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I think bigots deserve the same level of disdain as racists and/or antisemites. If racist/racism has become a common and accepted terminology to describe people that hate based on a common trait other than race then I stand corrected. Sorry my attempt to clarify someone elses point has lead you to believe I hold hatred for any group based on their race, religion, or other inherited trait. And sorry if I walked into a talking point from racists, I tend not to interact with them online or offline.

If I hold hatred towards anyone it's bigots and racists. What I'll tell you I've witnessed is the racism against Ethiopian Jews by Israeli Jews when they fled to a country that was supposedly their promise land. So when trying to have an intelligent discussion about this topic I do think it's fair to state bigots in Ethiopia forced people of their own race out of the country only for those that fled to go and face racists in a country that supoosedly shared their religious values. I hope this clarifies why I thought the distinction might be worthwhile. I understand language is ever evolving but I think there is a distinction between the origin of a word that is hundreds of years old verses what is still listed in most dictionaries. Again I'm not rejecting the strong presence of antisemitism throughout the world, I'm saying I see it as a subclass of bigotry the same as racism. Also again, whether I call someone an antisemite or a bigot I'll hold the same level of disdain for them.

I can only out words on the internet and it up to you to believe them but I hope you understand I wasn't coming from a place of any form of bigotry.

There is a word for that though, bigot. Racism is effectively a subclass of bigotry that is more specific. If we have a word for it already we should use that instead.

That's why we have modifiers. Pan fry (egg), stir fry (fried rice), and deep fry (chicken). There is even flash fry and now air fry.

There has to be some factor other than sheer population driving NY's total cc debt. 63 Billion is an insane number.

Ah got it. I know Android phones have a similar feature where they pretty much track every wifi network. It's opt out last I check but I definitely disabled that option up on setup. As for TVs it seems like if you toggle of network connectivity all together you should be good. Not sure how I can check if my TV has been pinging anything even with the wifi switched off. Might have to dig around.

The best I can recommend is probably projectors. They seem to be the last bastion of non-smart/internet displays with large screen sizes.

With respect, there really aren't non-smart TVs. I searched when I upgraded and the best I could do was the LG C series which has webOS as it's platform but didn't require me to connect to the Internet to start using it. It let me skip all connection options after selecting the basic audio and picture display settings. The webOS is the default home screen if you start without having an active HDMI input but it mainly shows input options and other settings. The rest of the items are default apps which are non-functional with the home screen stating "Connect to Internet to access smart functions".

Not sure what you mean by "seek access through open wifi" but on my TV once I declined Internet connectivity it hasn't requested access after giving me a warning that firmware updates wouldnt be available through internet. I also have Raspberry Pi that works as an internal DNS and ad block for my home network and I haven't seen any pings from hardware other than the ones on my networks approved list (tracked by MAC address) The TV has a USB port so manual firmware update is possible if you want that. It has also never requested access for Bluetooth. I'm not aware of HDMI providing Internet connectivity so I can't make a statement there other than my TV hasn't requested anything of the sort. All of the connectivity goggles are off in the TVs settings.

Unfortunately the ship for non-smart home TVs sailed a long time ago. Especially if you want quality 4K panels. There might be a shot at some cheaper ones but those will have subpar panels. The downside has also become that most cheap TVs now depend on the "smart functions" (aka ad revenue) to subsidize the cost of their low prices.

True she didn't have to be there but we were shown her picking the first fruit from the tree and then it cuts to the escape with the wives. Regardless of the tree though, the age difference explains the necessary time jump from Furiosa killing/catching Dementus to Furiosa making the Fury Road run.

The end scene of Furiosa definitely has a large time jump. There was enough time for a tree to grow over Dementus. Which at a minimum is a few years. I would consider that to be enough time to rebuild gas town and bullet farm. Not to mention the implied time jump based on the her age difference. I think all the other minor discrepancies play into the idea that tales passed down by oral recollection will result in changes. The movie even implied that with the narrator talking about the different version of how people recall Furiosa killing Dementus.

I take all of it to mean that the major plot points are events that happened but the details, actions scenes, etc can be embellishments of each story teller.

I've been to a few countries and grew up in a third world country. I have never seen a wealth divide as massive and as blatantly on display as I did in India.

That's Rabbit not Humane AI. These two clowns came from Apple and started Humane

I think you need valuable feedback even without doxxing yourself. I would remove that. Your hourly rate should not be based on the complexity of task. The total hours you quote them and the basis of the contract will be what is affected. A good starting place is at least 2x the rate you were getting paid before being laid off. You want to incorporate at least a little bit of the overhead costs that your previous employer was covering for which you are now responsible. This is coming from an engineer but contract work is more or less the same. Obviously if you really need the money you can let them negotiate you down to 1.5x. Keep in mind they will most likely be getting the best deal by going to a personal contractor like yourather than some firm or contracting agency. Agency or companies would build in the overhead cost most likely higher than your 2x rate. So really your "competition" is other in a similar position as yourself.

As an engineer with a firm I can tell you our lowest customer facing rate is 1.8x my actual hourly rate. Most of the time is 2.5x or higher.

Asus zen phone had received great reviews. You can use it as stock Android or with Asus' slight customizations. It's on the smaller side but it's a good price.