you say non-credible, but that is an odor that is absolutely an act of war.

not at all arguing this is okay, not even a little

but

If you are the French government, and you know what the French populace has a history of doing to the French government, it would be understandable to want to keep your eye on them, no?

again. It ain’t cool. But I’m honestly surprised they didn’t hop on the “intrusive surveillance” bandwagon sooner, like, as soon as mass surveillance became feasible, and have the privacy laws they do.

honestly, this is brilliant. Not only is it going to make it easier to understand people with really thick accents – I’ve worked with lots of Indian people before (hotel industry) and I still get tripped up from time to time, especially over a crappy phone line – but it’ll also probably cut down on a lot of the racist shit they may take from customers. I can imagine the average call center employee with a thick accent takes a fair bit more abuse than call center employees who speak without an accent.

on the other hand, this might also make it harder to identify a scam call immediately if this becomes commonplace. Not that perfect English speakers aren’t also capable of scamming you, but, usually the scam callers aren’t perfect English speakers.

I believe Quebec already lays claim to that title.

press send on that post that you felt wasn’t of enough substance to be worth anyone’s time.

I feel like you vastly underestimate the amount of subpar shitposts I’m capable of composing (and then thinking better of) in a given day.

if it’s higher than $60, R* can lick my taint.

in fact, if the online is as ridden with issues as 5’s online has been, I’ll probably just pirate it. Why would I want to pay $60+ just so I can get squeezed for even more money via microtransactions; and having to pay even more for a mod menu, just to exist in a server without being hassled? Fuck that with a rusty fork.

oh, that tard’s still around? I blocked him months ago.

I can affirm my experience has been all the better for it, so yes, the rest of the fediverse should throw the Nazi out of the bar.

Well it is very on-brand.

My mother had a behemoth of a Panasonic console TV in her living room right up to the early 2010s. Still worked when we got rid of it, too, just finally decided it was time to upgrade. I remember, when we moved it, there was a half-inch-deep sunken area where it sank into the floor over the years, compressing the carpet.

Am I the only one who, upon seeing his videos for the first time, immediately thought he was an annoying little pinhead?

Like, I’ve watched his channel(s) surge in popularity over the years, and this entire time I’ve just been wondering why, and the issues that have come out about his little empire since have only confirmed my initial prejudice.

Are you able to walk?

If so, I have bad news for you, Gary.

Sir this is a Wendy’s

Mint is the distro of choice for people who want to work on their computer, not work on their computer.

Like I’m glad for all the nerds who change distros as often as they change pairs of pants and enjoy fiddle-fucking around with their setup, but some of us only want a computer that just works and doesn’t give us shit.

Because as we all know, being a gamer means you can’t also be a fucking moron.

… Wait.

One experience with other people on Xbox Live voice chat can disprove that.

you can essentially already do this with TrackMeNot and AdNauseam

I got up to about 120 once and that was enough for me, do not recommend unless you’re very confident you won’t die or get pulled over

It was Christmas morning, the roads were dry, I’d just gotten off working third shift, and you couldn’t see a car (or more importantly a cop) for miles, it was dead quiet. I’d just gotten the car during the summer and never had a chance to really push it. Even still, at 120, the car was starting to feel “twitchy” and I decided “… Nah, let’s not peg this, I’m good.”

That said, at 100, it felt good. Fast, but good. I wish more states in the US had higher speed limits. I get why they are what they are where I live (Pennsylvania has the best winding backroads for a drive and I’ll die on this hill), but I’ve also been out to the Midwest where it’s practically nothing but flat, straight highway through flyover states. They need a 90 or 100mph speed limit, because driving through at 60 with nothing to see but billboards and farmland takes too damn long.

explain the part where I misled anyone? Do you still get YouTube ads even after blocking YouTube’s servers? I’d be interested to see that, if so. Otherwise, I forgive your stupidity.

never underestimate the tenacity and ingenuity of spiteful pirates. It’s been a while since I last used invidious, but I can’t imagine it being permanently broken. in the meantime – Piped, then?

If things get real stupid, we might have to employ AI to identify and strip ads from videos before mirroring. edit: Someone has, in fact, already trained an AI to identify ads in a video, with apparently 97.4% accuracy. So, the hard part’s already been done.

all these people missing the part where I said “holding a shotgun” – I guarantee you’ll never see a YouTube ad on your network again if no data from their servers ever gets past your router. It’s not a subtle or precise option, but it is highly effective. Much like a shotgun.

Then you can just use peertube, piped, or invidious when that gets fixed