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snownyte, in What's the most cynical profession ever ?
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Politician would definitely win. You have to really whore yourself out to be even remotely likeable if you want votes. You have to spend like crazy campaigning. You have to go around from town to town, actively making promises you know you won't keep. You lie your face off in every debate you're in.

Then if you finally reach a position, it's literally like a cushy job with, somehow, the bare minimum requirements. The worst you can do is just not fulfill your promises but then again, you lied enough anyways so what does it matter? You could get into trouble with authorities but again that depends on position and some political positions give you diplomatic immunity and if you're in one of those, then go ahead and break nearly all the laws short of killing people.

Politicians' key things to do is just talk, write on paper, sit for prolong periods to vote on things and basically just rely on other staff to do all of the dirty work for you. All at the expense of those they govern.

NikkiNikkiNikki, in What do YOU want for Christmas/winter holiday this year?
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A place to live

guyrocket,
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Best wishes, my friend. I hope you get that.

Prouvaire, in When will we have a phone (Android/iPhone) apps on kBin? From what I understand developers are waiting for the API.
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Artemis is a kbin mobile app in development but, as you say, the developer @hariette is waiting for the API to be deployed. Hopefully this will happen at the planned upgrade in a few days, which should help with uptake.

PurpleTentacle, in When will we have a phone (Android/iPhone) apps on kBin? From what I understand developers are waiting for the API.

I’m writing this comment via Boost for Lemmy.

Kbin is federated, so - why not use one of the many Lemmy apps?

52fighters,
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Can you login to a kbin.social profile using a Lemmy app?

originalucifer, in Will there be a Kbin app for Windows PC or a 3rd Party Kbin app for Windows PC
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"firefox"

Jasper_Ted_Vidal_Tale,
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A Windows PC app version will improve performance since it doesn't have to run under a web browser like FreeTube

kaiomai,

You have bigger problems than a 3rd party app if you get bogged down in a browser in 2023.

sure, in Anyone know of a trustworthy, easy to use (ideally FOSS) program that will allow me to easily identify and compare duplicate files on windows 10? Alternatively, could you point me in the direction of a more appropriate magazine to ask in?

Czkawka is what you are looking for: github.com/qarmin/czkawka

luthis, in Anyone know of a trustworthy, easy to use (ideally FOSS) program that will allow me to easily identify and compare duplicate files on windows 10? Alternatively, could you point me in the direction of a more appropriate magazine to ask in?

Pretty sure you could use a recursive diff and output duplicate names to rm

Obviously after making triple sure what you’re doing

DessertStorms,
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Doesn't look like something I can do on windows without downloading a software, which is what I'm actually looking for, but thanks

luthis,

Oh shit, sorry, I didn’t see that.

DessertStorms,
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No worries

celeste, in Is skiplagging illegal?
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https://www.npr.org/2023/08/23/1194998452/skiplagging-airfare-flying-skiplagged-american-airlines

This is the best source i found about it. It sounds like it's legal but they are likely to cancel your return flight.

paper_clip, in Is skiplagging illegal?
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It's no illegal in the sense that the airline can't put you in jail. On the other hand, it's also not illegal for the airline to cancel the rest of your ticket (leaving you stranded) and choose never to do business with you every again.

Very_Bad_Janet, in Is skiplagging illegal?

Thanks for the replies. You've convinced me not to try it.

paper_clip,
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Additionally, I just realized that you're flying internationally. There might be weird passport/visa issues. I'm glad you've decided not to try it.

solowolf, in What's the most cynical profession ever ?

This might be broad the sciences like biology or physics but for context I have a few friends who is a science teacher and a physics job. Unsure what the other guy really does. All they talk about is how the other is better. That everyone else job is a lower class then them. I do computer science they say it isn't a science but always ask for computer support.

PugJesus, in What is your favorite websites ?
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Wiki. A godsend for collecting sources and links to related concepts.

rhythmisaprancer, in What is your favorite websites ?
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I guess I have been using kbin a lot. And wikipedia as @PugJesus mentioned.

calmblue75, in What do YOU want for Christmas/winter holiday this year?

A pair of wooden knitting needles. I actually have some plastic ones, but I want to try out the wooden ones.

calmblue75, in Now that some time has passed, what do you like and dislike about kbin?

Reddit refugee here. Joined Kbin during the subreddit protest. Still finding my way through here...
Like: People seem to be more decent here, less trolls.
Dislike: No infinite scrolling.

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