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I despise the modern phones and internet
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tooki:

--- Quote from: james_s on December 18, 2022, 03:06:08 am ---
--- Quote from: PlainName on December 18, 2022, 01:44:02 am ---Depending on where you are, the post code may identify a single  house. But it's like most data: on its own it's not so hot, but combine it with other data and the you might as well drop your pants and bend over.

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That'd have to be somewhere seriously rural I'd think. My postal code has over 22,000 residents.

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Just for kicks, look at how UK postcodes work: the first half identifies a broader area, but the second half identifies a small group of addresses (about 15) within it. When you order pizza delivery in the UK, they simply ask for your postcode and house number, because that is enough to positively identify your home!

The ZIP+4 extension in USA is similar: the +4 extension identifies a much smaller area within the 5-digit ZIP code.

(Amusingly, I won my pub quiz team a point literally last night by knowing that the “I” in ZIP code stands for “improvement”. :P)
pcprogrammer:
The same applies for the Dutch postal codes. Four digits, two letters and your house number does it for most of the homes.
Monkeh:

--- Quote from: bigfoot22 on December 21, 2022, 01:13:49 am ---I hate how on android every single god damn application is allowed to make a ping noise and notify you of something. And able to do it multiple times per day for as long as it fudging well wants to!  |O

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I hate how people rant and rage and destroy phones because they don't go into the settings and turn notifications off.

Some people just shouldn't be allowed to use technology, I guess.
Kasper:

--- Quote from: Monkeh on December 21, 2022, 01:49:51 am ---
--- Quote from: bigfoot22 on December 21, 2022, 01:13:49 am ---I hate how on android every single god damn application is allowed to make a ping noise and notify you of something. And able to do it multiple times per day for as long as it fudging well wants to!  |O

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I hate how people rant and rage and destroy phones because they don't go into the settings and turn notifications off.

Some people just shouldn't be allowed to use technology, I guess.

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Very few apps are allowed to notify me and the ones that do, each make different sounds.

I even have different sounds for different contacts.
Kasper:

--- Quote from: bigfoot22 on December 21, 2022, 01:13:49 am ---
This is why I have a cassette player in my car and at home peoples because there would be a god damn riot if you were to take away my cassettes and my CRT television and my vintage box fan that doesn't require a god damn app just to turn it on!

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I hated CRT, so glad I don't encounter them anymore.  They made a high pitch sound I could here from the other side of the house.   
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