Froyn

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Froyn,

Look, if it were up to me I'd love to help you out. I have to think of this way though... My wife and kids would be awfully sore at me if I came home unemployed for breaking company policy like that.

Froyn,

Checked last night. Since installing the Epic Game Store (pause for seething hate) I've acquired 156 games. Haven't paid for a single one. While most will probably never get installed/played, there's some great games in there. BioShock series, Civ6, KSP, Surviving Mars, etc.

Froyn,

Sega Dreamcast. It was ahead of its time, at the time. GD-ROM (1.2Gigs of data in an era of CD), Dual pressure sensitive triggers, modem, ethernet adapter. Even the memory card was a portable minigame device.

Froyn, (edited )

Horrible site, I know, but...
https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/mcdonalds-kfc-burger-king-wendys-convict-leasing-suit-in-alabama/702375

Or is that different because they're publicly traded companies?

Froyn,

If the actual show is any indication, I give them 1 episode in total.
Picture this, pimped out Enterprise, spinners on the nacelles, LED running lights, subwoofer taking up the docking bay.
They release the docking clamps... and the whole ship just falls apart... bodies floating in space.

Froyn,

Umm... Unless that's a 6 door vehicle, that racoon is driving (in the US).

It's one of the biggest experiments in fighting global poverty. Now the results are in (www.npr.org)

It’s an unprecedented – and massive – experiment: Since 2017 the U.S.-based charity GiveDirectly has been providing thousands of villagers in Kenya what’s called a “universal basic income” – a cash grant of about $50, delivered every month, with the commitment to keep the payments coming for 12 years. It is a...

Froyn,

Most importantly is that money given to the poor is put directly back into the local economy vs squirreled away in an offshore account.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/12/02/781152563/researchers-find-a-remarkable-ripple-effect-when-you-give-cash-to-poor-families

Every dollar in cash aid increased total economic activity in the area by $2.60.

Froyn,

Neuroplasticity. The infant will attempt to adapt to the surroundings, the adult is "stuck in their ways".

Froyn,

The parents were anti-vax so...

Froyn,

People tend to forget that trees have roots.
Roots cause problems with infrastructure.
Hence why when a problem arises you try to "get to the root of it".

Here's an example of what I mean:
https://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/images/urbanrootsninelg.jpg

Froyn,

Things got weird when we went digital.

  1. It's perfectly okay, reasonable, legal to record a tape off the radio. Yet it's illegal to download a better copy?
  2. It's perfectly okay, reasonable, legal to record a VHS tape off the TV. Yet it's illegal to download a better copy?
Froyn,

Let's get crazier.

Our current favorite show is Bob's Burgers, it's a comfort show we fall asleep to. Prior to signing up with real debrid I got tagged for downloading a 2 year old episode.

We pay for Hulu. We pay for YoutubeTV. We have a working OTA antenna (for when the internet goes out).
My math says I have 3 licenses, yet still illegal to download?

Froyn,

Here's what it's showing me:
$3.26 for 15 days.
$4.35 for 30 days.
$9.79 for 90 days.
$17.40 for 180 days.

I did the 90 days to try it out for $10.
3 days of "playing around with it".
Day 4 it was linked to StremIO on my Chromecast.
Day 5 it was linked to my NAS through rclone.

Froyn,

I vote that the next generation of computer monitors bring back the degauss button.

Froyn,

Take your PC that you set aside, install the Stremio FlatPak, sign up for a Debrid Service, and use the Torrentio plugin for Stremio.

Froyn,

Amazon bought Woot! a couple years back. Unlike GameStop's acquisition of Think Geek, Amazon has mostly left it alone.

Froyn,

Muahaha. Must be Woot!
Pay for delivery and we'll get it there on X. Or don't' pay for delivery and it gets there when it gets there.

Froyn,

Never had this problem playing UpWords

Froyn,

Nah, as long as you buy it dinner first, or at least try to connect on an emotional level, it'll let you enter.

Froyn,

Yes, but it's pronounced root beer

Hi-viz (files.mastodon.online)

alt textPost by Urban Cycling Institute. text: ‘New study into effectiveness of hi-viz for cyclists in car traffic’ - by Brendan Gavrin images: Two photos. One is captioned “Driver’s view of cyclist dressed in black”, the other “Driver’s view of cyclist dressed in hi-viz”. Both depict a phone in front of a...

Froyn,

If they didn't want to get run down by my car, why were they riding on the sidewalk?

Froyn,

Wolfenstein?

Edit because I thought of a real one. Tetris.

Froyn,

I feel that if they wrangled tubgirl into a reality show, it would do very well for itself for 1 season while the writers/actors strike.

Froyn,

Statins.

Froyn,

We'll burn that bridge when we get there. It's not rocket surgery.

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