“Springer”, as in Jerry? I was wondering what he was up to lately…

Thanks but that only leaves me with more questions. Why is it that way in so many countries? Why don’t they use alternatives? Do they like being slaves to Meta, having their entire lives being monitored by the company?

I hear that a lot about WhatsApp—that everyone they know uses it—but I’ve never known anyone in my life who does. I mean what’s wrong with your phone’s built-in dialer? Or literally any other free VoIP app if paying your phone bill is the issue? What does WhatsApp provide that alternatives don’t?

TBF, so does the comic itself. The panels are so short that the 4th panel in your peripheral spoils everything as you’re looking at the first two.

Pretty much, yeah, except it can utilize Debrid services, Usenet, I2P, etc. as well, not just bittorrent. The base app itself can’t actually pirate anything on its own; you use plug-ins to facilitate that ability. (Without any plug-ins, the only thing it can do is list movies/shows and where to purchase them from, which is how its able to be listed in app stores.)

And yes, when paired with Debrid, it basically works llke PopcornTime. One person downloads the torrent, then it’s stored on a server where anyone using the same service can stream it instantly without having to wait for seeds. It’s really simple and convenient, much easier than downloading the torrents yourself then sticking them onto Jellyfin. Just open the app, pick something to watch, and watch it.

Yes but they didn’t say they installed GrapheneOS on their tablet, just their phone.

RIP Oliver Tree :(

(Yes I’m aware the original is by Radiohead. I like his cover better.)

I tried but the only thing showing in the feed is “try searching to get started”. Problem is that I don’t know what the fuck I want to search for, and even on the rare chance that I do know what I want to see, I don’t bother with YouTube’s search because it never returns relevant results!

Let’s be real, these days a “new YouTube user” is a child who has no idea that alternatives exist or why they would even want to use them in the first place.

Damn, you know shit’s gotten bad when Finneas and Ferb get involved.

I was just like you for the first 30 years of my life, and then I realized that all I gotta do is wet two paper towels, put soap on one of them, and use them to clean the seat before I sit down. That small realization completely changed my life for the better, and now I no longer have to wait until I get home to poop.

(That said, 30 years of holding in your shit has consequences. It takes me from 20 minutes up to an hour to poop before I can get it all out. Needless to say, this had caused issues for me in the workplace. Yes I’ve already started adding fiber to my diet. And before you ask: no I don’t flush the towels. I toss them in the trash can then head back to the stall to do my business.)

The point they’re making is that if he was really drowning, he would not have been able to tie a rope around his foot.

Fun fact: Some microwaves have a hidden mute feature (my GE did). Can’t hurt to google the model number for the manual to see if yours does.

That’s fair, can’t really argue with the sharing is caring argument. But to be even more fair, I don’t feel like cached torrents (which is what Nuvio uses) harm anything, either, since all it takes is one person to grab the file, and then everyone using the same seedbox/debrid service can download/stream it directly at their internet’s maximum download speed.

And to be even more more fair, you can always pair Usenet with Nuvio instead, completely taking seeding out of the picture.

(BTW sorry for coming in hot earlier, I tend to get irritated easily for no one’s fault but my own. My dopamine receptors don’t function very well…)

Yes, it’s option 3. Why are you so “horrified” by this? Does the concept of people watching YouTube/Freetube/Piped horrify you too?

Look, this isn’t music we’re talking about; when it comes to movies and TV, I see no point in building a personal library, just how I see no point in downloading YouTube videos. I have my favorites that I’ll re-watch once in a blue moon, yes, but generally once I’m done with a movie/episode, I’m done with it for good. Therefore I see no point in having a movie/TV collection wasting valuable hard drive space.

Before I discovered Stremio/Nuvio, my workflow was like this:
Boot up PC > fire UP VPN and open Firefox > Navigate to 1337X > search for something to watch (assuming that I already know what I want to watch) > click magnet link and wait for seeds > transfer file to Jellyfin library > boot up TV > open Jellyfin and watch > delete file

After switching, my workflow is now this:
Boot up TV > Open Nuvio > Browse for movie/show > Watch

I hope I explained it well enough by now. Do you understand the difference now? One of these options requires way more work than the other. Nuvio works exactly like Netflix. It even recommends you content based on your viewing history. No personal library required.

Yes. Higher taxes for the rich are always the answer. They alone can afford to cover the costs. For anyone making $1 mil/yr USD or less, your taxes from all sources should be $0. The lowest paid citizens are the hardest workers; we deserve a break.

The ADHD in me does disorganized shit like this all the time, and it drives the Autism in me crazy.

I could rock a keychain like this for years, then suddenly I notice one day, it repulses me, and I have to drop every task to organize my keys right now before I can carry on with my life. Every day I live in a hell of my own creation.

As an American I’ve seen enough British television to agree with the Europeans on this one. Americans may be fat, uneducated, and gun obsessed, but at least we’re not ugly. :P

Anyone else find it funny that if you skim over “Amodei” too quickly, it looks like it says “AI Model”? Dude was born to be in this industry.

Seriously, just blanket ban all religious symbols and references—crosses, yarmulkes, star and crescent, head coverings, etc.—and call it a day. You go to school to learn, not to indoctrinate.