Roger Wilco

Janitor, Galactic Hero

[Roger Wilco @RWilco79]

@TRHLofficial Plot twist: They didn't want a pregnant lady standing next to a dipshit loon larping as Batman. Call it the "the retarded autists effect."

A modern twist on the survivorship bias paradox.

[IT Guy @T3chFalcon]

Yes, the software is called LG OnScreen Control Plus. it runs silently in the background. it tracks which applications you use, when you use them, and how long. it phones home to LG servers. it cannot be uninstalled through normal means without leaving registry traces.

gamers noticed because some anti-cheat systems flagged it as suspicious software. the monitor was getting people banned from games.

now the TV side:

LG also updated its webOS terms of service. if you use the AI voice features on your LG TV, the company says you may need to inform guests in your home that conversations could be recorded.

not LG informing your guests.

you. the homeowner. legally responsible for notifying anyone who walks into your living room that the television is listening.

LG built a surveillance device. sold it to you. and made the disclosure your legal problem.

so to recap what LG shipped this year:

a monitor that installs tracking software on your PC without asking.

a TV that records conversations in your home and requires you to warn your guests.

both devices look exactly like a monitor and a TV.

neither one tells you what it actually is at the point of sale.

you found out when your game banned you.

or when you read the terms.

Credit: @GamersNexus for the discovery.

[Roger Wilco @RWilco79]

@IterIntellectus We also don't throw shit at each other. Well, most of us anyway.

[Roger Wilco @RWilco79]

@BridgetPhetasy @RBPundit That inner fat kid syndrome is a hard thing to fully shake. Have empathy Bridget.

[Kaizen D. Asiedu @thatsKAIZEN]

Candace Owens has ruined the only good thing that came out of Charlie Kirk’s death.

[Roger Wilco @RWilco79]

@nikitabier @growing_daniel Correction - "Daniel" sucks ass. Fixed it for you.

[@jason @Jason]

We now live in a Gerontocracy, where dying or becoming senile in office is the standard.

Pragmatically, we need a cognitive test and more term limits.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Monty Python never gets old.

[Roger Wilco @RWilco79]

@edgecone Was a masterpiece.

[Zack @Asmongold]

Long post--sorry.

The fixation around physical media is a red herring.

People who obtained physical copies of Crimson Desert early weren't able to play it because the PS5 locked them out of playing it. You can look this up, multiple articles about the topic. Clearly physical media didn't save you then, and it won't save you when a licensing agreement expires and a game will no longer run on your software until you download an update that might remove features/content.

A good example of this is ironically Mixtape. Because the game has a large amount of licensed music, it's plausible that one of those contracts will expire and a patch will be pushed that removes a song from the game. If you don't download that patch, you will no longer be able to access or play the game.

Physical media isn't the holy grail, consumer rights and protections is. Why aren't we using Apple lighting cables and we are using USB-C instead? It's not because of Apple, it's because of the EU.

While PC players have more work-arounds for this issue, console players are at the mercy of updates they have no choice but to accept. Physical media won't save you from that.

The convenience of digital downloads should not be viewed as a forfeiture of consumer protections.

The reason why record labels still sell vinyls is because people still buy vinyls. While there are I'm sure some people who still purchase video games physically, I would guess that number is decreasing every year. If physical copies were popular, Gamestop would still have video games in it instead of Funko pops and tshirts.

I know this is the unpopular take to have. but you can't expect companies to keep making physical editions of games if not enough people are buying them.

My point with all of this is that a lot of peoples' concern and frustration comes from the lack of control they have over the media they "own". Physical media does not solve this problem when it's at the mercy of the software running the consoles/game launchers.

If you want to solve the problem, you should be supporting initiatives like Stop Killing Games @StopKilingGames.

[Spencer A. Klavan @SpencerKlavan]

There is a Greek peasant woman huffing camels and chugging olive oil on a glistening island shore somewhere right this second who is going to outlive all these freaks

[Kaizen D. Asiedu @thatsKAIZEN]

The 14th Amendment was primarily intended to give citizenship to freed slaves after the Civil War.

Not incentivize wealthy tourists to commit visa fraud, fly to the U.S., have kids, and fly home

Not incentivize people to enter illegally.

Birthright citizenship is being abused.

[Kaizen D. Asiedu @thatsKAIZEN]

Each year 40,000 children are born to mothers who aren’t citizens, who flew to America to have children who get birthright citizenship.

They pay $40k-100k to birth tourism agencies, stay in 5 star hotels, commit visa fraud, then fly home.

Birthright citizenship is being abused.

[The Fat Electrician @Fat_Electrician]

Hear me out. What if the government quit using it as a slush fund.

[John LeFevre @JohnLeFevre]

Homeless, yachtless Elon Musk, who actually builds rockets, EVs, and neural tech trying to benefit humanity, should apparently cough up $50 billion in taxes on unrealized gains.

Meanwhile, Laurene Powell Jobs ($15B inherited), Nancy Walton ($20B inherited), and MacKenzie Scott ($40B divorce) never built shit, never risked shit, and never shipped a single product that changed the world.

But they get the praise and zero scrutiny. Because they have the right politics.

(BTW ~25% of Walmart employees are on government benefits.)

[Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo]

Fact check: The Antifa ties are not alleged. They were proven in court. You know how? Through the seven cell members who pleaded guilty—five of them testifying for the prosecution at trial and all admitting to stipulated facts, including that they organized behind antifa ideology.

Also, it wasn’t a “protest.” They did shooting and tactical training beforehand, procured dozens of firearms and then came with 11 guns and shot an officer in the neck after luring victims out with explosives. I’ve been covering this terror case from day one: https://t.co/7KvehraOcs

[doomer @uncledoomer]

I don't even have a dog in the data center fight and the anti-data center people are pushing me towards data centers being unequivocally good because these people are so utterly droolingly retarded that whatever they oppose must be good for the world

[Brooks Otterlake @i_zzzzzz]

I think part of what makes this account’s work so satisfying is they are doing a form of pattern recognition that is computerlike in many ways but actually requires a soul to pull off. Proof humans are still on top

[David Burge @iowahawkblog]

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