So you can get actual YouTube content without the ads? Does it include an ad blocker or is it inherently resistant to ads?

What does a different front end do for you? Serious question.

I love the way conservatives say they have no problem with legal immigration… Yes you do.

And what exactly do you use the phone for?

It sounds like you’re saying all you need to do to prevent abuse of your device is to not use the device. It can’t spy on you if you leave it on the store shelf either.

I’ve seen articles talking about how Android will continue to perform functions you specifically tell it not to. How do you fix that by changing your habits?

Didn’t know about that. I actually try not to “meet my heroes.” It’s so depressing.

I used to really like him. He came across as really charismatic but after the slap and finding out that he was not in the Scientology box but had his head pressed right up against it, I figured screw this guy.

I think it’s hilarious that this comment section is full of support for the woman AND laughter over her sex toys. Think about it.

Well I’m in crazy town Florida so snow won’t be a problem. Strong storms ripping then off my roof could be. Guess I’ll find out.

Do you have a power bill? If so, when and roughly how much, if you don’t mind?

Yeah, we opted for the battery. It was tough because without the battery the solar definitely pays for itself and the cost wasn’t too bad, but with it it isn’t certain. When calculating that, the inputs rely on you to predict so many things in the future. So I went with my gut. I just feel like energy costs are going to go up much more than “they” are saying. With climate change, AI, greed and the fact that we are installing some things that will consume more energy. I hope I’m right.

How do you like yours?

But you can’t eliminate the connection charge. And as far as I can tell there’s nothing to prevent them from increasing that to very high values. Currently it is $25 where I live but they are arguing to raise that to $30 as I type this. That’s a 20% increase.

I’m on the East Coast. So I wonder what happens if you put enough solar on your house to go off grid and then just don’t pay your power company? They put you in jail? LOL.

Was it Florida because that’s where I am and the rules are the same as what you’ve stated?

Well the purpose for asking what a world collapse looks like was to determine what life for a typical person would be and I consider myself to be a typical person (in the US). I kind of view it like the beginning of the movie Interstellar.

In that movie people still had houses but there were items that were in short supply. People had chronic illnesses and there wasn’t much that could be done, so they would die prematurely. Crops were failing and it looked like the end of all, or virtually all, life was approaching. I wonder if that’s what it looks like.

A lot of the answers were on a macro scale not a sort of day to day life scale. That’s what I meant about what it would mean to me.

Funny I’m in the process of going solar and where I live, I’m not allowed to go off grid. How stupid is that?

The reason I ask is that people have predicted the end all through history and it never seems to quite happen when they predict it. So if he said it would take twenty years when he first started,… well here we are.

Thanks for the answer but I’m still not really certain what it would mean to me. I mean if these fascists went away, it might be worth it. Just depends on who rises to take their place.

So he’s been writing on the topic for 20 years and twenty years ago he predicted that the world would collapse in 45 years?

What does collapse even mean? All humanity dies? Fifty percent of humanity dies? Many die and those that don’t revert to Mad Max life styles?

Well if doesn’t mean anything because this platform is full of Linux fanboys. I want to love it for all that it is, but unfortunately every time I try it, I have the same kind of experience OP has. I’m sorry if that doesn’t fit in your world view.

Oddly, I’m trying it yet again. My laptop is old and Microsoft is trying to make it obsolete. Since I only use it in a limited fashion, I’m hoping to get away with it. Time will tell.