spaghettiwestern @ spaghettiwestern @sh.itjust.works

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Define cheap. 11" Dell 3140's in like new condition with Intel N200 processors, 8GB RAM, wifi, SSD and a decent keyboard have been coming up on Ebay and Woot every few weeks for $170 or so. Debian 12 detects all hardware immediately on installation.

Repeat? It never ended.

Neither of your linked articles say anything like that.

The first article was published 2 months after Biden took office and says that his "administration has reversed a policy of turning away unaccompanied children at the border, instead opting to process them and place them with sponsoring families in the US." That takes time to set up even in emergency situations.

The second article referred to children detained between June 2018 and October 2020, not during the Biden administration.

Neither article says anything about present day detentions, or detentions taking place later in Biden's term.

• Nazis in charge ✓
• Concentration camps ✓
• Threatening allies with attack/invasion ✓
• Threatening reporters with prison ✓
• Claiming unlimited power without regard for laws ✓
• Claiming courts have no power over glorious leader ✓

Gas chambers next? Or maybe a repeat of children in cages.

Overdrive's being phased out and being replaced by Libby according to the 2 libraries I frequent. I wonder if it will still be supported on Kobo OS once the website and apps are shut down?

It's not just Amazon. Libraries (and Libby, the app they use) are also making it difficult to do anything but read in a browser or use Kindle.

It looks like Jellyfin + Mopidy will do the same thing as Spotify Connect which is my most used app/service. Will take a closer look. Self host various other things so adding a new app wouldn't be an issue. Thanks for the list.

It allows any device to cast music to pretty much any other device that supports Spotify, whether via phone app, browser or Linux app. I have a couple of small computers connected to receivers in different rooms and can control the music playing on them from the attached PC itself or any other PC or phone.

Looked at that and think it will be an option in the near future, but right now Raspotify and Connect are hard to beat.

Edit: Searching a bit more, it looks like Tidal Connect is actually a thing. I'll take a good look at switching when my Spotify plan runs out. I'll be happy to switch to a service that doesn't screw their artists.

Would have left Spotify a couple years ago if I could find an app with something like Spotify Connect.

Doesn't look like it plays well with Spotify Connect?

Every other day.

The really amazing thing is that spez's planet-sized ego created the whole user exodus. People were willing to pay a monthly fee to continue to use the site ad-free via our mobile apps. Hundreds of other companies remove ads when people pay fees, but all of that revenue is just gone along with a big chunk of contributors because spez had a tantrum.

Who gives a crap what UHC is looking for?

The "Free Speech Absolutist" strikes sues again.

You might as well put their Customer Service number in your phone now. If your experience is anything like mine you'll be spending lots of time talking to shouting at them.

IMO when dealing with corporations, after they've been notified once of a problem like yours, any others that happen because they haven't fixed their systems are clearly active malice. It is almost certain they've been notified of this kind of problem many, many times. It is also almost certain UHC hasn't fixed anything at all.

Corporations are legal persons but our society and government consistently hold them far lower standards than real persons face. They literally murder but don't face jeopardy from criminal laws, poison people and are met with a slap on the wrist, and enrich themselves while paying only a small fraction of their illegal profits in fines when they're caught. Can you imagine the penalties if you or I did these things?

The world would be a far better place if UHC was held to the same standards as the people they insure.

United Heath would routinely deny payment for the entire visit if my doctor did anything besides look at the initial issue during an appointment. Let's say I was there for ear pain and my doc said I was due for a vaccination, UHC would deny payment for everything. Since making a second appointment for the vaccination was far more expensive, the only possible reason for this was that a certain percentage of people would pay the bill and United Health could just steal from them and pocket the money.

I spent many hours on the phone after doctor visits demanding they pay the bills as my policy's contract required. I wonder how much the UHC crooks made because of the people who just paid the doctor bills and UHC was able to steal money they didn't earn?

United Health Sucks.

Yes for both of my refrigerator sensors. There's a concrete floor and multiple concrete walls between one of the sensors and the hub and it still works perfectly.

"NaziAI" has a real ring to it.

If you've not ordered from Aliexpress be aware their website is set up to display deep discounts for first time orders by default. Once you log in after your first order the discounts disappear and the prices are much higher.

Pretty crappy business practices, but when a product is 1/4 the price of buying locally, still hard to pass up. For $4 a pop I put leak sensors under every sink and toilet in the house. At the time they were $17 each on Amazon. Also be aware it is very easy to buy a wifi version instead of Zigbee because of the way the website is set up. Many Tuya wifi devices require always on Internet access.