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I agree.

On the other hand, cellular is pretty much critical infrastructure at this point with no pay phones. Also it took down some 911.

I suggest you frame the issue incorrectly as well.

First, I dont disagree with the notion that cellular networks are now critical infrastructure, and need extra regulation. They have some, but indeed they are still a for profit entity. There will always be motivation for making money in bad ways when culture pushes that the only thing that matters is investment returns and bottom lines.

Second, trying to tie government competency to political parties is ridiculous. I'll accept shenanigans and policy, sure. I have worked in a form of government for twenty plus years. There's all political types and all competency. There are some really good ones, and a lot of super shitty ones. Why a lot? Because they'd absolutely be fired for underperforming in the real world.

There is zero incentive to do anything well, fast, thorough, efficient, etc in government. We buy worse products, more expensive because of trying to support disabled small businesses as an example. You can't buy things you need if you didn't get it all at once, do with out. We waste money if there is any extra because of use or loose budgets. People spend millions of dollars on contracts where it was the wrong product or the right product that was missing a feature because the contracting office doesn't know shit about what you need, and they overlooked a line item. They will never be fired. They are hard core whatever party you are. I'm assuming more D since you've been clear about shittimg on R.

Anyone who asserts government can do better has never worked in government. It can however ensure things are done, shitty or not, like Medicare/Medicare. The fraudulent claims are mostly uncaught because the people working there are also overworked, under paid, under resourced, and constrainted by policies, and political shenanigans.

Third, I don't like greed either, but not every instance of something's wrong can be solved by shitting on a political party. I hate both, but I don't feel the need to tie everything to one of them.

Also, you might check this conversation: https://lemmy.world/post/12163117

Don't forget:

There's my regular irritation with capitalism, and then there's kicking it up to full Lemmy. Never go fully Lemmy...

LOL, Gemini is already spitting out reverse biased founding fathers. This is going to be spectacular...

Agree with all.

Will take a significant change for things to revert back IMO.

There's that saying that comes to me, similar to... hard men make good times, good times make soft (greedy/morally bankrupt) men, soft men make hard times.... Now just take the non-gender / misogynistic verson of that as needed :)

Congratz, you found a really shitty malware.

I don't think that's lockbit quality.

Yeah, I'm not sure how to curb the trend of money destroying companies and countries.

It's hard to incentivize not being greedy.

There's plenty of billboards/ads/magazines/etc idealizing rich athletes, celebrities, CEOs, etc. There's no MTV cribs for modest/honest/hard working single parents, community volunteers, small business owners who kept their own pay lower to afford employee's medical benefits, etc.

There's no awards show for most humble (ha), most improved, most selfless, most mentor, etc.

So, with all these negative opinions of reddit and spez, I'm both curious what the business world generally thinks of him, and their plan for the business.

Ultimately, the interesting thing will be if investors will give any money when they IPO.

I personally wouldn't, but because I don't like the leaders. Some people don't care, they just want returns where ever they come.

I'm a bit of a hater for this company, and hope their IPO is a flop. We'll see.

Executives used to be stewards of the company. They took care of brand, and people.

Then we switched to a bottom line focus. Now, profit, stock prices are the only thing that matters.

Shortcuts, layoffs, benefit cuts, etc are the only way to offset not making continuous market growth, and still rack ridiculous profits.

Also, great deal of Americans started not giving a shit about where the product comes from or who makes it. We want the cheapest thing, fast. Just has been our personal priorities.

There's not much incentive for a company to consider it's corporate image, contributions to community and public, etc.

I'd say that's when.

I'm going to be lame here, but I used to just install it as a package on my media computer. It was old school, but super stable and no complaints.

I'm not familiar with that VPN solution, sorry.

I also just created static DNS entry for the media server. Used app on phone. Didn't have to fuss with it. I like Emby now, but used Plex for a while.

For the media server OS, I use Rocky Linux. But it requires you can do Linux, instead of a simple install with gui.

If that's an Intel Mac, you could look at TrueNAS, but that's got caveats you need to learn.

If you roll over to the self host community, hosting media servers is about all they talk about :)

Yeah, I agree with not liking people having that info, but ISPs do, unless you use VPN, and then the VPN does.

We just usually don't hear of that getting leaked from VPN providers since their reputation is on the line.

Data breach would also be a bummer. If a criminal group takes the time to breach a government database, I think it would be wasted effort to try black mailing people over porn access. Unless you're a priest. Then uh oh.

The way you get positive ID that can't be skirted is with government issues ID card with PKI. All US federal employees have ID cards issued by their department. It has certs that let you sign into computers, sign documents, etc. It's 2FA, card and a PIN.

Every driver in the US is supposed to have a driver's license. They just need to add PKI to them. Then you sign into a website with your DL and PIN. You'd never need a million accounts anymore. Caveats apply.