DaleGribble88

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Great film - I think the world would benefit from more people watching it. But it is so depressing, I don't think it is a film everyone should watch.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

2002 ford explorer. You don't see many 20 year old cars on the road at all, but that thing was already a rare sight by 2012 when I ignorantly bought mine.

After owning that pile of scrap for 2 or 3 years, when the 2nd transmission gave way and the front left suspension just sorta collapsed in on itself, I was left surprised that any of those cars survived beyond 2003.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Cant speak to OP, but this was lovely and maybe helped me with some stuff. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

For anyone in the area of Unicoi, TN, there is a group meeting at the high school tomorrow morning to help clean debris and distribute supplies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Depends on the context. I have day-ta, you have dah-ta. They use dah-ta, and their conclusions are supported by the day-ta. That day-tabase holds lots of day-ta, and that dah-ta sent across the network.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Yeah, except my experience, it was in a team speak server, smoking cigarettes over a game of unreal or quake 3 instead of a 3" diameter cigar over a game of chess. Spiritually and effectively the same as in those old biographies though.

For reference, this was at a midsized state university in the south in the early 2010s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I also like the Scorpion King. Even further, I like the Scorpion King franchise, especially 3 and 4

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Titan AE has exactly 50% on Rotton Tomatoes, but I'm giving it a shout out anyway because it is an underrated gem

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Or you use a VPN on your router

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

Ok, will do! You have fun ignoring facts that are contradictory to your worldview. At least we agree that it was "unfair for [you] to get into too much of a back and forth about the video without having any idea what’s in it."

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So, to be clear, after 3 highly confrontational comments about how bad the contents of the video are, you STILL have not watched it? I think you are right, we are done here. This was such a weird pro-ignorance hill to die on.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (4 children)

So, I was right that you didn't watch the video, and instead of watching the video, you STILL did not watch the video. And you STILL don't know what the core of the video is about because AI is shit at summarizing stuff like this. It wants to present a list of talking points, but does not know how to emphasize important parts or highlight which parts were focused on the longest.

I don't have the time to debunk all of this gish-gallop. The main points are that what you identified as "If this was the core of the video, it’d be grand" and "More good stuff" - IS the core of the video - taking up, a roughly estimated, 15 minutes of the 21-minute video runtime. Your speculation that "The solution is not to vote for Biden/Harris" is incorrect, as the actual call to action was to be more active in Democratic primaries. (Specifically calls out George Ladimer vs Jamal Bowman in New York as an example).

Honestly? If this video was being made in 1995 or 2004, it’d be great.

Yeah, pretty much exactly what I said in my original comment. Most of this video is providing historical context and explaining how the modern American political-economic system works.

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

See title - very frustrating. There is no way to continue to use the TV without agreeing to the terms. I couldn't use different inputs, or even go to settings from the home screen and disconnect from the internet to disable their services. If I don't agree to their terms, then I don't get access to their new products. That sucks, but fine - I don't use their services except for the TV itself, and honestly, I'd rather by a dumb TV with a streaming box anyway, but I can't find those anymore.

Anyway, the new terms are about waiving your right to a class action lawsuit. It's weird to me because I'd never considered filing a class action lawsuit against Roku until this. They shouldn't be able to hold my physical device hostage until I agree to new terms that I didn't agree at the time of purchase or initial setup.

I wish Roku TVs weren't cheap walmart brand sh*t. Someone with some actual money might sue them and sort this out...

EDIT: Shout out to @[email protected] for recommending the brand "Sceptre" when buying my next (dumb) TV.

EDIT2: Shout out to @[email protected] for recommending LG smart TVs as a dumb-TV stand in. They apparently do require an agreement at startup, which is certainly NOT ideal, but the setup can be completed without an internet connection and it remembers input selection on powerup. So, once you have it setup, you're good to rock and roll.

 

What non-fiction book could you just not put down? Was it a biography? Some obscure textbook? A collection of papers or speeches? Share your suggestions below!

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