Couldn’t I just run for president and abuse my “power” like Trump, but instead of doing lots of bad I could do good? Id start by making all these executive orders to raise wealth taxes, ban invasive technologies, limit social media influence, or big tech’s reach into buying out politicians, etc…
Think Robin Hood but on a presidential scale.
Well, Touché
But you’d have to go into it knowing that’s happening. I wouldn’t otherwise want this around for any other reason. Personally.
Absolutely disgusting. Who would intentionally broadcast this??? “Hey guys, I’m not home and won’t be for a while, so please rob me!”
What would it take to keep it alive? A Hetzner VPS, a reasonable self-hosting?
I’ve got some resources available, plenty of bandwidth, and could possibly help out depending on needs. I also don’t know much about hosting fediverse stuff, but I do have some of my own stuff and services I host already.
Can confirm. For years, my pt night job was working a video store for the free rentals to “make recommendations” to customers. I didn’t have time to watch them all, so I’d rip to watch later, then used certain sites to share. I usually made direct 1:1 copies bc my PC wasn’t well equipped to remix or transcode. Thankfully, I had a school nearby that would offer free used equipment instead of paying for disposal, so I often had extra computers in doing the work on my broadband connection 😅 (I think 1.5-3Mbs).
I did often burn to DVDs as a backup bc external HDDs were expensive and discs were cheap. I did this for years, often releasing online the Friday or Saturday before DVD releases Tuesdays. If only Plex existed back then haha.
Any reason to use AI and not pay humans!
Some drives are older. My 8TBs are 2019 enterprise SAS and are meant to be on all day. They don’t get much workout cuz once full they’re not doing a ton of writing. So they’ll last. Lady year picked up several 16TBs before the price jumped. Thankful I pay attention and jumped on it when I did!
I’ve ripped all ~2.5kDVDs, ~1.2k BD, and ~600 4K BD (plus several dozen 3D) I keep pretty high quality copies, strip multi lang or auto tracks and stick to higher DTS or Dolby, strip subtitles, etc.
Crazily, I keep a 2nd “older” 7700K for playing the DVD and BD content for friends and family, I do the better stuff for me and a couple friends who actually care about quality. Now I need to add JF alongside Plex and Emby just bc.
Heck yeah!! Good to know as I have nearing 100TB of storage 😅. Would be nice to shave that down a little!
I appreciate the feedback!!
A lot of good points and I will apply the tweaks. Funny you mention Codeberg because just shortly after the article I had heard of it. I don’t do Dev stuff so I’m unfamiliar, but as I wanted to clone repos and make a sort of safe haven listfor good digital apps, I found Forgejo. I looked into hosting my own, but found Codeberg then too after isaw Gitea wasn’t really as good and private as I hoped.
So, as I share with friends and family, I’ve got self-hosted URLs but also Codeberg on projects I’d like to contribute to.
I do also want to make a follow up to that with a deeper dive, should anyone care 😅. I think people are starting to realize just how crazy the rabbit hole goes, and it truly does feel Matrix-ish where the “machines” are in control as we live out our lives in this dream world… They control so much, and we cut their power by not using them. It’s pretty freeing, honestly.
Desensitization
I don’t have good news for you about your Ford…
Do they plan on moving Unifi OS beyond just network? Because we run Access, Protect, Connect and InnerSpace, too… Would be nice to have a PC setup as a controller for the cost of their Dream Machine Pro Max etc.
When I figure out how best to run for a political position, no mercy will be given. Debating which route to go and can’t really do 2026 as it’s too late, but I’ll be damned I’m so sick of big tech or corps getting breaks while the rest of us suffer.
Dude this isn’t kindergarten. Talk about deaf ears!
Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden has shared his thoughts on Xbox’s latest round of struggles and identity crises. And it is safe to say he not exactly sound convinced that Microsoft’s gaming leadership known what it is doing.
Layden recently responded to a post on LinkedIn from game designer and consultant Tadhg Kelly, who shared multiple decisions from the company that showed how it is stuck in an identity crises made worse by contradictory messaging, executive changes, financial pressure, studio closures, and repeated promises of a reset that might not work the way they hope it would.
At the risk of sounding like a ‘hater’ (which, I’m really not), the moves evince a basic misunderstanding of how the interactive entertainment world moves, Layden wrote. IYKYK, which also means if you don’t you don’t.
Fairly brutal assessment I would say.
And coming from someone who once ran PlayStation and gave the company some of the most successful years. Layden is not just questioning one bad decision from Microsoft but whether the people running Xbox actually understand how the gaming business works. Harsh thing to say but at point it is a fair question to ask; do they even know what they are doing? Plethora of people are about to lose their jobs because of the decisions made by Xbox leadership.
The comment arrives at an especially awkward moment for Microsoft’s gaming business. Asha Sharma took over as CEO of Microsoft Gaming in February following Phil Spencer’s retirement, promising urgency, clarity, and a return to the “renegade spirit” that originally built Xbox. Since then, the company has been talking openly about resetting a business that Sharma reportedly described as being “not in a healthy spot.”
Xbox has warned its employees that its current financial direction cannot continue. Microsoft CEO recently state that they need to make Xbox a sustainable business, and in an internal memo Asha Sharma revealed that her division has fallen to a measly 3% accountability margin.
Now, reports claim a major layoff wave is about to his Xbox studios once Microsoft’s fiscal year ends on June 30th. Internal discussions around turning Xbox into a wholly owned subsidiary or spinning off the business are reported in the media as well.
None of that means Sharma caused Xbox’s problems. She inherited a division shaped by years of acquisitions, shifting platform strategies, declining console sales, canceled projects, and damaged morale. It appears as if she was given the keys to a fallen kingdom and asked to rebuild it with little to no resources but all the blame if things fall apart completely.
Sharma is now responsible for convincing employees and players that this “reset” is not just a corporate rebrand followed by a round of job cuts. That is where Layden’s comment hits hardest. Xbox keeps saying it understands the problem. A former PlayStation boss is suggesting the decisions themselves prove otherwise.
If you want voice, why not go Jabber (XMPP) with Prosody or Snikket or something? e2ee too! Works decently well!
You will not catch me using anything Screwgle, I’m not paying for a $100 speaker with subsidized personal data… Got rid of Google back when they bought out Nest and fucked up all my devices.
Yeah, seeing how they wouldn’t offer secret service to RFK Jr when he ran for the short time, I’d certainly be SOL. I’d imagine I get the ol’ Russian “threw myself out the window” treatment or some other suicide thing…