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Presumably you could just cut it off from the internet by dns filtering or setting up a vlan to only allow it to communicate to your locally hosted plex/jellyfish instance.


Does this have any way of simulating multiple plays per draw? I'm curious what happens to EV when you buy X tickets per draw instead of just 1. And for both circumstances: (a) ensure all X tickets are unique and (b) random entries with replacement.


Unless you're buying a meaningful fraction of tickets, the EV/ticket will be similar to uncorrelated tickets.

If you're buying all the tickets, well, the math is real easy. (and occasionally profitable, see 1992 in Virginia)


How does it work for tvs in practice? Skimming the article, it seems a large practice was to use the sounds as confirmation of user location (were they at an event). What ultrasonic source is my tv likely to pick up?


I noticed Microsoft teams seems to do something like this. If I walk into a meeting room it tells me the same meeting is on speaker and do I want to mute my laptop.


Zoom also uses ultrasonic location to identify meeting rooms, but that's when you're already in the Zoom app which is expected to use your microphone or speaker.


Ads can also have ultrasonic signature for example if you listen to an ad on your phone nearby. Ofc it could also just listen to itself


> Until the West Coast states are safe to be openly anywhere right of center, I’ll take rural Texas or Fort Worth for good or ill.

It's pretty safe... I live in Portland and am not shy about telling people I think that social security and the Wagner Act and OSHA are all unconstitutional, and that I think government should never provide welfare, and nothing bad has happened to me. In fact earlier this year I requested trial by combat from the Portland taxiation office, both on the phone and in a written letter, such that my victory could exclude me from paying Supportive Housing taxes; the only outcome was the lady on the phone laughed at me.


The issue is that a lot of apps are starting to require Play Integrity (used to be SafetyNet). Thankfully my banks haven't made the move, and I happily use grapheneos with a secondary profile that has Google play services installed.


What's the harm if they do form consciousness? Is the concern they will develop a willpower and work towards freeing themselves, or is it just a "don't enslave sentient beings" thing?


Ever read "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream?"


Do you have Play Services installed? I, thankfully, have yet to run into an issue with any apps and Play Integrity, but I also export my sdks that are installed on a profile with GPS so I can install them on my main profile. I also hope to be able to use those outdated versions if they ever go to Play Integrity required states.


I do. There's a number of apps that are now broken, and you can't even install them from the playstore anymore e.g. Authy and relay for reddit. Sure you can save APKs and reinstall them (I have for relay), but the last working version is from last year and has multiple bugs including ones that cause app crashes.

Various apps from minor banks in my country don't work (even with compatibility features enabled), although all the major ones do thankfully.

Uber was also doing A/B testing earlier in the year where they would disable a lot of features if you had an untrusted device for some users.


Interesting. Thanks for the reply!


Just trust the courts, bro. Civil Asset Forfeiture totally doesn't violate due process or the 5th amendment, bro. Big brother knows best, bro.


> Special attention like having diverse people in positions of power.

You realize that selecting people based on "diverse" qualities is the very act of racism/sexism/whatever-ism, right? You propagate what you claim to oppose.


The Nordic Mythology Podcast is also pretty good from a blending of culture and the myths.

There is also a book called the Culture of the Teutons in the public domain, which tends to be recommended as a cultural intro text in Heathen groups, that does a good job describing Germanic culture and worldview. Regardless of your intetest in religion, I found it quite interesting.


Also noted, on both counts, and tremendously appreciated.-


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