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6 votes
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What are your favorite genres/themes of music?
BTW this has been posted before but it was a year and a half ago sometime around when tildes itself became a thing so a new post is definitely due. My favorite genres are hip-hop and electronic...
My favorite genres are hip-hop and electronic but lofi and synthwave songs like resonance and HOME are just as good.
Edit: Seems most people here (at least most who replied) like a variety of metal and rock genres. Pretty interesting.
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Smart TVs collect data for political-advertising use
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He was hijacked by pirates - and then mistaken for one. One man’s ordeal in the Gulf of Guinea, the world’s most dangerous shipping route.
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How do you turn a smart TV into a dumb TV?
I've been lamenting the death of the dumb TV for years now, but I'm finally in the market for a new set and trying to plan my next purchase carefully. I've come to grips with the fact that any...
I've been lamenting the death of the dumb TV for years now, but I'm finally in the market for a new set and trying to plan my next purchase carefully.
I've come to grips with the fact that any late-model TV I buy is going to feature some or all of the following:
- Internet connectivity
- Slow, janky menu screens with awful UIs
- Pre-installed apps (all of which I consider bloatware)
- Ads incorporated into the built-in menus or overlaid on my content
- Alexa / Google Home integration
- Automatic content recognition and/or other data collection techniques
- Microphones or cameras, purportedly for voice/gesture control
My goal is to take a stock smart TV and completely neuter all of the above, resulting in an otherwise fully functional dumb TV. All of my content will be delivered over HDMI from external devices.
As I understand it, basically all modern TVs are running one of five operating systems: Android TV, webOS, Tizen, Roku TV, or SmartCast. Not knowing anything about these platforms, where should I begin? Which are most susceptible to rooting? Are there any good custom ROMs I could install that would achieve what I'm looking for? Surely others have asked these same questions before me, but I can't find the answers online.
Yes, this is a companion post to my other home theater question earlier today.
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Space-grade CPUs: How do you send more computing power into space?
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Fantasy Island | Official trailer
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Feet Don't Fail Me Now (NPR Tiny Desk) (2017)
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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is being criticized after calling Jamal Khashoggi's murder "a mistake" and comparing it to the death of a pedestrian struck by one of the company's autonomous vehicles
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The benefits of test-case reduction, and tools that can help do it automatically
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In Stockholm, there's a diagonal wind tunnel used for one very specific purpose: learning to fly a wingsuit
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Red Dead Redemption 2 PC: Every graphics setting tested + Xbox One X comparison
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Inside the ESRB - For the first time ever, the ESRB opens its doors and unveils the process of rating video games
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Juno - Sextile
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Give Firefox a chance for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet
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Swedish maritime archaeologists have discovered two wrecks believed to be 17th-century warships – one of which is likely to be the sister ship of the Vasa
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Denmark and Iceland clash over priceless medieval manuscripts – Reykjavik wants collection bequeathed by Icelandic scholar returned
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Ruth and Martin's Album Club
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Thousands of egg-shaped balls of ice have covered a beach in Finland – the result of a rare weather phenomenon
6 votes -
The palm-size PrinCube can print on materials your desktop printer doesn't even dream of
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Oslo wants to build the world's first zero-emissions port
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What piece of kitchen equipment do you regret buying, and why?
What piece of kitchen equipment do you regret buying? Why? I bought a garlic masher. (I don't think it was anywhere near £26 when I bought it!)...
What piece of kitchen equipment do you regret buying? Why?
I bought a garlic masher. (I don't think it was anywhere near £26 when I bought it!) https://www.amazon.co.uk/royalvkb-VP303-370-Royal-Garlic-Crusher/dp/B000OW58D8/ It looks really heavy, but it actually isn't. I regret it because it's not nearly as much fun to use as it looks. It's safer than mashing garlic with a knife, and it's easier to clean than a press. But other than that it's not worth the money. The garlic cards (credit card sized bits of plastic with embossed letters) that you rub garlic over are better.
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Effects of one year of Vitamin D and marine Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on biomarkers of systemic inflammation in older US adults
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Companion dog acquisition may reduce loneliness among community dog owners
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How Big Tech is dragging us towards the next financial crash
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Voter fraud detected in The Guardian's Australian bird of the year poll
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Subscription affliction - Everything is $10/month
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Book Review: Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
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Former NSW Fire chief frustrated at Govt for 'sweeping climate change under the rug'
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At Tennessee Titans games, the fiercest tailgaters are Kurds
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Viacom sues YouTube for a billion dollars | YouTube Geographic
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Why the Boeing 737 will never take the place of the 757
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California’s criminal cops: A six-month investigation found more than eighty law enforcement officers with rap sheets still employed today
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Why Spelunky is the most important game of the decade
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Has anyone gifted you food or a kitchen / cooking gadget that you particularly liked?
Coming up to Christmas and gift-giving is on my mind and I wondered if you've ever been given food or a food-related gadget that you liked? I guess we can also talk about the misses too. I like...
Coming up to Christmas and gift-giving is on my mind and I wondered if you've ever been given food or a food-related gadget that you liked? I guess we can also talk about the misses too.
I like chocolate, so small amounts of nice chocolate are something that I like.
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Behind-the-scenes pictures from the early years of Sesame Street
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How the US betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster
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Neutron stars – The most extreme things that are not black holes
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Korean education: A view from the trenches
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Reversal of epigenetic aging and immunosenescent trends in humans
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Bahamas: Hurricane hell
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ZzArt - Abstract Art Evolution - Now Open Source on GitHub!
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Bay Area students and teachers rally for school funding and Prop 13 reform
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The math for Elizabeth Warren’s US health-care plan adds up if you accept its ludicrous premise
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‘The day the wall came down’: How the Washington Post covered the Berlin Wall’s fall thirty years ago
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Netflix CEO defends decision to pull Patriot Act episode in Saudi Arabia, says company isn’t in ‘truth to power business’
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Kendrick Lamar - Rigamortis (2011)
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A test with no answer: No procedure exists that can prove virginity, yet dangerously unscientific virginity tests occur regularly—even in the United States
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On Hawaii, the fight for Taro’s revival
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The Everglades’ Wild Hope
5 votes