I think companies have gotten more aggressive with theirs algorithms shoveling people towards content that gets companies the most money.
I try hard to block out right-wing crap (U.S.) on YouTube. I'm talking blocking channels liberally and going into my history to delete a watch if I find a video is spreading misinformation. I still get so much of it recommended. And anecdotally, it's gotten worse this year. Not sure if there's hard data available out there to prove it but I agree with you, OP, it sure feels like it.
Spotify is obvious. They dumped a ton of money into Rogan so push his podcast shamelessly to ensure maximum return on their investment, despite Rogan being a piece of shit.
Ditto, lightning hit our house when I was a kid. We had a TV antenna with a lightning rod so it was more scary than anything else.
Despite UPS w battery backup for main computers and surge protectors on most dumb things around the house, I still unplug things before a storm out of paranoia.
If someone has managed to find themselves on Lemmy but pretend they don't know about Wikipedia and YouTube, yes, they deserve to be treated as a troll. Notice OP's new account and lack of response in the comments?
I like to think there was a specific person in Nebraska the author had in mind. The University there had a tap into the ARPANET back in the day and always had interesting projects going in that one wouldn't typically expect in Nebraska.
Here's an Article on the survey I've been seeing referenced lately that shows among the population surveyed, men and women are reporting similar rates of loneliness.
As to why it's being called the male loneliness epidemic, well, I have personal opinions on that. Mostly that problems affecting men are far more likely to get sympathy, attention, and funding. How many times are issues affecting primarily women just hand-waved away as less important?
If he somehow does start getting held accountable for this, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries will twist themselves into pretzels to somehow throw him a lifeline. And it wouldn't even make me assume Schumer or Jeffries are in the Epstein files, I think they're just so cowardly and worthless they'd help Trump without getting anything out of it.
Roku device locked down with parental controls + Jellyfin app connected to your server + a non-admin Jellyfin user account so they can't click all the buttons.
The Roku aoo isn't great for my use because it's stripped down. Maybe a benefit in your case.
Ditto, and I switched from high-weight/low-reps to lower-weight/higher reps. Like instead of sets of 3-5, doing sets of 10-20. I recover better and It's safer to do alone in the home gym.
I use it once in a blue moon and every time think it wasn't really worth my time.
For creative pursuits, it defeats the purpose of why I'm doing the activity.
For factual pursuits at work, I need to 100% back my answer. Like put my signature to it, testify on a witness stand confident. When I make assumptions in my logic, I need to be able to identify and clearly articulate them. And LLMs are only as good as "highly probable" by their nature.
The feature from web browser I use most that is missing from the Roku app is the option to increase playback speed.
If you're really a/the Roku app dev, cheers. I recognize it's a passion project for a lot of those involved and I am grateful.