Merlin

This is what I do:

1. Buy a perpetual license to the content I want (usually on Prime or Microsoft Store)
2. Pirate it and load it onto my PLEX server.

This is the only way I can actually have control over the content that I fucking paid for. If that makes me a thief, then so be it.

Of course, this only works for PPV content. I generally just don’t watch content that’s available via streaming subscriptions only. I never paid for cable and I’m not paying for cable 2.0.

Welp, just canceled that subscription. They can fuck right off.

I briefly considered splurging on this one and buying at launch. Checked the reviews this morning and was reminded why I never do that anymore.

The consumer GPU market is becoming a dystopia at the top end. AMD has publicly retreated from it and Intel is likely a decade away from competing there. I guess I’ll stay in the midrange moving forward. Fuck Nvidia.

😞

Altman and his ilk are so full of shit. Even the name of their company is incredibly ironic and insulting.

EA stopped innovating years ago and became a games monetization shop. You reap what you sow.

It’s mostly elites that think they’re losing elite status–which to them feels like persecution. Additionally, I do think a lot of DEI initiatives at companies are poorly designed.

Even Costco’s shareholders are based. Love it.

Tremendous respect for this lady. Speaking truth to power–particularly those with authoritarian aims–is vital to the future of our democracy.

This is the result of ever-expanding executive power.