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I’ll agree that competition is not as robust.
However, it will be interesting to see how many “non-techy” people discover how easy it is to find content for free without ads.
I’ll agree that competition is not as robust.
However, it will be interesting to see how many “non-techy” people discover how easy it is to find content for free without ads.
So, the dictionary is not a gold-standard.
It is, in fact, the opposite and in very simplified terms, just a book of how people currently pronounce words and their meaning today. Think of it more as a record book for the time it was printed, rather than a rule book; living languages are funny like that.
If you would like to know more, I highly recommend Word by Word written by Kory Stamper, one of the editors for the Merriam-Websters Dictionary.
I definitely would argue most people don’t ever work 8 hours a day.
Even when I was scheduled in a factory, I had 10-15min here, 30min there of downtime waiting on the line, going poo, being told to change posts, watching people drop pallets and then everyone scrambling to pick up the spill.
That’s why I’ll always advocate work from home. Get your shit done, and get on with life.
It’s a very hard line to tow.
I think the death penalty should really only be allowed for mass murder / enslavement.
However, I doubt any billionaires are innocent of enslaving people, even if it’s “I paid them ($0.07 / day, which is slave wages)!” So, fuck the ultra rich. They didn’t get there by hard work; they got there by exploiting people and the system. Finances are not unlimited, so funneling that much money to yourself means you are directly depriving whole communities of livelihood and, almost always, actual life.
Well, Putin did increase his army by 1…
For my current use, (mostly screen sharing) I think it has to be connected.
Also, I think most smart tvs require regular updates or they “won’t work”.
It’s worth a shot though, I’ll have to look into it.
All I found in a cursory search were commercial displays. But I’ll keep looking.
I’ve got a 30"? VISIO that’s over 13 years old and doing just fine. I’d love to get another something of that quality; planned obsolescence sucks.
Unless you’re trying to achieve 4K on a projector, you definitely don’t need a $12k model.
Similarly, sound is dependent on the user. I’ve used many projectors that had decent speakers. Yes, speakers can be expensive, but not outlandish unless you’re going for an audiophile set, but then you’re going to drop money either way because most TVs don’t have movie theatre level speakers.
I’m just interested in having a big enough picture without paying a fortune or having unskippable ads while I play Horizon: Forbidden West.
An $80 projector works just fine for me.
I’m not trying to build a theatre or anything here.
This citizen kombats.
This is my thought:
Good enough laptops are about $200, and Linux is free.
Then there are fairly good projectors for like $80 or less that have hdmi, av, rgb, etc. with an led bulb.
So, grand total about $300 for a massive screen and zero ads.
Lemme c if I can xplan.
Hot air goes up.
Rocks ata top are also up.
So, more hot at the top makes the rocks hotter ad hotter, lika microwav, until they boil and melt tye tip of the mountain of, then, boom, volcano.
Add some quality of life to this by installing multi-layer plastic sheets with perforation at the wall for easy cleanup when you forget whether your current shoes are indoor or outdoor.
Agreed.
The carpet is for my comfort, I’m not hosting it.
This reminds me of a similar discussion on reddit, years ago, about garbage disposal care: The absurdity argument was someone referencing a plumber who told them that the only thing that should ever go into the disposal is water.
So, any recs. on good dumb tvs?
I’m upgrading to a projector soon, but also would love a few screens with actual buttons on the device incase of the inevitable remote loss.
That’s pretty cool!
Mine have names too, sort of like positions on the bridge, I guess?
[HopingForBetter], or just my name, is usually deciding what to pay attention to.
Vega is the one that’s usually analyzing.
Francesca wants to have fun.
And then there’s Vivian, the destroyer of worlds…
Me, of course.
I like that the way to beat it is to go, Hmm… and move on.
I’m sure for most people, this is somewhat disturbing.
However, I have at least 3 voices going in my head at any given time, and they cycle.
One is figuring out what’s happening.
One is analyzing what was just happening.
One is talking to itself.
All while I decide which one is the most interesting.
Hey, thanks for letting me know I need to block you and your community.
K, thx, bi!
Those poor multi-billion dollar…
Nope, I cannot even finish typing that sentence.
Fuck 'em.