thermal_shock

not in this case. old laptops had WAY too many ports. and when was the last time you even put a disc in a laptop? I need 1 USB a and all the rest can be USB c and that’s it. power, data, video, all USB c. the USB a is only for my convenience, I have an adapter. simple, thinner, better.

ah. I personally use ubiquiti switches and aps. Cisco would be an alternative but licensing can be a bitch for home use.

Edge (Microsoft browser) thinks the Microsoft Teams exe installer FROM MICROSOFT SERVER is malware, no joke.

Putin also has seemed to stfu and back away, musk and trump just word vomit constantly

what?

I’m confused which brands you speak of, Asus used to be very good

or Asus.

https://darknetdiaries.com/transcript/5/

and theyre terrible at getting results

Google Yarr list. never ending

Google yarrr list, it’s a fucking hydra. will never go away.

wouldn’t be hard to be happy for them if they weren’t such terribly, terribly shitty human beings. ugh

hey, you’re not going to change anyones mind coming in here and them telling they’re wrong and chastise them for not being vegan. you don’t know me, but i guarantee that method is wasting your time.

I’m gonna start doubling my portions

you act like thats literally the only way we can have milk and eggs. be real man.

eating eggs and milk is not animal cruelty

I have pihole setup too. I’d still never need to connect my tv. but you’re free to do as you want

if it’s such a problem, then don’t use anything, let your tv be open to the Internet and browser hacks. that’s your prerogative. but we’re telling why it’s a bad idea, that’s all.

i already said why. there are stories where an update now injects ads into the tv, more than were there when you bought it. so after you can’t return it, well, now it’s “updated” and can’t take the piece of shit back.

using a 3rd party device still leaves you in some sort of control. i use an nvidia shield, which definitely does add better functionality, but if it starts acting stupid, i flash it back to defaults/roll back any updates or i replace it, tv unchanged.

and power usage is negligible at best.

here is one story - https://choice.community/t/samsung-now-injecting-ads-into-your-smart-tv/26124

spying - https://money.cnn.com/2015/02/09/technology/security/samsung-smart-tv-privacy/index.html

phone updates can do the same - https://old.reddit.com/r/ShittyDesign/comments/1fqy9rh/samsung_wants_to_turn_my_charging_screen_into_ads/

bottom line, if you don’t control the device, you have no say in what gets update/installed/“upgraded” to support more ads. on an external device, i know how to wipe it/block updates. on the tv, best i could do is factory reset it, im IT, not TV.

also, samsung tvs have a “sleep” mode where with the right button presses, can turn into a recording device where an attacker can see/hear everything in the room. built in backdoors!

bingo. never put the tv on the network, just budget for adding something else. tvs have been known to update after a year and start injecting ads outside return policy LOL. fucking scam’s man. my shield fucks up, it gets flashed. or traded out.

you don’t have to be vegan to help stop animal cruelty. there are many, many humane and legit ways to help animals without veganism. not drinking milk or eating eggs doesn’t matter.