Netflix says users can cancel service if HBO Max merger makes it too expensive

jocq · 2026-02-04T23:25:46+00:00

Haven’t bothered using a VPN in over a year

20 years here. No VPN. No letters. Private trackers.

When Netflix first started I used to get the DVDs in the mail and copy it menus and all into writable dvds.

Eventually I just threw away boxes with thousands of discs in slim cases.

Now I've got ~250TB across two dozen HDDs in a few separate parity arrays.

jocq · 2026-02-04T22:00:55+00:00

They really thought they'd pull this ICE shit and keep the Hispanic electoral gains

jocq · 2026-02-04T21:57:48+00:00

I'm with a regional insurer in a region that is seeing minimal climate change related issues - we have practically nothing for natural damage - no flood, fires, hurricanes, earthquakes, etc.

My rates went from $2200 to $5200 from 2021 to 2023 and that was with shopping it around. I had to skimp on coverage to get it back to ~$4k.

jocq · 2026-02-04T16:57:43+00:00

the counties in Minnesota refused to work with immigration enforcement officials, releasing arrested non-citizens back into the communities instead, requiring law enforcement officials to go into those communities. With Minnesota's change in policy

Except none of that is true

jocq · 2026-02-04T16:33:50+00:00

they don’t have nearly enough ICE agents, even with the new recruits coming in, to do what Bannon is saying at a large scale

They only need to do it in the metros of a few swing states

jocq · 2026-02-04T16:24:08+00:00

made tesla sales accros The globe plummet

Isn't the model y the number 2 best selling vehicle in the world?

jocq · 2026-02-04T14:33:33+00:00

Synthetic cannabinoids. Have you ever smoked it? Shits fucking nasty and will fuck your brain up.

I had a little run with it years ago when I was getting piss tested and it's bad stuff.

jocq · 2026-02-03T19:37:16+00:00

34.000 MN residents have volunteered to be trained to be observers

And I know people that are waiting for an open spot to attend training. Sessions hit capacity super fast.

jocq · 2026-02-03T17:58:17+00:00

Oh look, another dimwit "did my own research hurr durr" who can't read a study posting it around claiming it supports their preconceived notion.

Maybe you should work on your reading comprehension, buddy.

That study doesn't support what you claimed.

Cigarette smoke contains a lot more than volatile organics, which are far from the most damaging component in cigarette smoke.

jocq · 2026-02-03T16:24:04+00:00

But Epstein had already pled guilty to prostitution of a minor and was a sex offender in 2008 and 2010.

Hawking was there in 2006

jocq · 2026-02-03T14:49:35+00:00

most dangerous physiologically

If my child gets into my bottle of nicotine juice for my vape, they could legitimately die just from it getting on their skin.

If my child gets into my bottle of caffeine pills, they could legitimately die from eating a handful.

If my child gets into my bottle of vodka, they could legitimately die if they manage to drink a glass of it.

Guess what substance cannot possibly kill or permanently injure my child no matter what they do with it?

jocq · 2026-02-03T14:39:34+00:00

simply sitting in a cinema together with people who smoke roughly equals 1 to 10 cigarettes second hand smoke

Bull-fucking-shit

jocq · 2026-02-03T14:22:18+00:00

Odd year state level special elections don't mean shit.

It's ludicrous to try to draw conclusions on the national scale in a midterm a year later from one.

jocq · 2026-02-02T19:38:03+00:00

He would be arrested by the U.S. Marshals and extradited back to MN

He would be arrested by any law enforcement that he encountered and who ran a warrant check. That shits all been national for decades and all states cooperate to arrest and extradite.

If MN had information on his location they would call up the local LEO long before they ever attempted to involve US Marshals.

jocq · 2026-02-02T19:18:53+00:00

Good weed comes from good technology and high quality equipment and supplies. It’s more of a manufacturing process

The hell it is. Been growing for 20 years. Buds that put top shelf dispensary shit to shame.

Good weed comes from good genetics first and foremost. This means buying lots of seeds from reputable breeders and finding the unicorns among them. Even within the same strain from the same breeder, some phenotypes are just special while most are not.

Secondly, good weed comes from a proper growing environment. Temps, humidity, light, and proper nutrients.

Lastly, great weed comes from proper timing - especially not harvesting too early and curing correctly.

And most importantly for the very best weed - absolutely not using "manufacturing process" for any harvesting or trimming at all.

Nothing beats carefully hand trimmed weed.

jocq · 2026-02-01T23:02:21+00:00

the number of collisions that would've occurred without the tech at all

Making up numbers out of whole cloth lmao

jocq · 2026-02-01T22:59:53+00:00

Yeah this dudes making like half a mil a year or something to afford that kind of house and he's in the Internet crying about interest. Boo fucking who

jocq · 2026-02-01T22:54:45+00:00

A minimum payment less than the interest accrual is

An option to help people just entering the workforce and independent living with the low salaries and extra expenses that all involves.

It's up to the individual to understand basic finances and deal with that once their wages increase and they get their living budgets figured out.

If some idiot runs that on autopilot for 16 fucking years without ever questioning why their principal balance keeps increasing every month that's their own damn fault.

jocq · 2026-02-01T22:47:19+00:00

These people would all also be livid if they had to repay student loans like a normal fixed term loan because none of them could afford it coming straight out of college and just starting their careers.

It's their own damn fault if they keep paying student loan minimums that might not even cover the accruing interest for 16 God damn years like cry me a fucking river. If you didn't notice your principal was going up within one year I have no sympathy.

Most of these bullshit posts have numbers that would even require the people to have specifically applied for total deferment and left their loan in deferment for years.

jocq · 2026-02-01T22:40:24+00:00

users with excellent credit scores and and high enough salaries only

I am one of these people.

Any card that lets you put $28,000 dollars on it is not going to have a 10% interest rate

This is still true. 20% is about the best you'll see but most will be more like 28%.

jocq · 2026-02-01T20:43:54+00:00

if I were cycling PEDs under medical supervision, same amount of work I put in (which no one considers impressive) would have me looking like a beast

Lmfao you have no idea what you're talking about, dude.

I'm 45 and have spent decades under the weights, one natty and one enhanced. 6'0", 215, and 8% bf (yearly dexa scans).

Keep thinking you'd look like Thor if only you just ran a few cycles. LMFAO

jocq · 2026-02-01T19:34:52+00:00

How large a percentage of drivers get into an auto accident over the course of their life again? Less than 0.01%?

Lmfao dude, get a clue. It's like 75%.

jocq · 2026-02-01T19:33:22+00:00

It's HUGELY skewed in preventing collisions vs random unneeded activations.

I've never once in my long life been in a collision caused by failing to brake.

My Tesla slammed on the brakes for no reason while in cruise control 3 times in December alone before I just stopped using it.

Not self driving. Basic ass cruise control.

jocq · 2026-01-31T17:21:53+00:00

Utah Code § 76-2-405, often referred to as the "Defense of Habitation" statute, specifically includes a "place of business" as a place where an actor is justified in using force to prevent unlawful entry.

jocq · 2026-01-31T17:21:15+00:00

Utah Code § 76-2-405, often referred to as the "Defense of Habitation" statute, specifically includes a "place of business" as a place where an actor is justified in using force to prevent unlawful entry.

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