yeah it’s in the terms of service but my usage will be so small it’s not even going to register on their charts so i’m happy with the risk.

no idea how safe or secure but i use cloudflare tunnel to point my jellyfin port on my computer

as an anosmiac this is gold

i don’t care so much about dates and order, i use Downie (sounds rude but it’s just a media downloaded for mac) to download whatever i would normally watch on youtube and stick it in a folder that jellyfin is pointed at. It’s been amazing, all the videos i want, no ads, no buffering, and any speed i care for.

you make an interesting point and it reminds me of a counter point: that modern wars might have higher death tolls than historical wars, but modern wars - with modern weapons - end up costing less life overall compared to the populations of the time.

for tribal conflict of humans past, victory could mean wiping out the other tribe - 50% death toll or higher. as weapons advanced and more efficient and more destructive tactics emerged, wars can be more violent and more deadly but shorter and with fewer deaths compared to the overall population. wars became efficient.

all this is to say that if we didn’t have modern weapons there would be more killing - not less. “victory” would necessitate more deaths.

i personally see them as different tools of the same end goal - wealth generation in a checked and sustainable manner. capitalist environments inspire innovation, but require boundaries set (regulators) and a political environment which is alert and aware of exploitation and can make the calls about what is or is not acceptable.

software engineer in a medium-large public tech company, i agree. i can’t even imagine the amount of stress the legal team must be under to constantly be discovering what management and engineering have messed up this time…and discover the problem is 6 months old and if a regulator catches wind of it it’ll be painful.

and don’t forget that this is “we’ll work with you” - i.e. you’d better build your own analytics into your game to prove your case otherwise unity can go “well assume 10% are bad installs - now pay for 90%”

but….why? of all the things to care about with that dying husk of a platform, what could suddenly make biometric information such an interest to them?

😂

free money has dried up, now they need to monetise your habits.

there’s a lot of factors for me:

• diet, if i’m on a sugar rush or binge i can’t focus
• activation energy and flow state, if i can just start and make progress i know i can slip into a more focused mode. if i’m constantly flicking between work and distractions i’ll stay distracted.
• environment, i discovered i work much better in a cafe around others compared to just in my room. bonus points if there’s a friend who i can sit with.
• having a plan, just studying for the sake of studying doesn’t work for me. knowing what i want to achieve and having mapped out what i need to do to get there helps me focus. it lets me know how far i’ve come - and feel good about that.

hope that gives some inspiration!