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thundermoose

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  • Very true. Most Americans don't know actually what socialism is, it's just a synonym for "bad." I don't think anyone that describes themselves as one is going to do well with most US electorates, even though the tenets of socialism line up pretty well with their actual beliefs.

    The DNC is corrupt and sucks, but they're right to fear this association. If they embraced the socialist messaging today at the party level, they'd likely lose every election outside of the major metro areas and become even more irrelevant than they already are.

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    You need more than help

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  • This does not appear to be true. There was a bit of budget fuckery, and the state was certainly impacted by tariffs/deportation/bullshit caused by Trump, but there doesn't appear to be anything to back up this tweet.

    Not a mod, but this violates rule #3 and should probably be removed:

    Posts should use high-quality sources, and posts about an article should have the same headline as that article. You may edit your post if the source changes the headline.

    There's a jillion real things to post about here. No need to spread misinformation just because it sounds like something you'd want to be true.

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  • Employees have to pay for basically everything in the US, so salaries have to be a lot higher here. School, childcare, healthcare, retirement, you name it. Also, all those things are more expensive here because they're provided by companies that need to make a profit. It sucks.

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  • Listed salaries are almost always what the employee pays, not what it costs the company. In the US, this includes the payroll tax, and cost of "benefits," like healthcare and unemployment insurance, and is referred to as the burdened rate. This is separate from the income tax the employee has to pay to the government, mind you.

    The burdened rate for most employees at the companies I've worked for in the US is like 20-50% higher than the salary paid. Not sure exactly how it works in France, but I do know there's a pretty complex payroll tax companies have to pay. I think it's something like 40% at the salary you quoted.

  • Iran Says Air Defenses Down 2 Israeli Warplanes, Female Pilot Captured

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  • This is not snark, it's genuine concern: are you doing research by asking AI bots questions? If so, for the love of God please stop, you're ruining your brain. This information is freely available from any search engine if you use the date feature. I used Kagi to find these in like, 5 minutes:

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2024/10/02/iranian-media-claims-israeli-f-35-fighters-destroyed-in-missile-strike/

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/504777/Nearly-20-Israeli-fighter-jets-destroyed-during-Iran-s-October

  • Iran Says Air Defenses Down 2 Israeli Warplanes, Female Pilot Captured

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  • Not sure that's a credible source. Didn't Iranian media claim they destroyed dozens of F-35s in missile strikes of Israeli airfields last October and then it turned out to be completely fake?

  • That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing

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  • I'm not sure if you know this, but...that doesn't fix most of the security issues in the linked list. All the reverse proxy does is handle hostname resolution and TLS termination (if you are using TLS). If the application being proxies still has an unauthenticated API, anyone can access it. If there's an RCE vulnerability in any of them, you might get hacked.

    I run Jellyfin publicly, but I do it behind a separate, locked-down reverse proxy (e.g., it explicitly hangs up any request for a Host header other than Jellyfin's), in a kubernetes cluster, and I keep its pod isolated in its own namespace with restricted access to everything local except to my library via read-only NFS volumes hosted on a separate TrueNAS box. If there is any hack, all they get access to is a container that can read my media files. Even that kind of bothers me, honestly.

    The overwhelming majority of Jellyfin users do not take precautions like this and are likely pretty vulnerable. Plex has a security team to address vulnerabilities when they happen, so those users would likely be a lot safer. I appreciate the love for FOSS on Lemmy, but it is scary how little most folks here acknowledge the tradeoffs they are making.

  • That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing

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  • All I can say is that is not at all like my experience with Jellyfin. Every person I've ever shared it with wanted to go back to Plex. Most complaints had to do with the jankiness of the various apps. Lots of issues with the UIs acting funny, a few connection drops, and some settings not getting respected. I do also recall an episode of Severance that would not stream in the correct color space in Jellyfin but worked perfectly in Plex.

  • That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing

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  • Yeah, I'm not interested in setting all that up and maintaining it for every user I share with. For myself, this is exactly how I access Jellyfin remotely, but I am not explaining to my remote family members how to set up a VPN on their TV.

  • That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing

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  • If you want to be on the hook for all IT requests from folks you share with, this is a fine approach. There are people out there who honestly don't have a problem with that and more power to them. I doubt they are the majority, and a lot of selfhosters completely ignore this aspect of software. There is a reason non-free services exist beyond just "capitalism bad." I mean, capitalism indeed bad, but your time is worth something.

  • That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing

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  • This will affect any server that does not already have a Plex Pass/ Lifetime Plex Pass. If your server does not have one, your remote users will have to pay. The service Plex provides is still worth it though, it largely just works on dozens of platforms and that shit isn't free to make.

    Sharing a Jellyfin server with others remotely is still a lot more complicated than it needs to be to compete (no, it's not as simple as opening a port, and if you think so then you're either lucky or you aren't sharing with lots of folks). I run both and I would never try to share Jellyfin with non-technical people. Honestly, I wish Jellyfin would start offering an optional paid relay service to fund their development. They could use the revenue to improve their app ecosystem and still produce mostly open-source software. Homeassistant does this with Nabu Casa and it's great!

    That being said, the new Plex Android app kinda sucks ass. If there was anything that would make me switch it wouldn't be having to pay for software, or services it'd be a garbage experience on my most common platform.

  • Over 250,000 Americans Urge Congress to Begin Impeachment Proceedings Against President Trump

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  • There is zero reason to follow the formal rules of order in Congress anymore. They should start with refusing to yield time and go as far as simply not acknowledging the Republicans as valid members of the various subcommittees.

    A whole lot of the congressional rules are completely made up traditions. Ignoring them has always been an option. Canings on the house floor are also an option.

    Dems have been taking the high road and losing for over a decade. They need to get dirty.

  • Over 250,000 Americans Urge Congress to Begin Impeachment Proceedings Against President Trump

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  • So, first off: calling out someone for repeatedly doing the same thing that isn't solving the problem doesn't require having a better answer. If I was trying to solve global warming by duct-taping cats together, you could point out that it isn't working without solving global warming yourself.

    Second:

    • Lead general strikes
    • Refuse to follow the rules of order
    • Organize protestors everywhere any Republican congressman goes
    • Stop pretending that being civilized is getting them anywhere

    I think we all know they won't do any of these things on their own, they need to be shamed into it. Without their supporters turning on them, the Democrats will continue doing nothing because it's what their donors want.

  • Over 250,000 Americans Urge Congress to Begin Impeachment Proceedings Against President Trump

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  • They should stop doing the things they've been trying and failing at for ten years. 2024 was the end of the old ways, IMO; the Democrats lost so badly and so definitely that there's no point in pretending there's any going back.

  • Over 250,000 Americans Urge Congress to Begin Impeachment Proceedings Against President Trump

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  • I think the line is doing anything outside the clearly-nonfunctional system to stop the MAGA cult. All they're doing is complaining and wasting time, Republicans will dox and threaten with violence. The people that were elected to fight this are almost literally bringing pens and paper to a gunfight.

    It's honestly pathetic to watch a curbstomping being responded to with, "well im gonna write such a scathing letter about this." The Democrats are absolute trash and need to be shamed for being such cowards about this.

  • Official installed by Trump moves to 'demolish' Social Security Administration

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  • You get that by suing you're lodging a complaint with the same people that robbed you, right?

  • Plex is discontinuing its “watch together” feature

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  • I'm in the same boat, I use Jellyfin where I can but Plex is still so much better for sharing, especially with non-technical people so I run both. Really hoping the Jellyfin folks realize they can sell a relay service to make some money and fund their development to improve the app. Seems to be working well for Homeassistant!

  • Plex is discontinuing its “watch together” feature

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  • Jellyfin has this, but it's kinda busted: https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-syncplay. There was one guy working on it and he apparently vanished. It still does work for some use-cases but be prepared for some rough edges.

    Maybe someone will pick up the torch now that Plex is axing it?

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    Jellyfin is not just good... but better than Plex now?!

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  • It shouldn't be any faster or slower if you're using the exact same transcoding settings

    That's sort of the point, both are based on ffmpeg but neither is using vanilla ffmpeg. Plex's seems to work a lot better on the same hardware for me, but more importantly it's not something you have to fiddle with. You just check the box and it figures out a decent setting. Jellyfin has some basic defaults for Intel/nVidia but there are a ton of tweakable settings that you have to go figure out.

    There's probably some way to fix the issue but it'd take a ton of fiddling, and that's the jank I keep referring to. A lot of people on Lemmy just ignore the rough edges and act like it doesn't matter just because they can get past it or because it's FOSS and they refuse to use anything else. Not everyone on here is a full-time software engineer, though; IMO it's better to be honest about shortcomings and set expectations well. More people self-hosting their media is a net positive IMO.

    Plex has people they can pay to make their product better (and at least for the moment they're still paying them), Jellyfin straight up doesn't have those resources. I hope that changes because Plex is not on a good trajectory as a company. The Homeassistant model seems like a good one that gives people a good reason to contribute code and money, I really hope the Jellyfin guys do something along those lines.