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Good thread, since I hate a lot of “new” things. It’ll be good to read about the good ones.

I’ll add: GrapheneOS (and other custom phone OSes) giving us a choice besides being tracked by the big corpos.

Take me back

I wouldn’t say im stick of it, but it can be a lot of work. It can be frustrating at times, but also rewarding. Sometimes I have to stop working on it for a while when I get stuck.

In any case, I like it a lot better than being Google’s bitch.

You’re in the wrong community to be “getting” things

Ultimately I want to completely replace Plex because it’s enshittifying and I am migrating to FOSS solutions wherever possible.

However it is very convenient with Plex since it handles the server and client ends very seamlessly, and the PlexAmp apps are really superb, especially for non technical family users.

Lidarr to get music, PlexAmp to listen to it. Might migrate to Navidrome in the future.

8 year olds, dude

There is no wrong end

For the same validation they get today on Instagram

Your votes on reddit or facebook are profiled and sold to every data broker on the planet.

Making them public just removes the illusion that they are private in the first place

It’s also the result of being put on the spot with a microphone in your face. Like that girl who couldn’t name “a woman”

They’re backwards

I suppose it isnt really Rogue-like

All problems are structural

The day before Valentine’s, when they’re hoping to get laid

That’s what enthusiasts might mean by “smart home” But businesses are thinking more like “put a wiretap in your living room that we can play ads through”

True Roman memes for true Romans

A well put summary. Here’s the NYT analysis he showed:

https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010631041/minneapolis-ice-shooting-video.html

It really does make the truth irrefutable.

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Havent seen one of these chairs in decades