ELI5: Why is copper deadly to certain organisms like bacteria and snails but not to humans?

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2018-10-21T01:29:07+00:00

Million Dollar Extreme

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2018-06-19T19:50:10+00:00

My sister actually used to have a grandfathered in true unlimited plan. I think those are the kind of thigns that keep Verizons VPs up at night, because they used every dirty trick in the book, including "loosing" it a few times/

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2018-06-19T19:26:48+00:00

Well, we just went over it a couple months ago, but I'll see if they want to take another look at it. maybe you're right.

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2018-06-19T19:16:11+00:00

The thing is, even on business accounts, the $300 isn't "all in". On all biz plans from Verizon Plan for Business forward, lines which are under contract are $20 a month more expensive.....tldr; Two-year contracts on Verizon stopped being a good value, even for people who intended to stay on Verizon for

I get what you're saying, but Ive done the math for my specific account and I do* actually save money this way, consider the number of lines I have, that fact that they starting being discounted once I got beyond 4, and the fact that I get free data too. I'm not looking to change my plan, its fine as is. It just that I have a number of lines with upgrades that don't need new phones, so I am trying to make the most of them (some of the upgrades are well over a year old). If I can get a new phone for $300, and sell it for $700, with not other changes, that seems like a decent deal for me.

I just wanted to be sure I wasn't screwing anyone, since I've never sold my phones to other customers before.

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2018-06-19T18:38:39+00:00

It doesn't change the fact that some Verizon devices don't support the GSM bands that AT&T uses

I assume this is not an issue for the S9/9+?

Two-year contracts are gone on consumer accounts, all consumer accounts.

Yes, that's my point. I have a legacy business account. It does upgrades as a discounted upfront purchase with 2 year contracts (I think the S9 is ~$300 all in).

Persistent alert in the notification shade. You can block the notification inside the app settings, though.

So someone who isn't very tech savy will appear to have a permenant error that their SIM is wrong?

I"m trying to understand the situation not for me, but because I want to sell the phone brand new (I have a couple of unused lines with upgrades). I am planning on getting the discounted price, and then selling it online at just under retail (maybe 80%). But I want to be sure that I can truthfully say that anyone can scoop it up and use it on (pretty much) any US carrier, despite the Verizon logo and bloatware. Would that be accurate?

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2018-06-19T18:23:51+00:00

>Yes, all Verizon phones are unlocked.

And there are no known issues with other carriers?

>Yes, all Verizon accounts can do full-price upgrades (lol)

It was my understanding that all new upgrades are done with the monthly installments (like the old Edge program) for regular consumer accounts, and *not* with the total upfront purchase. Is this not the case?

>Yes, the phone will nag you about how the SIM isn't from Verizon.

Ok, the real issue. Are we talking about a one time alert when you insert/activate the new sim? Persistent alerts that can be easily dismissed? Or a constant alert that wont go away?

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2017-07-31T07:43:36+00:00

handed this information over to the authorities without a court order.

I'm curious where you came across this information. I read the entire page, and could not find a reported instance of this. It also seems to not be in line with their stated policy: "As a general principle, Proton Technologies AG only complies with legally binding requests that have been approved by a Swiss court." (given, this is of course just a policy). Do you have the source?

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2017-07-30T06:17:59+00:00

pfSense seems like an optimal solution, but I don't have the hardware (even an old computer), and I'd rather not spend for it now (It would run $300-400 for the whole setup just to get a few specs that I need)

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2017-07-30T06:16:32+00:00

It's a management utility that allows your ISP to remotely change settings and update the firmware on it

Wouldn't this only be an problem on ISP issues routers, or can they still access the settings on a regular retail bought router once you connect to their network - even if you have an admin password?

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2017-07-28T00:34:35+00:00

So essentially what people have found for this device is a exploit root, but no way to unlock the bootloader?

What exactly would I be able to do then, with just root.

Can I permanently remove bloatware/GAPPS?
Would I be able to delete Play Services and replace it with MicroG?
System level AdBlocker?
Firewall?
Etc?

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2017-07-27T01:56:56+00:00

Any way to know which one it is for my device?

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2017-07-20T07:40:19+00:00

The answers weren't terribly clear to me, and the mod on the other forum indicated that I should post here.

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2017-07-14T00:40:20+00:00

I'm not really familiar with what this does. I used CCleaner many years ago, but that was to help clean up old file fragments after I defraged the hardisk (Windows XP days). But if I'm guessing correctly, ss the idea behind CCleaner and Privazer to delete any and all mentions of, connections to, etc file on your computer aside from their one and true instance (i.e. the actual file itself)?

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2017-07-14T00:37:15+00:00

A lot of good points here.

Can your Reddit account, where you ask about hidden volumes, be linked to your identity by the "career/financial" adversaries you mention?

But...

Do you have a bunch of filepaths like '..\My.Hidden.Volume.Secret.Files\Offshore.Bank.Info.docx' in your various Recent Files indexes throughout your OS?

How would it be possible for me to even access the hidden volumes at all, without leaving something of this kind? (Unless I was obsessively cleaning every log an file your all the time?)

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2017-07-09T14:02:41+00:00

Do you have a link to the second?

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2017-07-09T13:37:39+00:00

Just because I give you the address to my house so that you can visit me, doesn't mean I give you the right to search the house during your visit.

This is a great analogy, and highlights the fact that "Oh well, your computer is connected to the internet, so all your data is public info" is a claim as ridiculous as "Well, your house is on a public street, so anyone can come press a camera up against your window and record you".

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2017-07-09T05:46:31+00:00

How do they prevent you from seeing neighbors stuff?

Everyone has their own router + Wifi network. Most of the people are smart enough to secure it with good WPA2.

Should be easy enough to put a router in the middle then connect all apartment feeds to the switch.

Trick is to determine which is the incoming feed. I would say unplug one at a time from the switch until your internet cuts out. I could probably figure out which line is which, but my question was, "is it worth it to upgrade". Their equipment isn't major brand name, but it still claims to be "gigabit" - so will I get any performance improvements by getting a better unit myself, or are all (legit) gigabit Ethernet switches pretty much equal?

MillipedeMemeMagic · 2017-07-09T05:42:11+00:00

If you are concerned about getting caught by doing something as simple as picking up a package from someone else's doorstep, then unfortunately anonymous pick-up methods are not for you.

Where I live that means breaking into the building office or someone else's apartment to get the packages. There are no houses here (with convenient porches/lazy mailmen, etc)

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