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Brought a CD to a TV show I really like as I wasn't going to buy the physical discs to it when they were DVD for reasons. It's unopened as I went and  so I don't have to. Sort of tempted to open to look at the feelies though.
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I'm a huge Star Trek nerd, but CBS made their streaming service so viscerally unappealing that I waited for the DVDs for STD S1. I don't really see a reason not to do the same for S2. gently caress you, CBS. I'm not going to pay to be advertised to.
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I'm finally wanting to change up from my aging Nexus 6. Whats a good Android upgrade without going to stupid pricing that new phones go for (I buy all my phones second hand or chineseium)?
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Wizard of the Deep posted:gently caress you, CBS. I'm not going to pay to be advertised to. That’s a weird line in the sand to be drawn. Magazines aren’t free and have ads. Many people pay for satellite or cable tv and nearly all of those channels have ads. Your internet isn’t free but it’s full of ads.
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Humphreys posted:I'm finally wanting to change up from my aging Nexus 6. Whats a good Android upgrade without going to stupid pricing that new phones go for (I buy all my phones second hand or chineseium)? Oneplus 6T
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GutBomb posted:Your internet isn’t free but it’s full of ads. 
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Laserjet 4P posted:Oneplus 6T I've been looking at the Oneplus series for a while now on the sidelines. Maybe time to bite the bullet? Anything you find lacking?
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The disturbing part isn't the ads, it's willingly watching Star Trek Discovery. CBS is doing you a solid by getting in your way.
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Humphreys posted:I'm finally wanting to change up from my aging Nexus 6. Whats a good Android upgrade without going to stupid pricing that new phones go for (I buy all my phones second hand or chineseium)? rocked my nexus 6 until late last year and have been pretty happy with the s9+ as a replacement; still, nothing compares to the bare-rear end bones of a google brand phone imho still hanging on to the N6. the first phone i really liked, probably use it as a media server for a chromecast or something, eventually
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GutBomb posted:That’s a weird line in the sand to be drawn. Magazines aren’t free and have ads. Many people pay for satellite or cable tv and nearly all of those channels have ads. Your internet isn’t free but it’s full of ads. I don't buy magazines or cable/satellite service. Between uBlock Origin and PiHole, the first time I see an ad, it prompts me to hunt down the source and ensure I never see it again. I honestly consider Amazon Prime Video less valuable because of the annoying pre-roll ads. I'm very, very opposed to advertising.
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when cable came out people were super pissed to be paying because one of the promises of cable was that the programming wouldn't have ads
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boar guy posted:when cable came out people were super pissed to be paying because one of the promises of cable was that the programming wouldn't have ads My father tells me that when they first built the toll highways around Chicago, they said they would only charge tolls for the first five years or so, and they'd stop once the initial construction of the roads had been paid for. Promise. That was in 1968 but somehow they never got around to taking the tollbooths down. A simple oversight, I'm sure.
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At least they finally figured out wireless toll charging rather than "I know, let's make every single car stop every five miles on this controlled access highway!"
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GutBomb posted:That’s a weird line in the sand to be drawn. Magazines aren’t free and have ads. Many people pay for satellite or cable tv and nearly all of those channels have ads. Your internet isn’t free but it’s full of ads. I'm grateful to the ad watchers because if they all blocked ads, it would probably be made illegal to "steal" content ad-free the way it became a crime to steal cable. Thanks ad watchers, keep it up.
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Powered Descent posted:My father tells me that when they first built the toll highways around Chicago, they said they would only charge tolls for the first five years or so, and they'd stop once the initial construction of the roads had been paid for. Promise. Colorado gave up on the pretense and instead uses taxpayer funds to build roads that they immediately sell to private toll-road companies with 100-year leases.
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They built a huge bridge over the river where I live, and had tolls on it. Eventually they had to concede and remove the tolls because no one was using the bridge. It would be hilarious driving over this gigantic 6 lane bridge during rush hour and you'd maybe see 3 cars on it as you went over.
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Powered Descent posted:My father tells me that when they first built the toll highways around Chicago, they said they would only charge tolls for the first five years or so, and they'd stop once the initial construction of the roads had been paid for. Promise. the orange county toll roads were supposed to revert back to the state in 2011 but instead the main one that runs by where by i live has gone from $2.50 to $7.50 and the lease has been extended first to 2036 and now to 2042
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Toll roads are the classic Econ 101 example where they use pricing to manage the number of cars on the road.
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boar guy posted:when cable came out people were super pissed to be paying because one of the promises of cable was that the programming wouldn't have ads time capsule: https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/26/arts/will-cable-tv-be-invaded-by-commercials.html
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Over here in As for ads on webpages, I try to leave some of them visible - until we find a better payment model (Flattr? Brave?) it seems mildly rude to block the main income source of the pages I visit. Not that I ever click them, so I doubt I'm worth much anyway...
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Platystemon posted:I only listen to music accidentally recorded onto pottery made in the vicinity of the artist. I want this to be a real thing is it a real thing?
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I want this to be a real thing Yes, in an X-Files Christmas episode
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I want this to be a real thing I think that turned out to be a hoax. Or at least the one that made headlines 10 years ago did. In theory it should be possible though.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I want this to be a real thing It was alleged to be the case, but I don't think it was ever conclusively proven. I believe mythbusters even tried to replicate it, and couldn't do it when trying on purpose.
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:mythbusters even tried to replicate it, and couldn't do it when trying on purpose. OK this makes me believe it's actually easy and commonplace 
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In Buffalo they did actually remove the toll booths on the 190. 30 years later than they were supposed to, but hey it's gone. Now they store DOT vehicles or set speed traps on the extra pavement. They've also been talking about going full electronic on the Thruway / I-90, and with that moving the toll-free zone east one exit from the city. To keep up with sprawl I guess.
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This should be fairly interesting to a few people: https://newsroom.ibm.com/2019-07-15...Y-Wed-July-17th Moderated by Dr. John E. Kelly, IBM Executive Vice President, from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, the panel will reunite veterans of the Apollo 11 mission to share behind-the-scenes details of what it was like to be right in the middle of the action in the lead-up to and during this historic moment in time. The panelists will also look ahead to how the future of artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and other technologies could help us reach new frontiers. What: Live panel discussion featuring IBM Apollo 11 Mission veterans When: Wednesday, July 17th 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. EDT / 1:30 – 2:00 p.m. CDT / 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT Where: Livestream available: https://www.ustream.tv/channel/4uTr5z6aft8. Panelists: Dr. John E. Kelly – Executive Vice President, IBM Homer Ahr – former IBM computer programmer Dave Proctor – former IBMer who coded the lunar descent maneuver model Sadie Stanley – former IBM Radar Programmer Phil Pollacia – former IBMer who managed the preflight trajectory Tommy Steele – former IBMer and lead engineer on the instrument unit To learn more about IBM’s involvement in the Apollo 11 mission, please visit newsroom.ibm.com/Apollo.
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Kentucky actually removed the toll booths on the Natcher Parkway between Owensboro and Bowling Green a little over 10 years ago. It was actually a surprise when it happened. The Gov. declared they were to be shutdown with no notice one weekend and that was that. It was 3 toll stops that totalled $1.50 to make the 70 mile trip.
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Maybe it was in honor of the Bowling Green massacre.
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I know its not as relic-y as most of the stuff in here, but I was able to find a useful guide on how to get the Mad Catz amBX lights working again on windows 10. These were released in 2011 and required finding the drivers and making sure windows does not put then in power saving mode. Ive seen other RGB kits, but they are either just static, reacting to audio, but not as dynamic as this (exception with the ambilight project) I showed this off because that area in Path of Exile has you running through the light and dark fast.
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Humphreys posted:I'm finally wanting to change up from my aging Nexus 6. Whats a good Android upgrade without going to stupid pricing that new phones go for (I buy all my phones second hand or chineseium)? Pixel 3a. Same great camera features, slightly less power under the hood, but supposedly runs smoother than the regulal Pixel 3 due to better memory management. They had killer deals when it came out a few months ago with trade in I'm pissed I missed out on. Waiting to see if the Pixel 4 is worth the upgrade from my current Pixel 2, if not Ill go 3a. Also, I've seen bnib Pixel 2's going for ~$300, still a fantastic deal at that price.
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Humphreys posted:I've been looking at the Oneplus series for a while now on the sidelines. Maybe time to bite the bullet? Anything you find lacking? Earlier I had a Nexus 6P and I absolutely loved it. Then the battery started going bad - 30% and phone shuts down just like that. I had the battery replaced and my wife’s now using it, and got myself the 6T. Fingerprint scanner is a bit slow. Screen resolution isn’t as high as on the 6P. No completely clean Android. That said, whatever is on the 6P is clean enough and thank goodness no Samsung memory hog, and the screen is fine anyway. Face recognition is cool to have too, and to me the notch is not disturbing, though I mostly use the front camera if I need to peek in ducts or so. Don’t take my word for it though. The 7 is out now but I never needed the shiniest new thing, just something powerful without bullshit.
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 Ah, NetWare. It's been a while.
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Our Novell netware network at college had a thing turned on where it would auto fill your username if you hit tab, so you could do two things: 1) dump the entire directory of usernames just by typing “a” and hitting tab until you got all the “a” names, then B, etc 2) log into a ton of accounts that weren’t yours at the beginning of the school year because the initial passwords were all set with the same scheme and then you would be asked to change them on login, so once you got the username, you could divine it’s initial password Early 2000’s “security”
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Novell® Client™ for Windows*
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Our Novell netware network at college had a thing turned on where it would auto fill your username if you hit tab, so you could do two things: That's a lot of work, at my highschool we just ran a script that checked for null passwords and found multiple full access accounts that indeed had no password
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Booourns posted:That's a lot of work, at my highschool we just ran a script that checked for null passwords and found multiple full access accounts that indeed had no password That's a lot of work. Our computers were set up so if you pressed escape on the login screen, it would freak out and show you an error screen. You could then alt-tab away; you would not be logged in, but could use the applications.
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klafbang posted:That's a lot of work. Our computers were set up so if you pressed escape on the login screen, it would freak out and show you an error screen. You could then alt-tab away; you would not be logged in, but could use the applications. 
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