I agree. Fuck the midwest too.

Getting older. Lots of drama. Lots of political bullshit I can't stand anymore and don't want to hear about. Not saying my situation is the healthiest in the world but that is how I am feeling these days.

A little slower, but nothing. Mullvad is pretty good. A mix of Firefox and Tor.

I have added Mullvad browser to the mix. It's pretty good.

Yep... still much more active and more content there. I think Lemmy is great but Lemmy still has a long way to go.

You don't know what you are talking about.

To elaborate.... Need as in some kind of self defense scenario or even as a survivalist. There are 4 firearms I would probably want to have, each having a specific purpose. But that is it. Having 47 is like a cat lady or something. To me it is weird and unnecessary.

This is America, I have no problem with people owning guns. I support gun restrictions and the banning of automatic assault rifles as well. That is common sense to me.

47.... the cheapest one was probably 500$ or so. This is fetish. What the hell are you going to do with them all? I can think of 3 or 4 models I need and the rest of my stockpile just needs to be ammo for them.

I wish I could say I can fight them with my wallet but I haven't paid for a service or movie except the very rare and occasional trip to the movies, in over 10 years. They still make tons of money despite putting out bad products. We get maybe 1 or 2, maybe 3 good movies or shows a year if that. The rest is crap. Lets be honest. Hollywood has been barfing up old ideas and re-making them more than coming up with new stuff for a long time now. People still pay the prices and go to the movies. Our standards have fallen very low but we are all willing to pay even more for it.

How many people went to see Barbie or Oppenheimer this week? All those people just spit in the face of everyone on strike.

And the actors who get paid way more than they deserve or need to. They demand it. They ensure the movie is going to cost millions of dollars, right off the bat. Before even thinking about the budget for the rest of the film.

And then you throw AI and the real legitimate concerns on how the industry is changing because of it. But then again, who's industry isn't changing because of it. I think many of us are learning that we all are going to have to adapt and use the new technology to survive or get left behind. Especially in the entertainment industry.

I am not complaining that they are striking or that they don't deserve to get paid what the need or that their concerns are not legitimate. I support them 100%. But there are a lot of moving parts, public opinion etc.

With the quality of the entertainment produced in recent years being so bad, many people have lost sympathy. Most people are don't care if AI creates some stupid show they watch, as long as it produces something better than what Hollywood has been putting out. What people have been complaining about for years and ignored.

Executives don't care. They just see dollar signs. They have always taken what was there and tried to squeeze as much money out of as they could. They aren't in it for the art. If they can get away with screwing people over, they are going to do it. They have ALWAYS done it.

I think the key will be the adoption of all the sub-reddits coming here and producing the same quality content they do there.

I have gotten pretty good at it. Mostly in to freestyle and cinematic stuff. Never really got in to the racing aspect of it.

This cheap little indoor drone while working from home during COVID to mess around with on breaks and lunch. Turned out to be a ton of fun and in to a full blown FPV drone hobby/obsession.