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Leisher wrote: I'm kind of amazed this is not more of a thing.

I've heard of it in Thailand... but I've also heard that's a pedo place, too? I dunno.

Costa Rica has legalized prostitution, as far as I know. Honestly not sure anywhere else does, they're too busy oppressing their women.

Guess my mind is too limited.

n countries like Germany and Greece, the sex trade is fully legalized and regulated, whereas is many northern European countries like Sweden, it is illegal to buy sex, but not illegal to sell it.

A few countries in Africa as well.

In Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Belize) prostitution is legal, but organized activities such as brothels and pimping are illegal; in Panama it legal.

That's a fair amount of CA... who knew?

In South America, in most of the continent prostitution is legal, but in countries such as Argentina, Brazil and Chile, organized activities such as brothels and pimping are illegal.

SA, too.

So given how many places it's legal, it does seem odd that those sex tour places are so limited.

TheCatt wrote: I've heard of it in Thailand... but I've also heard that's a pedo place, too? I dunno.

Pedos and chicks with dicks. No thanks.

Honestly, I'm like you in that I would never trust a sex worker to be clean.

Leisher wrote: Honestly, I'm like you in that I would never trust a sex worker to be clean.

Yeah. And you'd have to use a condom, and if you didn't use a condom, well, guess how many other people didn't either? (I guess we lost the vomit emoji years ago)

If they could make it discreet and disease free, guaranteed both ways, this would be a new billion dollar business overnight.

As a companion service, we could get rich by writing some code that shows your phone's GPS as traveling to whatever city you said you were going to. We could also use Deep Fake to put your face into a video or pics of landmarks around that area.

Robot sex workers. They get a bleach flush between every client.

GORDON wrote: Robot sex workers. They get a bleach flush between every client.

Some place in England did that, iirc.

I dunno, even if I were paying, I think I'd prefer a real woman. Until technology gets much better. I mean, if we're talking Westworld, I'm in...

Yeah, a simple fleshlight isn't worth it. Needs to be able to fool you.

I need two more minis to round out the spy devices in my house. So if you have any laying around you don't intend to use, gimme.

GORDON wrote: I need two more minis to round out the spy devices in my house. So if you have any laying around you don't intend to use, gimme.

I am empty on minis right now. Only have Chromecast.

Haven't gotten a "have a free one on us for being a customer" from google lately.

They make good intercoms through the 4-story house, if nothing else.

GORDON wrote: They make good intercoms through the 4-story house, if nothing else.

The new intercom functionality (direct broadcast to a single room) is nice, versus the old broadcast stuff. We have them in most rooms, and just gave the kids one for the school year so they can set alarms, reminders, and get intercom messages.

So far whole-house broadcsting is fine.

This is the year I also have started the kid to waking himself up in the morning. So far he's batting like .750.

Joins Apple on the 30% thing. Technically they already did, but they didn't enforce it strictly.

Apple, Google, Steam, Microsoft, brick and mortars, etc.

Odd that people who make the stores and put your product in front of consumers want their cut.

As long as one isn't REQUIRED to use those stores to sell their product, I don't see a problem with the platform wetting their beak.

Looking at you, Apple.

GORDON wrote: As long as one isn't REQUIRED to use those stores to sell their product, I don't see a problem with the platform wetting their beak.

Looking at you, Apple.

Yes, Google allows other stores/etc. Apple is a bullshit monopolist.

TheCatt wrote:

GORDON wrote: As long as one isn't REQUIRED to use those stores to sell their product, I don't see a problem with the platform wetting their beak.

Looking at you, Apple.

Yes, Google allows other stores/etc. Apple is a bullshit monopolist.

So without the Apple store someone would never be able to play Fortnite?

Leisher wrote:

TheCatt wrote:

GORDON wrote: As long as one isn't REQUIRED to use those stores to sell their product, I don't see a problem with the platform wetting their beak.

Looking at you, Apple.

Yes, Google allows other stores/etc. Apple is a bullshit monopolist.

So without the Apple store someone would never be able to play Fortnite?

1.1Bn Apple devices would be locked out, yes.