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They admitted, with obvious glee

That’s not realistic. They’d never use real names like “Bobby”.

What’s the point of smartphone colors that will get completely covered by the phone case? And don’t tell me phone cases are not necessary, I’ve accidentally dropped my phone enough times!

(I’m on my 4th smartphone in about 12 years, and I’ve never scratched or cracked a screen)

Users have somehow been trained to ignore and dismiss error messages. Probably from getting too many ad pop-ups.

I’ve been “collecting” content for many years now. I learned most of what I needed to know about ripping and transcoding over the years, such that each time I need to deal with a new video format, or a new application, it’s not too hard, because I’m building on everything I’ve already learned.

And each time I was learning new things, it’s not like there was a risk that all my previous content might suddenly become unusable or inaccessible.

Meanwhile, a couple years ago I was finally able to build myself a proper NAS. While I know my way around Linux somewhat, I never kept a Linux-based daily driver because most of the apps I use regularly are on Windows, and I’m not confident about running them stably in Linux, nor am I confident about equivalent native Linux apps. And I’m not confident about setting up and administering my own server. My past experiences have shown me that whenever you need to do anything complex and specific, it involves a lot of work.

So at a coworker’s suggestion, I got a Synology NAS that turned out to be a breeze to setup. And then I figured out how to get Plex server on there (not available in the Synology package manager, but the “manual” process turned out to be simple enough)

And it just WORKS! it’s not perfect, but it’s mostly painless to use. I was happy paying for the lifetime Plex pass at the beginning, because it handles all the routing and discovery that needs to happen to allow me to stream to my phone, or to my parents’ TV when I’m visiting them.

My next NAS might not be by Synology due to their recent announcement about supported hard drives, but I’ll probably be looking for something that “just works” because I can’t be bothered to learn how to be a sysadmin, and risk losing my stuff because I’m making the kinds of mistakes one makes as they’re learning.

Just like, if I owned a car, I wouldn’t be digging under the hood to “tweak the timing” or replacing brake discs. I’d be happy paying someone I trust to do that work, leaving me with a car that “just works”.

No, that was precisely my thought process.

Alien vs. Predator: whoever wins, we lose

Start a registry for people suffering from erectile dysfunction.

Much of the province of Québec is already boycotting them since January, after they closed all their warehouses here to prevent them from unionizing.

I’ve just been hoping that every meeting Trump has with other heads of state, they bring him a gift of a dozen eggs from their country, while saying something like: “I heard these are hard to come by here, so I thought I’d bring you a treat!”

But like, each one of them does it, at every new meeting, just to irritate and humiliate him.

I’m still hoping something will happen on Mar 10.

Kakistocracy. You’re gonna hear this word more and more over the next 4 years.

“Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate… leads to suffering!”

Kinda simplistic, but, boy does it help explain MAGA!

Just rent a nice French bomb, and blow up Mar-a-Lago

Outside of the White House and Capitol (and maybe adjoining buildings) I would not want to do too much damage to the rest of Washington DC, as I think we could find lots of allies there.

Florida, on the other hand…

Are One Direction even still together?

Why else do you think Trump wants Greenland and Canada?

The real question to ask is, does it contain any chemicals?

I only eat ham that is 100% composed of virtual particles.

Where do I put in my request for that bluesky money I’m owed, then?