JasSmith

joined 1 year ago
[–] JasSmith 1 points 8 months ago (7 children)

I don't think the Constitution permits sleeping in any public space, but the ACLU is challenging on Eighth Amendment grounds in Grants Pass v. Johnson. So we'll know soon enough if it's Constitutional.

[–] JasSmith 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, if history has taught as nothing else, it's that the guy with the biggest stick usually wins. There are many criticisms of the U.S. military, but no one could accuse it of being weak. That kind of deterrence is invaluable.

[–] JasSmith 1 points 8 months ago (7 children)

This is near the top on their landing page:

With Proton, your data belongs to you, not tech companies, governments, or hackers.

In the EU, one's IP address can be considered private data as it can be used for identification. So far Proton has been caught handing over alternative email addresses and IP addresses, meaning their primary USP isn't really accurate. At least not insofar as governments are concerned. I understand this occurred via Swiss court order, but they should not be headquartered in Switzerland. Panama has a history of rejecting foreign interference. All unencrypted data should be stored in Panama.

[–] JasSmith 2 points 8 months ago

There are two definitions:

S: (n) capitalist (a conservative advocate of capitalism)

S: (n) capitalist (a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business))

[–] JasSmith 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No. See Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and Tidal. They all contain something like 99% content overlap. You can subscribe to any of them and access almost all music. The difference is price, performance, UX, and features.

[–] JasSmith 5 points 8 months ago

Director and Executive Producer Jonathan Nolan was also heavily involved in Westworld, which had exactly one good season before it shit itself to death. Also this is Amazon Studios which produced both Rings of Power and Wheel of Time. Executive Producer James Altman, has one other credit: Associate Producer for Super Troopers 2. In fact most of the writers and producers have poor resumes.

I’m hopeful but not naive.

[–] JasSmith 4 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I’m a capitalist but even I think visual media needs a come to Jesus. If they had adopted the Spotify model everyone would be a lot happier. I would be paying for content still. Instead they broke up into a dozen different services with walled content. This is so stupid. I have no qualms keeping my own collection when this is the paid offering.

[–] JasSmith 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I hit my limit years ago when Netflix removed the (then) very good rating system in favour of their algorithmically gamed thumbs up/down. Then they started auto playing content when one hovered over it. Then they started cutting third party movies and shows in favour of their own… content. I was paying a lot for the privilege of an inferior experience. Now I have a Plex server with everything I like in one place, no ads, and real ratings on the content. Sonarr and Radarr are my favourite apps ever.

[–] JasSmith 6 points 9 months ago

I don’t find any of this damning or compelling. I remain a happy subscriber.

[–] JasSmith 5 points 9 months ago

100% of people who have one of those stupid anime avatars are insane.

[–] JasSmith 1 points 9 months ago

I grow so tired of culture war stupidity. Who upvoted this drivel?

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