adarza

they aren't "cracking down on piracy". they're mad that a relatively small portion of their userbase is using their cheap devices to stream third-party content that they make no money off of--and so they're trying to shut down that functionality.

they're moving away from android anyway, so newer revisions of their hardware won't have this same 'problem'

yt-dlp

it or a front-end to it is always #2 on the list of applications to install on my own new os installs--right behind firefox.

i don't use yt much, but it's sure nice to have. i can just drag over or copy/paste urls or video id right from a serp and never have to give google a even single page view.

most the commercial 'free with ads' stuff (like the library of 'hollywood' movies and tv they have) that is wrapped in drm is on or rotates to other free sites (where adblockers or pihole work).

donvict's goon squad is trying to start something that they'll then turn around and blame 'protesters' as they mow 'em all down and haul away those who survive.

more like the garden of weeds is spreading out of control. they want passkeys and oauth so they can become the third-party gatekeeper for everything.

the want them tied to bio because your fingertip or face are harder to share with others, harder to fake, easier to track multiple accounts with, and are tied to real people and identities that can be linked with other data their databases all to make their data and targeted adverts more profitable.

anything that comes in a box.

that's been done before. maybe next time a different nearby building of a similar color could be chosen.

he's got what he wants.. a wrecked government with crippled enforcement capacity of certain things, tax breaks in the pipeline, and all of our data to match with all of his data.

it wouldn't happen during your term in office anyway.

more than one place i've lived at had a busy road be the 'line' separating bus vs walk to school. where i am now some literally get bussed across the road and then another block to the school, while some who live up to a mile away on the 'same side' of that road as the school get to walk.

narrator: "eight. seven central and mountain"

program starts at 8pm on the coasts, 7pm in central and mountain. so airs at the same time for the eastern half of the country, is delayed an hour for mountain, and two more hours for the west coast.

i can't afford to be choosy, it's whatever i got. whatever was on sale. whatever generic or store brand is cheapest. never jelly, though, unless it's homemade. always jam or preserves. right now it's from aldi with bread from the regional gas station chain.

but i will not ever again use walmart 'great value' peanut butter. the 'new' recipe introduced in the last year (along with the new 'smaller' 16oz jar that is really just the same exact size jar as the 18oz jar, just filled less) is worse-than-dollar-store trash.

2016, too. literally a convicted felon 34 times over from efforts to illegally influence that election.