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Thanks for conceding your post.

you have no relevant proof or evidence of your claims, it’s not my problem

you have no relevant proof or evidence of your claims, it’s not my problem

prove it

That’s still just an assertion on your part. Maybe you should surveil some books before making assertions.

Anecdotal evidence can be true or false but is not usually subjected to scholarly methods, scientific methods, or rules of legal, historical, academic, or intellectual rigor, meaning there are little or no safeguards against fabrication or inaccuracy.

This does very little to add any weight to your assertions. No effort is required on my part still.

Surveillance protects people from terrorism, and sacrificing some privacy makes us safer.

In logical discussions, the burden of proof lies with the person making a claim, meaning they must provide evidence for their assertion rather than expecting others to disprove it.

I got a nice OLED TV as my main monitor. I only connect it to the internet to run updates if I think it is necessary (there is also usually a USB option for updates too), then disconnect once that’s done. Works great for sailing the seas and streaming whatever. It’s unfortunate I paid for stuff that I won’t use in the TV, but that’s often the case with many products these days.

I’ve got a feeling this is specifically related to DRM in the HDMI spec that prevents video capture of encrypted content. Maybe I’m remembering something vaguely from about a decade ago about HDMI content encryption that is no longer relevant, but my hazy memory is that this was a core element of the HDMI spec that media corps wanted to prevent digital copying. Not that it really means anything at this point, the seas are full of high quality rips regardless, but maybe there is some dubious legal value in preventing an open source driver?

If we can get rid of MS and keep PS as a community project, that’d be nice.

anyone have recommendations for good libre events alternatives?

I use Cinnamon. Things might be different with others, but the same concept should apply.

I have OLED tv as my main monitor, and adjusting the settings of the screen allowed me to achieve this using a black image at full screen. The screen looks like it is turned off. I even tested with a dark room. No light comes from the screen. Once you get that set, then using black in UI colors should achieve this if I understand what you are asking.

I’m not familiar with HDR capablity within Linux though, and many newer OLED screens have some of these capabilities. That could be another element to consider depending on your screen capabilities and settings available.

Trump was trying to force a deal with Israel playing as the tough guy, but he didn’t expect Iran to negotiate in kind with their own show of immense strength in response to the bullying.

Japan (1.13T) and then UK (750B)

https://economicsinsider.com/top-15-largest-us-treasury-holders/

A paywalled article about how to avoid persecution by the US police state is pretty on the nose.

Donald Quixote

This. I have a nice 4k 120hz ‘smart TV’ that is not connected to anything. I use it only as a display for PC with external speakers. I’m pretty sure you can even do firmware updates without connecting anything but USB drive. Even if you have to connect to get updates, you can just disconnect it afterwards.