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@ oxjox @lemmy.ml

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  • YSK: Do you have documents to prove you are a US citizen? If not, here's how

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  • Not to discount this helpful and important information but, for the people you're trying to direct this to, I genuinely don't think it matters. This administration has thrown out habeas corpus and due process. And they have done this because a substantial portion of the population voted in favor of kicking people out who don't look like them. It's called Nationalism. And with that comes Fascism.

    The core identity of the United States is disintegrating by public opinion. The one thing that brought pride to generations of Americans is being driven out and replaced with the same reasons people had left other countries in favor of the US. It's gut-wrenching.

    So, yeah, get your papers but don't let it fool you into believing it protects you.

    Hah - also funny to look at "only about 50% of US citizens have a passport" to understand exactly why we've turned into Nationalists.

  • Lemmy, do you condone violence?

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  • Violence is stupid. In some situations, it's just an output for one's rage. In other situations, it's a battle of who is best equipped (hardware + intelligence). Neither of these address the core of the disagreement. Violence only beats the loser into submission. It does not change their stance on the matter.

    Negotiation, on the other hand, ideally, at least gives all parties some gains and losses. It may not be the end of the matter but it's generally a positive step and should promote some degree of respect.

    Maybe we never had it, but I think we've largely lost the ability to be respectful and empathetic to others. Even though we find to be of the greatest evil, I think, should be given some initial respect to try to understand the emotional reality of their intent.

    I won't write it out, but imagine the worse crime an adult male could do to someone. Something so revolting that the only "logical" recourse is violence. This is an emotional response that does not address the problems that brought this person to such an evil act. By ignoring the problem and beating the person down, we are not able to understand how they got to this place or how we can recognize this path in others. This is a brief example for the sake of time. If you look at something like genocide, I think the process does scale up but too complex to write out for now.

    I condone empathy for all because we all as a species benefit from it.

    Edit: on second thought - violence used to preserve life may generally be acceptable.

  • Plex has paywalled my server!

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  • This is not Microsoft. I haven’t updated my plex software in over six months and it runs fine. Still, yes, I would expect updates to any software I purchase as new patches are needed for OS updates, etc. That shouldn’t be more than two updates a year for a given OS - if at all.

    Selling a product, generating revenue, using revenue to improve products or create new products is how we used to run businesses.

    If they’re unable to maintain software updates with the revenue they get, then they should discontinue support of less popular products.

    As I’ve stated on the plex forum, plex is no longer a media management and consumption platform. It’s a video on demand service. That’s their prerogative and that’s fine. The issue is that they’re discontinuing a product that people have purchased and use on a regular basis. I paid money for a product and that product can no longer be used if I change the device I use that product on. They should have left the existing product alone and released something wholly new.

  • Plex has paywalled my server!

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  • I bought a media management and consumption platform running on my own server using my own clients. For what reason do I need a relay service to watch content in my house on my server?

  • Plex has paywalled my server!

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  • So what is the move for them?

    Plex has a two-pronged VOD service. They have ad-supported "live television" and they have content to rent.

    I don't know if that's enough to sustain them but I don't really care. I've been a PlexPass owner for over ten years. I have only asked that they resolve bugs and made requests for things like proper organization of classical music (which they've explicitly stated they will not consider).

    You do bring to light something I hadn't considered; that they see Plex as a business model. From my perspective, I want to buy a fully developed product with the expectation of bug fixes and security patches etc over time. I genuinely can not think of a single thing the developers have added to the service that I've used in the past ten years.

    So, what kind of business model charges money to do things that don't have an apparent impact on the user experience?

    Plex has been one of my most used applications in the past decade. However, it has its limitations and they are actively imposing more limitations on the experience in favor of "a sustainable business model".

    The issue is that their sustainable business model is interrupting the users' sustained use of a platform they've already paid for. I've had to go through all of my devices and disable all auto-updates to ensure I do not get the "New Plex Experience".

    What we should be asking is why "selling a product" is no longer a business model.

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  • Rich people don't care about their privacy as much as they have their own IT department to do the work for them (source: I've been their IT department).

    Their devices are just as secure as you would imagine any high profile CEO. Their home networks can cost up to $100k and are super secure with constant monitoring. They all have "normal" devices but they'll usually have a VPN tunnel.

    But, stuff like their Facebook logins, etc they're still pretty bad with passwords, from my experience. I'd say less than percent of the people I've worked with have asked serious questions about their cyber security.

  • What, if anything, are the Democrats doing to stop Trump and his cronies?

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  • For what would they hold the administration in contempt and what does this do to block, stop, or reverse illegal actions?

    It seems like you're lacking a basic understanding of how law and government work and it doesn't seem like you know what contempt means. And, to make up for that, you throw out witless insults in an attempt to derail the conversation.

    You, "the internet", are far too emotional to consider the reality of these situations. Just because something makes you angry or someone does something you think should be illegal does not mean someone is not permitted to do that action.

    There are absolutely actions that Trump has done that are illegal and many of those actions have been decided on while other cases are in court now. "The Democrats", I presume we're addressing Congress, are not explicitly the group responsible for holding the administration accountable for everything he does. Congress only has authority over a handful of things (mostly, but not limited to, money) with few options to do anything about them.

    The point I am trying to make is; (1) what actions does OP suggest are illegal, (2) a court has to determined that action to be illegal, (3) Congress is not responsible for suing the president nor responsible for determining what is legal nor responsibly for jailing an executive officer, (4) this Republican Congress is not going to pass legislation (the main power they have) to block, stop, or reverse actions taken by this administration. And, finally, what the Trump administration is doing, legal or not, is largely what the United States voters voted for. So, the best way to stop these quote unquote illegal actions is to vote for Democrats in two years.

  • What, if anything, are the Democrats doing to stop Trump and his cronies?

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  • Gotcha. So you either you don't know or you do know this is not true.

    Congress has no power to jail officials. They can hold an official in contempt and potentially have the US Attorney's office put them in jail. That's not happening with Trump. That's not happening with anyone in Trump's administration.

  • What, if anything, are the Democrats doing to stop Trump and his cronies?

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  • They can... sue in court (like Dems did to block Trump’s border wall funding)

    Yes. That's exactly my entire point. And this only works if the courts determine the act to not be legal. This is why, as I said, there are over 250 cases against the administration right now.

    There's a lot going on right now which the public dislikes but that doesn't necessarily make an act illegal. If nothing else, Trump knows how to work the courts. He also disregards the courts and we're still waiting to see if there's any repercussions to that.

    Trump is not Obama. Obama fucked up by caving to McConnell. Trump would not do the same. There is no comparison of this administration and any other. History is irrelevant at this point.

  • What, if anything, are the Democrats doing to stop Trump and his cronies?

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  • Yes. Tell me how congress jails officials.

  • What, if anything, are the Democrats doing to stop Trump and his cronies?

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  • Dems could’ve jailed officials for contempt

    How does that work?

  • What, if anything, are the Democrats doing to stop Trump and his cronies?

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  • Really? Tell me how a political party can police another party. The only actions congress, in particular, have is impeachment. Impeachment is effectively suing the defendant with no inherit repercussions.

    Give me one example of an illegal action taken by this administration and what the Democrats could legally do to “block, stop, or reverse” it.

  • What, if anything, are the Democrats doing to stop Trump and his cronies?

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  • It's not the responsibility of a political party to police the actions of an administration. If someone does something you believe to be illegal, you sue them. According to a LLM search, the administration has over 250 cases against them right now. The courts are the ones responsible for judging the actions of the administration and holding it accountable.

    Trump was elected to do the things he's doing. There's no surprises here. Congress is stacked against the Democrats. There really isn't anything they can legally do until they regain either the Senate or the House.

    The concern should be the legal actions he's taking; the ones the supreme court ultimately determine are fine. The few that pass that bar are going to be major hurdles to restoring normalcy.

    What the Democrats should be doing is forming a unified party that listens to the concerns of the people and finding someone to voice this movement.

    It really comes down to the people. We always have the choice of who to elect. We seem to be voting for people who are against our own personal interests because our electoral system is a farce. Politicians are lying so often and so blatantly now that, regardless of your affiliation, the truth is often clouded by bias and emotion, if not intentionally buried. About half of Americans now believe our elections are rigged even though the evidence indicates they're highly secure.

    I mean, if you're here asking what can be done to fix this shit we're in right now, the answer is to reform our elections, make them tax payer funded, embrace STAR or Ranked Choice Voting, and pass the bill that prevents elected leaders from holding stocks. Or, I don't know how you do this but getting people to know the difference between factual unbiased news and fake news and preventing biased opinions from distorting their realities.

  • Do you believe that most people act according to their own self-interest? Is acting only according to your self-interest a good strategy in life?

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  • When it's trash day on my block (city life) and the collectors leave a trash can in an open parking spot and I move that can to the sidewalk, you're claiming that I'm doing this because it makes me feel good to be helpful to someone I'll never encounter, and that this isn't "true altruism".

    So, should we be discussing why we don't do things that make us feel bad? "True altruism" can't exist because we don't go around helping people commit murders or because we're not voting for a politician we dislike? I don't think that's the intent of the word.

    I mean, there's 'doing things because they make you "feel good"' and there's altruism. These are not the same nor are they mutually exclusive.

    I think perhaps the word you're trying to shoehorn into altruism is heroism - when you do something for the benefit of others knowing it's detrimental to yourself. Or, if you really want to dig into doing things that make you feel bad, I'm not really sure what word that would be. Idiocracy?

  • What's the best physical (tap to pay) payment method?

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  • I live in a building where these contactless and cashless washing / drying units are provided for residents to clean their clothes.

  • What's the best physical (tap to pay) payment method?

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  • Thanks. Hadn't thought that far ahead.

  • What's the best physical (tap to pay) payment method?

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  • Plex now want to SELL your personal data

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  • Another longtime user here. If you haven't already, you might want to disable autoupdates on all your devices. The "new experience" is not without its controversies.

  • What episode/season/movie do you consider as the ending in an otherwise long running franchise, and Why?

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  • Nobody’s ever done an adaptation of Asimov’s The Foundation Trilogy, which is too bad.

    Are you saying that Apple's adaptation isn't worthy of acknowledgment or are you not aware they've been producing it?

  • How would you define your white American culture?

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  • As a white American male, not once have I considered my own “white American” culture. Kind of hard to wrap my head around the idea. Maybe because I don’t at all relate to what I would consider “white America” - like country music, corn fields, guns, fear of others, etc. So, yeah, there’s a diversity of white American culture across the country.

    I also don’t have any emotional connection to the places my ancestors were born. So, at the same time, I reject stereotypical white American culture and my own heritage.

    My culture is my family, my friends, my community and the things we do to pass the time and to strive to be better neighbors. It’s not based on color, or nationality, or heritage. It’s more about zip code than anything else.

    But I recognize I’m in the minority. A lot of my friends are really into football and tailgating, etc. That’s not something I’ve been able to go all-in on. It seems cultish to me and I like to keep my head above ground.

    Personally, I’ve never had a strong desire to fit in or belong to a group. I enjoy the freedom of flexibility and decision making based on my own lived experiences rather than the experiences of others.

    To your point about ethnic events, the greatest thing about the US is the diverse culture. I would hate to be part of a monoculture like you find in the vast majority of other countries. It feels a bit like indoctrination to me.