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General Discussion / Re: New Twitter logo looks like a porn site

« on: July 28, 2023, 12:33:11 PM »

It's still weird to me how all of this is coming about because it is either purposeful sabotage or idiocy and all that these changes are doing is pissing off a large portion of people on both sides of the aisle with the only ones left being the small subsection weirdo Elon Musk fanboys that are either apolitical or think he's some sort of right-wing icon.

He supposedly thinks that X will be some sort of bigger hub for the internet after all of this, but it's trending towards becoming not much more than a glorified Patreon page for Elon Musk fanboys.

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General Discussion / Re: New Twitter logo looks like a porn site

« on: July 28, 2023, 12:56:20 AM »

Ha, I didn't even think of that, but it's a good point. This is one of the worst rebrands of a hugely popular product in a long time.

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Gaming Hub / Re: What are y'all playing lately?

« on: July 10, 2023, 12:39:41 PM »

Quote from: Joshua on July 09, 2023, 10:56:26 PM

Wtf is minecraft pixelmon?

Ha! It's a mod for Minecraft on the PC that has been around for almost 10 years and it basically turns it into Pokemon. It turns off the mobs and you go around collecting Pokemon like in the real games. There's towns and gyms and stuff too.

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Movies, TV, and Internet Videos / Re: How Do You Consume Movies & Television?

« on: July 10, 2023, 12:38:31 PM »

Quote from: Joshua on July 09, 2023, 10:55:29 PM

I should snag a pi and try it then. I forget if sd cards have the same issue as usbs do where you can't put on a file bigger than 4gb.

I'm not sure, but all of my movies are on a USB drive connected to it and I have multiple external hard drives that I have packed with shows. One for all my TV and two for wrestling (pre-2000 and 2000-now).

The only issue I have come across is it doesn't let me connect two of those external drives at one time.

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Gaming Hub / Re: What are y'all playing lately?

« on: July 09, 2023, 10:17:46 PM »

I don't get a lot of gaming time, but I've mostly been working on Breath of the Wild when I have the time. I also started playing some Minecraft Pixelmon for the first time in years.

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Movies, TV, and Internet Videos / Re: How Do You Consume Movies & Television?

« on: July 09, 2023, 10:16:11 PM »

Quote from: Joshua on July 08, 2023, 10:51:50 PM

How is it using a Kodi box?

It's actually pretty good after I did a lot of tweaks with it. It's not perfect but it's great being able to have all of my stuff offline and in a streaming service style interface.

It is fun organizing everything and making it look good, but takes a lot of time.

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Movies, TV, and Internet Videos / How Do You Consume Movies & Television?

« on: July 08, 2023, 01:17:50 PM »

I am curious to see where everyone is at with how they consume movies and television these days.

Do you only purchase digitally or do you still have a physical library?

Do you pay for any streaming services?

Do you mostly just watch YouTube?

Do you have an archive of downloaded shows or movies?

Do you still watch live TV?

Do you still see movies in theater?

Personally, I am buying more DVDs lately (especially seasons of shows). I don't pay for any streaming services, but we get Paramount+ free with ads. I have a lot of shows and movies downloaded (mostly wrestling) and I have a Raspberry Pi with KODI installed on it. I don't watch any sports anymore, so with that, I don't watch any live TV. Overall, I don't watch much TV regardless and most of what I "watch" but mostly listen to is YouTube while I am working (which is most of the day, everyday).

I am big on keeping your own personal archives of either physical or digital video as I don't trust the future will have everything as easily available especially as media rights keep changing and old shows keep being censored.

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