elrik

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[–] elrik 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Rectangular prisms have 6 sides though.

[–] elrik 2 points 3 months ago

I searched for the actual question text and found:

Q19a. The immigrants entering the country illegally today are poisoning the blood of our country.

The split was 14% completely agreed and 20% mostly agreed.

I'm not as surprised by the results as the headline would have suggested because of the use of the word illegally. It biases the question negatively.

The 20% who mostly agreed may have agreed with some negative connotation surrounding illegal immigration while ignoring the racism of "poisoning the blood." In other words, if I put myself in the shoes of someone who feels strongly about securing the border, I could understand how those respondents would lean towards agree simply because of the use of the word "illegal."

To further support this interpretation: In the same survey, more than 40% of respondents favor or strongly favor building a wall along the US-Mexico border.

Maybe I'm just optimistic that only around an eighth of the country is completely crazy and that is just a less clickbaity title.

[–] elrik 6 points 4 months ago

Time for an official act?

[–] elrik 2 points 4 months ago

The younger version of yourself displayed by the mirror is kissing the older version of yourself in front of the mirror, so I suppose you're both correct. Unless you're a photon.

[–] elrik 5 points 4 months ago

No it's the faucet across from the toilet he has to flush ten, sometimes fifteen times, which is also where he got this idea.

[–] elrik 2 points 4 months ago

Probably the best idea I guess as long as you can set the TV up without Internet.

[–] elrik 1 points 4 months ago

I'm pretty happy with Chromecast currently for its simplicity. I meant to try and replace the TV firmware so it's more or less a dumb TV that just displays its inputs without having ads and other gimmicks.

[–] elrik 1 points 4 months ago

The TV I currently have is Android OS but the built in Chromecast is noticeably lower quality. Not sure if it's an older version or what.

Regardless, IMO the displays themselves outlast their software support, and I prefer to just plug in whatever the latest device.

I'll also mention Android OS on my TV takes a full minute to "boot" and that itself makes me want to yeet it out the window.

[–] elrik 4 points 4 months ago (13 children)

My TV is probably going to kick the bucket in a year or two at most. Filtering "non smart TVs" on a site like BestBuy shows only commercial display options at this point.

Are there any well maintained projects out there that are able to replace the firmware on newer smart TVs to get rid of these features? I really just want a dumb display with an input for a Chromecast with CEC support (or similar device if Google decides to enshittify that platform with screensaver ads too).

[–] elrik 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This is giving me 1998 MS Publisher vibes and I'm here for it.

[–] elrik 5 points 4 months ago

This is the way.

[–] elrik 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

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