We have to do monthly “quizzes” at work pertaining to online safety, email phishing, password managers, the like. You watch a video, take a quiz, easy. Recently the videos have been AI generated, which is horrible on its own, but one of the videos we watched suggested that apps from the Play Store are always safe and can be trusted.

And then shit like this exists. Glad that Kathy in HR with 0 technical knowledge could download an app like this, and suddenly our passwords are swiped.

Agreed. I have a dozen or so people using my Plex. There is no conceivable way I’m going to get my less tech literate friends and family to use jellyfin, much less am I going to find a way to set it up for remote access with my limited knowledge. Plex is just too convenient right now.

This is not not the onion.

I wish this were the worst of my problems.

I joined Plex a little at the end of 23, but only really started adding content early last year. I’m sort of glad I didn’t buy the lifetime pass, given the recent changes.

I’ve been able to share it with so many people (including tech-unfriendly family members). I guess we’ll just have to see what happens next with Plex, unless jellyfin becomes easier to set up for us less experienced home server folks…

I choked on my coffee watching that.

It’s so cute! I wish my state would get it together and let me fucking grow already!

The world needs more silliness and whimsy. Don’t be afraid to be cringe, you will be free.

You also have an obligation to share the image when you take it.

They’ll agree that the Democrats will do absolutely nothing while the Republicans rewrite every law to suit their desires.

Raised non-denominational Christian to Agnostic to Gnostic-curious.

That sounds like where I’m screwing up. I’ll sit down with a VM and do that soon. Thanks for your help!

Thank you for this. I’ve also just sadly discovered that Google adds Adobe-specific DRM to their books. I was fiddling with Calibre plugins to remove the DRM and couldn’t get it to work :/

Next is Amazon. This guide looks great.

Oh yes of course, but we can’t use “genderless” with these people because they just disengage. It’s slightly easier in my experience to just say we were all female first, which is why males have nipples.

He can’t even use this because the very thing he’s referencing (the Trump EO to define the two sexes) defines it by “at conception”. At conception, every fetus begins as female before the other chromosome kicks in. Conclusion, Representative McBride is a woman. But so is he. Not that it matters.

Literally either way, that dumb fuck is wrong.

This is where I’m at: a Synology running a few services like Plex for my family and friends. I’m hoping to learn more and help us all move from walled gardens even further. Some of Synology’s software can feel a little clunky to use but generally I’ve found it to work great despite my limited knowledge.

Reminds me of when Eric Cartman’s Mom has to get him presents on Kyle’s birthday so he doesn’t throw a tantrum.

Shit, you’re right!

This would be mine too. Mainly so I can feel like I’m sending messages telepathically.

I second this opinion. The parties responsible absolutely need to be held accountable but due to the severe nature of the crime you absolutely have to protect yourself.

My devices are cringely named after songs in Haken’s discography.

Desktop is MESSIAH. Laptop is AFFINITY. Phone is NIGHTINGALE. Steam Deck is SHAPESHIFTER. Router (and its WAP) is PORTALS. My NAS is the only one that falls outside of this, it’s generically (last name)NetNAS. I should rename it, but I don’t want to break anything 😅

Eta: changed my NAS’ hostname is ARCHITECT. Nothing broke! Yay for me.