I started with Plex because it was an installable app on my NAS. It worked great with a Roku stick that was given to me. Same for a TV that had the Plex client. It works well for the others in the house. I got a Plex pass on sale a few years ago.

I’d like to switch to Jellyfin, but would need to find the client for 2 TVs and deal with the complaints if it doesn’t work exactly like Plex.

I heard that some countries charge a vehicle tax based on the weight of the vehicle. Some based on the number of cylinders.

One of the problems with removing the fuel tax is that affluent people will be able to avoid the additional registration tax by registering their vehicle in another state, such as where their summer home is. Having a gas tax allows taxes to go where the fuel is purchased and indirectly where the vehicle is using the roads. This doesn’t work for electric vehicles.

I’m surprised no politician suggested toll booths all over.

Check out the 6th frame again. That seems to be the author’s viewpoint.

In my interpretation, it’s less about “AI is bad” and more about an employer’s need to turn employees into mindless instruction-following drones. It overlaps a bit with Doctrow’s thought that your boss wants to replace you with AI not because it’s better or faster, but because you will tell her/him that they’re an idiot for doing something stupid.

TL;DR: humans have free will and were born to create and impart their ideas upon the world, not blindly follow instructions.

If you have the view that everyone is replaceable, it all comes into focus. How much would it cost to interview everyone in a department for value, then lay off 10%? How much would it cost to lay off the 10% most expensive employees? Executives will pick the 2nd because in this economy, you can just open the front door and dozens of candidates will flock in, competing with each other for the lowest salary. Win-win (not for you).

In an employee’s economy, firing a person then hiring them back is more expensive than in an employer’s economy.

These cameras are popping up all over my city, neighboring cities and even some local businesses. I don’t have the charisma to start a movement but would join one if it were available.

Ask them if their employer paid for their retirement (pension). Ask if they were repeatedly laid off because the work can be done [poorly] cheaper in another country. Ask if they were union.

Many companies used to be loyal to their employees and vice versa. That is all but gone now and the companies cry that nobody is loyal.

I thought it was, “feed a fever, starve a flu”, because you probably shouldn’t eat much when you can’t keep anything down.

Yes, often. Between being in the car a lot since RTO mandates and being alone in the house a lot and needing to have some noise to help me focus on the task at hand, the radio is on a lot.

I have the advantage of a great, local, non-profit radio station with real, local DJs that just talk normal. They play an abundance of local and emerging artists alongside classic artists. Since it’s non-profit, there are no commercials other than a “sponsored by” message from time to time.

Ibfind it ironic that to put an animal out of it’s misery is called being “humane” though to do it to another person is called “homicide”.

I can find anything so long as I’m the one who pit it away. That bill that’s due tomorrow? Right on my desk in this pile, 4 pages down! The bag of cornmeal that we use once a year? Behind the zip lock bags! Unfortunately, we repainted a room and in the process reorganized the piles and now I can’t find anything.

Reminds me of the oatmeal comic

https://theoatmeal.com/pl/state_web_winter_2012/twinkies

every time a species gets upgraded on the endangered species list, we take away one horrible staple from the American diet.

I think the general point is that the financial hurt that I can put on a company is peanuts compared to someone with deep pockets (ie: shareholders & businesses). Even if I were to get all my friends, family and direct coworkers to alter a shopping behaviour, it’s unlikely to result in any change.

On the other hand, if I were to take that same group and be able to pressure my political representatives to do something about it (as we frequently see in California), then something may change. Similarly, me quitting my job out of disgust with a non-recycling policy won’t get any attention, but if I can get my union to take it up, then the company will listen.

TL;DR: a person can’t make change, a group of people can.

I used it this year to write my performance self-review. It successfully turned my usual rambling but valid accomplishments into management friendly synergistic paradigms, saving me the anguish of doing it myself.

From Wallet Voting by Cory Doctrow:

Wallet-votes always go to the people with the thickest wallets, and statistically, that is not you.

It doesn’t mean to keep shopping at Amazon if you hate their business practices, it just means that you & your friends won’t have any impact on Amazon’s business policies.

Granted, you’d be a hypocrite, so definitely don’t shop where you hate, but don’t expect a giant corp to change.

You captured the equipment at a great angle but the clouds make this picture so much more dramatic.

I record the purchase & miles driven. The data helps me to track and anticipate when the car will hit certain miles so that I can predict events like new tires, brakes, oil changes and save up for them. For one car, I noticed that premium fuel improves the mileage significantly, making the purchase worthwhile if it’s <7¢ more per gallon.

Also, at Costco, some members have a digital membership card (ie: on their phone).

Is this why I’m blinded at night by oncoming vehicles? I just assumed that everyone just started driving with the hi-beams on all of a sudden.

There are lots of good suggestions here, but I found that putting my access point up high helped immensely. I did it when painting a room and noticed better coverage in places that were not so good before.

As a kid, me and a friend bought the game “Leisure Suit Larry” or one of the sequels. It included an age check because of adult content. After asking our age, which we dutifully entered as 19, it would ask questions that only an adult would know, like “who was the US president in 1962?” We would research these questions in my friend’s encyclopedia to play the game.

Now, I have all this trivia knowledge in my head due to my childhood quest to see highly pixelated cartoon boobies in 640x480 resolution.

Interesting read. I wonder if all the AI slop will bring back hand written applications as a way to filter out the AI. Maybe the Amish are ahead of the game here.