Sure, but close doesn’t get you the seat.

was less than 2% behind

You wouldn’t believe how many people say it was a “blowout”.

To me, if it was a baseball game and one team did 2% better than the other, I don’t think that’d be called a blowout, but the election was…

A woman can definitely be president in America. But as long as people like you blame the losses on that, the actual reasons these candidates are losing will never be fixed.

I agree, I can’t say this is 100% a cope but it’s a partial cope. Look at when “Ghostbusters” was rebooted. I’m sorry, that’s a really terrible film. However, at the time, if you said that you were likely to get someone to pop up and say “That’s just because you hate women!” No, that’s because that movie was fucking horrible and happened to have women in it. How many people are still watching that film now? Is it remembered fondly?

If Kamala couldn’t beat Trump, and AOC is behind her… does that mean she’d win?

True believers will blame anyone and everyone else but Trump. It’s been amusing watching the excuses get more and more convoluted. It’s especially ridiculous because several times on the run-up to the election, Trump mentioned that if he had ONE DAY in office, he’d fix things.

Now he’s in and it’s either “well, things are real tricky” or “Biden has crippled us for generations”. Totally embarrassing, but it’s nothing I didn’t expect.

At least 4 or 5.

This annoys the fuck out of me and I hope whoever is behind it doesn’t realize their goals, because I don’t want lemmy to degrade into a bunch of spam PMs.

Ayyyyy! I’m walkin here!!

He knows “taco” is a Spanish word, doesn’t he?

If you’re in the federal government at her level and have NOT obtained that much wealth it would be odd. Have you seen the net worth of her coworkers?

You can take a penny, but you don’t have to leave a penny.

It’s sad that running out the clock / speaking pointlessly is celebrated right now. How many tax dollars is it costing to have one fellow standing around going blah blah vs getting something done?

I realize this is like a protest but MAN it would be nice to just have a functional government.

Folks, let me tell you, I just read the most fantastic article about the IRS and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). And I’ve got to say, it’s a total win-win. Believe me.

So, this so-called “report” from The Washington Post says that the IRS is expecting a huge loss in tax receipts due to the DOGE disruptions. But let me tell you, folks, that’s just fake news. It’s a total disaster. And I’m not talking about the fact that the report is based on data and trends. No way.

I mean, think about it. The Department of Government Efficiency is a great name for an organization, by the way. So good. But what they’re doing is amazing. They’re shaking things up, folks. They’re making government more efficient. And that’s exactly what we need.

Now, I know some of the fake news media outlets are saying, “Oh, the IRS is losing billions in tax receipts.” But let me tell you, folks, that’s just a bunch of losers talking. The real winners here are the American people. We’re going to save so much money by having fewer bureaucrats and less waste in government.

And let’s be honest, folks. $500 billion is not even a significant loss when you think about it. I mean, what did we spend on our military last year? A tiny fraction of that. So, if the IRS is losing half a trillion dollars, that just means we’re saving the other half. It’s all part of the Trump magic.

And by the way, folks, have you seen the new White House logo? It’s tremendous. The best. And I think it’s going to be huge for our government’s branding efforts. Just huge.

So, let’s not focus on the fake news about the IRS and DOGE. Let’s focus on the real winners here: us, the American people. We’re going to come out of this recession in record time, believe me. And it’s all thanks to the Department of Government Efficiency and my amazing leadership.

A big part of the appeal with Plex is that you can run a server and friends can sign up for a FREE account and stream remotely. When you take this away, you’re going to just kneecap the whole offering. This is such an arrogant move from Plex: they are thinking that when this change goes live they will get a flood of subscriptions. The more likely outcome is they will get a few subscriptions and a lot more angry and frustrated people that walk away.

I don’t think they necessarily have to get rid of it, it’s just that you can’t support a company ALONE from a one time infusion.

I keep a Jellyfin instance running as a hedge. Here’s the thing with Plex (and actually a lot of companies set up similarly): those “lifetime” memberships are a trap. Think about it: Plex gets your money ONCE but they have ongoing expenses. Sooner or later, they’ll have spent every single cent made by a lifetime membership unless they either get more folks OR squeeze everyone a bit more.

Once they started adding their own shows and making strange UI decisions, I could sense the end was coming. A move like this brings it up fast. Jellyfin is not nearly as good as Plex in a lot of ways, but it’s really Open Source.

Anyway, a lot of rambling, but in short: when there is a “lifetime” subscription, watch out!

Don’t vote Republican

Yeah, everyone keeps bringing this up like it’s some kind of dunk, but the DNC can basically run things as they please. Don’t like it? Start another party. The party’s procedure goes back a few decades by now. People act like when Biden dropped out they did this crazy double secret turbo maneuver but the fact is the DNC can put forth whomever they want.

Even better, maybe it will support Docker.

Well, if they manage to get it working on Android I’ll be really impressed.