Yup, 'cause there's no money in porn... /s :-)

From Adult Entertainment Market Report 2026:

(That growth rate is close to the average S&P 500 of 10%.)

If there's one thing this Administration really doesn't like, it's public scrutiny - any scrutiny really. /cynical

Count the number of "former" intelligence officials on his company's board.

Then search for the many photos of him mouth-kissing his father and son (RIP).

They use both carrots and sticks to control compromised people.

I took mine apart and there were two separate display modules for the 4K screen with ribbon cables I didn't recognize so I just put it back together and stuck in an HDMI streaming stick flashed to LineageOS.

I got one around 2008. They were the best of the non-premium 1080p HDMI screens at the time.

The one I got had slightly better test review scores on display quality than the LG that year. The Sony was 20% better for 3x the price.

It lasted about twelve years and by then a bigger 4K with much brighter colors was half the cost in nominal dollars, so probably 1/4 the cost in real terms.

And by then cheap flashable streaming sticks were available as was pihole and fairly easy outbound NAT rewriting rules to keep the beasts contained.

Regulators back then were understood to be particular type of highly accurate clock that was used as a baseline for time keeping: other clocks were set and updated based on the Regulator. The root word was also contemporaneously used in a medical context; e.g. regular bowel movements, regular heart beat. Later, it was applied to devices which control gas pressure.

Does that mean the government, (or the king, since the root of regular is Rex from Latin) had authority over those clocks, or was particularly concerned with his subjects intestinal health, or the pressure of their gas? Of course not.

I saw two robots. :-)

Two words: Robot packages. :-)

(Not package robots, which Amazon already has.)

They're still in denial about that. Had one just a couple days ago saying that the gas price increases are just the regular price increase in the spring.

There's a bit of subversion here though: Going by my uncle, social security disability has made it even easier: They automatically reject every application the first time.

I was just reading a story where a woman ended up in jail six months, extradited to North Dakota from Tennessee.
The only evidence it was her was an AI facial recognition match between her social media/driver's license and the video of the actual suspect.
It wasn't until the first court date that the public defender got her financial records showing she was in Tennessee when the crime actually happened.
Then they kicked a southern state person out into ND winter without proper clothing, not even bothering to get her a ride back home.

She lost her house and car due to non-payment because she couldn't pay bills while in jail.

Looking, she'll probably end up with a $2-3M settlement.

https://www.theguardian.com/us...

I don't mind an optional fob to open the door, though I rarely use mine. I don't like it being required (no door key) and I don't like keyless ignition.

Agreed, but, unfortunately, that kind of quaint thinking will only really matter (again) in about 2.5 years -- maybe starting in 8 months, if we're lucky. /cynical

Nice and a good father/son activity.

I have always been mechanically inclined and started with a used Kawasaki G5 100, with its engine in pieces, that my mom said I could have because she didn't think I could get it back together. Silly mom didn't know about official service manuals. Then it was my first car, a used '69 VW Beetle - basically one wrench, four 17mm (I think) bolts behind the fan housing (that are almost impossible to reach, designers should be forced to work on their creations), a tug on the exhaust pipes and the engine drops out. Then a Suzuki 380GT, a 3-cylinder, 3-coil, 2-stroke with an oil injector - which was very fast (like 110+ MPH fast, which is "yikes!" on a bike). But I settled down when I met Sue. It's been three Hondas since then: a 1-year used '87 Prelude Si, sold for my '01 Civic Ex (more safety features and better gas mileage), then a '02 CR-V Ex for Sue. I have Honda Service Manuals for the latter two (Civic: printed, CR-V: PDF). That said, I stay away from the heavy work or things that need special tools.

Thanks! Don't know why that guy went off on me.

Also, I've talked with several people who like cars the way they used to be - buttons, knobs, etc and fewer gadgets. I'm also not a fan of keyless ignition, which now seems to be everywhere -- I've rarely even used the keyless entry fobs on my current cars. Don't get me wrong, there have been many safety improvements since my cars were built in 2001 and 2002, but I still like mine the way they are and I like manual shifting. And they've both been paid off since 2003. I just had the CR-V painted and the mechanic said, "60k miles and a manual, ya, I'd keep it too." :-) There are now only about six vehicles you can get with a manual - Honda sells two: Civic Type-R and Civic Si, which are both more car than I need and more than I'd want to spend. The 2001 Civic still gets about 41 on the highway, so not to bad for a 25yo car. The 2002 CR-V still only gets about 28, but it was my wife's, who died in 2006 and it has sentimental value -- plus I can't put a cabinet in the back of my Civic. :-) I don't need my cars to be smart, I need them to be reliable and maintainable (by me *and* mechanics). Also, the Internet says the best auto theft deterrent now is two words: stick shift. :-)

As a final thought, and something I think someone else pointed out, I have intelligence and capability in my phone, which I can take with me, so why would I want a separate one in my car that stays with the car?