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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

The loophole seems to be having an app pinned to the screen (I've never done this, but it presumably keeps the phone from locking) while requiring you to have an unlocked phone to use NFC payments. This doesn't seem to be a common scenario (I can imagine doing this in some sort of kiosk mode, or giving the phone to a kid and locking the app so he can't wander around).

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

https://mastodon.coffee/@TidalFlats/110940255733069000

Putin:

I thought I had him in a box.

And then he got out like a fox.

And then I saw him in a house.

And I then he went to Belarus.

So I will track him here and there.

Say! I can track him anywhere!

I do not like this Wagner man!

Thank you! Thank you, SAM-I-Am.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

I need to point out that "aliens communicating in memes" was done by ST:TNG, in the Darmok episode.

Alien: "Shaka, when the walls fell" (essentially Disappointed Guy meme)

Picard: ...

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Why does Baron, being the tallest Trump, not simply eat the other Trumps?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But how do you keep the ice cream cake from melting over that time?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Anakin: Self-driving cars will orbit the street's so there will always be one nearby if someone requests a ride.

Padme: But they'll regularly come back to a central hub for cleaning, right?

Anakin:

Padme: But they'll regularly come back to a central hub for cleaning, right?!