If you can traffic shape cell network data, thats not much different. Everyone has to BGP peer with another network to provide connectivity to other networks. I guess its just where do you prioritize one type of customer traffic over another

Yeah they got the Firefly experience there

You can traffic shape wired traffic as well

No

I have heard this as well. Hitting 42 this year and feeling less youthful than I did in years past…

I know a guy who bought in to it. I asked him recently how thats going for him. He is underwater and bag holding… the hype for many retail investors was real. Glad I didnt jump in.

I am seeing this more and more at my work. My manager uses it to fill in the gaps of his knowledge. On the surface he seems incredibly knowledgeable, but in a real meeting where he has to speak to his AI generated ideas, he has a dull stare.

I haven’t bought physical media in years. I haven’t lost any games by buying digital only. That said, there is something concerning about the ability of companies to take away what you have already paid for, or retire it from a platform.

Once sold, you should have to be able to sell it back - something like “we’re offering you $0.50 to sell your copy of RandomGame2008 you haven’t played in 18 years”. I bet you a bunch of people would agree to that if it was credited to a wallet toward new games. I have a backlog of games I would sell that I bought… on sale… bought never ended up playing.

I long for the days of random people running a BBS and no centralized social media

I was lucky in the early 90s in that my dad had a PC for work. A 14.4 modem and random BBS’s to dial up to, and I got an interesting first experience with computers. Our local library had UNIX PCs, so I had to learn random protocols like telnet and gopher to access anything. Once I got to middle school we had labs like this. I definitely miss the LAN café feel of that era.

It will only get worse as time goes on. The heat we are seeing now has a lag time on the order of decades. So give it another 20 years and it will only get hotter.

All new Star Wars movies and tv shows

No shit

Meetup groups

Good thing I dont use Windoze 11

People only saw the percentage returns and not the human cost. We haven’t learned our lessons and are doomed to repeat the same scenarios.

Yellow mustard and cheddar cheese on wheat bread

That’s a fair point to bring up. You’re right that it is an investment that has paid for itself in terms of a streaming service. Much better than hooking a laptop up to a TV and playing files directly, forgetting which episode you are on, or where you stopped watching a movie when you want to resume.

My thought with Jellyfin is that I don’t generally watch outside my home network. I have sent invites to friends to watch my library, but none do. So most of the features I don’t use at all. I could have saved myself the money, learned how Jellyfin works, and probably set it up exactly how I currently use Plex by now.

I bought a plex pass about 5 years ago. I figured it would be a reasonable long term investment. I am starting to think I should have just gone with Jellyfin to start with.

Came here to say that. Nothing beats a hurdy gurdy