I'm one of those hipsters who doesn't use streaming services.
I did, a while ago, but I quit using them because the experience is kind of awful, and I'm happier now for it. I collect physical media and watch it using Jellyfin on my Linux-based home theater PC, and I'm completely satisfied with how it works.
I'm making this video because I am really troubled by algorithmic helplessness, and I feel like corporate-centralized streaming media makes that worse. Maybe this video will encourage someone else to cut the cord and rediscover an appreciation for owning your media and being choosy about what to "watch next". Or maybe I'm just wasting time. Who knows? I suppose, you know, you're reading this description, right?
If you read the description, say "algorithmic helplessness sucks" in the comments. That'll make me feel better.
Oh right, I need to tell you about the things I mentioned in the video.
Hardware I mentioned - not sponsored and no affiliate links. (These drives might not be currently available at Micro Center, but I'm providing these links as they're probably the most helpful if you want to find one yourself.) - My LG portable Blu-Ray drive, a BP60NB10: microcenter.com/product/607144… - And my internal Asus BW-16D1HT drive: microcenter.com/product/435513… - FLIRC receiver (I don't remember if I bought it here but maybe): pishop.us/product/flirc-rpi-us…
Chapters: 0:00 My motivation for ditching streaming 3:21 Physical media is awesome 4:05 Ripping media 5:59 Serving with Jellyfin 7:09 Bookstores and libraries are lit (get it?) 8:10 I don't want an algorithm programming us.
This entry was edited (Sunday, November 2, 2025, 9:48 AM)
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Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life, when they started receiving messages from online friends around the world.
For trade reasons the Internet has become a marketplace (trade currency, attention, data). Therefore monopolies have formed, owning and controlling search, major platforms, and apps.
On the other had the other marketers want their websites/content to rank higher, to get more views, show more ads, make more money. So shitty websites and content for the sake of that.
Thus the Internet is a load of poop nowadays. Hard to find what you are looking for.
So now these monopolies are inserting these AI chatbots into search. They seem very convenient for people. Go straight to an answer. And the monopolies do not care that these chatbots lie a lot.
Happy business everyone!
Trade is the root of most problems. As I've been saying for many years now.
I read it as "...Internet is a LOOP of poop nowadays." and I stand by it now 🤣 Can't agree more, AI is just an overhyped, desperate attempt of those monopolies to find a point of growth to keep their bussiness going in the neverending for-profit race. Nothing else can be expected from the society that has been built on trade 😔
By-catch of sharks is a huge problem. Industrial fishing and especially bottom trawling is not only completely destroying seafloor and underwater habitat but also created so many unneeded and useless death of thousands of sea creatures. I don't even understand how it is legal. In this episode we went to Albania to the "Sharklab" laboratory which conducting numerous studies on sharks, but also work in shark conservation and protection.
Explores three individual whistleblowers and activists Christo Grozev, Vladimir Kara-Murza, and an unnamed scientist, who face grave consequences for their efforts exposing Vladimir Putin's regime.
This is the main source of Documentation for the Linux wireless (IEEE-802.11) subsystem. This wiki features information for end-users, developers and vendors.
This site covers all the new 802.11 drivers, the new core mac80211 and cfg80211 components along with the new userspace and in-kernel nl80211 configuration interface. New nl80211 userspace applications are also documented.
Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates a mysterious virus that could cause the next pandemic, one scientists think will be deadlier than Covid-19. This is a global hunt to uncover 'Disease X'.
Open-source Windows and Office activator featuring HWID, Ohook, TSforge, KMS38, and Online KMS activation methods, along with advanced troubleshooting.
After decades in the shadows, UFOs are being studied seriously. Are they weather balloons, optical illusions, secret military technology? Or something else?
ReVanced is a free modular patcher for Android apps such as YouTube. It allows you to create applications with additional features and customization options, similar to a browser extension, but for apps.
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