Love my S8, though there are apps I can’t run anymore because of how old the OS is.

Still, I’m keeping it till it dies.

I’ll have to get 2312, haven’t heard of that one. Same universe?

That was in the Red / Green / Blue mars trilogy, one of my favorites. Though I think I’ve seen the concept in other works as well.

Basically the temp difference between day / night caused contraction of the rail tracks, pushing the whole city forward so it was always just ahead of dawn.

For me it ubisoft. They’ve made some of my favorite series, then completely ruined them.

One day my rocksmith 2014 isn’t going to work because they shut down the servers, and the over a thousand dollars I’ve spent on guitars, songs, cables, and pedals are going to be, well, not useless, but pretty close to it.

The basic point was that all holidays are made up. To suggest that xmass is less of a cash grab consumer fest than valentine’s day is insane.

You dont see valentine’s day advertised in January, around here xmass starts the day after Halloween.

I can think of quite a few ways to show love w my S.O. without consumerism.

Also, I don’t see any false equivalence, just because it’s been around longer doesn’t make Christmass any less made up.

I design UI for systems infinately less likely to kill you when distracted than a vehicle interface.

The only possible glitch is that this is appearing before it was supposed to.

Being triggered specifically when the vehicle is stopped shows a lot of thought on the cover your ass for saftey lawsuits front, that was no mistake.

I’m still rocking a galaxy s8 and I love it. Only problem is many of the apps are dropping support and I cant update the os.

Really not looking forward to a new phone but itll have to happen soon

Quick google search suggests the ads come from same domain as youtube, so wouldnt be blocked.

Back to muting ads and reading lemmy on my phone

I watch primaly on my PS4, is there a network based solution?

I’ve always wondered what o7 was all about, thanks.

Absolutely, but the question was “how did you”, not “how should I”.

Not likely to help but for me it was joining the military.

Between the training I received and the situations I faced, nothing in civilian life has really been able to effect me.

It’s been 25 years since I left the service and I can count on one hand the times I’ve actually been angry about something.

Dont give or accept gifts.

Take your money and buy something for yourself.

If you want to enjoy family and friends do it by spending time with them.

My life became so much more relaxed when I stepped away from holidays and gift giving.

Anyone who hasn’t done a Mun landing shouldn’t get to direct space scenes.

I thought they stopped selling children at Walmart

No, I work in corporate AV, so I’m buying higher end digital signage for most applications at work.

NEC and Philip’s I’ve been using lately, but they are just the cost effective ones now. LG, Samsung, Sony, all make good displays.

Digital sign usually dont have any smart apps, and if they do you can fully disable them.

They also have all the advanced features you could want. Serial and TCP api, multiple ports of various formats, auto on with sync detect, etc.

For personal use, my last three have been Visio from Costco, and while it has the apps, I just never connect to the internet.

I have seen guides online to open up a display and disable the smart elements, but that seems overkill to me.

One thing to watch for, I’ve heard but haven’t witnessed that many displays are getting way more aggressive about auto connecting to wifi for sharing data and updates. If someone has unsecured wifi near by etc.

Yes and no. This is for parents, so ease of use is a huge factor.

The processors in smart TVs are often crap, plus who know what updates and monitoring they are pushing on you.

With a dedicated media device you only have one company to deal with. Personally, I use my playstation for everything, but for my mom a Sony bluray with the apps works fine.

At the end of the day, they’ll want netflix, amazon, youtube, hbo max, etc, and you get a way better experience with a media player vs smart tv. Sony is a known evil as it were, their hardware is good, and they generally don’t fuck up firmware updates.

If you want a true dumb TV, buy a commercial grade display made for digital signage. Bit more expensive, but designed for 24/7 operation and has none of the smart tv fat.

My advice is never use a smart tv of any kind.

Use a third party device like an apple tv or roku, hell even a bluray player with apps on it.

Then get what ever TV you like and never let it see the internet.

I personally like Visio, but any mid grade display is fine.