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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Not everyone has an “adult” sized dick. Also not everyone watching is male.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  When I went on vaca a few months ago I was caught off guard with this. Kind of crazy that this is going to be everywhere probably… I will never give them this info, there are always alternatives. I just used VPN that week which worked fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language wins global awards⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wish them luck, but I honestly feel like this should be more about preserving a dying language over saving it. From the numbers provided in the article I would highly doubt this can save it. It can definitely draw attention and allow it to be preserved a lot easier though, which will help it be recognized easier in the future.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨India forces WhatsApp and Telegram into permanent SIM binding⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think a bunch still do. I don’t have it because I just purchased the phone with no cell plan. I just use wifi and if I go out I use my work phone Hotspot to provide wifi to my personal. I use Google voice so I have a number and some of those chat apps that my friends use to keep in touch. Im in my 40’s and have never had a cell phone bill still. Outside leaving the house, I honestly cant believe people are paying $60-$100+ dollars a month when you can get everything it does these days off wifi. For the minor inconvenience ive ran into sometimes I still think it’s worth it for the price.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨India forces WhatsApp and Telegram into permanent SIM binding⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who only uses a phone without a SIM card this would suck for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, as a big music fan I have always been disappointed in Embys music functionality. I followed the discussions around this on there site and I was a bit disappointed by the response. They were getting the same feedback around how bad it is and it should be revamped or even have a dedicated app just for music and they just dismissed it basically saying we’ll it can be something we may do later on but dont hold your breath and that they believe it works fine the way it is and dont agree it will help.

  Luckily I really didnt care to use it for music anyway. I already had a Subsonic (now Navidrome) server for that. It would have been nice for a few things, but ultimately it was fine. The cool part is the android app Symfonium is the best music app I have ever used and it connects to all the servers to pull data. I obviously still use navidrome, but I could just pull from emby as well with it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What you've been buying?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Sadly not much. No time or money lately. I think the only game I purchased this year was clair obscure exp 33 on release day and loved it. I got a gift card for the price of 1 regular priced game a few months ago for my birthday and about to use it today for black friday which is a day with bigger than usual sales and hope to get at least 2 if not 3 games with it and maybe a few dollars of my own money.

  I was thinking of Kingdom Come 2, Dragons Dogma 2, Persona 3 remake, suikoden 1 and 2 remake as they are all heavily discounted right now. And yes I love rpg’s but I am just noticing now thats all I listed and was not on purpose lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Dam thats what I thought. Emby has something similar but doesnt force you to use it so I don’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Years ago I decided to go with Emby over Plex only because at the time plex didnt support kodi integration and I enjoyed using that at the time for my front-end user experience. Within 6 months they started supporting it and I was upset since I did want to go with plex. Lately I feel like I made the perfect decision. It’s gotta be close to 10 years now and I paid one $100 lifetime fee for Emby and still use it everyday along with some family and friends I gave access to. Also gotta remember I dont believe jellyfin was even an option at that time. I tried it not to long ago and although it was fine, I actually think I liked emby a little more.

  As for the remote access, how do they block it? Do they not allow you to setup your own remote connection that does not involve plex? Thats how I do it, I do not use emby connect to make it easier to go through them I just setup my own domain, use ddns, and configure the ports I want exposed and thats it. If plex doesnt allow that then thats already crazy, if they do and even thats now blocked then thats even crazier.

  Emby may be simpler, and i heard about plex having a music AI feature that I was actually jealous of, but overall it just works and not paying anything in forever will always be my preferred method over awful monthly subscriptions anyday.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If eating a banana is ~0.1μSv, then what is holding a banana for an hour?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Weird I just saw a YouTube video on this like a week ago. Basically you would need to eat an amount that would never be possible by a lot for anything to possibly happen. The other point is we have more radiation than a banana to begin with and are hit by more radiation in 1 day than probably a thousand would even create. Our bodies are able to remove some radiation as well. There are even some parts of the world were people are exposed to higher than normal amounts of radiation and we found that over time the rate of cancer is less than the global average so I would highly doubt being around bananas would cause any risk for cancer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 498 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  When i was looking into switching to linux I tried out a bunch of flavors through vm’s and I am glad I did because the one I thought I wanted ended up not even working through a vm and in the end I also loved CachyOS the most as well! This was earlier in the year and honestly I am still planning out how to rebuild my main pc. Im more afraid of spending an entire day formatting and rebuilding and not be in a position where it works well enough and be disappointed that I lost my setup that worked fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11's adoption is much slower compared to Windows 10, claims Dell⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve used the regkey hack years ago, but recent ones seemed more difficult to bypass. I ended up using a USB stick as well and formatted it with Rufus which has all the options built in to bypass it all. It worked 100% of the time the 3 times I used it. Before doing that 2 systems just wouldnt complete and always ended up giving an error at some point. One of my older systems at work is a Dell Precision which came with a Xeon processor which is normally a server CPU and windows 11 doesnt support server at all so those CPUs aren’t compatible. Been running 11 on it 2 years now and is completely stable. The tower is almost 10 years old now, but I dont want to give it up because I know ill never get anything nearly as powerful as a replacement today haha.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11's adoption is much slower compared to Windows 10, claims Dell⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I would imagine a big reason being that windows 11 doesnt work on a ton of older systems which meant nobody upgraded to it and instead lived out the life of the hardware until they actually needed to buy something new. The crazy part to me is older systems wasnt even that long ago. I remember when 11 came out and saw a bunch of systems only 2 years old that weren’t compatible. I said screw it and just forced it on them and honestly I have had no issues on about 3 different systems so whatever I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨True⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I never thought of it that way, but now I see why they push hard for auto pay. Thats dark.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stupid recipe ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is like my wife, but with ordering food. Buys a specialty sandwich but removes everything that makes it what it is. Then has the audacity to say it wasnt very good…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Holy shiiiiit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually thought he did it so the family wouldnt lose anything. Since he never resigned wouldnt the family also have received benefits from his death. Maybe im wrong, but I felt like I read that a while back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Quick question, can you buy a pc and run the same OS and version of steam that this pc they built uses? Im assuming its the same as steam deck. Just wondering if you could build it exactly the same outside just installing steam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Drain pipe repair - Proflex couplings?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Weirdly enough I just had this done in my place. Word of advice, replace as much of the copper as you can in that area. If you have 1 leak now theres a good chance another one along that line will pop up not long after. I should know since I had about 5 leaks in 10 years. We finally ripped out all the walls so we could do the entire run to prevent any new ones again. The link you sent was exactly what we used to link the existing pipe where we cut to the new PVC pipe put in its place. Just make sure both pieces fit snug together through the connector before tightening and thats it. To cut the pipe out we just used a sawzall with proper blade to cut through it.

  I really didnt know much about any of this so most of this was from the help of my father who pretty much does everything lol. So I hope my advice is correct as he is not a plumber but just someone who does everything. With that said he has done 2 full remodels of houses basically himself and passed inspections on them without issues so I do trust his advice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DFRobot router board with a CM4⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol dont complain to much. You could be like me were i only have 1 option and although they just now released fiber earlier this year, im not paying the price for it. I’ve been stuck on 200mbps down and 30mbps up for years now and I’m paying as much if not more than people a few towns over that get 1gb. Also my ISP has no plan that allows over that upload speed no matter what plan you pick.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google’s Sundar Pichai says the job of CEO is one of the ‘easier things’ AI could soon replace⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Quick we need an answer from our CEO ASAP! Sorry currently AWS and Cloudflare are down so were SOL.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 to add an AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders, warns of security risk⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why not use LTSC instead? It shouldn’t include many of these changes it has done or will do. I know since windows 10 the separation between workstation and server has deepened and I believe app compatability is less due to it. I even remember a few apps I wanted to install on server wouldnt let me unless I buy a business license because it detected I was using server and assumed I was a business because of the OS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And it's BILL by a... Er... Uh...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Man just think, when he was caught for that bj I can only imagine what his thoughts where. Like “I cant believe I gotta go through all of this, boy if they only knew about the other stuff I do from day to day.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, I agree. My price is just speculation. Also, Xbox is done. They had a handful of exclusives this year that, as far as I saw, were nothing to sell systems over, and from the looks of it, only Fable is set for next year. As soon as I saw them jump ship with a console and finally share their best games like gears of war, I knew it would only be a matter of time.

  That handheld is also windows only and to late to the party, and your right they just went full pc only at a price nobody will pay when you can probably get your own pc that will have little difference. They will be with Sega soon enough and probably use the companies they purchased to continue creating games for everyone else and maybe just focus on the windows store for semi exclusivity after the pc thing fizzles out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  On the one hand, i get it. It will be for enthusiasts only if that’s the case. On the other hand, I feel like for the amount of profit this company brings in, I am a little shocked that they don’t even try to cut the price back a bit to sell more. I guess whats the point when you don’t even have to do this at all and it sounds like the entire project is just a fun way to spend some time seeing what you can come up with and sharing that with the people that can afford to buy cool things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon is cracking down on illegal streaming on its Fire TV Stick⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t specify what apps… how broad will this be? The good news is i was already looking for alternatives a few months ago, and I think i see a few that will be a better solution anyway. Screw Amazon, and i hope they underestimate the percentage of people that only use this for those reasons. From everyone I know, I am pretty sure none of them use it for just legitimate reasons. I dont even use it for illegal streaming, but will they consider apps like plex, emby, and jellyfin as potential threats?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you ready for a $1,000 Steam Machine? Some analysts think you should be.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The article i saw a few days ago specifically mentioned that they didn’t really talk about the price but when asked if it would cost more than the ps5 pro they didnt really say no and only offered that it will be priced accordingly to the hardware used to make it. To me, that most likely means it’s going to cost around $1k. The absolute max is would ever be willing to pay is like $600. I have no doubt it will sell, but at that $1k price, they will severely limit the group of people that will be buying it. Honestly, if that is the cost, they should be shying away from even associating it as a console and just market it as a PC due to how people think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When done right it's the hardest job in the world⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Misery loves company.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our first look at the Steam Machine, Valve’s ambitious new game console⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It looks cool, but to me, if it’s not being offered for around $500, then it’s just a pc replacement in my eyes. From the questions he asked, it definitely seems like it’s going to cost more than $800.

  Good timing though, get your system out first before the next generation starts releasing at the end of next year or 2027. From what I have seen, the first to release generally does the best.

  My problem seems to be how much it talks about the ps5. It’s been 5 years, so of course, better hardware can fit into smaller space. My problem with that is generally any hardware that compacts it this much will run into heating issues a few years into owning it so I would absolutely prefer the bigger ps5 anyday which has shown no issues so far. Also, they were comparing it to the ps5 alot which is a 5 year old system. I would hope it does significantly better!

  I also would like to know more about the OS. Is it just the steam deck OS slapped on this, or is it customized more? I would want/hope they deliver the things that a console offers and more that make it more convenient than just a PC.

  Overall, I am interested in this, but if it really does costs as much as I think it will, I am not sure who this will ultimately be marketed to, and I could be wrong, but I doubt it will sell enough for them to say it was a success lets make more. They do have the money to throw at it though, so I guess that was enough for them to take a stab at it after the success of the steam deck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bank Workers, Rejoice!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, I thought it is actually not allowed in a lot of states to live in your car.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The best mod would be changing it from batteries to a cell phone style rechargeable battery. At least then I wouldn’t care as much of how quick it dies since im not replacing a ton of batteries every day. Even rechargeable ones, you still gotta take them out and put them back, which is annoying as well.

  I miss mine as well. I remember as a kid our grandmother got me and a few cousins it for Xmas one year. I also remember breaking it the following year during a parent kid picnic at school where it got crushed. I still remember it, which says a lot because I have very few memories from way back then!