red_rising

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[–] red_rising@lemmy.world 57 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Equally important to remember that this has nothing to do with the ‘quality’ of the Texas electric grid because Texas it’s superior to all other states in every possible way.

[–] red_rising@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Using the term ‘handicap’ implies limitations out of their control, which I don’t think is true. For most of them the more accurate term would be ‘willfully ignorant.’

[–] red_rising@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (10 children)

What is a better alternative, aside from just buying the media directly?

[–] red_rising@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

Before legal fees and taxes of course.

[–] red_rising@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago

Courtesy of the local tax payers….

[–] red_rising@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago (4 children)

What a disgusting, selfish viewpoint of something so tragic

[–] red_rising@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

That’s a fair point.

[–] red_rising@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I just bought a Roku smart TV and the first time I powered it on, it asked if I wanted to enable smart features by connecting to the Internet. I said no and it functions like a dumb TV now. There are a couple brands that still make dumb TVs but they are all fairly small and not great quality. Much better off researching which smart TVs can be easily disabled.

[–] red_rising@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It’s only $20 a year or $80 for life. I feel like that’s a fair price to support the developers.

[–] red_rising@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Ah thanks. Ya it’s Apple only but I like how it doesn’t sync to a central server but will still sync between your devices across your local network. Seems to minimize a lot of attack surface.

[–] red_rising@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Any options on StrongBox? It seems like a good option but they don’t quite have the reputation that others have, despite being around since 2017.

[–] red_rising@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Protip: one of the buttons around the screen is usually a mute. In my experience, its usually second from the top on the right side.

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