I knew a kid from Alabama back in high school.

He was exactly how you’d expect.

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Yes, I think the worst part about using a laptop is having to plug it in and unplug it when you’re finished. You’ll also need a keyboard/mouse combo.

I like the design of paid streaming services and smart TV UI. Usually it’s really accommodating to remote users. The problem is that it limits what you can do with it, which a computer can overcome.

Lol, okay. I’m trying to see what you, specifically, are referring to. But I guess that’s too much to ask.

Have a nice day.

Quality is definitely better if you can download it yourself.

It’s also great to have the convenience of a remote. However, it’s possible to set up remote controls with laptops or other computers. I don’t go through the trouble of doing it though. I just use a wireless keyboard/mouse combo.

Lol, okay.

asked for sources

doesn’t provide them

So convincing.

I’m curious what you are specifically referring to. You’re the one who brought up scientific studies. Link to them. Are you saying you just read what was in this thread and that’s what you’re citing? Okay. Link to the specific studies you’re talking about.

I’m not interested in what other people are referring to. I’m interested in what you, the guy bringing up studies, is referring to.

You say they’re “definitive.” Show me a definitive study. Go on. Go ahead. Don’t make me comb through and assume what you’re talking about. Stick your neck out and own it.

Can you link it?

definitively

Lol, I don’t think you know what you’re talking about.

Let’s see this “definitive” research. You probably think any study is “definitive.” Lol.

That’s fine man.

You don’t have to understand everything.

I hope you feel the same way about people who enjoy prank videos.

Ffs so you know how pedantic you sound right now?

🥱

“I don’t like what you’re saying, so I’m gonna insult you for saying it.”

He wasn’t really killed with a blank.

If you can read instructions, it’s not that hard to set these things up.

Lol. Like I said. Posts like these just show me how disconnected techbros are from normal people.

It’s just a matter of what you value more.

Yes, and people coming from paid streaming services value convenience over complexity. They would rather have a free streaming site than learn to self-host.

You don’t have to “learn how to use a streaming site” like you would need to learn how to set up a fucking technology stack, lol. I don’t even know what the other two things are, and I’m a techbro. I guess I can spend more time learning and configuring instead of just entering a URL and making sure I have uBlock Origin installed.

Don’t I also need to download content for it anyways? Sheeh. This is getting pretty complicated for the average netflix user!

Sigh. Don’t let technology control you. Know what you’re doing, and why you’re doing it.

so all else being equal we should have the lowest crime rate, right?

In what myopic world do you live in where “all else is equal”?

Also, you’re confusing “harsher sentences” with “incarceration rate.” They are not the same.

However, should all people be damned because a few can’t be redeemed?

The thing is, all people aren’t damned. There are plenty of options for rehabilitation in the US for prisoners who have the capacity for it and haven’t committed crimes so heinous they don’t deserve it. Those options should remain there and we should always be looking for ways to improve and expand upon them.

Still, what deters people from committing crimes isn’t ‘going to rehab.’ It’s going to prison where they lose their freedom and have to live in worse conditions than they would on the outside. If prison becomes an ‘adult daycare,’ then criminals would be less deterred by punishment and more willing to commit crimes as a result.

Piracy is an accessibility and quality control problem, not a cost one.

That depends on who you ask, lol.

You’re just parroting Gabe Newell as though what he said is gospel.

He’s a great man with a lot of good things to say, but this simply isn’t true.

If you’re paying for something you can get for free while the business selling it to you is making egregious profit, you may be a sucker.

That’s completely fine if you know why you are using it.

I also love having locally-saved media in case networks go down or streaming sites disappear.

Still, for people coming from Netflix, it doesn’t make sense to recommend them self-hosting unless they specifically want to self-host. For most people, they don’t see the value of self-hosting and directing them to such solutions just causes them to think it’s either self-hosting or paid streaming.

It’s misleading.

To me, I thought he was involved in running the trafficking ring, not just a customer.

I 100% thought this meant he was controlling the trafficking, not just a customer.

Lots of “journalists” have decided it’s acceptable to make subtle adjustments to their headlines to fit a narrative.

clevescene.com

Yeah, doesn’t seem to reputable to me. And lying headlines like this means they probably never will be.

Yeah, buying media you can get for free is just like watching ads when there are adblockers.

It’s for the tech-illiterate and those with more money than sense.

I wonder how viable it is for someone to start a business doing this?

Not viable at all.

Most people don’t even have optic drives.