Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake

Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by xwdv on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:52PM (#34712847)

as long as you have a phone I’m pretty sure it’s not that complicated to setup a VPN even while buried under rubble. You could download NordVPN off the App Store and register an account and subscription or perhaps just use a free server. Then under your iPhone settings you can set it up to use the VPN or the app could do it for you maybe.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by Sunspark on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @02:25PM (#34713427)

Radio signals do not penetrate through stone or concrete well which causes increased battery drain. You also have the issue of perhaps diminishing oxygen and cognitive impairment caused by shock and crush trauma.

It would be better for battery life for people to just text a friend or family member and say "crushed under tons of stone at home, please send help". Nobody is going to do an AMA on Twitter while buried using up the precious battery life for retweets and likes.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by xwdv on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:06PM (#34714119)

But after the initial shock wears off it becomes a waiting game, perhaps socializing with the outside world will give you the will to survive.

It would certainly make for one hell of an AMA.

“I’m trapped and slowly getting crushed under tons of rubble, AMA.”

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by nyc_data_geek1 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @06:02PM (#34716880)

Seek help.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by Luc on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @02:45PM (#34713770)

Indeed, and less tech savvy people could just hand their phone to any teenager crushed nearby to do it for them.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by prh8 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @02:48PM (#34713819)

"it's not too hard to do something you have no knowledge about, while being in shock and survival mode from extreme trauma both physical and mental"

use critical thinking for like 2 seconds

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by jnsaff2 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:34PM (#34714609)

Let them eat cake.

How I miss n gate.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by therealmocker on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @05:02PM (#34716002)

Post reads surprisingly like an auto generated ad for NordVPN

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by xwdv on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @08:06PM (#34718292)

One of the new business models enabled by AI in the next decade would work by installing a plug-in into your browser that lets ChatGPT insert organic advertisements into your post when it detects the opportunity, and you get paid depending on what the advertisers have bid and the site you are posting on.

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