Sendbeer
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- Comment on How can you drive off a gas station with the hose still connected? 9 months ago:
Cool cashier!
- Comment on Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen 9 months ago:
AppleTV would be my recommendation for people that want a clean interface with no ads and they don’t want to or can’t modify an android TV box to a custom launcher. It’s just about a perfect experience right out of the box. It’s a shame about the shitty remote though.
For people willing to get their hands dirty, androidtv having SmartTubeNext is a killer tool for YouTube and for me gives it the edge.
- Comment on Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen 9 months ago:
SmartTubeNext might be the greatest thing about AndroidTV just for the sponsor block. It’s so amazing.
- Comment on Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen 9 months ago:
Pihole helps. If you have androidtv you can setup a custom launcher and avoid it on your interface.
- Comment on Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen 9 months ago:
I did the exact same thing. Also blocked androidtv updates in case Google starts pulling shit regarding custom launchers.
It’s gross how ads are being crammed in every little nook of our lives. Not like the ShieldTv was a cheap device either.
Pretty sad to see Roku going down the same road. Guess forcing a third of the screen devoted to ads just wasn’t enough.
- Comment on Tesla is banned from driving schools because of new turn signals 10 months ago:
Covered in the article. In Norway you are required to signal when exiting a roundabout. It’s a fair concern.
- Comment on Exclusive: Google pushes for antitrust action against Microsoft in UK cloud market 11 months ago:
Microsoft’s search engine is nowhere near as good as Google’s.
I don’t know… Googles search was clearly better five years ago. They clearly still have dominant market share, but they have been shitting up search results the last few years in the name of monetization a lot. I haven’t found their results to be better than bing, at least not by a lot.
Their algorithm is still good, as if I use a search engine that sources from Google, the results are typically what I would expect. But from Google itself, the results have sponsored content barfed all over actual results and it takes a little effort to find what I was searching for.
I have gone on to alternative search engines and been so much happier. I will fallback on Google when I need to, but it’s been extremely rare.
- Comment on 8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests 11 months ago:
Well yeah, if you were paying $50 a GB wouldn’t you too? Got to lock that shit down!
- Comment on 8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests 11 months ago:
If it wasn’t $1600 maybe I could buy that. But at that price I am expecting a little bit more and only including 8 gb is pathetic.
- Comment on If the equator is the hottest part of the world, why aren't the deserts there? 1 year ago:
Someone smart is going to have to answer but it is the lack of rain that defines a desert rather than the temperature. I imagine this is determined by closeness to water, currents, and a million other things. Temperature I am sure is a factor, but far from the only one.
Now hopefully someone smart who actually knows what they are talking about answers. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
- Comment on Longer Commutes, Shorter Lives: The Costs of Not Investing in America 1 year ago:
Looks like we’re going to need a 24 foot ladder.
- Comment on Is It Still Worth Going to the Movies? 1 year ago:
My theater still gives a better experience than what I get at home due to the bigger screen and sound system. That said the loud obnoxious ads they blast at you before the movie starts make going with friends rather pointless and the previews go on forever. It actually makes me angry every time since it costs me $20-30 to go to movie with concessions. So I am going to say no.
There is a drive in theater that is about an hour away I occasionally go to, but other than that I haven’t bothered in ages.
- Comment on Not even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11 1 year ago:
Windows 7 is where Microsoft peaked imo.
- Comment on FCC details plan to restore the net neutrality rules repealed by Ajit Pai 1 year ago:
I think that is written into the Geneva conventions.
- Comment on Netflix Prepares to Send Its Final Red Envelope 1 year ago:
It was a great value! I didn’t constantly subscribe because I am not a big movie buff but I had looked into reupping my sub about 2-3 weeks before they announced the closure but it kept erroring out. I tried a few more times after that figuring it would be fun to ride it off into the sunset as it closed but I think they must have just shut down new subscribers. But $15 a month and very little limitations on what kind of movie you could select. It was Way better than the limited options streaming is giving us.
- Comment on I hate how everything requires you to download a shitty proprietary data harvesting app nowadays when everything can be done just fine without an app. 1 year ago:
That does not sound awesome either. I Leave the apartment locked up, return to find the front door wide open because the battery died while I was out getting milk.
My keypad lock has a regular lock as a backup… Why not just do that.
- Comment on Google Flat-Out Refuses to Bargain With Workers, Prompting YouTube Music Strike 1 year ago:
Yeah, if you do a fair amount of YouTube and want to support the creators without queuing up a bunch of ads it’s a pretty good deal.
- Comment on A cyberattack against Clorox last month that shut down factories has created a nationwide shortage of bleach and cat litter 1 year ago:
Another shortage of bleach you say? I guess we get to double the price again.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Did that guy solo a dragon at the end? Verant really setting up some reasonable expectations there. Lol
- Comment on Apple Announces iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus With USB-C Port, Dynamic Island, Frosted Glass Design 1 year ago:
They’re so fucking slippery too. I can barely use my phone without a case because it tries to slide out of my hand if I attempt to one hand it.
- Comment on Maker of ‘smart’ chastity cage left users’ emails, passwords, and locations exposed 1 year ago:
It’s happened:
- Comment on Maker of ‘smart’ chastity cage left users’ emails, passwords, and locations exposed 1 year ago:
Some things just shouldn’t be connected to the internet.
- Comment on Streaming TV costs now higher than cable, as 'crash' finally hits 1 year ago:
Well, to be fair they are counting streaming ad free versions against cable tvs ad ridden service. Not exactly apples to apples. But yeah, streaming is starting to not look like such a bargain. And it’s going to get worse no doubt. But I quit cable, and I can quit streaming as well. Not sure I even need to pirate, plenty of other low cost entertainment options.
- Comment on Fan Ports PlayStation Classic [WipeOut], Dares Sony To Shut Him Down And Make Its Own 1 year ago:
Oh yeah I agree. It’s got to be a challenge to bring all his characters and plot lines together. Sadly, I think the show is the only ending we are going to get.
- Comment on Fan Ports PlayStation Classic [WipeOut], Dares Sony To Shut Him Down And Make Its Own 1 year ago:
Might give George Martin some incentive to finish Winds of Winter though.