vaquedoso

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[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I feel that's a line taken from Foundation by Asimov, describing the fall of the galactic empire

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Because not everywhere works exactly like the US? Besides the point, if you work at a McDonald's, they are not going to give you a phone so you can text your manager. If you don't have a means of communication you are not getting the job.

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The only SMS I've gotten in the last 5 years are the double authentication ones. WhatsApp is the default way of texting in many countries. Outside of the US, when you ask people to stop using WhatsApp, chances are you are asking them to give up texting entirely. Which you must realize is complicated to say the least

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Almost all jobs in which you have to interact with people, so most of them. I work in an office and i need it to communicate with clients, with my boss or coworkers, or with a government agency. You have to understand that WhatsApp is ubiquitous outside of the US. Here we never got free SMS, so WhatsApp became the default way of texting. Even people on iphones use WhatsApp here

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

When everybody uses WhatsApp to communicate, which is a meta service, it's a bit complicated to cut off communication with literally everybody in your country (work, friends, businesses) just to not use a service. It's disingenuous to expect this without some sort of change within the current status quo. And this is coming from someone who doesn't use any of their other platforms but has to use WhatsApp, because that's literally the only choice

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I agree with you, but let's try to not treat massive organizations as a single being. I'm sure even there some people were not ok with how pervasive Russian talking points were there. But then again, maybe I'm being naive.

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I love this! Using screens we display 3D environments on a 2D surface. This is displaying a 3D environment on a 3D projection. I wonder how would you go about displaying a 4D environment in this 3D projection. The difference in dimensions would be akin to our conventional 3D in 2D setup, so I'd be intrigued in the comparisons we could draw from projecting 4D in 3D.

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

Infallible logic. Have you considered becoming president?

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

It's always the classic not-rule to take-away-your-children slippery slope, they always warned us of that in school

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well obviously his time in prison was the result of a political witchhunt orquestrated by the radical left /s

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

I really liked season 1, so I'm looking forward to the second

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Everybody knows Americans in the ancient era should focus on scouting its home continent so you can plan and maximise the manifest destiny modifier

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