Sure, but they would point to something else as proof of not this. So let’s not grant the premise in the first place.

It's never acceptable to vandalize shit but the sentences are wildly excessive.

Really, never?

Thanks. I definitely know of the incident, but didn't recognize the photo.

I’m not familiar with that event.

I have a PHEV, and try very hard to avoid the gas engine from starting. I can go about every other day without gasoline, and even on the days where I go further than my range it’s not too much. I measure my effectiveness overall on miles between fill-ups (7 gallons). 1000 miles is what I consider good.

I also think the conclusion is suspect. But note that they are comparing “emissions”, not amount of fuel used. One would think they’d go hand-in-hand, but maybe not.

Ya, you're definitely confusing instance with community. I get the argument that fragmented communities can be a problem, but the ability to roll your own instance is not the same thing and is in fact the strength of the fediverse.

I needed that explanation like I need a hole in the neck.

What do you mean by “the average buyer.” Wouldn’t all buyers currently be in the same exact position?

I don't see anyone "throwing trash" on Jellyfin, only pointing out that there are some downsides. Just as it also has some advantages over Plex.

Plex is undoubtedly on a downward trajectory, and I'm glad Jellyfin exists. But it does not yet have feature parity with Plex, and if you use it for music there's simply nothing better than Plexamp. You waive away the requirements to remotely stream on Jellyfin, but the fact that you suggest simply opening up ports highlights that one of Plex's strengths is it's ability to remotely stream without jeopardizing your network security.

I run both concurrently, Plex for the remote streaming, OTA DVR, better living room apps, and (by far the biggest feature for me) for Plexamp. Jellyfin for proof of concept.

I'm not a Plex shill, and am preparing for a day that Jellyfin is the better answer. But for me and my users, that day hasn't yet arrived.

I believe you. I'm just saying that quality of streaming remotely hasn't been an issue for me (other than my MIL being a boomer and messing up her settings.)

That's not been my experience, except for my MIL who somehow keeps resetting her client quality settings to 720 making my server transcode. My ISP is also really shitty so I'm honestly not sure the bandwidth numbers leaving my server.

The sheer idiocy of this take. Libre Office (or other open source alternatives) haven't been around forever, and paying for software you use isn't exactly an outlandish idea.

I work with Excel a lot for work. I've been tempted for a few years to buy a perpetual license for my personal machine because using the same software is just easier. I haven't, and obviously now I won't be.

But don't put down paying a reasonable price for a perpetual license for software you use often. It's thinking like that that's gotten us all-subscription options.

That explanation makes it worse.

I unironically would rather FFmpeg be in charge of, well, anything instead of Musk.

3.5 million is the increase in value over what they paid. That means they were making well over $100,000 every year for the past three decades, and they are complaining about paying cap gains.

Fucking Boomers.

Although increasing the exemption amount to peg inflation does make sense.

Do you think physical distance is keeping the data safely within our borders?

Everyone is talking about the poor security practices, which is fair. Or they are talking about the appropriateness of such an app existing, which is also fair.

But the immediate take away should be, especially in today’s political environment, that we cannot and should not trust sensitive data that leaves our device, particularly if you are of any kind of non privileged group.

You can stop using all Google products. Now I understand their market share on the web means they’re going to continue to shape the web.

But make no mistake. There is something, however small, that you can do. De-Google.

Citing the “start” of Wall•E is so specific, and it’s wrong. These characters are kinda infamously only in the second half.