dream_weasel

There is no universal measure of INTELLIGENCE. IQ can absolutely be measured but the question is whether or not it’s representative of something we care about. The fact that you open with “dumb” then say something that is patently incorrect is insanely on the nose.

I agree, let’s give more voting power to people who are more likely to have made more considered choices and stop pretending like every vote is the same. Far and away most people are not so bright. In the same way that BMI is not a good measure of health, IQ is not a good measure of intelligence. On the borderline it means nothing, but a BMI of 200 is not good and neither is an IQ of 74 and I’m all for screening at that quality.

In the late 18th century US it made sense to make everyone equal and every vote equal (leaving aside slavery and gender inequality) because by and large access to information and education WAS equal. In the end of 2025, that is unfortunately just not true. People and opinions are striated and that is worth some consideration.

If you can’t read at a 5th grade level, I don’t really care who the TV told you to vote for.

Sounds like it’s the Mac users who are wrong. Save some money and throw your apple shit in the trash where it belongs if you don’t like it.

This is just big small trying to sell more less, obviously.

It’s like that sometimes

I’ll have one order of no ports besides USB C and no apple products please.

That’s fine, I now own both and I can say objectively that LG is way worse to work with and Sony has been easy. I have money, I want a TV. I don’t want LG.

Some best buy asshole convinced me to buy LG this last time because “it’s the same screen as the bravia, but lower price so you can get the sound bar too!”. Yeah fuck that, Sony doesn’t jerk me around. WebOS doesnt even fucking WORK unless you agree to every sharing option and update. Next time I’ll just pay the extra.

New pipe, smart tube, vanced, etc etc. there are about 15 options before I would pay even 1 extra dollar to Google. Every TV manufacturer seems to still have a working option.

If none of those work, I can honestly just do without.

Yeah that is definitely against the grain for me.

I pay for Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon prime, but never in life will I pay for YouTube premium. I have Google one and I pay enough for it. There are plenty of apps that still deliver an ad free, promotion free, bullshit free experience and the fact that Google works so hard to fuck with it makes me even less likely to ever pay.

Paying for YouTube would be like paying for tiktok or whatever dumb shit video service people watch now. It just isn’t going to happen. I will use the service for free, find the content for free, or else it will get cut from the lineup.

Pay for YouTube / watch YouTube ads… Lol no way to either one.

It’s unfortunately not very good. And my penis count is still only 1, and honestly not super magical.

Nice? No. Entertaining? … … Ok yeah it is.

Superiocre_bard

Nah bro, that’s like a 40-hedron

The person is just in the wrong place on the bottom

Jesus Christ… It COuLd bE AI!

I just want to say I spent almost 45 minutes to attempt to respond to this and ended up just deleting it.

I’m sure it’s tough to be neurodivergent, and there are plenty neurotypical folks who would like to understand and make your life easier. I would also like to understand and support other minority positions, and every one is an investment of time and effort.

I’m sorry to inform you sir but that game is definitely called rock paper scissors

"Fuck me Ismael… " Etc etc

I had to quit at like 50 pages in man. It’s just a tough read, and I powered through war and peace.

Happy cake day. I was asking, before I dive into the hunt, if you saw any docs for doing the same sort of firmware update / swap for plain old irobot vacuums.

Idk how motivated to be to go do this. Just started reading about valetudo.

COA => course of action