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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get Free IPTV Trial⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why I can’t stand IPTV services. Piracy at home? No big deal. Lots of community, mostly free, lots of good vibes. IPTV just steals for the cash grab, and likely will rob you blind on their way out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of public figures, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Virgin’s Richard Branson urge AI ‘superintelligence’ ban⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  He left a meeting to soak his feet in a toilet and didn’t believe in taking baths or showers. I wonder if his skin cells went towards science.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Sodium-Ion Battery Revolution Has Started⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  80? Shit, I have my phone set at 85…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of public figures, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Virgin’s Richard Branson urge AI ‘superintelligence’ ban⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I will never forget when he was told years later in an interview that an Atari job Steve Jobs sent his way to code Breakout was for $700, and split it 50/50. Woz was told the real amount was $5k with a $5k bonus, and he got 350 for it. He cried. He thought they were best friends, and knew in that moment his friend wasn’t real. It amazes me he didn’t piss on Job’s grave.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of public figures, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Virgin’s Richard Branson urge AI ‘superintelligence’ ban⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Generations are 10 years now? Holy shit I’m Methusala. I’ve gone through four!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of public figures, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Virgin’s Richard Branson urge AI ‘superintelligence’ ban⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Gonna need more. I’ve always heard good things about him and he seems to care less about wealth and greed and more about playing with tech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok, so I’ve never heard of this before. How does this differ from packet radio?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  We homeschool our daughter. Saw a cool history through film course that taught with an example movie every week to grow interest… nothing in the itinerary said they’d play a video of Columbus by PragerU. They refused the refund, as it was 2 weeks in, and said it was used to foment conversation, but no other video was being offered or no questions were prepared to challenge the children. I worded my letter to call out the facts about Columbus vs the video, and the lack of accreditation of the source. I tried not to be the “lib”, but I very much got the gist that’s their opinion of me, and how they brushed me off. That fucking site is a plague on common sense, decency, and truth. Still fired up, and it was last month. We pulled her out of the course immediately after the video.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ISPs created so many fees that FCC will kill requirement to list them all⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I won’t say who, but I used to work for a large telco. Seeing their charges, it was x plan with y equipment fee. I have had two other ISPs in the past 2 years, one of which was Comcast. I had x plan with no equipment fee (I just bought a cable modem, cause fuck leaving my router even slightly exposed). What fucking companies came up with these other bs fees? Or are we talking phones? Cause yeah, that’s all kinds of fee fuckery

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Technology Connections] Video projectors used to be ridiculously cool [34:39]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw my first Jaguar system there… and was immediately told I’d never have one because of its expense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Texas National Guard arriving in Chicago⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They picked the perfect guys for Chicago. I hope they brought their beers and their wings for… “DA BEARS!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Texas National Guard arriving in Chicago⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno, the Rodney King riots were pretty damn crazy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Technology Connections] Video projectors used to be ridiculously cool [34:39]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was a kid, so don’t remember everything as my Dad explained it, but it used a more powerful magnetron with a pulse system and used a fan to blow the heat. It also cooked hot pockets without leaving the outside cold and lava inside. Moreso than that, I don’t remember as it was a tech geek dad talking to a 12yr old teenager that only cared to listen to the first half. I was a shit, and I regret ignoring the trove of knowledge that man had.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Technology Connections] Video projectors used to be ridiculously cool [34:39]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The safety warning about CRTs is no joke. My dad used to work appliance repair in the 80s. These guys were all well trained in that shop. They had a shelf of tvs with dates on them. No tv was to even be looked at until at least 3 days from dropoff, then they discharged the capacitors. They hated the tvs most, because they ran test after test before plugging them back in. I miss the free crap Dad would drag in due to missed payments or abandoned electronics. We had a 24 in industrial microwave that I miss to this day. I could be lazy and microwave anything in that damn thing, regardless of metal content, and could defrost a small turkey.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not much different than grabbing the neighbors and telling them to say a few statements as witnesses, false or true. A new spin on an old game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We don't use the word 'fascist' because we wish harm on anybody. We use it because words mean things.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a short video. Didn’t Jonathan write that one, too?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We don't use the word 'fascist' because we wish harm on anybody. We use it because words mean things.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We sit at the feet of Warmbo, he shall bless us with his corn cream…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You should know how to coil cables⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That one is only useful for pull ropes. That method somehow magically gives it like 4x the strength while being half the length. I had an arborist buddy show it to me and he explained they use it for moving trees before they start cutting near downed lines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to Get Hardware Transcoding BACK on Your Synology NAS⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  OMV took me some time to learn and setup, but I love the thing. I wish it had a file manager with root access thoigh. Learned to do without though, and with Docker really no need.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI plans to launch an AI-only TikTok clone⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The only AI I kinda like on TT are the ones that write jokes, then run a video prompt to speak the parts. Are they good at being comedians? Yes. Are they video artists? No. Do I like seeing Gary the stormtrooper get constantly harassed? Yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Secret Service traced swatting threats against officials. They found 300 servers capable of crippling New York’s cell system⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So each of these is in theory connected to several towers and microcells. Assuming they all connect to the same provider, how in the hell does it not raise eyebrows that a 1000+ phones are sitting powered on 24/7 at one location? I’d assume that many towers could provide location data down to a couple of feet accuracy. Seems like someone was purposely ignoring this farm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hyperbaric oxygen chamber⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Listened to a tale of a kid with adhd thrown into one of these and the moron doctors didn’t follow proper safety. Apparently it’s not just a fire, it’s like a goddamn plasma burn. No way on hell do you survive. Better to let a person burn quickly rather than attempt rescue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The search for anti-gravity propulsion⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel we’ll figure out teleportation before anti gravity, which is to say probably never.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do I want people to die? Nope. Live forever, or of old age or whatever. Do I want people to stop belittling others and spreading hatred and lies and for them to cease it forever? Yes. Do I wish that Kirk saw the light or the end of a gravy train and apologized publicly and disavowed all his bs? I wanted this more than anything. I would also love to see the other propagandists and conspiracists maybe think hard about consequences of their actions and cease their lies, but I live in the real world, unlike them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would stop you from switching to a flip phone (or dumbphone) in 2025?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Anytime your phone reaches out to towers it’s being tracked. Hell, HAM radio operators can be tracked with gprs just by micing up. It’s part of the reason I still have my license. The other is having a backup if I go somewhere with no phone reception. I don’t have an ear for code but I can pump out SOS or scream mayday on all the frequencies (and yeah, of course it’s a flashed handset, I will pay fines if it means mine or others lives are saved)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I got Windows 11 just because my work pc was Win 11. I learned where everything got moved. I use Bazzite Linux at home now. Loving it. Learned a lot and I’m still learning. Now I need to learn how to overwrite Windows 11 with an older version without fudging my GRUB (again, I really don’t like having to fix that thing)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How to stop crime in America in one easy step: lose all laws. Runnerup solution: hold wealthy accountable to existing laws and remove loopholes for the elite, allowing wealth inequality to balance and improve access to education and basic human needs. One to me seems more practical, but I’d bet that many see both as equally horrible solutions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Huawei unveils new trifold smartphone before Apple’s iPhone 17 reveal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s slated for invention in 2031. Gotta stick to the 6 year rule. Can’t be too blatant about IP theft.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nexar Turns Dashcams into ‘Virtual CCTV Cameras.’ Then Hackers Got In⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I use wyzecams cause they’re cheap. I have thought about maybe adding a dvr drive to my nas and adding a docker container for them instead of wyze software. But I also just use them for outdoor use, watching my driveway and doors. Was disappointed that paying for one camera instead of sdcard only mode didn’t retrieve footage when my sdcard failed, so stopped paying. I only show what I view as public though. So not too worried about privacy. I live on a secluded drive, and most visitors are raccoons and opossums (which is why I have one camera on chickens)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Shipping is still free if orders are over $35. Add to cart, order when you have enough. Their 2 day shipping has become bs these days anyhow. “It’s 2 days from when the order is processed.” I bought the shit, money came out of my account, it’s processed. I have made a legal exchange with the expectation that your mutli billion company can place an order and box shit near immediately from 50+ warehouses. I order in the morning, and you’re telling me it took you 2 days to get that order with a preprinted label onto a truck?