?
Ah crap, I accidentally opened that amazon link in my actual amazon account... if I start getting recommendations for this I may have to shoot myself...
The fact that my wife watched the netflix documentary about Epstein and I didn't is just weird... that sort of thing would normally be my cup of tea, not hers
Before him I would have said that bribing your way into murdering someone in jail isn't the sort of thing that happens in the US....
My favorite thing someone once said was: "The best thing is the smug smile you get when people now agree with the stuff they called you a conspiracy theorist for a few years ago."
2015: "The elite is full of pedophiles" - "Yeah yeah, sure" 2020: "Holy shit the elite IS full of pedophiles"
I'm turning into a conspiracy theorist in my old age! It genuinely makes me sad :(
The latest one I'm starting to buy into is about public schools, and that the 50% failure rate that many US public schools have is actually a sign of success, because the goal is no longer actually education. I've heard this for years and years and always scoffed at it, but these days I'm starting to believe it.... sigh....
I mean, it makes sense. A dumb population is easier to control.
Reminds me of the school counselor who said that the vast majority of girls in her high school say their ambition in life is to be successful on OnlyFans
Imagine a generation in which the life goal of a majority of women is to become online prostitutes.
@MechMK1 The world is full of pedophiles, the elites just used to get away with it and though they could act on their fetishes without consequences. I summary, I do not think there's a causality link between having power and being a pedophile: one does not implies the other. But power implies thinking you can get away by breaking the law or being immoral.
I believe it's the "how this will help us on the next election?" type of thing. education costs a lot of money, have little visibility, and usually when people are talking about schools, they are complaining
so you either invest millions of dollars preparing the teachers, so in 5-10 years you have better teachers and have to invest more millions on the schools, and get a return in 30 years when kids are adults
so it's a safer investment (on the eyes of the politicians) to build a highway, a bridge, buy fighter jets, or whatever else costs the same millions but people can see it right away... or in our case here, why have hospitals and schools and colleges if you can have THE WORLD CUP? and the olympics?
@MechMK1 the dreams of kids down here is not much higher... they dream of being neymar. they don't dream of being a doctor, a firefighter, an astronaut, an engineer... they want to be neymar, so why study if I can just play soccer and be a millionaire?
@ThoriumBR The trouble, at least in the US, is that the connection between dollars and better education is very flaky. The US has consistently dumped more and more money into education over the past few decades, but end results have stayed flat or even worsened. I would actually be okay with spending more money on education if it actually improved things, but unfortunately that isn't the case. Burning cash to heat homes would be a better way to help kids than spending more money on education!
@ConorMancone The big problem I see is that literally every single politician is corrupt. Like, I recall a politician trying to push an act through that would require every school to offer some healthy-sounding drink (like "low-sugar beverage" or such).
What the bill actually meant was that schools were now forced to sell cola and stuff
I just read about the state of Oklahoma passing a law requiring any plant-based food products (think veggie burgers) that requires the packaging to have a label that says "Plant Based" at least as large as the product name. Apparently those vegan alternatives need warnings just like cigarettes! It's the stupidest law ever though. The justification for the law was just stupid. These things are always clear because they actually want people to know they are plant-based anyway...
We're vegetarians, so it comes up. I always tell people the same thing about these things: if you go in expecting it to taste like beef/chicken, you will be disappointed. If you just let it be its own thing though it is very yummy. There was a restaurant I used to love in Florida that sold Tempeh Buffalo Strips. They tasted nothing like chicken wings. However, if you like that general taste combination of "fried food covered in buffalo sauce and dipped in blue cheese dressing"
then they were still awesome! Honestly, I liked them more than I liked chicken wings
These days a lot of the vegan cheeses are growing on me. I like the flavor a lot more than real cheese, although the consistency is different so they don't "work" in quite as many places.
Vegan "cheese" on pizza? Absolutely! Vegan cheese and crackers? Definitely not.
but plant-based salad is exact the same as plain old salad... nobody believes when I say, but it's true
with every single news piece about political corruption, I am more inclined to believe that Asymov's "robot controlled society" is actually a good idea
The trouble is that any attempt to build such a thing has the same limiting factor as everything else: people! The idea of us managing to build a system that doesn't have our own biases and limitations is just... not practical
what you want is God (or maybe aliens). The next time a UFO shows up invite them down for a chat and see if they are the sort that are willing/able to serve as our benevolent overlords :)
If you build a genetically engineer plant that grows an exact duplicate of animal flesh, does that mean that the end result is "plant-based" meat or just meat?
With 1/3 of my band being vegetarian, when on tour we usually eat at veggie places, but I have to admit that there aren't any tastes that hit the spot for me as much as meats. If someone can make fake meat that tastes like real meat, I'm there
Yeah, there's no beating a good steak. I haven't had one in years now, and definitely miss it from time to time, but you can't have everything in life :)