This is the right answer. It is entirely possible and feasible to register as a party you don't agree with for strategic reasons such as voting in primaries for important state offices etc. Millions of people do this across various states.

Yes. This is apparently so much of a problem that US and other nations include this in security training for military personnel and contractors. They literally teach you not to get in arguments online about weapons capabilities and whatnot because they know people are dumb enough to post classified info just so they can be like "ackshually..." on an internet forum.

Kids in my sons junior high school are unapologetic weirdos now and are embraced for it. Normies watch anime.

Contrast when I was in high school and you were called homophobic slurs for liking Star Wars or reading manga. Bizarre times indeed.

Several tech YouTubers have talked about moving entirely to Jellyfin or similar, self-hosting their own movies and TV series from legally owned, ripped copies from their own DVD or Bluray collection.

It takes some work and time to rip, encode, and organize the files. But if you want to go this route, there has probably never been a better time. You can routinely purchase used DVDs and Bluray from thrift stores for a few bucks per disc... sometimes less. If I had a server and hard disk space I'd probably be going this route for media consumption.

Eventually the DVDs will go away entirely and then it will be impossible to create your own legal archival copies.

This is a pet peeve of mine.

I recommended people turn off Bluetooth and WiFi when they're outside the house (and not intending to connect to a network) merely as a battery saving measure if nothing else. Several people in the thread told me to eff off and they couldn't be bothered.

Now we know modern iOS products don't even really allow you to turn off your radios without arbitrarily re-enabling them.

"...well...anyway..."

I keep hoping the next gen of Arc cards will be in that sweet spot of 80% of performance of current flagship cards for 20% of the price. Hopefully they continue to make progress with drivers etc.

Yeah but the Asuka meme was on point

To be fair "He is in this race and I support him" is like saying "He's one of the candidates of all time". It is a milquetoast, borderline sarcastic endorsement.

Another thing worth mentioning is that many states were operating under special emergency rules for absentee and early voting in 2020, whereas not all of them will be doing that now. Statistically I tend to think this hurts Biden this time around (2020 early voting broke significantly towards Biden in most areas) but it is difficult to project how much of a factor that will be.

Unless you have the misfortune of being in Paris during a garbage strike, in which case there are just giant piles of rubbish all over vatious streets, sidewalks, and alleys.

Not a Boomer, but did get an internship that eventually became a full time job this way, during the post-2008 recession.

I got laid off and wasn't getting any solid leads from traditional application processes or the town "career center" so I made a list of businesses in walking distance of eachother that might need my services, printed a few dozen copies of my resume, and beat the streets. I just walked in and asked for a manager but settled for whoever would talk to me, gave my brief elevator pitch, left a resume and contact info. A few called me and one actually worked out.

It is very humbling but it can work.