A federal judge handed down a ruling from the bench Sunday night to shield Portland from additional National Guard deployments, which she said was the move of an administration “circumventing” her earlier order.
A friend was using a computer with Windows 8.1 (I know lol), and her streaming services stopped working on it. Because she was using an old computer, she couldn't upgrade to Windows 11. So I suggested installing Linux and even doing it for her, but the problem is that most streaming services don't work on Linux. After making that disclaimer and suggesting she use a streaming stick, she decided that her computer is junk and will just get a new one. A win for Microsoft.
But the crux is that if streaming services don't treat Linux as a first class platform, Linux will never be truly mainstream. People say that it's Microsoft Office or Adobe blocking Linux from the mainstream, but Hulu, HBO Max, Disney+, Peacock, etc are the real missing "apps" on Linux.
i don't use it myself so can't be sure but i find it hard to believe it wouldn't work on the latest ubuntu with google chrome.. it did work as of a few years ago.
ah... that sucks. i wonder if it's possible to run windows versions of browsers through wine. that was the trick i used for silverlight in the ie8 days lol
For most of them you can get 720p on Linux with basic stereo audio.
It was possible to play Netflix 1080p on Chrome, but I think those days are gone.
Unfortunately, I don't see a user-controlled Linux system ever being properly supported in the current DRM / copyright paradigm. There isn't really a solution that satisfies the "rights holders", and even if there were, there is little to no incentive to implement it.
That doesn't make sense. I watch Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney on my Ubuntu laptop on Firefox all the time. I have a laptop setup in front of my treadmill just to watch shows while I walk.
I have one large screen dumb TV and I just use a Roku device to watch shows through that. Everything else in the house runs in Linux because I got rid of windows years ago and never had a problem with streaming services.
I watch Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney on my Ubuntu laptop on Firefox all the time. I have a laptop setup in front of my treadmill just to watch shows while I walk.
Are you watching in regular 1080p or above, or the gimped 720p most DRM services impose on the Linux platform?
If it's 1080p+, how? If it's 720p, that's not really acceptable to most people.
I think the point of OP is that Streaming services don't care about Linux and downright gimps them, so the apps will "look better". Casual users won't know or care about the technical reasons.
Is your dumb TV new or old? I've been trying to find something to replace my old plasma (it started to make cracking noises, that doesn't seem like a good sign) for a while now, but it looks like every new TV is 'smart'.
Edit: I know I can buy a smart one, don't connect it to the internet and use it like a dumb one. I'm not dumb, the TV I want to buy should be. It's about principles.
Just install her favourite browser, chromium, Firefox, whatever. Set it as default and then create desktop links to her favourite streaming services. How to do that can be found here. You can also change the Icon to the specific logo by downloading it and change the line with 'icon' to a file path.
How can I create a shortcut for URL in my desktop? I want to use them in Firefox or Chrome.
If a copy and paste didn't work.
What script I have to use?
The biggest roadblocks are the manual download and installation process of Linux, if we speak about casuals. I don't know how important streaming services are, but besides the usual office and adobe application, certain popular videogames are also a blocker for casuals switching to Linux.
For your (or her) streaming, doesn't it work in the web browser?
You just needed to install Chrome, not leave the installation with Firefox. Chrome works with streaming services, except one (can't remember which one). All the other ones work.
Why so much downvotes. Streaming services doesn't provide higher quality streams on linux distros, it's common knowledge. Widevine L3 is supported by browser and that's what running when someone streams netflix, disney+ or anything on a browser, firefox or chrome, in linux. Almost all streaming services provide 720p with Widevine L3. On the other hand, 1080p and higher are only available in widevine L1, which has to built into the kernal and certified by Google. Nobody should it's working when the stream is 720p and even 480p sometimes.
And linux kernal WILL NOT BE DOING THAT. The OP doesn't even blame linux for this, they explicitly say to blame streaming services.
Streaming services suck in general if you ask me. Even on windows the apps are ass imo. As an ultrawide user i always hated that i can't zoom in on movies or shows to get rid of the black bars on the top and bottom and fullscreen it properly. I understand that that's a weird edge case but it's just one of the problems i had. With disney+ in particular, even on the windows app i couldn't stream in 4k. I figured i'd try watching on ps4, but the audio would have this weird clipping like once every minute, which wasn't an issue with the hardware, because it also happened on ps5 and with different headphones. I even went as far as buying an android tv box because i wanted to be a good boy and watch it legit, but that didn't work out either, cause the box started getting slow and it would randomly exit the app in the middle of watching a show. So in the end i gave up and started pirating. Their service was so awfull that i saw no other option, which is kind of insane when you think about it. And now i can watch it in my player of choice, and properly fullscreen it on my ultrawide display.
that was probably the issue. drm support in browsers is usually disabled by default on linux, but enabled on windows.
the odd cases where one still didn't work on linux, a simple useragent addon in firefox to flip it to windows has usually worked.
but then, even when it is working, linux clients often still get a lesser product as the streaming sites like to reserve higher quality video to clients with os-level drm, restricting linux to 720p or even 480p.
that's... just wrong. I converted my whole family after being sick of constantly dealing with their viruses and the only thing that didn't work was some game as a service garbage that the particular individual managed to grow out of anyway. all of them have streaming though. netflix only allows 4k on windows with new enough cpu or on smart tvs with up to date app but none of the others I tested did that at the time. If more do that now, none of my family have noticed the change.
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President Donald Trump said on Sunday that US military strikes on small boats near Venezuela have been so effective that “there are no boats” left in the area, as Washington faces growing criticism over the legality of using lethal force in international waters. The operations, which the White House says are aimed at stopping drug shipments to the United States, have reportedly killed at least 21 people so far.
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President Donald Trump said on Sunday that US military strikes on small boats near Venezuela have been so effective that “there are no boats” left in the area, as Washington faces growing criticism over the legality of using lethal force in internati…
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I mean all the west is already pro young death, so the insurance companies could pocket the retirement and healthcare funds. Places like Kkklanada even actively promote assisted death.
German police have implemented a laser detection system at Munich Airport to address drone incidents disrupting air traffic and ensure passenger safety.
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In 1948, the American Friends of the Fighters for the Freedom of Israel (AFFFI) (which represented the Stern Gang/LEHI) sought Einstein’s help in raising funds for their Jewish fighters. AFFFI Executive Director Shepard Rifkin explained in the letter below that when Stern Gang commander Benjamin Gepner asked him to reach out to Albert Einstein for the purposes of gaining propaganda and fundraising assistance, he responded: “Are you crazy? He is completely against violence!” Still, Rifkin wrote a letter to Albert Einstein asking for his help raising funds in America for arms.
Two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided at the intersection of two taxiways at LaGuardia Airport in New York, injuring a flight attendant, damaging a cockpit and tearing off part of a wing, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
Up to 25 small hot-air balloons, some of them confirmed to be carrying smuggled cigarettes, entered Lithuanian airspace late Saturday and forced the shutdown of Vilnius Airport, delaying flights for hours, authorities said.
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The remarks sparked immediate backlash online, as many accused Jones of turning images of Palestinian children killed in Gaza into a punchline. Critics said the comment reflected a deep insensitivity toward the ongoing genocide and the suffering of civilians trapped in the besieged enclave.
NBC News correspondent Hala Gorani wrote that she had personally watched hundreds of hours of video footage from Gaza and confirmed that the images Jones referred to were authentic and not part of any “disinformation campaign.”
Imam Omar Suleiman was among the first to publicly denounce the comments, calling them “disgraceful and vile.” He said Jones’s words revealed a moral blindness toward the humanity of Gaza’s victims and condemned the attempt to trivialize their suffering while shifting blame to so-called “foreign disinformation.”
Van Jones Sparks Fury with ‘Dead Gaza Baby’ Remarks, Later Apologizes [October 5, 2025 | Palestine Chronicle Staff | palestinechronicle.com]
The remarks sparked immediate backlash online, as many accused Jones of turning images of Palestinian children killed in Gaza into a punchline. Critics said the comment reflected a deep insensitivity toward the ongoing genocide and the suffering of civilians trapped in the besieged enclave.
NBC News correspondent Hala Gorani wrote that she had personally watched hundreds of hours of video footage from Gaza and confirmed that the images Jones referred to were authentic and not part of any “disinformation campaign.”
Imam Omar Suleiman was among the first to publicly denounce the comments, calling them “disgraceful and vile.” He said Jones’s words revealed a moral blindness toward the humanity of Gaza’s victims and condemned the attempt to trivialize their suffering while shifting blame to so-called “foreign disinformation.”
The remarks sparked immediate backlash online, as many accused Jones of turning images of Palestinian children killed in Gaza into a punchline. Critics said the comment reflected a deep insensitivity toward the ongoing genocide and the suffering of civilians trapped in the besieged enclave.
NBC News correspondent Hala Gorani wrote that she had personally watched hundreds of hours of video footage from Gaza and confirmed that the images Jones referred to were authentic and not part of any “disinformation campaign.”
Imam Omar Suleiman was among the first to publicly denounce the comments, calling them “disgraceful and vile.” He said Jones’s words revealed a moral blindness toward the humanity of Gaza’s victims and condemned the attempt to trivialize their suffering while shifting blame to so-called “foreign disinformation.”
"Computer scientists from Stanford University and Carnegie Mellon University have evaluated 11 current machine learning models and found that all of them tend to tell people what they want to hear...."
How is this surprising? We know that part of LLM training is being rewarded for finding an answer that satisfies the human. It doesn't have to be a correct answer, it just has to be received well. This doesn't make it better, but it makes it more marketable, and that's all that has mattered since it took off.
As for its effect on humans, that's why echo chambers work so well. As well as conspiracy theories. We like being right about our world view.
I feel the same way about social media Echo Chambers. Being surrounded by people who think the same as you makes you less competent at being genuinely critical of your own worldview.
It really helps to try to think about the other side of any question. That's what good debaters do, so they can figure out the best responses to what the others' arguments might be.
When these LLMs keep agreeing with you, they're actually weakening the likelihood that you'll work out a fully-formed opinion.
So go in there and say what you did to someone else actually was done to you and compare results. I’ve had good success getting advice if you regenerate from both perspectives.
You -do- realize you're getting advice from a machine that constructs sentences using mathematical algorithms, and has no clue at all what it's saying ... right?
Yes I’m aware, I have a degree in the field. Nothing in my sentence would indicate that I don’t understand. I’m agreeing that it’s statistically biased towards the speaker, therefore, you can work to lazily normalize the result by investing the input.
Sometimes, I’m inclined to swear at it, but I try to be professional on work machines with the assumption I’m being monitored in one way or another. I’m planning to try some self-hosted models at some point and will happy use more colorful language in that case, especially if I can delete it should it become vengeful.
IIRC there was also a study or something done that said something to the effect of being rude to chatbots affects you outside of chatbots and carries into other parts of your work.
I think it's because it's the idea if you're comfortable being rude to chatbots and you're used to typing rude things to chatbots, it makes it much easier for it to accidentally slip out during real conversations too. Something like that, not really as much as it being about anthropomorphizing anything.
That's true, but I think the idea is if you're comfortable typing it, it's easier for it to accidentally slip out during professional chat whereas normally you'd be more reserved and careful with what you say.
With chat gpt you can select from a number of personalities, where robot is very fact based and logical to the point of being almost insulting. Its very good actually and hits my ego instead of stroking it.
It can say things like "fix your thinking, stop making assumptions, these are the facts".
But as the paper points out, one reason that the behavior persists is that "developers lack incentives to curb sycophancy since it encourages adoption and engagement."
Some of the internet’s most popular voices with young men — almost all of whom either hosted Trump or spoke highly — have some thoughts on what he’s doing wrong.
Drivers for ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft will soon have the right to unionize in California as independent contractors, thanks to a bill signed Friday by Governor Gavin Newsom.
While it's certainly important to monitor the condition of paved roads, keeping an eye on the surface will only tell you so much. You also need to know what's going on with the underlying asphalt, which is where an embedded layer of electronic fabric is designed to come in.
While it's important to monitor the condition of paved roads, keeping an eye on the surface will only tell you so much. You also need to know what's going on with the underlying asphalt, which is where a layer of electronic fabric is made to come in.
With its latest iPhone Air, which is the thinnest iPhone ever made, Apple is trying to solve problems that don't really exist, and that's a problem by itself.
Mosley, grandson of notorious fascist leader Oswald Mosley, said the Labour manifesto for last year's general election did not mention the scheme set out last month and warned it was undemocratic
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in reply to SuperSpruce • • •I think Firefox also supports many if one installs the proprietary codecs .
But I just go to the web address, log in and watch. Maybe I only watched peacock through prime though
Fixed typo
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in reply to SuperSpruce • • •Are your "sources" some ill-informed LLM?
Stop listening to slopbots.
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in reply to surjomukhi • • •liliumstar
in reply to SuperSpruce • • •For most of them you can get 720p on Linux with basic stereo audio.
It was possible to play Netflix 1080p on Chrome, but I think those days are gone.
Unfortunately, I don't see a user-controlled Linux system ever being properly supported in the current DRM / copyright paradigm. There isn't really a solution that satisfies the "rights holders", and even if there were, there is little to no incentive to implement it.
shath [comrade/them]
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in reply to SuperSpruce • • •That doesn't make sense. I watch Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney on my Ubuntu laptop on Firefox all the time. I have a laptop setup in front of my treadmill just to watch shows while I walk.
I have one large screen dumb TV and I just use a Roku device to watch shows through that. Everything else in the house runs in Linux because I got rid of windows years ago and never had a problem with streaming services.
thingsiplay
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in reply to IninewCrow • • •Are you watching in regular 1080p or above, or the gimped 720p most DRM services impose on the Linux platform?
If it's 1080p+, how?
If it's 720p, that's not really acceptable to most people.
I think the point of OP is that Streaming services don't care about Linux and downright gimps them, so the apps will "look better". Casual users won't know or care about the technical reasons.
Fifrok
in reply to IninewCrow • • •Is your dumb TV new or old? I've been trying to find something to replace my old plasma (it started to make cracking noises, that doesn't seem like a good sign) for a while now, but it looks like every new TV is 'smart'.
Edit: I know I can buy a smart one, don't connect it to the internet and use it like a dumb one. I'm not dumb, the TV I want to buy should be. It's about principles.
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in reply to Fifrok • • •Or PC monitors... they have HDMI anyway these days.
just_another_person
in reply to SuperSpruce • • •The streaming services work by browser, not platform. If Firefox can run it on Windows, it can run it on MacOS, Linux, Android...etc.
Something must be wrong here.
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in reply to SuperSpruce • • •Just install her favourite browser, chromium, Firefox, whatever. Set it as default and then create desktop links to her favourite streaming services. How to do that can be found here.
You can also change the Icon to the specific logo by downloading it and change the line with 'icon' to a file path.
Should look and feel just like a desktop app
Create a shortcut for URL?
Ask UbuntuReversalHatchery
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in reply to SuperSpruce • • •The tv os Webos is based on linux.
Hence, it's weird to say that linux isn't ready to play videos
thingsiplay
in reply to SuperSpruce • • •The biggest roadblocks are the manual download and installation process of Linux, if we speak about casuals. I don't know how important streaming services are, but besides the usual office and adobe application, certain popular videogames are also a blocker for casuals switching to Linux.
For your (or her) streaming, doesn't it work in the web browser?
biocoder.ronin
in reply to thingsiplay • • •Downloading, I believe, is an extremely difficult thing for most people.
What a stupid circle jerk
thingsiplay
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in reply to SuperSpruce • • •Anyone ever notice how these "linux isn't ready for mainstream" posts so often have straight up factual errors, like this one?
Is this reaally from a Microsoft misinformation farm somewhere? /s
surjomukhi
in reply to SuperSpruce • • •Why so much downvotes. Streaming services doesn't provide higher quality streams on linux distros, it's common knowledge. Widevine L3 is supported by browser and that's what running when someone streams netflix, disney+ or anything on a browser, firefox or chrome, in linux. Almost all streaming services provide 720p with Widevine L3. On the other hand, 1080p and higher are only available in widevine L1, which has to built into the kernal and certified by Google. Nobody should it's working when the stream is 720p and even 480p sometimes.
And linux kernal WILL NOT BE DOING THAT. The OP doesn't even blame linux for this, they explicitly say to blame streaming services.
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in reply to BCsven • • •that was probably the issue. drm support in browsers is usually disabled by default on linux, but enabled on windows.
the odd cases where one still didn't work on linux, a simple useragent addon in firefox to flip it to windows has usually worked.
but then, even when it is working, linux clients often still get a lesser product as the streaming sites like to reserve higher quality video to clients with os-level drm, restricting linux to 720p or even 480p.
BilboBargains
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in reply to SuperSpruce • • •huh? they don't work? I've yet to come across ANY streaming platforms that don't work and hell I use QuteBrowser.
what specific platforms don't work? I've used youtube, twitch, netflix, hulu, etc in the past and they all just worked right out of the box.
Or...just go here and not pay a dime: fmhy.net/
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