I did say fancy.

Aren’t sqilte files themselves (like most other things) just fancy text files?

You’re probably not preparing your garlic correctly for the recipe. It’s not always about volume.

LMAO. No. You can’t convince an overconfident idiot with facts and experience.

I think the more nuanced take is that we should be making “piracy” legal by expanding and protecting fair use and rights to make personal copies. There are lots of things that are called piracy now that really shouldn’t be. Making “piracy” legal still leaves plenty of room for artists to get paid.

The power indicator bulbs in these kinds of kitchen appliances are rarely LEDs. They are usually neon indicator lamps. They’re pretty durable and have been in use far longer than LEDs.

https://youtu.be/nyYjnV99wfM?si=xq4fxzbOM3ADtBPx&start=106

The list is interesting to be sure, but as with most linear rankings of large datasets it leaves lots of room for debate. But I think that’s the point. It’s not meant to be used as a rhetorical sledgehammer to silence discussion the way you have used it here.

It’s kind of shocking how many of them have an actual monarchy still, with real actual powers over the government despite claims that they are mostly symbolic. Top of the list, Norway, still has a King. New Zealand, still a colony with a King. Finland and Iceland actually have elected presidents. Sweden, curators of the democracy ranking list, still have a monarchy. Each monarch claims they are only symbolic, but if that’s true and these countries are truly the more perfect democracies they claim to be, one has to wonder why the people have kept such oligarchs in a position of power over them. In some cases the power seems to have only passed from the monarch to the parliament out of custom, not actual legislation or constitution.

The phrase only implies that modern democracy grew in popularity as a system of government after its start in the United States, not that the U.S. is a perfect democracy. I took a closer look at the list of “most democratic” countries in the comment to which you’re replying. Have you? It’s kind of shocking how new most of those governments are.

This kind of cheese has a very low melt point.

How about building a core memory around a weird French movie you only saw because it was in the wrong case when you rented it from Blockbuster?

So I take it you’ve never had your mouth washed out with soap for sassing your mother? I guess you also never mistook wax fruit for real fruit as a kid? Or just took a bite anyway to make smartass joke? Maybe I was just a bad kid.

If it’s not specifically called a surge protector, it’s probably not worth it. It’s difficult to even find a good surge protector online without getting flooded with cheap power strips because SEO makes them all show up in the same searches. But they are not the same. Power strips are little more than splitters with a switch. A surge protector will actually offer your devices some protection.

Do you have a carbon monoxide detector?

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You’re arguing based on a lot of misconceptions about the idea. Have you read “Three Body Problem” and/or the other books in the series?

It bears repeating. Piracy is a service issue first. I’ve paid for several streaming services for music and video, but they just cannot compete with the convenience and features of self-hosted options. It’s not at all unusual for people to pirate stuff they have legitimately paid for just because of the convenience More than once I have bought a an album on the very same day I downloaded a pirate copy, just because it was slightly easier to get it on all my devices that way.

Meh, it’s no extra clicks to get what you want on Plex once you actually configure your home to show what you want. I just pushed all those options down to the bottom of my home list, but you can just as easily remove them entirely. IDGAF about bloat. Those are just features I’m not using. I’m sure I use features somebody else doesn’t care for. Besides, the “bloat” you’re referring to is mostly just free streaming content from various channels collected in one searchable app I already have. I’d never stream any of that shit if it wasn’t on Plex already. Reminding me that a show I pirated is available on a streaming service I actually pay for is actually kinda neat. It means I can go watch it there to support it, while making sure I’ve got it in the format I want and where I want.

I’m all for diversity in our self-host streaming software and fully support Jellyfish, but let’s not pretend that the latest halfbaked option is superior because it has fewer features and is less polished. Plex used to kinda suck, lots of features have gotten better. Saying Jellyfin is just like what Plex used to be is not a compliment.

If you want to complain about Plex at least point to something truly awful, like needing Internet access to access local media because of the way Plex account authentication works or the botched and ill conceived rollout of social media features.

Fireworks at most amusement parks, but especially Disney, just gather everyone outside of restaurants and gifts shops, so those can try to start closing up while the fireworks are happening. Fireworks end, everything is closed, everyone takes the hint to use the restroom one last time and GTFO.

Wow, this is possibly the most insightful comment I have ever gotten as a reply. Thank you.

I’m much more familiar with Niven’s Known Space books, so it’s interesting to see actual depiction of Kzin. Makes me want to see other Niven aliens like Pierson’s Puppeteers, Pak Protectors, and Gw’oth on the screen even more.

Wait, so the cat person in Lower Decks is not a Kzinti? Also, I feel it’s worth noting that the Kzinti are from Larry Niven’s Known Space universe (because he wrote those episodes for TAS). I feel like it’s about time some federation ship stumbled into that alternate Universe.