BinzyBoi

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Do I need a PayPal account to send money to someone via PayPal? in c/boycottus@lemmy.ca
[–] BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

Thanks! Wish I was able to utilise this, but unfortunately I'm not in Europe. Will see if I can reach out to my credit union however!

Do I need a PayPal account to send money to someone via PayPal? in c/boycottus@lemmy.ca
[–] BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca -2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Well excuse me for thinking that it's not enough being done when your country is quite literally threatening to annex mine. After all these years of applauding "efforts" to no avail, perhaps it's high time I start only applauding results.

Gonna quickly ask here what the Women's March protests accomplished while I'm at it. Oh that's right, nothing but a giant virtue signal that simply died off after nothing of substance came as a result, and I'd be shocked if the "Hands Off" protests resulted in anything different.

Do I need a PayPal account to send money to someone via PayPal? in c/boycottus@lemmy.ca
[–] BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca -5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

5 million people standing outside some buildings in order for their local reps to have a brief look out the curtain as they continue to rob that crowd of their fundamental rights. If only that many more Americans went out to vote instead of not bothering to vote at all.

Also yeah, regular back and forth, totally the same as being a sugar daddy being taken advantage of, and sorry for deciding to ask a twofold question to a public community.

Americans I swear. The lack of reading comprehension shows when you're so hung up on this point that I already addressed in my original post.

Do I need a PayPal account to send money to someone via PayPal? in c/boycottus@lemmy.ca
[–] BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca -2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

There's personal, private reasons involved that I'm not at liberty to disclose.

Also, literally stated in the post this is reciprocal.

Edit: You live in Denver, what the hell are you doing in this community?

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Do I need a PayPal account to send money to someone via PayPal? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca to c/boycottus@lemmy.ca
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Hey all, in an interesting spot here.

My girlfriend is American, and while I want to reduce how much I use American services, currently deleting accounts I no longer need or have found alternatives for, her birthday is coming up, and I want to send her some funds so she can get herself a gift.

I'd send her something on my own, however because of personal reasons, we've agreed not to exchange addresses until she feels comfortable with doing so. Slow buildup of trust sorta deal.

I've sent her money through PayPal before when we got each other gifts for Christmas and Valentine's, but I've been thinking quite heavily about deleting my PayPal account. Do I need to keep my PayPal account to send her funds, or am I able to do so still without an account? Are there perhaps any ways I can send the money over without using PayPal or other American services?

Thanks for any help in advance.

EDIT: Alright y'all, go ahead and downvote me. I know why we're not exchanging addresses, and I'm not going to fucking reveal my girlfriend's private life to appeal to y'all, so how about instead of getting into my personal life and assuming crap, you either give me an answer, or learn some basic reading comprehension and realise from my post this isn't a one-way street.

How do you search for posts but only within one community? in c/newtolemmy@lemmy.ca
[–] BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's a little odd. Click the search icon on the top right of the screen. Put in the search query there, but in the community dropdown menu, search for the community you wish to make the search exclusive to.

Hope it helps.

How do I change my timezone? in c/newtolemmy@lemmy.ca
[–] BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Just lemmy.ca yeah. My system uses the correct timezone for me, but when I check the date of posting by hovering over the indicator of how long ago the post was made, it just gives me the time in GMT.

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How do I change my timezone? (lemmy.ca)
 

Hey all, not new, just noticing that all the times I see for posts showcase in the GMT timezone, and I want to have times match the timezone I reside in.

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How would I check if a movie is in the public domain? (lemmy.ca)
 

Been working on grabbing a few movies from online to download and save as more options for movie nights with friends on top of the DVDs and VHS tapes I have.

I'm aware one can find mentions on Wikipedia or the Internet Archive saying "oh this film is public domain", but the sourcing seems to be sketchy a lot of the time. Like a Wikipedia article will mention a movie is public domain, and then link to a site for public domain movies or the Internet Archive with neither stating why the film is public domain.

Is there a simple means to check for yourself the copyright status of movies? Would help a lot with having confidence in the collection of films I'm building up.

How can I play videos downloaded from my computer on a TV without network connectivity features? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

The firmware explicitly states it's for photos only, and I tried my luck using both mp4 and webm formats.

How can I play videos downloaded from my computer on a TV without network connectivity features? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think you're misunderstanding, the TV's firmware literally states that it can only be used for photos. I tried accessing both webm and mp4 to try my luck, but nothing.

How can I play videos downloaded from my computer on a TV without network connectivity features? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Oh! Is Roku something you can get separately? I always thought it was just a built-in OS on newer TVs.

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How can I play videos downloaded from my computer on a TV without network connectivity features? (lemmy.ca)
 

Sorry if this doesn't belong here, more than happy to be pointed in the right direction if it doesn't.

I wanna do movie nights with friends where we watch movies together in the living room on my TV. I have a DVD player and VCR I got from the thrift shop as well as a few movies for both. However, I was thinking it would also be fun to expand the options available by downloading a bunch of public domain movies to play on the TV. Only issue is figuring how I'd work that all out.

The TV lacks any network connectivity features. While it has a USB slot, it can literally only detect pictures and set them up for slideshows. Even tried putting some video files on to test and it won't detect at all. Also because my computer is a desktop, connecting it directly to the TV from the other room is a no-go.

Is there some sort of device that serves this kind of purpose? Like something I can download videos to, and then connect it to my TV in a similar sense you would a DVD or VCR and be able to choose the content on the device using a remote? I'd really appreciate the help and pointers if this is something that exists.

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Alternatives for Roblox? (lemmy.ca)
 

I just like Roblox for the social interaction of being able to chat and hang out with people online. I don't need the game to be quite like Roblox, just want a good social experience is all.

Was thinking of swapping to VRChat, but the annoyance there is that they're also American. Anything worth checking out?