sudo = shut up dammit, obey!

He should know, he’s the one that put a shotgun in its mouth over a decade ago.

You’ve got upper management written all over you.

We need a decent replacement for this, stat. Once they go into IPO mode it’s gonna get real shitty, real fast.

That is an important point that I missed in what I read of the article before I got grossed out. Thanks. I’m still not sure about this line of research because if (when?) they do make something that achieves a level of sentience, consciousness, or even just the ability to feel, will it be able to signal to us that it is happy, content, in agony, mental anguish, etc? The thought of being trapped in that situation is terrifying.

Yeah and it was just a bunch of sedated live rats pinned to little trays with their brains exposed and a bunch of shit stuck everywhere into their bodies that I had to see while working on the lab computers.

I’m not going to get into an argument about whether there’s value in animal research (I think there is) but there’s some horrifying shit that comes with it, and I’m just pointing out that I’ve directly worked with plenty of scientists that are completely unfazed by that shit. So while it may be a few cells on a mesh now, they won’t stop at that.

The hard truth is that there are a lot of completely un-empathetic scientists out there.

Some of the shit I saw them doing to animals when I worked for Baxter still makes me sick when I think about it. And I only had to go into that lab a couple times.

The right drugs will get you a real girlfriend.

I guess you are saying you only run Kodi? Yes it is Kodi with the jellyfin plugin talking to a jellyfin server that is the source of the few woes I have with it. Honestly it works really well, but when something is wrong I would say due to the UI it’s beyond most non-technical people to sort it out easily.

Uh yeah. What else is new? This is why nobody should be using ANY of their stuff. They are objectively a force bent on social destruction for profit. By using any of their services or buying any of their products, you are contributing whether you agree with them or not.

And even with the increase it’s still a freakin’ bargain. Such a good game!

I mean, it’s free and it does work, so I won’t complain, but I wouldn’t push this on any but my most technical friends.

I am cringing in horror at how poorly my factories would run on a Switch. Do you find playing it to be an acceptable experience?

He’s basically saying “suck it up, buttercup”. They think people are going to have no choice but pay these prices, with all the crazy shit going on. Maybe the Switch 2 will be successful, but most of my adult video gamer friends have already said they are going to pass. Only the ones that still have small kids are considering it.

I use Kodi with the jellyfin plugin, but I can’t recommend that for ‘normies’ because the interface is not simple, and I still have glitches with it.

I’m also looking for a solution like yours, but wanted you to have that feedback.

Haven’t heard of that, I’ll look into it, thanks

Citation needed.

Yes but I’d still feel gross. I’m probably over-principled. lol

Thanks! Lots of good stuff here. Appreciate your time writing that out!

I used to do custom ROM Android phones but Google is persona non grata with me for the rest of their existence, sadly.