Most people can’t afford to go to Universities for the purpose of research. Most people go to Universities for a specific college (every university is requured to have multiple colleges to be accedited) to learn information that is already known. Which is where I think we have it set up wrong. It shouldn’t cost large sums of money for a person to learn what is already known, the information should be made available for free. The tests universal and unattached to a University name. Were you able to pass the test showing proficiency in A, B and C. Yes or no, that is what we need to know you are proficient in for this job. It doesn’t matter if you went to Alabama, Yale, Community college, online seminars, w.e. Researching knowledge we do not currently possess is what I think the University setup should be pushed back towards.

Are you paying to know those things? I think you’re paying for a piece of paper that said you went there. The number of employers who have hired me for what my Bachelor’s of Science is for: 0. Programmers are probably screwing themselves if they are going to program later in life and using an LLM to write it. But something like 60-90 out of the 120 credit hours for that Bachelor’s degree are not programming courses. If I was in college today I could safely say I would know which courses I needed to pay attention to, and which ones I don’t. Hell I took Archeology of Caribbean Piracy one semester, fun course though.

Thanks for the tips! Yeah, I’m not to old yet, but Ill be 36 this year so I’m not to spry. Ive heard 30s and 40s are good for endurance though.

How old are you? I used to run a lot when I was younger and have always wanted to get back into it but my ankles and knees scream at me for thinking about it these days. To much running on concrete probably. Lots of basketball on concrete as well. I’m only 5’11 but I used to be able to dunk which seems great when your young, but I overlooked how many times I’d be slapping back boards and landing all my weight on them coming down. I probably just need to shed 30lbs from diet and work into jogging after.

I really want to respond in kind but for some reason I’m worried that I should act more mature in the casual conversation thread. No idea why. I hope all your parachutes perform their best out there.

I hear it taste like metal but smells great. I assume the crystal like structure might cause some discomfort though. Doesn’t seem wise to put anything up your nasal cavity, but powders seem like they would dissolve in bodily fluids, what stops rocks from just getting stuck and not dissolving for a while?

That makes sense.

I imagine Amazon has for more influence than Meta do to AWS, could be wrong though.

I didn’t realize till now I must say 4 incorrectly. My cheeks come in, lips extend outward and mostly touch except a small hole in front of my front teeth, where my top teeth rest on top of my bottom lip. Almost like a lite whistle motion void the teeth touching my lip.

It’s honestly great, I used to have a partner that we would take turns reading chapters to each other. If we went on a road trip the person is the passenger seat would read while the other was driving. We would read many nights. Immersive worlds and characters would give us new things to talk about and get us thinking/talking about what might happen when we weren’t reading. When we went to work you’d find yourself thinking/yearning to be back with them so you could experience more of the stories together. The adventures of the characters seemed to push us to want to venture out and travel more as well. Ive never went on as many trips as I did in those years. We lived and dreamed together, it was wonderful.

True, but in the U.S. it’s illegal to upload not download/stream. So you should be fine. Especially with large companies downloading terabytes of data to train AI and fighting that it should be overlooked. You don’t upload any data, and can in theory download movies/shows if you had space and wanted to watch them later. That’s rare for me though. I use a RustDesk setup if I want to do so, and remote in from my phone’s start the movie. Pause, hit download and it downloads not as a torrent but as a normal download. A .mkv or such, then play with a video player.

Then again, I’m from dbzero, piracy is kind of our thing

Yeah. It’s the manipulativeness of moving people to online accounts and hiding the local accounts. They still exist, because enterprise will always have them

Yeah the UEFI requirement is likely specifically required for secureboot/TPM as well. TPM 2.0 didnt work well with legacy boot options. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Microsoft wouldn’t force those things as requirements if they didn’t think they were going to be held liable in court to provide security for their users. Sure it sucks to have it “forced” but there are worse things to complain about. Like the Microsoft account requirement. Yet once again I’m sure that’s because if you encrypt a drive and forget your password, being able to prove your identity and reset the password is preferred to them than saying the data is gone. Only so many “my wedding photos” and such are unrecoverable you want to deal with. Having a solution for a forgotten password is better than not. And not encrypting the drives isn’t a better answer, as once again, your back to being sued. The advertisements and bloatware are what bother me much more.

I set up Streamio on pop_os with a paid plug in $15 for 180 day subscription. It has access to just about any movie/movie I could ever want to watch. Which since it is streaming them it takes up no room on the drive. Plugged it into my tvs HDMI port and use a mouse keyboard on the coffee table. The is alright, it’s best to know a name to searcg, but it’s pretty spiffy without, you can scroll forever it seems. (Most of the info is for other shit, in Pop it took maybe 15 mins setup, mostly creating accounts for the site. I installed it on Mint Cinnamon, and my fiancees W11 laptop so she can watch stuff in the room

Guide I followed in case someone is interested in such:

I saved it from a old.reddit post in case I ever wanted to replicate it again.

Ultimate guide to Stremio + Torrentio + RD Guide Opening Notes (important stuff, please read) This configuration of the Stremio app will allow you to stream movies/TV from most devices, with the exception being IOS devices such as the iPhone and iPad. If you want to stream from those devices, this guide is not for you.

You can use this Stremio configuration to stream movies/TV on most other platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, FireOS (includes Fire Stick and Fire TV), Linux, AndroidTV, and even the Steam Deck.

However, the Stremio setup guide will require that you use a Windows, Mac, Linux, or Android device. Please don’t attempt the setup steps on another device.

Additional information for FireOS (includes Fire Stick and Fire TV) and Linux devices is located below the Stremio setup guide, but you need to go through the Stremio setup guide beforehand with a required device (Refer to previous bullet point).

Stremio Setup Guide Part 1: Stremio

For Windows/Mac users - Go to https://www.stremio.com/ and download the relevant client for your platform

For Android users - Install Stremio through the Google Play Store: Stremio - Apps on Google Play

Open Stremio and sign up with email or Facebook

Part 2: Real Debrid

Go to https://real-debrid.com/

Sign up

Go to Premium Offers

Choose a package and subscribe. I found that using Amazon Pay as the payment method is the most convenient (if you have an Amazon account)

Part 3: Torrentio

Go to Torrentio Lite - Stremio Addon

Towards the bottom of the page, select the “Debrid Provider” option and select “Real Debrid” from the drop-down menu. This will cause a new text box to appear underneath.

Copy the API key from this link https://real-debrid.com/apitoken and paste it into the “RealDebrid API Key**”** box

In the Debrid Options menu: Check the box “Don’t show download to debrid links” and leave the other boxes unchecked.

Click “Install” at the bottom. It should open the Stremio app and prompt you with an “Install Addon” window. Click the green install button at the bottom.

Optional but highly Recommended - In Stremio, click the puzzle piece in the top right to view your addons. Click “My Addons” and uninstall the “WatchHub” addon. It’s an eyesore and it clutters your streams list.

Now that you have completed the setup, you may install Stremio on any device of your choice (excluding IOS) and log in to your account to start streaming Movies/TV. Refer to the section below for Stremio installation on FireOS devices (Fire Stick, FireTV).

FireOS devices (Fire Stick, FireTV) After you have gone through the setup on another device, watch this video on how to install Stremio on your FireOS device https://youtu.be/U1o-scADuIg and then log into your account in the Stremio app. At this point you’re good to stream. It will download everything that you just set up and sync your shows across all devices. However, some FireOS devices may not be capable of 4k streaming.

Edit 10/16/2023 - if you are on firestick, make sure to download the Android TV apk from the Stremio downloads section. The youtube video linked above was created before Stremio had an Android TV version. The UI is much improved over the base android UI for use on a smart tv.

Linux Use the flatpak and everything should work. At the time of making this guide, I had issues in the setup process on Linux but I’m pretty sure that was my fault for having weird defaults on my Arch install. You should be able to complete the setup process on Linux without issues and streaming is guaranteed to work. In the case that you run into issues, Just complete the setup steps on a recommended device first, then install and log into the Stremio app on your Linux device.

Additional information YOU DO NOT NEED A VPN.

Account sharing: You should only share your Stremio account with people who are connected to the same WiFi network as you. If you do not follow this rule, your Real Debrid account may be suspended.

Bugs/Glitches:

Sometimes, an episode of a show or a movie will display “No streams found” even though it should be available. This has only happened to me a handful of times, but the problem will resolve itself eventually.

If the picture is black but the audio is still playing, you should go back and select a stream with a different resolution.

Issue: No streams are appearing at all, or none of them work. Here are the possible explanations:

Your Real Debrid Subscription has expired. Go to Real-Debrid and check your account status.

Real Debrid servers are down/undergoing maintenance. Wait an hour or so, and then try again.

You made a mistake while following the guide. My DMs are open if you can’t figure it out. I’ll probably try to help.

Credit to u/OnlyTheCruxes for most of this stuff because I kinda just copied their guide and added more detail based on my own personal experience with the setup process (Original guide: Installing Stremino + Torrentio + Real Debird )

I get mad at myself if I don’t turn it on early enough. As I. If I go to change lanes and it only flashes once it really isn’t enough notice for other drivers so I usually bitch at myself.

I may be the only person you meet who road rages against himself.

About 10 years ago I was in bars to frequently. I hung out at the same place with the same people for 4 years. Woman came into my life and started going up there with me sometimes, when she asked me their names I didn’t know half of their first names even. Some go by their middle name, last name or just a nick name. There was never a reason to know anyone’s name. This next comment I’m sure some will hate, but I find most people who need to know people’s names are the ones who talk about people when they aren’t around. We can talk about movies, music, pool, darts, sports, hiking, canoeing or any other hobbies and never need to know the peoples names. Never need to exchange phone numbers, social media or anything. I would go to relax and socialize, not to tie myself to more obligations.

Hounding someone on something they don’t agree with just makes them shut down a conversation.

Using something like that brings the bias to light without them ending the conversation. You cannot assist someone with seeing bias in media who just blocks you. While it sucks, sometimes small steps help getting you going in the right direction.

How I pointed something out to a family member this morning.

When Israel attacks housing units in a country it is in a “ceasefire” with, the media says they are “threatening the ceasefire.” If someone fires back. The media will say Israel is being attacked and the ceasefire was broken by the other party.

While that should seem wrong to many, it flies under the radar for most

Can you make me some sake?

Your income went from 100k a year to 20k, how are you doing? Well we fired most everybody and are considering a shut down. Lol. Most owners would just sell out.