For privacy to have inherent value, it first must be an established, inherent right. Unfortunately, the Constitution doesn’t talk about it to my knowledge. I’ve always inferred that our rights against unlawful search and seizure basically encapsulate the concept, but whatever.

I’ve been using computers for well over 30 years. Teams is an unintuitive pile of shit.

I just want to say this is a masterful use of the format.

Does anyone have a comprehensible guide for setting all this up?

Good point. Amazon is definitely trying to make COVID issues the new normal.

Entire generations have been conditioned to accept ads due to the iPad, especially on YouTube.

Windows is actually right back where it used to be, to be honest. Getting pretty tired of the whole “ecosystem” tech philosophy.

As bad as those two linked incidents were, they weren’t exactly government sanctioned. Police sanctioned, sure, and the government should do more to reign that shit in, but comparing them to Tiennamen is disingenuous at best.

The Chinese government hates letting its citizens have a voice.

This may be the greatest thumbnail of all time. Nay, is.

Nice shot! Reminds me of watching the moonrise over Peaks Island when I was in Portland, Maine, back in 2017. The distance of the island coupled with the clear, full moon made for a striking illusion. It looked so huge as it began peaking over the horizon I couldn’t believe what I was looking at. Magical place up there, just wish it didn’t become a frozen wasteland half of the year.

I’m just a layman, but it has been nagging my brain how all these big tech companies seem to be turning shitty all at once. I’ve seen others propose similar explanations, but the basic idea is that the historically low rates got them addicted to “free” capital. Now the faucet has been slammed shut and they have to make up for the shortfall.

Also, it’s not just big tech at fault. The massive worldwide inflation we’ve experienced happened for the same reason - shortsighted greed.

This is the most disturbing “boring dystopia” thing yet.

What really disturbs me is how the recent tech shenanigans have been a long time coming; seems the internet we have come to know for the last 15 years only existed thanks to the ridiculous interest rates post 2008.

LOL, ok. You are certainly the most hinged person I’ve come across. Please go outside if you really believe people don’t like the new trilogy because they are racist or sexist. In keeping with my username, I apologize if my initial comment was too harsh or strayed too far from the topic designated by the thread title for your sensibilities.

I personally dislike those movies because they are essentially a rehash of the OG trilogy, except they are not coherent as a whole and don’t really offer anything new while simultaneously disrespecting the source material. But that’s just my opinion.

Jesus fucking Christ, dude; that is a lot of emotion over a thread about movies.

No worries man, you can be totally wrong if that’s your fancy /s

No need to act like I served you shit on a golden platter. I wish I had enjoyed the movies, don’t get me wrong. Guess your not one for discussion. Good day.

I find most horror movies are like this; it will be fun if you like horror, but it will also be an objectively bad movie otherwise.

The entirety of the new trilogy is just bad. I really wanted it to be good but it was 1999 all over again… three times in a row.

I remember enjoying this in the theater, never seen it since.

It’s a classic that maintains that status across multiple generations, so 29% is a bit of a joke. I guess if you view it from the POV of a haughty film critic, but c’mon.