I feel like that would be really bad for their business and so they’ll be not inclined to do so…

Define hassle? Can be different things for different people Did you check megathread already?

I’ve been quite enjoying AM too

This looks great!

Gotcha. Thanks!

I’m aware of that. But it’s similar I assume to encrypted traffic to, say, a Usenet provider? Where the content itself isn’t identifiable vs just where it’s from (and thus what type).

I ask because vpn makes sense to me for torrents where you seed and thus upload, but I assume there is no uploading with iptv? So unless it’s common for users to be held accountable - I’m trying to understand the purpose in this specific use case.

Is the connection to iptv providers typically not encrypted? I understand the vpn if you just don’t want to be shown interacting at all - but beyond that does it matter?

They DO have free choice to choose. Just as the site is free to choose who they list and what criteria they use for such. They’re not entitled to get listed if they don’t align with the site’s policies.

Choices doesn’t mean free from consequences or entitled to anything you want.

Music and software/games. Both are convenient and relatively affordable to access. Software I will try to find non-subscription based or open source options if available.

It really brings me down when I think about how many people died due to the orange turd.

How is it defamatory if it’s true?

Yea…anyone who has asked chatgpt to help them fix a piece of code or write one would know it requires a lot of human editing/good prompting. And a lot of time, what I was trying to accomplish still wouldn’t work.

That may not be the why, but making it more difficult gives people time to stop and think.

Imagine how many snap decisions we make in life due to just ease.

Not to mention, it’s probably harder to save someone from a gunshot to the head vs a OD.

Even that is generous. He is good at buying others innovation and tying them to his brand. 2 years ago I would’ve said he was also good at his own PR (I was wrong lol).

I remember coming home from 5th grade and seeing this on the news. It was surreal since America, even as a minority, seemed just… I had a different image before.

Now I’m a jaded adult and you’re right, the cracks started to show soon after. I appreciated how people came together and then……the “war on terror”. Def a turning point

I use both but my Reddit usage is down. There are communities there that don’t have a replacement here yet

Stopped reading a third of the way through when I realized this felt like a non-critical piece. Seriously going to repeat Musk’s lie of caring about free speech and then, without any note of criticism, discuss how he wants to get rid of the “woke mind virus.” Like, he shows who he is, and it’s not someone who cares about free speech. And the writer is a crappy biographer if they’re going to let that go unchallenged.

I also found the writing style boring, but that’s more subjective I suppose.

While also being one of the least expensive components, if the trend for consoles follows the price patterns for pc parts.

There’s a reason a freshman writing course is required at a lot of colleges. High school education is inconsistent, especially when you consider how poorly resources are equitably split amongst schools. Critical thinking doesn’t involve just the type of thinking in STEM.

As someone who studied in both STEM and humanities, I’d say this conversation is an example. The fact you genuinely believe precise thinking = critical thinking is why these courses are needed. Too many stem students think they have it figured out, when they don’t, and then go on to embarrass themselves in their careers cause they’re poor communicators or ignorant of others perspectives. Or unwilling to listen because they think they already understand something someone else is expressing to them when they don’t. And they don’t even know how much they’re not understanding cause they’re convinced they are critical thinkers in all the ways that matter, when it’s beyond just the type of problem solving involved in STEM.

I host my own and am happier with it vs Google. Results aren’t amazing, but they’re at least more well-rounded and I’m not letting google continue to build a profile on me.