I have not met a too-big open world as of yet.

The system won’t be the tiniest bit less corrupt with newsom at the wheel.

“The people that seem to be most distressed by it were the people who had not gone looking for it,” Lloyd said.

Lloyd’s his birth name but he insists we call him Captain Obvious at the office.

The British have all the good luck.

And if anyone wants to discover music, get a scrobbler for a good music network.

Do you have any that you find useful? I haven’t used one in decades.

commenting on random YouTube videos

That’s definitely not new. Comment spam has existed as long as comments have.

Stealing content is also as old as the internet. It would make sense they would use their own music if that’s what they were selling. People that sell affiliate links to stuff paste their logo and domain on the lower or upper part of stolen reels.

I don’t discover music on Youtube so I can’t speak to it’s rise in popularity but things like this get adopted widely when it’s proven to work.

As one of the “insatiable Americans” the video speaks of, the video breaks down very cleanly what my inner monologue has been getting increasingly uncomfortable with in recent years but truly didn’t understand the magnitude of the problem.

My household is one of those that receive boxes daily. While a lot is household staples(toilet paper, animal food, trash bags, etc.), both my wife and I have gotten more comfortable with purchasing many things that we don’t need. We’re part of the animal that the system feeds and I feel bad about it.

I have recently attempted to try to go without purchasing unnecessary items and I no longer browse suggested or curated shopping items to try to keep from getting pulled into a thoughtless purchase. I think my next step will be to try to fill my needs perhaps by buying used in the area.

From Kagi:

“Kagi Search includes anonymized requests to traditional search indexes like Google and Bing as well as sources like Wikipedia, DeepL, and other APIs. We also have our own non-commercial index (Teclis), news index (TinyGem), and an AI for instant answers. Teclis and TinyGem are a result of our crawl through millions of domains, focusing primarily on non-commercial, high-quality content.”

“Our unique results combined from all of these sources help you discover the best content you can possibly find online, sometimes from the quieter places on the web.”

I don’t know if I would simplify it to “Google on the backend” as it’s compiling from multiple sources, including their own.

I use Kagi and really like it. It costs, but very little so it’s worth it to me.

If I’m reading DW correctly, the real switft OS has been around since 2011, which I don’t think predates HML but is still getting up there in age.

Filter your content to get the vibe you want.

Blocking the porn and impotently hostile makes it quite the chill platform.

Both YT music and Tidal offer a trial period, you could listen to some examples yourself since you’re the only person that can determine if the differences in sound quality are anything that you notice or care about.

If they simply bought an already available tool, it’s already being used against you by other parts of the US govt. If it was developed for ICE, it will be deployed across other parts of the US govt soon.

That was incredible. I love watching Drumeo’s vidoes done in this format.

DM Twinkle, they can hook you up.

I actually LOLed at “MUSIC LEGEND”.

My wife loves them but the 31$ pricetag for lobster on a hotdog bun boggles my mind. The last time I bought two for her, I accidentally laughed out loud when the tip screen popped up for my 62$ bill.

BOMBSHELL FACT: I DON’T WATCH CLICKBAIT CONSPIRACY VIDEOS

Unfortunately, there’s not enough info to help without risk of mistake. Do you live in a single home structure or shared(condo, apartment, duplex, etc.)? What’s the age of the structure? Is your breaker panel on either side of the wall you’re working on? Is it an exterior or interior wall?

When you say stud/wire detector, what do you actually own? There’s no device I know of that combines voltage detection with a stud finder, so I’m guessing your device is a stud finder marketed to also find other buried elements.

If you’re working with a traditional stud finder, a lot of things can give off a false positive, like insulation, lath and plaster construction, pipes, a second skin of drywall and even an exceptionally thick coat of compound.

To have the best chance at not messing this up, I would suggest making an inspection hole. You can either purchase a cheap boroscope cam that you connect to your phone or laptop and make small, easily patched holes or a larger hole to insert your phone. If you can remove your baseboard and replace it, you can hide the holes behind the baseboard without having to patch them when you’re done.

Depending on the age of the structure, you can often make assumptions on how the wires are run in the cavities but you don’t want to risk hitting something important.

You could make a sandwich in your lap and it wouldn’t be as distracting as scrolling social media on your phone.