Agreed, a week with no work, no packages, no advertisements, and corporations shutting their mouths for 7 days straight would be glorious. Perhaps more people will understand that the world doesn’t need to be how it currently is.

I can’t speak to the privacy aspect, but its at least possible to interact with Facebook in a less algorithmized way, especially if you turn off the news feed and just search for interests or visit grandma’s page. Ticktock, from what I understand, just profiles you into boxes and proceeds to shovel a stream of swill into your trough until you are maximally isolated and radicalized in your echo chamber. I think it’s crazy to trust either and I’m glad to see GenZ shunning FB a little more. I avoided Ticktock, but do have a Facebook account.

I think how you interact with the sites can effect _perception of privacy.

No, but language can evolve: Gassy Greg, Farting Fred, Stinky Sam, Pootin’ Pete…

Soon the globalists will lay claim to every word and we’ll communicate with sentences composed 100% of proper noun brand-names owned by multinational corporations.

I had this experience on a previous holiday as well. I’m talking single digits up and down. This year I brought the portable 4g router my partner bought me last Christmas and my speeds have been tolerable for work and casual gaming.

I saw one of this Japanese Kei trucks the other day with a decal across the windshield that read “under compensating” :D

Sadly I did not have time to snap a pic.

And you may ask yourself “how did I end up here?”

Originally, I was just planning on being mildly infuriated, but thank you for the in-depth explanation. Networking is my weakest nerd-stat and its truly interesting. I’ll try a few other servers and see if they are blocked. My VPN provider is known for privacy, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone is doing sketchy things on there. Then again, it’s only a mild annoyance and an irony since Consumer Reports have reviewed the same provider I have been using.

Interesting. I know sometimes certain VPNs work with Netflix while others get flagged as VPNs. I wonder if your provider just has some fresh IPs that haven’t been added to whatever block lists these companies use.

That’s right, Chrome had the smiley before I deleted it from my phone. FF uses the infinity sign. Thanks for catching that.

That’s pretty good for me. Usually I have the smiley face and just mass delete my tabs every time I flash my device.

I knew this comment was coming. :) FF Crew Represent!

I’m guessing you’re not logged in. The landing page works, but the members area, where the full ratings are, will show the above screen when I’m on VPN.

Central/West US. I would say: The laptop is backordered. It is on backorder.

Interesting. Didn’t consider the evaporation. I imagine friction could effect the minecarts, but no idea to what degree. Some loss is gonna happen so matter what. If I’m understanding correctly, even nuclear, built away from population centers, will lose some power due to transmission distances.

Kind of an unconventional battery, but I’ve heard of solar and wind being used to pump water uphill into reservoirs and then released through a hydro plant when the sun/wind aren’t shining/blowing. I’d be curious to know the amount of production lost from storing it this way.

Bought a bottle of scotch once that said “The greatest advertisement is a quality product.” I would have to agree.

Fuckcars is a good Lemmy sub about better urban spaces. Mastodon has some good bicycling hashtags.

We know you have no money in your checking or savings account… and you’ve said no at least 50 times in the last month… BUT would you like to use this investment brokerage we’ve partnered with?

I hate the ones where I already rated it… and it keeps asking me even more. It’s infuriating.