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Germany Adds Sports Streaming Site 'TotalSportek' to Pirate Site Blocklist. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I, for one, thank the German government for introducing me to a new site.

Could you do me a favour and make this post look like a Reddit post? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I also choose this guy's dead wife.

US Gov to explore requiring 3d printer manufacturers and software developers to contain controls to prevent users from manufacturing firearms components in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can't 3D print a gun, but you can buy one without a background check. Brilliant.

US Gov to explore requiring 3d printer manufacturers and software developers to contain controls to prevent users from manufacturing firearms components in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Never stopped them before from still passing half-assed laws.

What percentage of phone calls (to your personal phone) do you answer? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm in the opposite camp - never answer calls from area codes same as mine. Scammers now target numbers with same area code as the one they're spoofing. If also the first 3 digits after the area code match too, that's an even higher chance of a scam.

Man Arrested for Sharing Copyright Infringing Nude Scenes Through Reddit. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

It is. And don't call me Shirley.

Pure evil in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

If you think that these days resumes actually reach developers, I have an AI company to sell you.

The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I would like to see these publishers take on OpenAI, Midjourney and others, who basically said that copyright laws should not apply to them because AI would be "impossible" without them having free access to everything.

The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

you can be certain that these publishers don’t know that you exist

I think it's better this way.

Engineers Gave a Mushroom a Robot Body and Let It Run Wild in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Someone tell those scientists that Season 2 of Last of Us is coming soon.

it's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

... but can become president.

it's election season, Beehaw, so — what are your thoughts on compulsory (mandatory) voting? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Can we first stop voter suppression, please?

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Smart Tube Next, ReVanced, or something similar on Roku? (beehaw.org)
 

I recently got clued into the fact that you can enable side-loading on Roku devices. However, I have no idea where to get the apps for it. Since Rokus don't run Android, I can't install APKs like I did on my Nvidia Shield TV. Could someone please point me in the right direction?

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The smart(shit)ification of TVs pisses me off. (beehaw.org)
 

I absolutely hate "smart" TVs! You can't even buy a quality "dumb" panel anymore. I can't convince the rest of my family and friends that the only things those smarts bring are built-in obsolescence, ads, and privacy issues.

I make it a point to NEVER connect my new 2022 LG C2 to the Internet, as any possible improvements from firmware updates will be overshadowed by garbage like ads in the UI, removal of existing features (warning: reddit link), privacy violations, possible attack vectors, non-existent security, and constant data breaches of the manufacturers that threaten to expose every bit of personal data that they suck up. Not to mention increased sluggishness after tons of unwanted "improvements" are stuffed into it over the years, as the chipset ages and can no longer cope.

I'd much rather spend a tenth of the price of my TV on a streaming box (Roku, Shield TV, etc.) and replace those after similar things happen to them in a few years. For example, the display of my OG 32-inch Sony Google TV from 2010 ($500) still works fine, but the OS has long been abandoned by both Sony and Google, and since 2015-16 even the basic things like YouTube and Chrome apps don't work anymore. Thank goodness I can set the HDMI port as default start-up, so I don't ever need to see the TV's native UI, and a new Roku Streaming Stick ($45) does just fine on this 720p panel. Plus, I'm not locked into the Roku ecosystem. If they begin (continue?) enshitifying their products, there are tons of other options available at similar price.

Most people don't replace their TVs every couple of years. Hell, my decade old 60-inch Sharp Aquos 1080p LCD TV that I bought for $2200 back in 2011 still works fine, and I only had to replace the streamer that's been driving it twice during all this time. Sony Google TV Box -> Nvidia Shield TV 2015 -> Nvidia Shield TV 2019. I plan to keep it in my basement until it dies completely before replacing it. The Shield TV goes to the LG C2 so that I never have to see LG's craptastic UI.

Sorry, just felt the need to vent. Would be very interested in reading community's opinions on this topic.

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