I ultimately want to ditch Plex, but as an existing lifetime member, it currently handles everything so smoothly for my users that I don't see enough benefits in switching. Particularly on the music streaming side (PlexAmp), I think the experience is the most polished one I've seen.
My hope is that by the time the lifetime Plex Pass experience has become enshittified, Jellyfin will be more ready than it is today, and I'll make a switch then.
Used to play this in the computer lab at the local community center. I loved being able to see what the individual people were doing and thinking. It was the first time I saw that level of sim. Way before "The Sims" took it to the extreme.
Local scroller Kyle Townsend has been forced to watch a brief commercial for paper towels, completely ruining his hour spent flitting aimlessly between Instagram, X/Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok. ...
Whenever people ask about ways to make their smartphones more private or which is the most privacy-respecting phone to get, there's always a few people confidently asserting "all smartphones are spy tools, get a dumbphone with no apps if you want to be private". Which is ridiculous advice for a few reasons ...
You can make a smartphone (more) private, but of the box and loaded with standard apps (eg Google), its a privacy nightmare. So I get where they are coming from. Sure using SMS isn't private, but dropping all that app addiction is.
First things first, when i delete any account i have i make sure to delete everything inside the account first, convos, posts, stories or any type of activity. ...
Meta will probably not truly "delete" anything. Personally to make it as "deleted" as possible, I would still delete all of the content before closing the account, but theres no real way to know how they handle these things.
Ghostbusters on NES (I think a very similar game came out on other contemporary systems). While the Mega Drive ghostbusters game was hard but it was worth playing, I don't understand what they were thinking with this one. ...
I was expecting lemmy to sort posts by upvotes but this is not the case: I often find a post with 70 upvotes further down the thread than a post with 20 upvotes. ...
I just wanted to say thanks to anyone who may have donated. Again you have no idea how much it means. Not gonna spam this message all day today, don't worry, but thank you to those that did... Thank you so so much. And to anyone who upvoted or commented or gave well wishes. It means the entire world to me right now.
The government had Kimmel removed becayse he insulted the regime. A corporation had Barr removed to protect their profits. They are not the same. One is authoritarianism.
In 2021, a group of scientists from China engineered the RoboFalcon—a bird-inspired flapping-wing robot with a newly engineered mechanism made to drive bat-style morphing wings capable of flight. While this bio-inspired robot performed well at a cruising speed, it was not capable of flying at lower speeds or achieving takeoff ...
Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica ( arstechnica.com )
Plex is starting to enforce its new rules, which prevent users from remotely accessing a personal media server without a subscription fee. ...
No account? No Windows 11 for you, says Microsoft ( www.theregister.com )
That’s surprised look when you blast her with a solid pint of semen
cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/6974281 ...
CEO of Antico reporting in
Rite Aid shutters all stores after years of financial struggles ( www.nbcnews.com )
Why do we keep measuring the value of things with something that constantly loses value over time?
Instagram wants me to make content — I just want to post a photo ( www.theverge.com )
Plain old pictures are out; content is in.
'Nothig Anti-Semitic' About Palestine Action Protest ( www.youtube.com )
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A leisurely trip
Literally any fucking graph about the US
What's with that?
SimTown, Windows box front cover by Maxis (1995)
Windows box back cover by Maxis (1995): ...
‘Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair’ to Receive Nationwide Release — We Called It Tarantino’s Best Movie ( www.indiewire.com )
Why are all white people considered "caucasian?" Shouldn't "Caucasian" mean people from a very specific geographic location known as the Caucusus? ( en.m.wikipedia.org )
The Caucasus or Caucasia is a region spanning Eastern Europe and Western Asia, situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. ...
15-second ad ruins hour of mindless scrolling ( www.thebeaverton.com )
Local scroller Kyle Townsend has been forced to watch a brief commercial for paper towels, completely ruining his hour spent flitting aimlessly between Instagram, X/Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok. ...
'Dumbphones' Are Not Private
Whenever people ask about ways to make their smartphones more private or which is the most privacy-respecting phone to get, there's always a few people confidently asserting "all smartphones are spy tools, get a dumbphone with no apps if you want to be private". Which is ridiculous advice for a few reasons ...
[GoatToSelf] Strange New Worlds
Want a Trek meme community not based on Lemmy.world? Check out ...
How are people in authoritarian countries supposed to feel "normal"? Shouldn't like half of the world be depressed?
Regarding account deletion...
First things first, when i delete any account i have i make sure to delete everything inside the account first, convos, posts, stories or any type of activity. ...
The shame
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Pick a yes, no and maybe cookie!
Which is a definite yes? Which is a definite no? Which might you try?
My Thoughts on the Riyadh Comedy Festival - David Cross ( officialdavidcross.com )
I don’t understand how being rich can make someone such a whore.
1919 (correctly)
Can someone find a redeeming factor about this game? Like anything good about it.
Ghostbusters on NES (I think a very similar game came out on other contemporary systems). While the Mega Drive ghostbusters game was hard but it was worth playing, I don't understand what they were thinking with this one. ...
how come Lemmy shows more upvoted posts further down the thread instead of at the top?
I was expecting lemmy to sort posts by upvotes but this is not the case: I often find a post with 70 upvotes further down the thread than a post with 20 upvotes. ...
Futurama Season 13 Review: More of the Same, and That’s Okay ( telltaletv.com )
Almost 80% of voters believe America is ‘in political crisis,’ poll shows ( www.independent.co.uk )
JUST IN: James Comey, Letitia James to Be Indicted in the Coming Days, Per Reports ( www.mediaite.com )
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Just Let Me Select Text ( aartaka.me )
I found the https://jeffhuang.com/designed_to_last/ also good. Wondering what can auto-create the different formats for long form blog posts?
Do it. BRING IT UPON ME!
I just wanted to say thanks to anyone who may have donated. Again you have no idea how much it means. Not gonna spam this message all day today, don't worry, but thank you to those that did... Thank you so so much. And to anyone who upvoted or commented or gave well wishes. It means the entire world to me right now.
Tough primaries complicate Democrats’ bid to retake US Senate ( www.semafor.com )
BOYCOTT EM ALL. FUCK THE SYSTEM, FUCK ISRAEL
Originally Posted By u/serious_bullet5 At 2025-09-22 10:34:40 PM | Source
Stan Kelly (The Onion) - Throwback and Forth ( theonion.com )
priority
Dinner is ready!
Charlie Kirk called for an 'amazing patriot' to bail out Paul Pelosi's attacker in 2022
Pedro Pascal supports Jimmy Kimmel despite Disney lead roles ( www.independent.co.uk )
He just keeps going up in my estimation.
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Men can take their shirts off for hot days and exercise. Why can't women do the same in 2025?
Aside from men being horny in the 1800s, and this being a holdover since that time, is there any actual reason why this hasn't changed? ...
This wasn't about free speech
Blue or red leads to the same outcome
Bird-like robot with novel wing system achieves self-takeoff and low-speed flight ( techxplore.com )
In 2021, a group of scientists from China engineered the RoboFalcon—a bird-inspired flapping-wing robot with a newly engineered mechanism made to drive bat-style morphing wings capable of flight. While this bio-inspired robot performed well at a cruising speed, it was not capable of flying at lower speeds or achieving takeoff ...
Disney in Crisis Mode as Studio Seeks Path for Jimmy Kimmel’s Return ( www.thewrap.com )
AOC Reportedly Gearing Up for Big 2028 Campaign ( www.mediaite.com )