Well, thanks to the supreme court, it’s all legal, right?

Vietnam, I think.

Like any skill, practice, and practice often. It’s usually better if you jump in with a purpose, with a project in mind. It’ll help organize your thoughts and channel your effort, versus just copypastaing an example from the web. Start small, then start combining small things into big things. Gather your tools and eventually you’ll have a tool for most things.

God fucking damnit, america! Get your shit together!

So even his TV numbers are lower than Obama’s?

Who released the leopards?

The amount of money stupid gives to stupid, though. Makes my stomach churn. So much for so little.

This is why Astro bot is such a resounding success.

Trump should be in prison now because he still is a ‘normal citizen’.

Guys, c’mon. There’s only so much face a guy has to feed the leopards.

Wait till he gets to Gaza.

Do you need windows? Renault has a couple of small ones, the Twizy and Zoe, in order of size. Dunno if they’re still available. Else in my country they have the BYD dolphin and Smart One Plus.

Chinese EV it is, then!

Uh… good?

Shit knows shit. Literally and figuratively.

Good counterpoint mate. Will have to avoid those too, then.

Ive actually heard of internet connected soldering irons. I feel your pain.

Learned a new word: mendacious

Heh. Thats a whole 'nother can, friend. Can relate though - I do that on my phone. I just hate my tv nagging me that the version of the os/ app is old, but the manufacturer doesn’t provide any more updates. The old school stuff I inherited works fine for 40+ years.

Because I lose features I bought the tv for? I mean, if the selling point is a YouTube/ netflix/ spotify client, then 3 years down the line when the Netflix client is no longer compatible with the current service, and can’t be updated because the TV’s OS isn’t being updated by the manufacturer any more, it means I have to buy another device, which I could have done in the beginning. So now I want a dumb tv so I can pair it with anything I want for years (HDMI will be around a lot longer than Netflix v3.x.xxxx), instead of having a tv filled with zombie apps I can’t delete.

The spyware is there as long as I’m using the services. So it’s not what is bothering me, though it’s the common bogeyman. It’s the forced obsolescence and waste.

Thanks man. I’m not interested in getting off the grid. These things are essential to daily life for me. I just don’t understand why my washer needs AI or something dumb like that. The tv should take a signal and display it. Anything outside of that can be done with an external device. So yeah, I’ve been researching the business displays and large monitors.