The anti🚫-derailment🚃 & thread🧵 hijacking🔫 thread🧵 ⁉

[Pilgrimsmaster]

@Hallic

I just thought of you the other day when I saw this

[enginerd]

Why It Is Important To Read Engineering Drawing |#bkengineering #memesvideo #engineering #civil

It’s always like this, isn’t it?

[Hallic]

That would make an interesting replacement penis arm

[lucid_living]

Thanks!

[enginerd]

@Hallic

interesting replacement penis

Now that’s a proper augmentation!

[tangerineaxle]

Passed your place today, wasn’t able to stop…

[Pilgrimsmaster]

The perfect use of this thread

@Pilgrimsmaster

We are all such a diverse bunch of people from all over the world, with a HUGE amount of knowledge outside of the Bio-Hacking space, opinions, thought & feelings I was wondering if there was a way we could tap into that and have a dedicated thread where we can all:-
Ask a biohacking unrelated question
Have a rant
Discuss the topic of the day ( Star Wars vs. Star Trek )

This is not worth a thread of it’s own…yet, or probably never, but I am hoping something viable comes of it

I miss my payment implant, and I currently have no options to replace it, There were some options previously availble, but they have all fallen by the wayside, However I do have a CoM conversion option, and with the new antenna modules with their amazing performance, it is tempting.
BUT
I have been looking for a tokenised payment option that will work in NZ / Australia ( Similar and shared Banking structure/ banks )

Fidesmo, Curve, etc, are yet to make it this far south.
I have been keeping a lazy eye on these and others, but there are no dates or indications of when these may arrive.

We have apple Pay, and Google pay etc., and these got me thinking…
in the same vein as the Swatch thread, ( Swatch Pay not available in NZ )

SwatchPAY upgrade

Hello everyone! I’m new here so don’t judge too harshly please) The topic is this, Recently on one (Russian-speaking) YouTube channel I came across a VIDEO about how a guy created a payment chip from a SwatchPaywatch and installed it in his hand. I want to know the opinion of advanced people in this art, I think I’m the only such noob here) Perhaps someone here has already done this? I want it to happen to me too)

Garmin Pay.

Now, I am not sure how this works, but my hope is, something similar to the Swatch, which has it own independent and removable module

I found a good Garmin teardown video, but Payment chips were not mentioned specifically, and I couldn’t see any obvious antennas in it.

I know Garmin pay works in NZ and OZ, by simply linking Garmin Connect app with an ANZ or WESTPAC card, but what I am wondering if anybody happens to know anything about how the Garmin watch Pay works with regard to chip and antenna? @Satur9 ?
Does apple / google pay work on a watch when the battery is flat? Are the chips passive?
I like the idea of the swatch independent module and think it’s smarter, BUT would add more bulk, and the Garmin design looks like miniaturization was a priority in the design, so I don’t hold out much hope that theirs is similar to swatch.

I can pick up a 2nd hand one with google pay for pretty cheap on NZ equivalent of eBay to investigate… But I don’t want to waste my time if somebody already knows if it is viable or not.

Before posting, a little more research

I just watched another video, and now I think this will be a no go , because, to activate the payment capability you need to activate it on the watch applet…meaning, if it was independent you could simply tap and pay…
Damn it…
I could delete this, but incase somebody else has the same stupid idea that I did, the question has already been asked, and mostly answered

[Hallic]

Nice pic! Been crazy last couple weeks. Already have 65 hours in this week and 2 more days to go.

Too much snow these days.

[Pilgrimsmaster]

@Hallic

Too much snow these days.

Global warming … oh wait

[amal]

@Pilgrimsmaster

Global warming

The Republican political strategist often associated with the promotion of the term “global warming” in a strategic way is Frank Luntz, a GOP pollster and communications consultant.

In the early 2000s, Luntz advised Republican leaders to use the term “global warming” instead of “climate change” because his research found that “global warming” sounded less threatening and urgent to the public than “climate change.” This was part of a broader strategy outlined in a memo that recommended framing environmental policies in ways that aligned with conservative messaging.

This effort was part of a communication strategy to influence public opinion and policy debates on environmental issues. Luntz’s work significantly impacted how climate discussions were framed in U.S. politics during that period.

[amal]

Reading about fat man and little boy while watching the EXTENDED version of Lord of the Rings… seemed apt.

Fat Man

[Pilgrimsmaster]

The other sort of BioHacking

Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever

2025 | Maturity rating:M | 1h 29m | Documentary

In this documentary, wealthy entrepreneur Bryan Johnson puts his body and fortune on the line to defy aging and extend his life beyond all known limits.

Interesting watch

[Hamspiced]

RFID Chip and Palm Payment Technology into 2025

[enginerd]

That’s probably going to be interesting… In a facepalming kind of way…

[jjk452]

i have a jw family lol, they’re the biggest quacks and cannot be reasoned with…

[Hallic]

[Az_F]

Which search engine is as good or comes close to Google?
I like brave as a browser but the search results are underwhelming.

[Aoxhwjfoavdlhsvfpzha]

I have heard good things about:

Startpage - Private Search Engine. No Tracking. No Search History.

[Hallic]

I’ve used duck duck go for years. Supposed to basically search google for you, but blocks google tracking

[amal]

chatGPT?