for the cards…

sandisk extreme ($139 at bby) is a good choice. the switch-licensed card is the same price, and i think it’s the same card inside. the switch one also has a discount for bbyplus members (look on bby site for that).

the samsung pro plus costs a bit less and works well, too ($89 at bby).

for where to get them, safely…

buy in-store (or online for immediate pickup) from a major (b&m) retailer to avoid the potential problems with amazon’s co-mingled inventory.

so, what? half the work hours but at double the rate of pay so it comes out the same?

probably read more. cuz that’s free. i can’t afford to do much else.

on mobile, too, it looks like. on pc, i’ve only ever seen half that many, plus google pops in there if you switch your search default. click-dismiss and they’re gone. toggle a couple settings, done. they don’t come back.

Mozilla already has Scrooge McDuck amounts of money

no. they don’t.

the google money that they rely too heavily on, may not always be there. they need more diverse funding. these paid placements, which can be turned off, are one way to do that.

turn off and delete the sponsored stuff at install, never see 'em again. it’s not like they’re microsoft or something, constantly turning that kind of shit back on with every-other-update.

hell of a lot more.

and i don’t think we can use our crashing platform to buy an even bigger country’s government to make back our losses (and then some), either.

I know i would go crazy eating the same bland flakes

make it the total raisin bran variety and i could probably handle it for at least a month or two.

converted to usd, that’s like half price (~ 62k). a steal! better hurry!

and all that established dlc you may have spent several hundred (thousand or more, even) dollars on…

unusable and worthless, needs to be repurchased.

i was half-expecting a rant about PoE2 for some reason…

i’d probably opt for a cheap android tablet that’s only used for fb, nothing else.

and in ‘full paranoid’ mode, i’d also avoid using my own home or work wifi with it, too. the library’s public hotspot is convenient enough to both locations.

backup. backup. backup.

then also check the SMART stats on it and run the internal tests. if you don’t know how, gsmartcontrol is a good place to start.

i’ve had a couple disks fail right away, and others that just go forever–and one of those is a deathstar, even.

slavery is back on the menu, folks.

(yea, i know. it never did go away entirely)

at least you’re just replacing the ‘box’ and not the whole tv. which is one of the main benefits of not using the ‘smart’ inside the tv, and using an external device instead. cheaper to upgrade the ‘smart’ part.

i mostly use old cheap laptops with ulv soc (about 6 watts with lid down, screen off). has worked for me, so far. have a compact wireless keyboard with integrated trackpad (the older logi one) for a ‘remote’. on the tv i also have a full-fledged desktop attached to one input… why do client-server when i can hook the ‘server’ right up?

cheap Android device from Walmart with a custom OS

they had a pile of these on closeout last time i wandered through electronics, ima have to make a trip tomorrow to see exactly what they are. from venturing over to the xda forums, it would appear that i’m looking for the 2021 or 2023 models? i don’t have pocket internet, so i’ve got to jot down a few notes of what to look for.

of the two, common sense media says apple is better from a privacy standpoint.

and, if i had a roku-powered tv, i’d skip the internet on it (never hook it up) and use an external device, even if it was just a roku stick.

i think the stroke rewired his brain.

always looking to play the victim card.

mine is a few blocks away, and requires sacrifice of an always-increasing amount of coinage (literally every other trip costs more).

the dryer half does the same but also now takes twice as long to do its job–requiring even more coinage sacrifice.

they’re also now scared of the dark (it isn’t 24/7 like it used to be), meaning i can’t go there at odd hours to avoid people.

the first unlimited streaming-only was $7.99 in jan 2011. it had no ads and was literally ‘unlimited’.

“should be” $11.45 today (dec 2024, acc to bis.gov).

but wait, they now charge extra for streaming outside the ‘household’, so better knock that down by at least one-third.

hey look, we’re right back at $7.99.

if it’s got biden, obama, or even clinton’s name on it. expect it to get shit on.