100%. I learnt the numbers 0-9 in Mandarin Chinese and I know how to cuss in Chinese to Chinese robocall scammers.
I also have a social sciences research background so I have no disincentive or misguided desire to respond with wrong data to polls either.
People who are looking for direct integration between podcast players and SponsorBlock seem to be missing that a lot of podcasts these days that do have advertising in them oftentimes have dynamic ads where the ad audio will change depending on the day, the geographical location of the download, etc. So SponsorBlock can’t actually account for what are essentially dynamic timestamps Whereas with YouTube you typically have fairly static timestamps that can be shared across a user base, only smaller podcasts are really going to be able to be captured by SponsorBlock unless someone discovers a way to mod an Android APK to essentially prevent the client-side compilation of ads and the original podcast audio assuming that there is a podcast app that does this on the client side.
I mean, some bird species have mothers that essentially drop their fledglings to predators to distract from themselves (and their insecurities), or just simply don’t feel bothered to actually help raise them to maturity.
That’s definitely an interesting suggestion! but I probably wouldn’t risk my life over keeping a separate profile with a VPN on it.
From what I gathered, the deep-packet inspection appliances they’re deploying in Myanmar aren’t working off terribly advanced rulesets. They only seem to be blocking obvious VPN connections since VPN protocols like WireGuard, IKEv2, OpenVPN, etc. make no effort to obfuscate themselves as being a VPN connection.
There aren’t as many data points in Myanmar as one would like, but this Psiphon test from OONI seems to validate that even basic obfuscation is working in Myanmar.
Random phone checks for VPNs are definitely another level though, yikes.
Yes, they do. People were already going to pharmacists for years in Ontario to get prescription refills for non-controlled substances. Sometimes you know that you just need a drug to treat your problem or you need a contraceptive. You know that there’s a specific acne cream that works for you, or you need a NSAID for your joint pain. There’s no point clogging up the already backlogged healthcare system for In demand healthcare professions such as physicians and nurse practitioners when you have another oversaturated health profession (pharmacy) that you can leverage.