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		patrickmay on Feb 7, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypte... "Europeans think 100 miles is a long distance. Americans think 100 years is a long time."

genewitch on Feb 8, 2025 [–]

It's ~40 miles round trip to go to a grocery store. And that's a crappy store, better ones are an additional 5-10 miles.

In the US.

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