TheGalacticVoid @ TheGalacticVoid @lemm.ee

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"I don't care who the IRS sends. I'm not paying taxes"

The point is that even if CD or DVD drives aren't produced nearly as much, there is still a market for newer drives that still support CDs and DVDs.

They haven't had any kind of drive for a while now. You know what does though? Game consoles.

Since 2004, we got smartphones which replaced a huge chunk of technology, internet has become far faster and more accessible leading to streaming services like Netflix and freelance video platforms like YouTube exploding, far fewer people having cable TV, kids growing up with online video rather than TV, social media went from simple platforms meant for communication with friends and family to behemoths meant to capture as much of your attention as possible, misinformation has become more trustworthy to many than traditional news, public school classrooms gained access to technology like Duolingo as learning aids, physical media has been phased out in basically all homes except those with video game consoles, software purchases have been replaced with subscriptions, and now we have programs that can create realistic-looking images and videos, human-like passages, and real-sounding speech.

Saying that none of that is as groundbreaking as the Internet is kinda like saying the Internet wasn't as groundbreaking as electricity. Just because the effects are subtle doesn't make it any less groundbreaking.

Nah, I'd rather make it better. Outside of what's politicized, I think we have potential.

Just as an aside, I've really only had 1 negative experience with a cop and have met many great cops as of late. I'm a Texan, and I'm definitely not white. I wanted to mention this because even though police forces as institutions have huge issues, the people in them are just as varied as everybody else. I doubt it's just your race - your area probably has plenty of good apples.

Anyway, I hope stuff gets better! Hopefully you'll get the treatment(s) you need and can find a stable living situation soon.

Think of the shareholders!

I'd argue that although it didn't directly lead to change, it most definitely will eventually

Diner Dash and Bejeweled went hard

I find it quicker to turn off the power through the breaker box. It's faster so you can get back to working sooner.

Eclipse was the reason why I gave up on programming in middle school.

Is he wrong tho?

Do Wi-Fi credit cards come with free internet?

Reddit doesn't provide nearly the same level of granular data that Lemmy does via the API or any publicly available channels. While we can't verify whether stuff like upvote data is sent or sold to data brokers, we do know that Lemmy, by design, gives it to literally anyone who wants it.

The difference here is that on Reddit, only 1 party has access to your info. On Lemmy, it's any party who has an instance that federates with yours.

It's more like radios work better when the designers had a budget to work with

Did you ignore my first sentence, or do you think I'm a senior-ranking US official? I made it pretty obvious that I was referring to how the US federal government viewed Russia and Ukraine.

Some ISPs in the US added data caps to their home internet plans. I believe we used to have bans on said caps until relatively recently, and now the FCC is trying to impose a ban again.

I feel like you're conflating combined devices with consumer-grade ones. I've had pretty good experiences with Unifi's all-in-one offerings.

Unifi Gateway Ultra and the Unifi AP Pro 7 is my current setup and I have nothing but praise for it. I definitely don't recommend consumer mesh systems as I've had poor performance with those.