How well does Plex run on a RasPi (or other SBC), and have you found a good remote control solution for it? I’m still using Plex on Google Chromcest TVs - the li’l remote just makes it so much easier.

Yep - this. I absolutely abhor “smart” TVs for just this reason.

But, even lack of internet sometimes isn’t enough. I recently, and inadvertently, left the wireless adapter on my TV enabled, after having to temporarily join it to my wireless for a firmware update (digital TV tuning needed updating for my region). After I was done, I cleared the wireless config, but I didn’t think to go into the other menu where you can entirely disable the wireless adapter.

Little did I realise that meant the TV started broadcasting it’s own SSID, for friggin’ Apple Airplay or some other shit. I found this out when my 9yo daughter was suddenly exposed to some adult content for about 10 seconds. Best guess is a nearby neighbour mistook my TV for theirs.

I’ve obviously disabled the wireless adapter again, but this has been a terribly difficult lesson I’ve had to learn.

For anyone concerned, my daughter is OK. My wife had a good chat with her about it. She had considerably more talking down to do with me - I was ready to start knocking on doors, to have my own chat.

I had similar problems, and also had read posts stay on my feed. v0.91.1 came out yesterday, and seems to have addressed a few issues for me.

Just watched Violent Night on the weekend. Awesome! But I’m also yet to watch Silent Night, with Joel Kinnamen.

My new favourite is Violent Night, but I haven’t watch Silent Night (with Joel Kinnamen) yet.

My views on things often differ from those in my social circle. I am often bombarded with article links and videos from people with no words of their own attached.

I have no term for these people (nothing nice, at least) but the term for your social circle might be “echo chamber”, and it seems to be theirs.

• Two minute noodles (ramen) and a cup of frozen veggies. Boil in water for 5 mins.
• While that’s boiling, fry an egg separately - I like to season with a little salt and pepper while the egg is frying.
• Once noodles/veg are done, drain then add the noodle seasoning, a little butter and half a cup of shredded parmesan. Stir through until butter & cheese has melted and everything’s well combined.
• Put noodles and veg in a bowl, egg on top.
• Enjoy!

I have my own domain that uses a specific 2-letter ccTLD - it’s a short domain variation of my surname (think “goo.gl” for Google). I’ve been using it for years, for my email.

Over those years, I have discovered an astonishing number of fuckheaded organisations whose systems insist I should have an email address with a “traditional” TLD at the end.

You’ve said you’re intending to throw these laptops away, so physical destruction is quickest and simplest.

But, if you’re intending to sell or give these away for someone else to use, zeroing each sector is probably ‘good enough’ for your purpose (as someone else has always said).

If you really want to make it harder, you can use something like the Boot and Nuke bootable Linux disk for the job, as it also has the option of multiple passes, using zeroing and/or binary random shit for each sector. Just grab the free for personal use version.

Their terms of service doesn’t specially state anything about having multiple accounts.

I’d be surprised if it didn’t at least state something to the effect of “Offer is only available once per customer” or similar. That’s their loophole to tell you to GGF, if and when they notice you taking advantage.

Yep, and Australia. Been a thing for a long time.

And we have plain packaging laws too. No branding at all.

Dan Murphy’s have also had cardboard 6 packs available for a long time, to let you do the same. One of my favourite things is to browse the craft beers and pick half a dozen I haven’t tried before.

For me it’s holding a VHS in the store and looking at the cover.

Yeah - that’s a good one. Our local store had a Friday night deal: 5 weekly rentals for 10 bucks, or something. We’d go order fish and chips, then go argue over which 5 movies to rent, while our dinner was cooking.

Although I shouldn’t, I miss my shitty old Datsun sometimes. Easy to diagnose problems, simple to get into and fix, with minimal tools required. No tech - just mechanical and electrical.

Nostalgia’s a funny thing. Lots of things I get wistful for, but they’ve been replaced by (arguably) more convenient things:

• Having to call your mate’s house at a specific time, because you know he has footy training and won’t be home to answer before that time
• Waiting until specific times of night to watch your favourite TV shows or listen to your favourite radio DJs
• The massive zip-up carry case for all my cassette tapes, to play in the car
• 6-way link-up Daytona arcade racing
• Loading my computer games from multiple floppy discs (X-Tree Gold macros for the win!)

Then there’s things that I miss, because now I have to adult:

• Sleeping in on weekends
• Work I don’t have to take home with me
• Being able to stay out stupidly late on Friday and Saturday nights
• Getting absolutely shitfaced on those nights, without worrying about the hangover
• Eating a bag of chips and calling it dinner, because there’s no one else you need to feed

Now, don’t take this the wrong way, but this totally feels like a leading question, looking to pick an argument.

Not saying that’s what it is, but you haven’t given any reasoning, context or data to suggest why you think the situation should be any different. Over what time period were you expecting things to change? Why were you expecting things to be different by now?

I’ll be the one that says it: just about anything the Catholic Church preaches about humility and sex.

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Also, if you’re concerned, don’t be afraid to perform CPR on a female. Their modesty is worth a lot less than their life.

You’re oversimplifying. What we’re talking about is censorship that attempts to control what people think and the freedom to express their thoughts.

Neither of the things you just mentioned could be considered the free expression of thought or speech - they are acts that result in the harm of others, and should be prosecuted as such.

Causing a stampede by shouting fire in a crowded theatre is not the same thing as expression of free speech.

Likewise, as disgusting as it is, having paedophilic thoughts is not a crime in and of itself, but searching for, distributing, and downloading CSAM are most certainly criminal acts. And rightly so.

Making threats, triggering a stampede, downloading CSAM, and participating in a group whose objective is are all actions with tangible consequences.

You’re making my point. Banning these things is not the same thing as censorship.

Yep, this is where people frequently mistake censorship for outlawing certain behaviours.

Someone can stand on a street corner and shout all day about how they hate specific races, how they feel they’re a blight on society, etc.

Distasteful shit, for sure, but people can walk away, ignore them.

That’s what freedom of speech is, and it should absolutely be protected.

When those people cross the line into acting on those things - harassment, intimidation, assault, worse - that’s a crime that should be prosecuted.