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If you have a Google TV try SmartTube. It's an independently developed app with a custom interface, so that might put some people off. For just watching videos without obnoxious ad…

Indeed, and the Revanced apk customisation on Android, and SmartTube on Google TV. I've not seen an ad from Youtube for probably 10+ years on my devices (since whenever Vanced made…

Being a priest or imam is a job for life. I think i agree.

It does have an air of Austin Powers about it. Dr Evil's notepad in his evil lair. "To Do: Kill Austin Powers tomorrow!"

Was this to test the limits of "don't ask don't tell"?

I can definitely tell the difference between 1080 and 4k on my 55inch at around the recommended viewing distance. Less so on a 42 inch. A 4k image will look good even on a projecto…

Art is so entwined with the human condition that generative AI which conjures output from a statistical pass over background noise is bound to be stagnant. Obviously it can imperso…

It's almost as if we are in a comment section where most peoples jobs exist due to "content" either being stolen (AI most recently) or crowd sourced under EULAs that effectively st…

Yup, demoractic governments existed before the internet and repressive dictators have risen with it. The idea that being anonymous online will save a society from a dictator/repres…

Everything about UK rail is custom (apart from the gauge). Apparently it's one of the (many) reasons HS2 is such a mess. They were trying to run trains faster than typical continen…

"people under 16", you mean children right? "who also have the rights to freedom of expression and privacy", plenty of outlets for people to be expressive in the UK (more so than i…

Yes, privacy is a right i agree with, but anonymity is not. Especially online where there is no accountability.

I know this is a personal question, but i see this type of comment here so often, and it is hilariously naive. Do you have children?

Someone in another post was claiming there was a "right" to anonymity on the internet. That was news to me. The "rights" of my children to not be exploited by Zuckerberg and the re…

Outrage against what? That age restrictions haven't been enforced sooner? I read an article where some children were asked about their social media use. A few made the point that t…

I'm not aware of any "right" to anonymity on the internet.

They were forced to invest in new energy technology because of lack of oil/gas reserves. The US was on course to invest more as well (I guess the reason Musk saw the opportunity in…

In most western countries it is the only true suppression of free speech, as the state will mobilise it's full force against someone, no matter their position or spuriousness of th…

Is anti-semitism on the rise, or is the bar on the ground?

Yup, the visualization didn't help me understand the concept any more than plain text. Superficial in the way that you would expect from a system that has no real world reference f…

I have to fight with my family members when they "Google" something, read the top AI slop result, and I ask which page it came from. They believe what is on the Google landing page…

I'm a parent and will take the second option in a heartbeat. But it's not because I'm cool with my government "[not] doing it for protecting children" or any other conspiracy theor…

Dude, need to @ Elon on X with a link to these comments. Pretty sure he replies to fans as dedicated as you to his cause.

We don't let kids turn up to school drunk because they went to the cornershop on the way to school. I guarantee that would be happening if alcohol sales were not age gated and enfo…

> I think it's important to put numbers in historical context when saying or implying that we're in some kind of crisis. But that would spoil some good click bait for the media, an…