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If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cutā€™nā€™paste it into its own post ā€” thereā€™s no quota for posting and the bar really isnā€™t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many ā€œesotericā€ right wing freaks, but thereā€™s no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iā€™m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged ā€œculture criticsā€ who write about everything but understand nothing. Iā€™m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyā€™re inescapable at this point, yet I donā€™t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnā€™t be surgeons because they didnā€™t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canā€™t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Taking over for Gerard this time. Special thanks to him for starting this.)

  • khalid_salad@awful.systemsEnglish
    5Ā·
    7 months ago

    Re: Smart TVs, what works for me is a Roku TV, skip all of the sign-in shit (donā€™t even connect it to the internet ā€” update firmware via USB if necessary1). Then, plug in whatever devices and navigate to them. Close enough to a dumb TV for me.

    I almost have Android TV figured out: Bought a cheap Onn Android TV box, sideloaded SmartTube in case I need to rewatch The Gemsbokā€™s Video performing an existentialist reading of Fucking Dark Souls2, installed MullvadVPN3, and sideloaded whatever other apps I needed. The only reason I say it is almost figured out is I couldnā€™t bypass the Google account creation/login ā€” an insufficient stopgap is to create a throwaway account, though itā€™s very hard to do this in a way that isnā€™t linked to your real identity, I think.

    (This will be part of my ā€œhow to privify/securify your shitā€ series, if I ever learn to write.)

    1: it isnā€™t
    2: this sounds angry but itā€™s more pumped up, this shit rules
    3: note that ā€œblock connections without VPNā€ is built into regular Android, but not Android TV, as far as I can tell

      • khalid_salad@awful.systemsEnglish
        3Ā·
        7 months ago

        I tried something similar with my Steam Deck (Bazzite + Gamescope works OKish) but I got tired of using a KB+M.

        I will let you know if I figure out any way to bypass Google account creation. I have this old bullshit Amazon Fire HD 6 (Fire 6 HD? Who fucking names this shit?) that I am trying to fuck with and you can bypass connecting to the internet at all by clicking any SSN ā†’ back ā†’ not now, so maybe itā€™s possible on some Android TV devices. Or maybe not and I can finally get around to reading Don Quixote.

        Edit: turns out you can remove your Google account from the device after youā€™ve reached the home screen, which is a better solution. Also, should have mentioned that I replaced the stock launcher.