It can and does continue to grow. We do not delete content. There is a trove of old (not recently acquired) files on these drives that several members have not gotten around to yet.

I am currently trying to devise a system wherein these different drives can be synced across geographically distant locations. Like a bi-directional rsync system which doesn’t remove extraneous files from the destination.

The problem I’ve run into is versioning, determining which collection is most “ahead”. We’ve had a large drive which was once used collectively by my family, but with everyone moving around it’s been demoted to a more downstream status.

They only reason they don’t dispatch terror squads of thugs door to door is because it would be illegal, not even because it would be bad for PR.

“You’re not hiding any ROMS under zese floorboards, are you?”

2011. Maybe 2009~2009. Mobile devices lowering the bar for entry has been apocalyptic.

*Disclaimer: not being facetious

You don’t need to involve technology to know what manipulative info people are gobbling up. Just watch the public. What they do. What they talk about.

Often, they will unanimously begin discussing the same topic(s) in the flesh all of a sudden. This is how you know it is not an organic process. They did not arrive at that thought through lived experience, but by what they’d seen on a screen.

It is nothing new. The ‘feeds’ in question were once formerly television.

*Disclaimer #2: This may only really work if you, yourself are sufficiently unplugged from manipulative feed-based media.

If I went on a tangent about how game makers shackle themselves to vendor lock-in schemes like DirectX, then this little post wouldn’t have been quite as fun and digestible.

they still need a video selfie from me

Holy shit the normie web really has gotten that bad?

Enjoy your cattle pen!

Also how’s their wayland support?

WIP

Even without ads, the act of showing videos mid-conversation has never been a smooth interaction IME. Best not to fumble with devices while trying to talk with somebody.

Ew, why would I allow my system to create traffic to Google controlled infrastructure?

Nice try, glowboy

Nobody has really answered the last part of my question. I’m not asking whether or not this is ethical, I’m asking how can I keep the employees who don’t leave in a state of perception where they think I’m ready to fire and replace them at any moment. I don’t want them to realize their position and leverage it against me.

I’ve been thinking about holding the promise of upping wage by a dollar and to keep pushing out the date as means of helping them realize how easy their work is. I’m not going to allow non-committed hires to devour the value of my business over what amounts to easy work. They know it’s easy work.

I don’t appreciate the sarcasm. Things have become tight. And after some knuckleheads couldn’t handle basic tasks in a basic industry, I have found we are able to operate with just half of the staff I used to pay. The ones who stick around know their worth.

What I’m worried about is that the remainder will also try an leave, knowing that I rely on them more than ever before. So my angle is to obfuscate the fact that I actually need them. How do I make sure they can’t read me on that?

Price your goods right up to what the market can bear. Business sense.

Just allowing sites to deliver and execute js by default is insane. This is why every pirate should have a javascript blocking tool in their tool set.

Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Disney, Fox, HBO, Hulu, MGM, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, and Warner Bros.

Joke’s on you MPA, I don’t watch any modern trash produced by these “entertainment” companies.

Shortest answer: Agenda2030

You won’t even recognize the internet in a few years

What can we do to stop it?

But apparently people don’t care? They just keep paying for this?

Is your goal to attempt to stop other people from falling for subscriptions? You would be setting yourself up for disappointment.

Or do you mean “what can we do to stop it [from harassing us personally]”?

For example, one is pro-choice the other is pro-life. There is no middle on that issue.

Individuals should have full autonomy over their bodies, including to abort. However, the practice itself is a very sad decision for individuals to make and should be discouraged where possible.

Maybe that’s just slightly left of center

I genuinely thought it was slang for Mullvad. Thanks, I stand corrected.