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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AT&T says it won’t build fiber home Internet in half of its wireline footprint⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Moved to a new location. Options were Cox, who had 1Gbps+ service over coax or something like 30 Mbps with AT&T. For similar pricing. I hate both, but no shit I’m going with Xfinity. Keep asking AT&T if they are ever going to get fiber. Nope, nope, and nope. But they keep sending folks by, trying to sell shitty internet along with satellite tv.

  Fast forward a few years. Ezee Fiber comes through, I drop Cox the second they can plug into my house.

  Not two weeks later, AT&T comes knocking, “Hey, we’ve got fiber now, want to roll with us?”

  Haha, fuck off. (I didn’t say that, dude’s just trying to make a paycheck, but I was thinking it when I politely said no thank you.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨human anteaters⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There was a brief moment, while I was going through SERE training, in the Navy; it was before we were “captured” but long enough that I hadn’t eaten in a while. We were in the low mountains of SoCal, dry and hot. Whenever we would stop movement for a money and take a seat, I could smell when an ant was on me.

  I didn’t recognize what the smell was at first until I saw an ant, after smelling it. I hooked him on my finger and brought him close to my nose and it was clear, he was the source.

  I couldn’t describe it very well though, not a common smell to me. Never experienced it since.

  Maybe it was the combination of no food or bathing, and heightened stress. My SiL also went through SERE, says she has no idea what I was talking about, and just makes fun of me about it. But she’s also the type of person who would lie about it, just to fuck with me.

  So who knows.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bro 😭😭⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A. Who gives a fuck if Stamos didn’t actually shave his head.

  B. Fuck Dave Coulier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You Pay For It, We Own It - Sony's $7.9B Lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Unskippable ads, required downloaded updates, region restrictions…

  Nah, I’m downloading that fucking car, I’m done giving movie studios chances to be reasonable.

  They were good for a bit, but they are a slave to stock value and their finance bros will take every opportunity to squeeze you for revenue, ruining every experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When that major drama unfolded with him getting booted then re-hired. It was super fucking obvious that it was all about the money, the data, and the salesmanship He is nothing but a fucking tech-bro. Part Theranos, part Musk, part SBF, part (whatever that pharma asshat was), and all fucking douchebag.

  AI is fucking snake oil and an excuse to scrape every bit of data like it’s collecting every skin cell dropping off of you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do our brains process reality? I heard our eyes were just low-res cameras and our brains were doing all the heavy lifting in 'rendering' reality.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can train your subconscious! Well, at least influence it’s decisions. Videogames are a great example. Trained reaction/response. Repeated response to similar stimulus can create a trade ned a conscious response.

  However, I have difficulty, especially now that I’m older, where subconscious and conscious will compete and I will lose acuity of what I actually did.

  That and my memory is getting worse. :/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bulletproofing America’s Classrooms - Ballistic armor companies are marketing protective products designed for the military to parents and schools⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Most schools make you buy a clear backpack, so they wouldn’t be able to use these anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you buy "self-hosted in a box" hardware?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would be willing to pay an initial setup fee followed by some maintenance fee. I would expect the initial fee to be significant due to a custom setup/requirements. (I am talking just setup, not cost of hardware/ physical installation).

  Unique home network with 2 managed switches.

  Self hosted security DVR, automated computer backup, photo backup, network drive for document storage and then self hosting a Jellyfin server along with a torrent service.

  (I am sweating just thinking about trying to set that up)

  Storage will be a RAID setup where I can just upgrade by throwing a new drive into an open slot and replace (as necessary) existing drives by just swapping them out and server automatically handles the data management.

  I have a VAGUE idea of what that takes

  Maintenance would cover service calls to resolve problems due to security updates/patches, end of life upgrades, normal planned maintenance type of stuff.

  User caused issues should be extra :) (i.e. I was just trying to install a Minecraft server)

  Couple hundred bucks, at least, for setup. And that seems cheap.

  I would pay $10-20 a month for a maintenance fee after an initial setup fee.

  I would MUCH rather give my money to an individual sysadmin than a corporate megalith that will use my membership to force an arbitration clause to any future service of theirs I use. Fuck the mouse. Fuck em all. I tried to do it right and that still want enough for them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you buy "self-hosted in a box" hardware?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would be happy if I could pay you to just set up and periodically check my setup. I only say that because I would probably want to put together something that cost more than $150. But I am absolutely overwhelmed by what I don’t know. Every tutorial I read gives me more questions than answers.

  I just want to self host, share it with a close circle of friends, and keep everyone else’s noses out of my business.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the safest way for a partially disabled person in the USA to use prison for food and shelter as an alternative to dying homeless in a gutter on a cold rainy night?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Let us know which town. Sounds like it’s already full of trash.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh jeez⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think you’ve seen some of these movies if you think it has anything to do with how sad it made them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do Texas residents afford electricity?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Umm, what?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do Texas residents afford electricity?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Close but not correct.

  It’s an established marketplace, where legislated “middlemen” buy from the utilities and then sell to the consumer.

  You can’t actually buy directly from the utility generating the power without going through the marketplace.

  It is sold as a “free market” that would drive competition and keep prices down. In actuality, it just allows leaches, who don’t actually produce anything, to sit in the middle and suck money out of the economy.

  Sure some of them will lose money, while others will make a billion, but the system works just fine as a regulated controlled monopoly.

  Texas is a perfect example of Republican hypocrisy. The Governor, Lt Governor, State AG, etc… are quite literally the worst kind of politicians.

  I seriously dislike Sheila Jackson Lee, but I feel bad about her situation.

  I would laugh if that wheel chaired, piece of shit rolled off a cliff.

  I would laugh if Dan Patrick caught on fire.

  On second thought, I might use Ken Paxton to put out the fire, by that I mean, push him onto Dan, hoping he would catch on fire too.

  Shit, that went a lot darker than I intended.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USA| Three dead and millions without power as Tropical Storm Beryl hits Texas⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m stuck without power too.

  Let’s hope they get both of ours back on before the height of the heat today.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USA| Three dead and millions without power as Tropical Storm Beryl hits Texas⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree with you.

  They would have to convince the Public Utilities Commission, and the cost would be passed to the subscriber. But I think it would clearly be worth it ok the long run.

  They may already be working toward this, since it is already being done along a nearby major road.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USA| Three dead and millions without power as Tropical Storm Beryl hits Texas⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A. You are not wrong. B. All the damn trees knocking out power lines everywhere. Beryl just said fuck you to all the cedars and live oaks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USA| Three dead and millions without power as Tropical Storm Beryl hits Texas⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Weird they fucked up a pretty big detail that Beryl had grown back into a Cat 1 by the time it hit the Texas coast.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two people⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you can go past accusations. The transcripts were released so there are official records where he admitted to the acts, and she has always been up front about it, once it came out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Martin Sheen!?

  That’s President Kennedy, you idiot!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moderna’s mRNA cancer vaccine works even better than thought⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I use to agree with you but that metric sailed a long to me ago. All pricing, everywhere now, is based on how much they think people will pay, not cost plus a reasonable profit.

  A $1300 iPhone probably cost around $200 to actually produce, and that covers development.

  Any cost savings on production, or cheaper materials, is profit passed on to the stockholder. It does not go to workers and certainly does not go to a cheaper sales price.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This article uses “nano” way too much for me to take it seriously. It is written like a marketing piece.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is she making KD at 1:30 am?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  We got ground beef once. Life hasn’t peaked that high since.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A hidden deposit of lithium in a US lake could power 375 million EVs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to fly out here when practicing low-level desert flight (helicopters, I was an aircremwan).

  We would land right next to the lake but not overfly it. At night, it was like a perfect mirror.

  But man did it smell, it was eerie af, and the dust sometimes made all your gear stink for days.

  I seem to recall an orange? grove that grew next to where we would land. I always wondered if it’s proximity to the Salton Sea affected their taste.

  It continually got worse and worse, and this was back in 2003-2012, while I was out there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't know how to title this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  NSFW?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What were your top favorite video games as a kid?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Adventure of Link

  Ultimately V

  Ultimately VI

  Wing Commander

  I guess I really liked Origin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where 'machines can make all the food and stuff' isn't a bad idea⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  We will absolutely have automation but the workers will just be fired and all profits will be absorbed by the stockholder.

  No cost savings will be passed on the other consumer either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨art⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I see your mom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The actor is in the new Ahsoka series, but he’s one of the Night Troopers and so you never see his face. :/