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  • Although Plex is running on your server it isn't there to do what you want.. unless Plex's real owner permits it.

    That's how proprietary software works.

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  • As long as good actors can still do good work in a fork of Linux then hopefully it's resistant to corporate vultures.

  • Always happy to see this quirky game get an update. I wonder how they determine what to add next.

  • Not got around to trying it out properly yet. Waiting on new AMD GPUs, hoping for a low-end encoder or I may get access to a RX 480.

    What does Jellyfin use .NET for?

  • I can understand separating a new paid-only feature, especially if you don't much need that part. The new features are reportedly accessible from the GUI of Notepad so I wouldn't blame anyone else who thought "NOTEPAD" asked them to sign up and pay a subscription to use "NOTEPAD" features.

    I used to rage when reading bad changes to Windows, even after I'd stopped using it. Now I just feel bad that my friends are still in that a bad relationship with their computer.

  • I had not considered that an uninterruptible power supply would be consuming power after charging. I suppose no electronics are 100% efficient at what they do.

    I've been playing with a Proxmox server on an ITX system for local services and rare game hosting for friends. I'd love something low power I could have on all the time.

  • In fairness neither have I - though I suspect it's not as insignificant as others have claimed.

  • Even if you did want apps the majority only offer it from 1 of the 2 popular repositories (" stores "). It's a shame they do not have a way to track that lost sale/interaction.

  • An online menu requires power to be used (on people's phones and the server). Is that really a minor contribution in comparison to printing paper and maybe laminating it?

  • What does Tok mean here?

  • Was that a warning or a threat from Kissinger?

    • Humans write code
    • Humans make mistakes

    ∴ Humans write bad code

  • I've not seen those (may not be in my country). What do the concrete walls stop, explosions?

  • Doesn't appear so but there is that potential in a future update as they're in control of what the software actually does. If data is indeed stored in plain text files then hopefully an alternative software could be made to display that data.

  • Batteries and liquid fuel are both hazardous in terms of catching fire, do you mean something else?

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  • Communication is difficult. I felt like I gave a useful answer but evidentially it was not an answer for you. I hope someone else can answer your questions.

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  • Has a software update ever changed something in a way you dislike? When it's proprietary software your choices are to:

    • tolerate the anti-feature
    • downgrade and keep using an older version instead (if feasible also has demerits)
    • hope someone reverse engineers a work-around
    • stop using the software

    When the software is free (libre) then a communities can change it (e.g. removing an anti-feature) via the source code.

    Sadly it's not enough to simply "then don't use it" - proprietary software proliferates society (interacting socially, with the government, with banks, etc). Since it's better to be in control of your own computing anyway then might as well promote the values of software freedom.

  • Even the most comfortable prison is still a prison - Captain Picard, TNG

  • HP nickel and dime their printer customers.. for this?