Thanks. I hate it

This. I always go to primes first, then adjust from there if necessary.

5 is the lowest I can go on my TV and still hear when I’m directly in front of it.

7 is okay, 11 is better

13 is when i start hearing more subtle details

17 is just about right for watching a Christopher Nolan movie at night without disturbing the neighbors

19 when the movie has a lot of low talking

23 when the neighbors are playing their music

29 when the lawn people are mowing outside

31 if they’re blowing leaves as well

47 if I want to hear the dialogue in a Christopher Nolan movie

Thank you! I was starting to think the reference was too old :-/

Pedant :-P

I should’ve used the quote markdown, plus i just copy/pasted a transcript from Ferris Bueller’s day off, so I’ve sinned multiple times over.

Also I’m lazy

“…Not that I condone fascism, or any -ism for that matter. -Ism’s in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, “I don’t believe in the Beatles, I just believe in me.” Good point there. After all, he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. I’d still have to bum rides off people.”

Yeah, I was going to teach myself some of that self-hosting magic, but I was wandering through microcenter and saw a 16TB hdd on sale for $250. I immediately bought it, then decided “in for a penny…” and bought a two bay Synology NAS. I picked up another 16TB hdd a year later for ~$260 for backup, got em in a RAID 1 setup. I like redundancy.

Got things set up, cancelled my subscriptions, and it’s been two years of mostly good times

BTW i know next to nothing about computers beyond basic Windows use, and building PCs for friends and family. My first few times trying to get something from GitHub was… challenging. But I’ve managed in the last couple of years to put Lineage OS on an old Pixel, set up the network stuff so my family can use Jellyfin on their TVs and access my “server” remotely. My proudest moment to date was sideloading Jellyfin onto my Samsung TV. That took some work for someone of my limited ability

All good, still looks like geocities had a stroke, still like it

I did some math. Someone could subscribe to five major streaming services, bundle secondary services, and spend ~$80/mo. They could also lay down $1000 on equipment, set up a home server, spend $5/month on a VPN service, “back up” their physical media, use Jellyfin to stream, and recoup their investment in just over a year.

Not that I’ve done that

I like your style <Geocities website having a stroke>, keep on keeping on.

🟩 me when accosted by an irate middle aged woman while exiting the pointlessly gendered single seat bathroom (I am a fully housebroken husband)

ETA: by housebroken I mean i sit when i pee and clean up anything left on the bowl or seat that flushing doesn’t handle. It’s just good manners

*spealing

What do you call someone who barely graduated medical school?

Doctor

(Good job passing your exam :-D )

Beef, it’s what’s for dinner

You may or may not be aware of composer Aaron Copland. You’ve probably heard his work, or something inspired by it, at some point. In fact, if you remember the 90’s (edit: in the US) you most certainly know one of his works, from the Rodeo suite. Specifically “Hoe-down”. You just associate it with a particular food

https://youtu.be/dYdDYSTEuWo

Just past the 1 minute mark is where it gets real familiar

Hehehe, I like your funny words, magic man

Isle 6, between the tchotchkes and the ramen.

But the best stuff is next door at the Ace Hardware. The ones by the Duracell batteries are best

Sometimes I’m scrolling and my thumb gets lazy and goes sideways and I upvote or downvote things unintentionally.

It’s the only explanation that makes sense

I’m in this picture and I love it

Yeah there’s no point in spending the money on R&D and manufacturing just togive info to an outside party. This is either preventative like you say, or they plan to offer a subscription service to local PD’s at a price

I mean, if you’re not passing in the left lane…

I kid, i kid, I’ve been on those residential two lane roads. The number of people that think highway guidelines apply on a residential road are mind-blowing. Like, I’m in this lane because I’m turning left in a mile and trying to merge a full-size work van with medium traffic congestion is a challenge already. I’m sorry I kept you from driving your Mazda like a Maserati