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2001
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  • How do you argue against "I have nothing to hide" in relation to privacy and security?

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  • Encryption also prevent malicious actors from inserting data, and helps prevent malicious actors from impersonating you.

  • Is it true that in the US we are a low context culture and In France, they are high context culture? The video I'm going to attach explains the differences.

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  • I grew up where Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota cone together.

    The thing is, they're not really offering to do your errand for you. They're noting that they could and asking if you want them to. And if you genuinely need it, you can then ask them to, but, and this is crucial, there's a cost. They'll be doing you a favor, and you will need to act like it, ideally by both apologizing for the trouble and repaying the favor at a later date.

    It comes back to the idea of not asking people to do something unless you're reasonably sure they'll say yes. You can do this either by making gambits like the ones above to try to assess their preferences (polite) or by applying pressure (pushy). Because the only thing more rude than saying no to a request is putting someone else in a position where they have to say no to yours.

  • Should longer hair be handled by salons or male barbers?

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  • I went over a decade where my only haircuts were handing a pair of scissors to a drunk girl at a party and pointing to a spot on my ponytail.

    Worked great.

  • Is it true that in the US we are a low context culture and In France, they are high context culture? The video I'm going to attach explains the differences.

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  • They're right about the "I'm grabbing a ___, do you want one?" though.

    Contrast with "I suppose I could grab a ___ for you next time I go to town" to which the correct response is "Oh, no, I wouldn't want to put you to the trouble, I'm going into town soon myself anyway" because they're not actually offering to do it, just trying to feel out how important it is to you.

  • When is violence a viable solution?

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  • It's quite often a viable solution. It's rarely an ethical one.

  • Ghost Trick

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  • I just got it over Christmas because my son lived the demo. Fun so far!

  • Do you think you would survive if you received every injury of your life at once?

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  • Maaasybe but I'd be badly concussed.

  • Is it true that in the US we are a low context culture and In France, they are high context culture? The video I'm going to attach explains the differences.

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  • The US has more than one culture, at least in terms of communication style. California is fairly low-context, and big cities in general tend to favor lower contexts, but more rural areas and smaller cities in the Midwest and South tend to have higher-context communication. I can't compare it to Paris or Tokyo, of course.

    It's certainly been a problem for me, as a Midwesternern, when coastal colleagues and acquaintances don't know what the hell I'm saying because they don't bother to think about why I'm saying it, and where I think they're shockingly rude by saying things bluntly like I'm an idiot child who can't form any sort of theory of mind.

  • ...is this retro?

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  • I don't believe you.

    You didn't hate that at all.

  • How would you spell the sound Transformers make when they transform?

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  • Vrrrrrschrrrrr

  • autoplaying videos arw eating all my mobile phone data.

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  • How are you not? If yours is unlimited you're still paying for it, and probably a lot more than I pay for my 2GB/mo.

  • Do you fall asleep listening to podcast, videos etc? Favorites to listen to?

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  • No, I prefer to read to sleep. But I also just... go to sleep, sometimes.

  • To you, what makes a movie a GREAT movie?

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  • As you wish.

  • Question for the Americans. If Canada, Venezuela, Mexico, or Greenland dropped a nuke on Washington DC, would you be angry at the bomb dropper, or would you think we had that coming?

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  • I'd be scared and panicked, no time for anger.

  • Before social media/internet/cell phones/landlines/payphones; how would 2 friends living across the same city arrange in person meetings and stay in touch?

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  • You'd show up at their house earlier that day to say, I'm going to be at X place at Y time, I hope you can join me?

  • Why there is no clock that displays time 4:20:69 ?

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  • Long story short, it's because the ancient Sumerians were the kind of people who could count to twelve on their fingers.

  • To you, what makes a movie a GREAT movie?

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  • The seven keys to a great movie are:

    • swordfighting
    • explosions
    • beautiful women
    • snappy dialogue

    ...and I forget the other three

  • What should be emoji reaction for "me too" in the general sense?

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  • 👋✌️

  • Why do people pronounce ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) like it's a word?

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  • I do say FBI, though: pronounced like "Phoebe"

    But nobody likes it when I do.

  • ADHD memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Modeled on Myself

  • All things bugs @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Music

    Fries on the Side — "I'm a Bug"

    open.spotify.com /track/1r6MBzQquDpw7ZDXh8imHF
  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
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    found my Civilization ][ poster while going cleaning

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.ca
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    1986 saw the release of both the Henson / Bowie film Labyrinth and the Ravensberger board game Labyrinth. What was going on in the zeitgeist that created these two seemingly unrelated classics?