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@ktool_io - you've sold me on ktool to feed my lonely Kindle (and help my eyes keep off bright screens). But your Android app store links are all dead. Is ithe app still available?

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@auspost Thanks for the response. It eventually arrived. Much longer than expected, but better late than never.

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@auspost why is that an express post package, sent over a week ago from Melbourne to Brisbane, doesn't leave Melbourne, and yet the app tells me I can't query it for two weeks? Frustrating experience.

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@brisbanetimes were you aware that your big 'QUEENSLAND BUDGET ’22' banner link is linking to your federal budget page, not https://t.co/fQ0ZONbNpf?

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@auspost Just watched guy pull up in his van, walk to my letterbox, drop a card and drive off. Apparently I "was not in attendance", and am now supposed to drive to my LPO to collect my package. Which I am LEGALLY and PHYSICALLY incapable of doing with my broken ankle. Shameful!

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@Suncorp how much longer do your customers have to wait to be able to send OSKO payments via Internet Banking?
A quick search found that all of these competitors (and no doubt more) are offering it: Westpac, ANZ, NAB, Bendigo Bank and St George

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@Frenck This is the main reason I sold my Ender 3, before even doing a single full print. Realised I don't have time in my life for any more full-on hobbies. :(

I'll get one again when they're as click-and-print as a laser printer.

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@UBank I know the social media team has no control over these outages, but wow, I'm so glad that I ditched my Ubank account.

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@AlSweigart While you're unlikely to change your take on these rules, thanks for letting me clarify the history of missionary <-> family communication.

And thanks for your python book — a fantastic resource.

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@AlSweigart I do feel that you're ignoring the centuries old mainstream religious traditions that have required all sorts of sacrifices in the name of religious service by monks, nuns, priests, etc. In light of those, most of these rules are relatively mild.

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@AlSweigart and you're right - the online document doesn't appear to have been updated from when the handbook was last printed in 2010.

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@AlSweigart To be fair, your question kept changing. I answered early on, only to have you disagree based on the article.

As implied in an earlier reply, Mormon missonaries are expected to follow strict rules for the period of their service. Not quite monk-like, but obviously close enough.

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@AlSweigart Obviously my perspective on this will differ wildly from yours. The missionary handbook is available online for all to read at https://t.co/L3lXkDOc7e

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@AlSweigart To be fair, Mormon missionary service is a very strict commitment. Not quite monk-like, but still a strict religious devotion, with many rules. It differs in that it is a limited-time commitment unlike the monastic commitment of many serving in older religions.

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@AlSweigart 2 of 2.
"... Never include anything confidential, sensitive, or negative about the areas where you serve."

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@AlSweigart 1 of 2.
Here's what the official missionary handbook has to say:
"Communicating with Family
Write to your family each week on preparation day. Limit correspondence with others. Share your spiritual experiences...

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@AlSweigart Sure, I'll take my experience as a former Mormon missionary, with family members serving as recently as this year, and you can take your Fox News article.

Peace out.

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@AlSweigart To clarify, I'm not trying to minimize, rationalise or justify anything. Just point out that the Mormon church *encourages* missionaries to keep in touch with their families every week that they're away. Formerly that was via letter or email, and now it's via phone.

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@AlSweigart I'm not sure how often similarly aged young adults who are away from home (university, gap year, backpacking, etc.) call or write to their families back home, but I'd be surprised if they all do it weekly.

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@AlSweigart Mormon missionaries are
encouraged to write/email families back home at least weekly. This change, which happened 18 months ago, simply meant that they could call weekly too.