We’re in that interim period where people don’t understand the technology at all but still think it’s capable of anything, so even people who absolutely should know better are going to be misusing it.

Yep, there was a time when streaming services actually became easier than piracy. That was when there was basically just Netflix and Hulu. If you had both of those, you had everything.

Wow, I wonder if this will impact Uranus in any way?

Yep. On the grand scale it doesn’t matter if this comment was pre-determined or if I genuinely made the free choice to write it. What matters is that, to me, the illusion of free will is complete. There is nothing other than my belief that I am free to affect my own existence.

As Rush once said, even if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Fusion, solid state batteries, room temp superconductors and general purpose AI in the same decade? What’s going on?

I have:

-Netflix (included w/ phone plan)
-Hulu + Disney + ESPN (bundle)
-Shudder
-CuriosityStream / Nebula
-Spotify

Then I have my own personal Jellyfin server for everything else.

As a web developer, I would have been updating my resume and getting out of there, rather than worrying about the site content. Someone in C-Suite is gonna have to call the hosting provider.

No chance this was ever going to happen…

I personally don’t mind seeing a link to the artist’s patreon or website or whatever on a post, as long as it’s not over the top or inserted clearly as an ad for whatever is being sold. I feel like it’s OK for that to be there for the people who want to see more of your work or purchase something. What I don’t like to see is my feed getting filled with what I perceive as advertisements. So I think there is a happy middle ground.