I don’t have anything meaningful to add but just wanted to chime in that I noticed the same thing and ultimately just blocked the community. I thought about making a post but assumed it would lead into a big argument over acceptable behavior and not starting witch hunts and decided against it. I’ve also largely given up on clear or direct dialogue between mods/admins or responses to technical issues. I’m sure that doesn’t apply universally amongst the different instances but at least for .ee and .world my experiences haven’t really been productive - so I’m just going to lurk and assume everything is operating as wanted and intended. It’s too frustrating to otherwise assume that help is wanted but just not accepted.

Maybe “frist”?

A common mistake, the character name is actually Brett. Nice painting (as usual) btw :)

Some people say I’m egocentric, but enough about them.

I also endorse the RPi+OSMC route. Another thing to mention about controlling Kodi [the underlying software used by things like OSMC or LibreElec] is that you can generally use any input method you prefer.

• it supports a directly connected keyboard, mouse or controller
• when using a RPi and connected to a television via HDMI, usually CEC will allow you to use your normal remote control - but if your particular TV isn’t supported there’s also things like Flirc you can plug into a USB port and then customize for your remote
• you can use a web browser from any computer on the network
• there’s a bunch of different apps for your mobile phone. On Android the official (free) one is Kore, I prefer the extra features provided by Yatse but after migrating away from using Google Play Services I’ve had issues keeping the purchased “pro” features unlocked; but it’s still a better experience even without them.

And it’s not an either/or scenario, you can use all of the above simultaneously without changing any settings.

I want to suggest that you start adding two spaces before you press enter if you want your line breaks to be maintained.

Please sign in your own name, your home address and location of your personal bed, passwords to your online accounts, leave your phone unlocked, list your fears and vulnerabilities, provide detailed information about your friends and loved ones or anyone that might be motivated to avenge any harm done to you.

I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands
I ball my fist and you gon’ know where I stand

Or maybe 1924 and that’s what the “100 Years” bit is celebrating.

I don’t know if there’s a new official mascot but there still seems to be a Simpsons connection to Butterfinger in general (the bag “Best By” date is Dec. 2024).

…You just hit G-8.

Your welcome ;)

*lose
*losing

“Rarely is the question asked: is our children learning?”

It’s actually a 4 week delay according to sidebar (unless that’s outdated info)

America died with a whimper!

Do you get royalties every time you say this or something? You’ve had an account for ~3 days and you’ve already used variations of that phrase at least 8 times. I’m not attacking the sentiment, it just feels forced and isn’t a particularly witty comment worthy of that much repetition.

There was a TED talk by Zeynep Tufekci in 2017 (“We’re building a dystopia just to make people click on ads”) – (YouTube*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFTWM7HV2UI) that briefly talks about this:
(*I’m aware of the irony in linking there)

So in 2016, I attended rallies of then-candidate Donald Trump to study as a scholar the movement supporting him. I study social movements, so I was studying it, too. And then I wanted to write something about one of his rallies, so I watched it a few times on YouTube. YouTube started recommending to me and autoplaying to me white supremacist videos in increasing order of extremism. If I watched one, it served up one even more extreme and autoplayed that one, too. If you watch Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders content, YouTube recommends and autoplays conspiracy left, and it goes downhill from there.

Well, you might be thinking, this is politics, but it’s not. This isn’t about politics. This is just the algorithm figuring out human behavior. I once watched a video about vegetarianism on YouTube and YouTube recommended and autoplayed a video about being vegan. It’s like you’re never hardcore enough for YouTube.

So what’s going on? Now, YouTube’s algorithm is proprietary, but here’s what I think is going on. The algorithm has figured out that if you can entice people into thinking that you can show them something more hardcore, they’re more likely to stay on the site watching video after video going down that rabbit hole while Google serves them ads.

These days it might also be about politics, but the motivation to capture attention to serve ads is still the priority.

I use OSMC for all the RPis connected to TVs in the house and have no major complaints from a daily-driver standpoint. Can’t speak to your specific use case requirements, but is just flashing an extra SD Card and testing it out of the question?

Not to further shit on their good intentions, but this really pisses me off too:

We have listed some tips for anyone who wants to start a hotline, neighborhood watch, or cash-assistance program in our organizing playbook.

But if you actually intend on viewing that “organizing playbook” they have a mandatory form asking for:

• First and last name
• Mobile phone number
• Opt-in for email and/or phone updates

And requiring:

• Email address
• Zip code
• Latino YES/NO?

For someone interested in wanting to help, but not wanting to be consolidated into another helpful list of combatants or targets a subpoena away, this seems needlessly restrictive.

“Never use the word ‘always’, and always avoid the word ‘never’.” (https://youtu.be/5NagVDLvtUo?t=311 [~5:11])
I doubt he was the origin of the aphorism but I first heard it from him. It’s so much nicer to listen to and learn from people that are clearly knowledgeable in their areas of expertise, but don’t try to present themselves as all-knowing and infallible.

I haven’t watched nearly all of his content but I never (heh) found his speech patterns to be stilted or awkward like he would frequently warn about either.