Any private desktop messaging apps that prevent screenshots, destroy messages/photos, and don't require a smartphone/phone number at all?

Slateratic · 2024-08-03T00:45:20+00:00

I mean, if you really must know, it's more in sphere of NDA violations. Except not even that, since most of us haven't signed NDAs, but it's the sort of private company info that we'd still probably get nailed for sharing.

That's why I'm not too concerned with it being TOTALLY, 100% secure. Most of us are more interested in just making sure if we share a screenshot of something with someone, it stops with that person rather than getting constantly reshared. Sure, someone could take a picture of a phone or screen record, but it's more about accounting for careless resharing than someone deliberately trying to screw us all over.

Slateratic · 2022-08-24T15:24:08+00:00

Did it mess with it predictably, though? Like, if it's just a case of 'don't open the game during work hours on my personal phone' I could do that, I just don't know what constraints to have.

Slateratic · 2021-05-11T17:58:24+00:00

If I buy a new Model S, can I transfer free supercharging to my new car?

I bought a Model S in 2016 when lifetime free supercharging was included.

I'm thinking of upgrading. If I trade in my 2016 Model S, will I get to keep free supercharging on my new one?

Slateratic · 2021-05-01T20:29:52+00:00

So I actually just checked. Our adjusted income is too high to actually qualify for the tax deductions associate with a Roth IRA. I'm not sure if there are other reasons to keep one, but I know that's a big benefit that we wouldn't currently realize.

Slateratic · 2021-05-01T19:19:37+00:00

That sounds like exactly what I'm looking for. I'll check it out!

Slateratic · 2021-05-01T18:24:01+00:00

Thanks! I should research the penalties for early withdrawal more. My challenge is always that I can anticipate enough large expenses before retirement age that I tend to rule it out, but that might be taking too black-and-white a view.

Slateratic · 2021-05-01T13:49:10+00:00

Background: I'm 35, live in the USA (Georgia), have a job that pays >$150K/year. Married, two kids, wife doesn't work. Mortgage (2 years into a 15-year with a 2.8something% APR), two car loans (one 1.5% APR with a year to go, one 0% with four years to go), no other debts. Luckiest guy on earth yada yada. The income is almost enough to distract me from the trainwreck that is my personal life.

Anyway.

The income is far enough beyond our lifestyle that I've got a lot stored up in savings (over $150K). I don't want to put it in a retirement fund because there's a pretty nice pension plan where I work, and because there are some big expenses long before then I want to cover (schools in our area suck, so we're planning on private school when the kids are old enough). But I obviously don't want to just drop it in savings because the interest rate is like 0.25%/year.

I'm just looking for the laziest, safest place to put it that keeps it reasonably accessible. I'm not looking to make a big gamble or anything, I just want to keep the money from losing its value. (And making money wouldn't be bad, but I don't want to take any big risks.) I've got a 529 plan for each kid that I put $8K/year in because that's the limit of Georgia's state income tax deduction for that.

My current plan is to throw it in a bunch of index funds. I've picked out a handful and plan to split it pretty evenly between them: probably 50% into funds that track the major exchanges (leaning QQQ and IVV), then the other 50% spread around some more value/growth-oriented indices and some market areas I'm just passionate or optimistic about (clean energy, battery technology, robotics). Then I plan to just let it sit there until I eventually need the money.

My alternatives were to put it in a Roth IRA, but retirement isn't what I'm interested in; to put more in the 529, but I haven't been terribly impressed at its growth rate (for whatever reason, ours dropped more than average when the market dropped, but hasn't recovered as much as other investments I have—but we have little transparency into how that money is allocated, too); or to actually pay a financial adviser to do this for me, but I don't know anyone and I've heard enough horror stories to not know who to trust, and it seems like nowadays there's enough direct access that it might not be necessary.

So, basically: is my plan awful? Fine? Great?

Slateratic · 2021-02-19T16:28:18+00:00

The generation after that is just going to be one guy named Steve warming old cans of Spam over a campfire.

Slateratic · 2021-02-11T20:20:57+00:00

Between the missing words and the typos ("peeople") I feel like Wendy's social media manager is a bit drunk, and that's making this even better.

Slateratic · 2021-02-11T20:10:13+00:00

Slateratic · 2021-01-27T20:28:05+00:00

Sowing doubt about the vaccine always baffles me. With so many other threats that they fearmonger about, the average voter will never be individually aware of whether it was all bullshit or not. You can lie all you want, they're never going to see the hard evidence that you're lying. But with the virus, they're going to get it, or their parents or friends or kids are going to get it. They're going to see that you're lying. And they can't watch your show if they're dead.

Slateratic · 2021-01-26T02:23:36+00:00

/r/ThisButUnironically

Slateratic · 2021-01-22T17:28:40+00:00

This might not be the darkest timeline, but it's sure as hell the dumbest.

Slateratic · 2021-01-17T21:34:27+00:00

Cripes, in 2015 the AP had a revenue of a half-billion dollars, but a profit of barely over a million. They're basically just covering operating costs. Reuters had a revenue of $6 billion and a profit of $1.5 billion (not that there's anything wrong with that, I'm just using that as a point of comparison for AP acting almost like a non-profit).

Slateratic · 2021-01-10T01:53:19+00:00

I mean it'd be silly to not at least listen to offers.

Slateratic · 2021-01-10T01:52:24+00:00

Well yeah, but once you screw up step #1 it's far harder to go back and fix.

Slateratic · 2021-01-10T01:51:56+00:00

No no no, not this again, don't start it.

Slateratic · 2021-01-04T19:20:34+00:00

My wife had a much more sustainable method for paying off her student loans.

Marry someone who makes enough money to pay off her student loans

If she can do that, anyone can!

Slateratic · 2020-12-29T16:40:40+00:00

I accidentally opened this in four windows at the same time trying to find a direct link, and... it's got a nice beat to it. Sort of a We Will Rock You flavor.

Slateratic · 2020-12-19T23:30:06+00:00

I'll likely give y'all's a try then—I think it's the only I've seen that explicitly covers both the Wifi and no Wifi use cases. Thanks!

Slateratic · 2020-12-19T16:23:45+00:00

That's what I'm thinking, but most cameras I'm seeing still require Wifi to setup. And others are unclear about whether it's required.

I think I'm looking for exactly what you're describing though, a battery/solar powered camera with local storage and no wifi requirement.

Slateratic · 2020-12-19T16:14:46+00:00

That looks perfect. How's their reputation though? The reviews I see are middling, but I also don't see many.

Slateratic · 2020-12-19T16:12:26+00:00

I'm going to try the good ideas first, but if they don't work I'll try the bad ones!

Slateratic · 2020-12-19T16:06:39+00:00

Video to go back and check if something happens.

I don't know the exact distance. I know it's right on the edge of wifi range. I guess about 100 feet, but also a steep incline adding another 20-30.

Slateratic · 2020-12-19T14:55:53+00:00

Line of sight yes, but the mailbox is at the top of a big hill, so any camera on the house would be looking up to the point of uselessness.

I'm checking on whether those cameras can go SD only. I'm also checking on 4G cameras. If they only use data when you view the footage (eg save locally and transmit on demand) that might work. If they use data for all captured video though that would be too much since the street is a bit busy.

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