You can kinda trust them if you use an archived version of it from before.

Have you ever thought of just buying

owning

Um… no, I just pirate and put everything in harddrives/ssds

Harddrives takes up less physical storage than a bookshelf full of DVD/Blurays.

(Also: I’m broke lol)

Every time I pirate something x265, it looks like somebody took the pixels and threw it in the blender. Like I could notice the degredation in quality and it irritates me since it’s supposed to be 1080p.

I download the normal x264 and everything looks fine.

And I doing piracy incorrectly?

The EU needs to take up the mantle of being the protector of the democratic free world.

Becuase they’d be leaving a population that is gonna need be in need of doctors so it kinda goes against the part about helping people.

But like, I don’t blame them for leaving.

sh.itjust.works

you can use a throwaway email

Then: “Who would be insane enough to take on the Donnager?”

Now: “I didn’t think we’d lose”

(The Expanse Reference, sorry I love making references)

Kinda fitting tho, since the Donnager was

Yea, that’s gonna be more difficult.

My aunts/uncles in China just had to take care of my Grandmother until my mom became a citizen and filed a petition for my Grandmother. And now my Grandmother is here.

My mom also filed a petition for my aunts (her sisters) and that also would include their immediate family (their husbands and their unmarried children under 21). But seeing how the politics is now in the US, I’m not sure they would want to come when they get approved (or if they would even get approved). Unlike my parents, who worked shitty jobs in China and therefore the US is a much appealing option; my aunts are teachers, so they have like government pensions and stuff, and their kids would be over 21 when they finally get off the waitlist. (They’ve been on the waitlist for like almost a decade now. A lot has changed in politics and economy.)

I mean, they talk everyday through wechat, so its not like they are far apart anyways.

That’s a decision for a family conversation.

I was in Mainland China, I didn’t make the decision to come to the US either, since I was a kid. My parents decided and that’s it. Parent’s have to make the decision about the future of their children. If the adults agree, then move. Kids will understand when they grow up.

Learning another language was rough, but eventally, I grew to like this place. Much less pollution, much more diverse people.

(It’s a shame how politics can ruin what the US could’ve been)

Usually you can bring your immidiate family members with you (spouse and children) if its an immigration visa.

As for extended family. You can apply for your parents and siblings after a certain time residing in the new country or upon becoming citizen there.

You can also stay in touch via the internet while waiting.

If I was a Doctor, I’d just leave. Plenty of countries would welcome a doctor.

Screw the hippocraric oath, Hippocrates is dead and I’m not joining him.

But that feels like saying “America”

Feels un-serious and insincere for a history / social studies class.

And technically, there is still another state with the similar name (Republic of China/中华民国), so you need the full name to clarify.

I noticed that every Samsung phone is now OLED (branded as “AMOLED”), even the lowest of the budget A series.

How did you get the Official Portrait of Agent Krasnov?

He’d be using Bing (search engine) and be Chilling

Curious what “safe” list you are referring to?

This community’s wiki/megathread

Damn, so basically you can’t use any high-end smartphones due to a biological reason outside your control? 😥 (because all high-end smartphones use OLED)

AT&T has a whitelist system, they check IMEIs often and if your device is not approved, cell service stops working.

For Verizon, you have to call customer service to do a manual override.

Only T-Mobile allows any phone to work without explicit approval.

Probably some reason like they don’t want people complaining the service is bad because they use a “no-name brand” phone, so they just cut you off and blame your phpne because it’s easier for corporate. (Yay, capitalism! 🫠 /s)

I heard that Australia now has a Nationwide whitelist system that even block unapproved phones from calling the emergency number.

Technology is really getting enshittified. 😓

Low karma or account too new.

So cringe tbh. I was depressed and wanted to vent, they fucking automod-deleted my post because “karma too low”, like bitch, why did you think I’m making a throwaway?

Idk about y’all, but I’m a visual learner 😏