True. Although plebs like us will never be able to exploit “protect the children” and “climate justice” scams the way the government does, we do have the opportunity, some might even say an obligation, to exploit these scams to the best of our ability.

Take electric vehicles for example. One can enjoy the quiet and smooth acceleration they provide, along with the associated tax rebates and taxpayer funded fuel, etc. despite EV hype being built on the lie of “climate change.” Sure, we can’t milk it to the same extent Musk and his cronies do, but we can profit.

When considering left wing frauds (DEI, climate change) or right wing frauds (protect the children from X), always ask yourself, “what’s in it for me? How can I extract as much value as I can from this nonsense while contributing as little as possible to support it via the tax system?” If enough people arbitrage the system in this way, it’ll collapse under its own weight, and frankly, it’s a much more effective approach than trying to talk sense into retarded partisans and “activists” who promote this garbage via their votes.

This can’t be real. Seems he should be dead. Perhaps this video is AI generated, A more realistic, scientific theory though is that retarded people are simply granted additional lives.

All it’ll take is one tariff-related tweet from the Trumpster.

Is Rumble any better in that regard? It’s really amazing to me that younger folks in the US, and indeed entire once-great nations in Western Europe have embraced censorship wholeheartedly.

Things I’d pay sats for:

Gross housework, cleaning toilets and whatnot.

Graphic design

Pickleball lessons

@armvz I’ll never tolerate ads on any medium, whether TV, radio, streaming, or websites. It’s a waste of time, it’s distracting, and breaks the flow and immersion. One of the reasons I’ve been torrenting for ages is to strip out ads.

(You might argue that even an ad free television program or movie contains product placement which is itself a subtle ad. This is true, so I guess I’m not blocking all ads.)

As for the second question of why I don’t pay for content, be it YT or Netflix, or any other…. First of all, the UX sucks. I don’t want to see autoplay previews, flashing screens promoting whatever woke victim class they’re pandering to that month, but most of all, I don’t like the idea of paying for a “package” of shows, most of which I’ll never watch.

Now, if I can pay on an episode by episode basis for an ad-free experience, then in some cases I will make an exception and pay. I also am happy to pay $5/mo to my torrent seed box provider in the Netherlands. I also used to pay for UFC fights back in the day. Once they started embedding ads into the product, I immediately ceased paying for them and began torrenting them instead. I’d also be more than happy to tip money to the dedicated people who rip a show, strip out the ads, and make it available to all via BitTorrent. In addition, I’m content to tip content creators and podcasters directly for their work. In fact, I’ve done this with writers in the Bitcoin space. But to pay for some packaged streaming service with lousy UX and shows I’ll never watch? That’s insane. Not going to happen.

I’m guessing that, like me, you always have an anonymizing VPN running? Yeah, I don’t do CAPTCHA puzzles to prove I’m human. I move on when I see one. Seems like my YouTube browsing days may be drawing to a close.

Ad free TV shows and movies are so easy to obtain, and in 4K no less, via BitTorrent. I wonder if in-demand YT content will gradually become torrent accessible too as YT puts up more walls.

I refuse to pay for YouTube and I refuse to watch their ads.

On the desktop, the Brave browser blocks all that garbage very effectively and until recently, it blocked ads on mobile as well. But lately mobile Brave (with Shields up) won’t show YouTube content at all. It just shows a blank screen. Safari will play YT content but it doesn’t strip out the ads which basically makes it unwatchable.

Any suggestions? I’ve had some luck with SkipCut.com when on mobile but lately that’s been failing as well.

Any mobile solutions for YouTube ad blocking, or will YT have to be a desktop-only experience for me from now on?

#asknostr #youtube #adblock #brave

Ratings from professional critics are based almost exclusively on the skin color of the cast and the social messaging of the script. I can (usually) predict a 90+ Rotten Tomatoes score by looking at nothing more than the cast’s faces.

Public ratings from movie enthusiasts are slightly better. You tend to get fewer bitter, low talent journalism majors and aspiring New Yorker writers in the mix. They have less incentive to turn their review into a glorified virtue signal and instead just focus on the entertainment value of the movie.

Yes, I guess you could say I’m a bitcoin maxi. I don’t see much value in holding alts, cash, real estate or gold when Bitcoin exists although admittedly, gold has been outperforming in its “flight to quality” role lately.

I too have never personally met anyone over fifty who jumped into Bitcoin. Most of us in our fifties who are rabid Bitcoiners discovered it in our early forties. It’s hard to change a mindset past fifty.

Yeah, I switched my residence out of CA about thirteen years ago.

Well, I guess I’m not counting my first car in my teens which was a cheap Toyota sedan that my parents gave me to drive around.

My first car I actually owned wasn’t a Porsche. It was a Nissan 300zx, a great entry level sports car for young folks like I was at the time. It cost well under $30k, maybe even low 20’s. 0-60 in 5.1 secs, which was considered quick back then. 😂

Things were very different back in 1994. My first job out of college at a commodities firm only paid me $50k/yr but rent on a nice San Diego 1br was only $800, cars were cheap, food was cheap. College debt wasn’t really a thing then, at least for those in my cohort. Any reasonably motivated guy coming out of college could afford a decent place, decent car, and a reasonably attractive girlfriend without having a huge income.

Things are very different now. Even people my age (52) who didn’t take proper precautions to beat inflation can’t afford the same apartments and condos that they *could* afford right out of college back in the 90’s!! As for young guys just graduating…. Man, it’s a different world. Let’s just say I’m glad I was born when I was.

Ya know, I’ve always driven sports cars since I was a teen. Started with a Nissan 300ZX — so I’m afraid I don’t know much about SUVs.

When the dealer gives me a loaner car, it’s typically a Macan or Cayenne, and I guess they seem pretty solid. My girlfriend loves her Landrover Velar and is hoping to get a Defender at some point but beyond that, I just don’t know enough about SUVs to offer an informed opinion.

If you want something huge and fast, Tesla has those Cyber Trucks. They’re massive but I’m told they perform really well.

I really do like the electric experience. It’s fast, it’s quiet, very few moving parts so requires fewer checkups, no smog checks, free charging at dealer and certain public chargers.

Electrics do have certain gimmicky features though. Like the Taycan Turbo S for example, has this checkbox on the menu labeled Electric Sport Sound and if you check it, a speaker blasts a fake car noise as the vehicle’s speed changes — both on the interior and exterior. That kind of stuff is childish and cheapens the experience in my opinion. But at least it’s optional.

Other EV makers (not Porsche) even have a fake gear shift and clutch that do absolutely nothing except, perhaps, alter the fake car noise coming out of the speakers. So yeah, there are a few retarded “features” on certain EVs that make me cringe a bit, but all in all it’s a positive experience.

I’m curious, why did you not opt for the Tesla Plaid? I hear it’s the fastest street legal car available. I just don’t have any driving experience with Teslas but I know they’re super popular.

Wow, it’s beautiful! Nice pick.

Got my first 911 in 2000. It was a great entry-level Porsche but not particularly quick. Started buying Turbos and Turbo S starting in 2003. My most recent one was a 2015 Turbo S which I kept until 2021. Absolutely amazing car!

That’s cool that you got a stick shift. I didn’t realize they were still available. I used to drive stick as well and then I remember there was one year where the acceleration on the tiptronic automatics started beating the manual and it seemed like everyone made the switch at the same time. Not many guys your age can drive a stick!

I drove nothing but 911’s for twenty years then switched to Taycan in 2021. Just got my second one a few months back. Both the 911 and Taycan are excellent cars! Nothing beats the smooth acceleration of an electric though. My only complaint with the Taycan is that it’s a four door. A two door Porsche electric would be the perfect car for me.

Are you enjoying your 911?

This is one of the simplest and best descriptions of female testing that I’ve read. Totally makes sense.

Hope you get an answer to this question and that it inspires a discussion. I’ve given it a fair amount of thought over the years.

I personally believe singlesig with a strong paraphrase is the way to go. The simplest solution that provides the security you need is always best.

So then the question becomes: What additional security does the multisig complexity provide to an individual owner?

A lot of multisig users hand over one or more of their signing keys to a centralized third party. So now you’ve just advertised to any interested party that you own Bitcoin. And deep down, you probably have to accept the fact that eventually that centralized pot of signing keys will be compromised, either by an insider, the government, or some external party.

You could give the additional key(s) to a spouse or loved one and hope their greed doesn’t compel them to steal from you. What’re the odds? 50/50? 75/25? Who knows?

You also have to find a secure place to store the additional key(s). So now what? You can’t store them all in the same place. That would defeat the purpose. Each additional hiding place increases the odds that at least one of the keys gets stolen or compromised. Sure, you can try to set up a “3 of 5” multisig solution but that just increases the complexity to ridiculous levels for an individual. Remember, it’s up to you as a forgetful human being to remember where all of your keys are. Much easier done with single than multi.

When I weighed all the pros and cons, I concluded singlesig gives the most bang for your buck. Multisig is great for business funds where each partner needs to sign off, but for an individual? Singlesig all the way.

There’s definitely a correlation. Not sure about causality.

Ross was my favorite character from “Friends.” It’s cool to have a big name celebrity like that on here.