Not to give them ideas but couldn’t he just fund his own fake Wikipedia clone?

Isn’t that basically what conservapedia is?

(Link is not to the actual site, but rather to an article about them - not giving that shithole traffic)

provided the manufacturers don’t all start requiring internet to ‘set up’ a tv

That’s an important caveat. And it appears that increasingly manufacturers are adding that requirement.

Apparently LG has extra features it only wants hotels to be able to use.

It’s more that hotels will buy in bulk if a TV has the features they want - and those “hotel mode” controls being hidden from typical hotel guests is one of those features.

Except some models won’t let you do anything until you “activate” your smart TV, which requires an internet connection.

8 years on an internal combustion engine is nothing if you preventative maintenance properly.

Also depends on the type and amount of driving you do.

did the product description indicate the internet connection was required?

That’s an important question.

That said, we were recently appliance shopping and none of them said that it was required, but a couple of the negative reviews mentioned it.

We ended up choosing one of the very few that didn’t list wifi or an app as a feature. Hopefully there isn’t a stealth modem hidden in there somewhere. I guess we’ll find out next week when it’s delivered…

I started out with a Knoppix live-CD back in 2002. Remember that distro?

Thats what got me to start dual-booting and eventually nuke my Win XP install entirely.

It’s been all penguins ever since.

Discord works great on Linux nowadays.

And has done so for quite some time.

You don’t have to tell the truth.

Making it exactly like any other dating app.

Most that I’ve found have been on the ground near bus stops.

Updates forced at inconvenient (or inapropriate) times aren’t a good thing though.

Don’t interrupt my work right bloody now.

You can update later when I’m done doing what I’m in the middle of.

In my line of work I still do that.

Same.

Using a nice blue cable that says “Cisco” on the connector.

Young people should try doing this if possible, it’s a good exercise on navigation skill.

I remember teaching orienteering to my son’s scout troop.

When they complained that would never need to know that because GPS, I handed them a GPS with almost dead batteries during a hike and told them to show me.

About 10 minutes later they became much more interested in the map and compass.

Adjusting the rabbit ears when you change channels.

They only do that because there is an audience there.

If we demand they use better methods of notifying the ublic, that draw for viewers/readers won’t be there either.

It amazes me how much effort people will go to in order to experience the shitshow that TwitXter is.

Just avoid entirely.

The sooner it dies the better society will be

What about after the 10th time it happens?

Or the hundredth time?

Probably the “fail fast” design mentality

Banks are opposed to anything that is “free”.

Unless it’s free to them exclusively.

Yes to both questions.