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  • Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week

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  • For me, the value add of Plex is their maintenance and support of the apps on various platforms and the authentication and connection management. I do have my server port forwarded, so there's no reason for them to handle my media streams. Being able to tell a new user that all they need to do is download an app from a trusted app repository and create a free account so I can invite them to my libraries is a super simple experience for most skill levels and well worth the $60 or so I spent on a lifetime Plex pass over a decade ago.

    I get that there are use cases where it makes more sense to go with a completely free solution like JellyFin, but many critics of Plex act like ALL they are doing is serving user-supplied media on a web server, and that's a gross misrepresentation of their offering.

    I don't love the IPTV stuff that they do, but it's not that difficult to tweak the current app so that only my libraries are shown. Compared to an experience like my smart TV which is shoving ads down my throat and adding steps to get to the apps I want, it's an experience I can live with if it keeps Plex in the black.

  • just because its true doesnt mean you have to say it

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  • I think the text is cut from a longer form document. The author may have been declaring the abbreviation for use in the rest of the text.

  • rating

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  • This is from the show The Mandalorian. IIRC, Mando is transporting this reptilian female alien and her unfertilized eggs back to her husband so he can fertilize them and continue their family line.

    The "weird green dog" refers to Baby Yoda (Grogu), who shows intelligence similar to a human toddler and eats several of the eggs throughout the episode.

    This is played for laughs in the episode despite being pretty fucked up when you think about it.

  • Brendan Fraser Says ‘Batgirl’ Cancellation Is an Example of Movies Being ‘Commodified’ in Hollywood: ‘It’s More Valuable to Burn it Down and Get the Insurance’

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  • They still had to launch the play to get it to flop and collect the insurance. I feel like that's an important distinction here. We never even got to see if the movie had any redeeming value before WB canned it.

  • Rule

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  • Life in a neighborhood surrounded by construction. Fiber cuts once per month.

  • Gotta draw the line somewhere.

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  • There is an email from Epstein's brother asking Epstein if Putin has pictures of "Trump blowing Bubba".

    Bubba is a nickname of Bill Clinton, who many believe was also involved with Epstein. Epstein's brother denies that Bubba referred to Clinton in that message. His spokesperson also assured reporters that it did not refer to Ghislaine Maxwell's horse, also named Bubba.

  • Dungeoneering with a purpose

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  • Man, I remember loving this comic. Unfortunately, it looks like the yesthievescan domain has been purchased by scammers. Don't go there.

  • Hats rule

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  • Incorrect.

    That's a big hat.

  • ‘It’s risky business emotionally’: the social shift towards open relationships

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  • Because when they stretch past the multiple year mark and households blend, why pretend they are a hookup?

  • A Saints Row prequel going "back to its roots" might actually happen, as its original director [Chris Stockman, design director at Saints Row OG] works on a pitch "to get the band back together"

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  • I've been hoping for a grounded reboot since the third game. SR2 had my favorite story in the series. I didn't need to see the gang turn into an empire.

    Just give me a found family story about goofy assholes turned ride or die comrades fighting other gangs and maybe a corrupt local law enforcement agency or something. I don't need futuristic fighter jets or superpowers, just solid gameplay, fun good guys and bad guys, and a good sense of progression that ends with the Saints being capable but not ridiculously overpowered.

  • The AI hype

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  • I'm a system administrator and went to a conference a couple weeks ago. The first day was a Tech Track day meant only for the people who would be managing the application. We heard a lot of, "We're not replacing the human being, we're making their job easier!"

    The next two days were more for the C-levels who were shopping for new XaaS applications and the tune immediately changed to, "Why have a 1000 agents when you could have 50?" There was some token line about how you could pay those 50 more and they could feel more like valued employees, but I knew the ears around the room had turned off by that point.

  • Major AWS Outage Happening

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  • Damn, I left my "There is no cloud, it's just someone else's computer" shirt at home today

  • Software by the Electronic Frontier Foundation that, when linked up with the correct hardware, becomes a Stingray for detecting Stingrays.

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  • Always crazy seeing a The Big Hit reference in the wild

  • what's the dumbest thing your pet has done?

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  • When I had my first dog, I drove a Kia Soul and would put the back row of seats down when I took him places. Depending on the circumstances, I might let him in from the rear hatchback or one of the rear side doors. One day I called him out to the car and was standing beside the open rear passenger side door. He came tearing down the path at full speed, rounded the car and leapt-- into the closed back door. He yiped, looked at me like he was offended, then hopped in the open door.

    OP, I feel you pain. My current dog ate a toy, too. Only it wasn't his toy, and I don't have any kids...

    $4300 emergency vet visit later, my girlfriend and I are much better about cleaning up after playtime.

  • What are some small inconstancies in your body that makes you unique?

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  • I can snap with my right hand all day, but for some reason, my left hand just never gets the appropriate sound to come out.

  • Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!

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  • Fuck yes, Fight for NY was amazing. I love the idea of a fighting game where you have to end the fight, not just knock the other guy's health bar down to zero so he falls over. So satisfying to put your opponent down with a haymaker or chucking him in front of a subway train

  • Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!

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  • The only one, rather

  • [DealthBulge] Work Smarter

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  • Really, Carl. Must you insist on using that ghastly hobgoblin dynamite for everything?

  • I picked up these 4 Pratchett books! Haven't read him before; recommendations for them?

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  • IIRC, Granny is introduced in Equal Rites, but Wyrd Sisters feels more like the start of the witch series. That's where we meet Magrat and Nanny Ogg. I think OP would be safe to start with that one.