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Seeing a lot of talk about pirated material breaking the TOS. I don't believe that's what Plex is responding to here.

There are individuals who are setting up servers, and then advertising for others to pay for access. They're using Hetzner's infrastructure to facilitate all of this, essentially starting their own paid streaming service.

That's the issue at hand here. Plex doesn't know what is on your server, and has no incentive to find out. That whole pathway opens them up to liability that no company would want. They provide a way for private individuals to share their personal, legally collected media within their own circles.

Admin wise, it's easier to block the entire IP block than to play wack a mole. On the Plex forums, one of the employees made it clear they recommend hosting on your own IP and hardware for this reason. You may be collateral damage here, but they do not technically support hosting on 3rd party hosting.

Basically, this is Plex showing they do due diligence when someone is crossing the line into profiting from media, which is highly illegal.

A wee bit aggressive there.

Read the rest of the thread. "I can't boycott what I don't use" is everywhere. A boycott is more than money, it's getting the message out there, which was the intent of my post.

Whether you go to Starbucks or not is kind of irrelevant. The broader population needs to know how Starbucks is anti-worker. They are happy to take more money from the consumer, and push the "partner" narrative, but it falls apart when the partners want to be treated with dignity.

That's a story everyone needs to hear before they spend $5+ on a drink.

I guess we'll find out if those F-Zero and Donkey Kong rumours were true.

This strikes me as laziness, neglect, and inexperience. The realtor didn't pass along the documents because the clients didn't have email and he couldn't be bothered. The only reason he's being disciplined is because of the special assessment the strata levied.

If that special assessment hadn't been planned, this likely never would have come to light.

I hope beyond the other members of the real estate group, the board looks into the office manager of that branch who is partially to blame for allowing someone this inexperienced to go this alone.

What's I'd like to hear from our politicians is how we are going to move out of this mess. It's bad, we all understand that. These are not unsolvable problems, however. It just takes the political will and fortitude to look beyond their elected date and 20 years into the future and begin to plot the course.

Reinvest in all elements of our system. Nurse practitioners, family doctors, walk in clinics that specialize in stitches or simple diagnostics.

Prioritize education, starting in high school, all the way through University.

Increase the paid sick time for all working adults, so that communicable diseases are not spread knowingly because a person has to choose between food and work.

Actually evaluate our health authorities on their efficiency and efficacy of care. I suspect you'll find that a lot of dollars are eaten up by managers managing managers, rather than front line care. Then reorganize the whole structure to experiment and find out what structure will lead us through.

This "new normal" is settling for less than we are capable of as a society, and far less than we deserve.

F-Zero. Saved you a click.

This is all speculation and dependant on a "reliable leaker" do take it with a huge grain of salt until it's been announced. It's been 19 years since the last F-Zero entry.

Have you tried not using the milk jug as a battering ram to get into your place? (kidding)

Never had this happen with a jug. Either your milk is bad, or you're doing something funky with the jug itself when you're bringing it home.

What I like about this posturing is that the big tech dogs have given up trying to fight the EU. They know that the law makers are serious about enforcing their rules, and the market/fines are too large to ignore.

They've moved fully over trying to circumvent the law, or get exemptions. Historically, the EU has not been kind to that either.

I'm really struggling to take this show as it is. I've read the books multiple times and can accept that things need to change for the screen, but some of the decisions the writers are making here are making are baffling.

Fundamental changes to the core systems of the world. Major character motivations and events.

I find myself asking, "What?" More then being sucked into the world. People are having things happen to them at such a breakneck place it's a little hard to comprehend.

We'll see if they can pull it together.

This is an overall win. The upward pressure is good for everyone, as phones have passed the meteoric rise of speed. Devices have been able to last far longer than their update cycle for a few years now.

I really enjoyed Equilibrium (2002). Is it derivative of 1984 and Fahrenheit 451? Absolutely. But so was V for Vendetta.

It's a B level film that still packs a punch today, particularly in a dystopian era of politics. The message of learning to connect continues to be relevant in a hyper connected, but shallow relational landscape.