NeoToasty

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The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act, S. 2140, (PERA), sponsored by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-DE) would be a huge gift to patent trolls, a few tech firms that aggressively license patents, and patent lawyers. For everyone else, it will be a huge loss. That’s why we’re opposing it, and asking our supporters to speak out as well. Patent trolling is still a huge, multi-billion dollar problem that’s especially painful for small businesses and everyday internet users.

[–] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 day ago

Smart-anything is just a dumb novelty design because rich techie users are about as wowed as dangling plastic toy keys infront of an infant. Nearly nothing is anymore useful when it becomes 'smart' and largely gets that title because of it's capability to connect to the internet and just become another app for data-farming services to nag you over.

These things are just also another way to rob people more money because they're going to have more models, the company is going to talk down to you for being filthy and not upgrading. You're going to spend a lot of time dealing with a lot of variables that people already have presented for having a smart device and this is where the argument of "old is always better" comes into play.

[–] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've had to drop Monster Hunter World, it's a game that I was so enamored by to play, had it on my wishlist for months and months. Seen many of my friends play it. I really dig what's there. I finally had it gifted to me by a friend and I gave it an honest try.

Who at Capcom, decided it was the best idea to not give that game a way to pause the game or skip the cut scenes? Like, I hope that person is fired because that is how you just brush away all of the patience one has for waiting for things to finally give you back control.

And it's because of that, I now have to leave it collecting digital dust.

There were also many popular games that people have recommended so highly to me before that I just got and tried playing and ended up not liking. I ended up finding myself revisiting free games, older games and vice versa than playing what people recommended me. I'm sorry but a lot of AAA games are just boring experiences that have drained all of the good ideas that could've been much more.

[–] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I get you. I hug very hard to the more popular Linux distros to be more user-ready than what feels like 98% of the rest of the Linux distros out there. Where you've got to have a Google search ready at every turn in hopes enough information is connected to resolve any and every problem you may have because you picked a distro that either isn't supported well or poor documentation or everyone else gives it zero fucks.

[–] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Everyone should pirate my little pony porn. Wait, there's Rule-34, I digress.

Also, please stop carting around old and unfunny memes. Learn to know when memes stop being funny.

[–] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Who torrents linux isos? Linux OSes aren't illegal to pirate.

 

Going to be interesting times, in a bad way. Everyone knows now in the US the newly appointed FCC chairman is going to be Brendan Carr, who is against the idea of Net Neutrality so we expect that to go away again similarly to how Ajit Pai got rid of it when he was around.

Should anyone be worried about what this guy can do? Will he carry on the fight for entertainment industry's interests?

Okay, can we focus on the subject matter instead of just devolving it into a stupid meme and treating this platform like it's reddit? Come on, grow up and I've blocked half of you already.

[–] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 2 days ago

I hear you. I have Walmart + and thankfully it's free. Because for the past 3 orders, one of which I paid $80+ for. The drivers kept dropping off my groceries at two different doors in the same apartment building I'm in. How the fuck can you mess that up?

[–] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My therapist told me that family members can't be replaced. I disagree. They can be replaced. They only become titles but titles also can be ignored.

You don't have to associate with, acknowledge or interact with the biological family members if they've proven to have been a contractual mess of toxicity in your life.

I've replaced members of my 'real' family and I got better people. People who care and support. I recommend it, to anyone.

 

Dial-Up internet. Unfortunately, it's still here because the ISPs continue to fail to deliver on the promise of expanding broadband over and over.

And because of that, it's no wonder internet isn't expanded to everywhere in the country of USA.

 

Today I'm donating my streaming sticks. I got a ONN brand 2k one I bought for 15 and I got an Amazon Firestick 4K I got for $3 from a thrift store because they didn't know what it was.

And I love the concept of stream sticks, I really do. Too fucking bad that corporate interests got in the way and now everything has to have a bundle of ads at every damn turn. Not even some of the things I'm subscribed to is free from ads because this is the future apparently, we're here.

Shame because I don't want to let these go and even if I were to subscribe to Netflix's ad-free subscription, that's only one source. Why do that when I can just grab a long HDMI cable, plug it into my desktop and to my TV and I can watch everything that's there, without ads because of the extensions I use to block ads.

[–] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 21 points 2 days ago

Not likely. This is hyperbole.

What is most likely going to happen is that any right-wing, MAGA cultist and whatever. They won't be penalized for any harassment or antagonizing behaviors committed by them to those they don't like.

That's the reality.

 

Some of these things may sound a little exaggerated, but I'm not going to put it pass anyone considering who we're going to be dealing with in these 4 years.

I'm expecting nutrition labels to be poorly regulated and to be informationally false or fabricated. Because we'll have health "experts" who don't care about people's health.

There'll be a lot of sissy slapping among the rich who're fighting moreso over their ideas in what the best course of action that'll benefit them, than it is to benefit country.

Domestic dispute cases will more likely be thrown out or not focused on because this country has shown as to how many misogynists and incels that there are.

I was playing Half-Life 2 recently and for some reason, the vibes of that game reflected the vibes that we're going to be facing. While not exactly, it'll be a similar atmosphere, where we'll be clinging to whatever escapism outlet that we can find to ignore it all.

(This is USA...for the people who're like "DUHHHHH")

[–] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 2 days ago

Quite a lot, feels like over a majority of my life.

Heard it when Y2K was a thing.

Heard it when 9/11 happened.

Heard it when Bush got re-elected.

Heard it when 2012 came.

Heard it when Trump got elected first time.

Seems to be a recurring thing.

 

I would rather know a little, honestly. Because what pisses me off about information today is that I don't really know who's value I am to take and even be skeptical towards. So I'd rather know little.

 

If the price gouging of 2020 and everything following that too. If the housing market crashes didn't budge anyone. If the abundance of so many subscription services didn't. If poorly chosen representatives didn't.

If just the high cost of simply living life isn't doing anything.

Then what the fuck will anymore?

 

No examples from me, just curious.

[–] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 3 days ago

Looks like just a shitty theme but everything Chrome retained. What a waste.

[–] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 3 days ago

In 2016, when I voted Bernie Sanders.

I lost two friends that year, because they wanted Clinton.

Welp, we knew who voted for the right person back then.

[–] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Shut the fuck up about the woes with your ex. You're meant to move on and seek new people. Your ex should be old news, out of sight and out of mind. No new potential date should have to hear you crying about your bad marriage, about how things were once good between you and the other person. Because that's you not letting go, regardless of what you've been through.

And if you keep droning on about your past relationships, you are chopping down what interest there is between you and the new person. That's why you don't get anyone new.

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