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  • This is why I a.) live out in the countryside, and b.) replaced my dad’s old Ring cameras with eufy security cameras.

    eufy doesn’t require a subscription service (although you can get one if you want to trust their cloud service). If you buy a HomeBase, you can store all your security footage locally on a small box. Easy to hide and/or grab if you need to get out.

    Sure, there’s a security risk of storing data locally. But I trust myself to protect video recordings of my property over some company’s cloud service. Ring complies with police when asked for your video footage, and they don’t even notify owners most of the time. Cops could be looking through your video feed without your knowledge, which is a nightmare if you have cameras inside the house.

    And now, apparently, so can your neighbors. Fuck Ring.


  • cobysev@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldSure, Jan
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    That’s “Rock the Country,” aka “MAGA Fest.” It was a different show held in South Carolina, where all the other artists started dropping out when they realized it was promoting MAGA.

    Kid Rock was headlining that show, but it’s separate from Turning Point USA’s halftime show starring Kid Rock. As far as I know, that one is still happening.



  • American here. My childhood home was completely covered in thick carpet, except the entryway and the kitchen, which was laminate tile. Yes, even the bathroom was carpeted. My bedroom literally had shag carpet.

    My family always wore shoes indoors. And then wondered why the carpet was discolored, worn, and tearing in places.

    I spent 20 years traveling the world after becoming an adult and learned about many other cultures who took off shoes before entering homes. Now I feel weird wearing shoes even in the entryway.

    By the way, I’m retired now and living back in my childhood home, which I inherited when my father passed away. The whole place has been re-carpeted, the bathroom and dining room floors have been swapped out for laminate/wood paneling, and when I get around to remodeling the living rooms, I’ll probably switch them to wood floors as well.



  • cobysev@lemmy.worldtoMemes@sopuli.xyzSocial Contracts
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    This is from a video game called “Among Us.” Everyone plays members on a space ship that has been infiltrated by a shape-shifting monster, who is killing them one-by-one. One of the players is the monster.

    The players can call a meeting to vote who to eject into deep space, hoping to discover who the monster is and eliminate them.

    In this case, one of the members claimed the monster is the red member, but they’re really annoyed by the black member. The whole crew voted to throw out the black member instead. Red is sad for being accused, but happy not to be ejected.


  • Here are my cyberpunk categories on my Plex server, for both movies and TV shows. Please let me know if you think I should edit any of these; I was a little loose in my definition of “cyberpunk” for some of these.

    Movies:

    TV Shows:

    EDIT: My library is in alphabetical order, except where a series of related films or TV shows pop up; then they’re sorted in viewing order by a common name. That’s why some of these aren’t in alphabetical order. Like Futureworld on the movie list, which is a sequel to Westworld, so it’s at the end of the list.







  • cobysev@lemmy.worldtoLefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comNo one is illegal
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    11 days ago

    As a former US military member, I’d like to point out that we consider our foreign bases to be American soil, so anyone born on base is considered a legal US citizen. However, the bases themselves are loaned to us by the host country through legal agreements. Depending on the country, we could have unrestricted use of the space, or we could just be visitors on the host country’s local military base with limited space allocated to us.

    I remember in Germany, they have such strict laws against tearing down natural forests that most of our bases had to remain mostly forested. We had very little space to construct buildings on base.


  • I lived in Germany for a couple years, about 30 minutes from the French border. Every once in a while, my wife and I would cross the border to buy some French wines.

    The border didn’t even stop us. There were buildings off to one side, but the highway was wide open, no barriers or checkpoints or anything. Didn’t even need to slow down. It was like crossing state lines in the US.

    America is so used to being isolated from the rest of the world, with oceans on either side, that we make a big deal about the two countries that actually touch our border. I feel it just exacerbates our fear of foreign threats, because we’re not 100% secure on all sides.

    And of course, a lot of Canadians mostly look and sound like white Americans, so we don’t think twice about them, but Mexicans look and sound different, so it’s easy to rile people up about the “invading foreign culture” that will “destroy America.” It’s dumb racist gaslighting, but it’s sadly effective against Americans who have never left the country or lived anywhere near either of our borders. Which is most of the population.