What I liked so much about the Roku is that they were really cheap, mostly worked w/o too much bother and you could opt out of any "subscription" bullshit. I mostly just want the hardware, maybe if it offers firmware updates, fine, but other than that, I don't really want to hear from the makers of the hardware.

I might opt for buying something really small like mini or sbc or the like when I need to replace the Rokus I have. Some of them are many, many, many years old and have kept on chugging, though.

Might hold off on buying new hardware since anything computer has gone up in price and/or is backordered...

3 years ago. But in my defense, they were zip disks so they were a whopping 200MB, not 1.41MB.

This was for a long-time customer who had a safe full of old server towers from their business, and wanted everything backed up before destroying. They were blown away when I got 4 computer's worth of data on 1 flash drive, and kept asking if I'm sure I got everything lol.

I told them despite me copying everything off the zip disks, and IDE & PATA HDDs, I still had about half the space available 🤯. They appreciate all the freed up room in the safe, and I appreciate some retro towers to house some killer new hardware for a sleeper (pre RAMpocalypse).

It's an app for Youtube on the Roku. I think it uses Invidious backends.

Just keep at it. It’s more like playing an instrument than singing

Deer are farmed, too. You can just buy venison at fancy butcher shops in many large cities.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/21/where-to-buy-game-meat-in-the-bay-area-from-oakland-to-los-gatos-to-sonoma/

Or, maybe you've heard about buying things online.

https://www.blackwing.com/venison.html

https://meatnbone.com/collections/venison

Finding venison isn't an impossible task by any stretch of the imagination.

Valid. I'm not going to look it up, but I believe you.

None. What happens now is A LOT of social engineering phish tactics via those detailed sources, so I've since closed all accounts. I'll find a new job via networking with current people if I so choose.

I pronounce it with the 'Keh' sound when I use the phonetic alphabet, and I've heard others do so as well. The word doesn't need to start with the sound of the letter, it just needs to be somewhat intelligible as that word, and not one of the other words in the phonetic alphabet. For example, if Celine was spelling her name, she would use the phonetic 'Charlie', even though her name doesn't start with the 'Ch' sound.

Do you need a Google account do use this?

I'm thinking of doing this. Which distro is most suitable for this?

What launcher do you use? The regular one simply refuses to stay connected to my wifi

I'm on an Onn 4k plus with projectivy launcher which itself is so much better but also with a few remote buttons remapped, some sideloaded apps like smarttube and it's such a better experience from my old Roku.

https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/dopinder/

It supports LineageOS too, if you find the right one.

Felt like making a parody song to celebrate Luigiangione.

People didn’t seem to understand it.

Maybe you will:

Every breath you take

And every move you make

Every bond you break

Every step you take

I'll be watching you

Every single day

And every word you say

Every game you play

Every night you stay

I'll be watching you

Oh, can't you see you belong to me?

How I feed you fakes 

with every step you take

Every job you take 

Each moment you’re awake

Regardless what’s at stake

If you just pick up a rake

I’ll be watching you

Since I came, You’ve  been lost without a trace

You’re sweet intelligence I have replaced 

You feel so cold, and have no one too embrace 

You keep crying baby, baby, please

Mm, mm, mm, mm

Mm, mm, mm

Oh, can't you see you belong to me?

Unless you smash your phone, you never will be free!

You can save your life

Cut out all that strife

You can walk away 

Do it today 

But if you leave I can’t watch you all the time

No more distractions and corporate slime 

You’ll have private picnics in the sun

When you meet out justice you can run

Trust me this is will be fun!

Corporations will be undone 

They won’t be watching you!

That's impressive.

Back in the day there was a TV show called Twin Peaks. On this show one of the actresses did this with a cherry stem. Later on Saturday Night Live, they spoofed this with one of the comedians trying a bow, like you would get on a Christmas package. Cracked me up.

The people who are proud about being self reliant and not needing anybody, when it’s just masking for their loneliness

Going to session 1 of a Cyberpunk D&D campaign tomorrow and I know almost nothing about Cyberpunk but it should be cool. My buddy is the DM, his gf who I don't like will be there, along with her friend that they're trying to set me up with. She seems cool but if I were to date her that might mean I would either have to hang out with my friend's gf more, or tell the friend that I don't like the gf. Also I don't think my buddy and his gf have a healthy relationship. I think each of them needs to be with someone more emotionally stable than themself. Publicly he will tell you he's deeply in love. He's gone full step-dad. There have been multiple instances of him getting drunk and indicating that she's destroying him inside. We'll see how it goes.

We all designed mini figures on Hero Forge and I'm 3D printing them now, which is cool.

Hhhhmmm... No. Not from those drawings.

But I use "Tattorack" as my username everywhere, so if you're motivated enough you could find them.

Android TV boxes are the way to go IMO. Lots of replacement launchers and ways to remove all the baked-in ads and the like, even if you can't root the device.

If you're stateside, Walmart's ONN brand devices are the absolute best bang for your buck you can find. They're not locked down, so you're able to get into the proper Android system menu and disable apps and so on (including telemetry). You can even activate ADB and tinker that way, though you don't need to if you just want to install a more simple (read: ad-free) home screen and turn off all the tracking garbage.

He practised every presentation until he could give it without interruption.

That's right-ish. He was a firearms instructor, both in the Marine Corps and as a civilian. He was also an expert witness in dozens, if not hundreds, of criminal trials, where he would explain ballistics to jurors. That was his practice. His videos were all one take because that was the hundredth time he'd presented that information, or information very similar, in an educational format.

It's not just "someone", it's his brother, Roy. Paul introduced him early on, after he knew he was sick, but before he told everyone. Roy has always been a part of Paul's "crew" and started becoming a bigger part of some videos before taking over the channel entirely. So, it wasn't out of nowhere, and it was what Paul wanted.

"If we weren't supposed to eat animals, they wouldn't be made of meat." -- Socrates, probably

Coll mee wizerd cuz imma gud spellir

I've never wanted to do it myself, but am very appreciative when hunter buddies share the carcasses of their victims. :)

We fucked up the wolf populations so its our moral imperative to control deer populations.