Lauren Leffer's saved articles

Calling America the “land of the free,” is a joke. As a 40 something year old woman, I am not free to choose the flavor of juice I want to vape, in the privacy of my own home. That is absolutely ridiculous. Candy and fruit flavors don’t only appeal to kids, they appeal to people like me. The sweeter the better. If… Read more

The solution to these problems may involve butter and garlic.

“Meta” had $23.2 billion in net income in 2022. It had $5.7 billion in net income in the first quarter of 2023. These layoffs are a cruel joke. Also: Read more

Guest worker visas — like H1B — are not quite slavery, but they are extremely precarious and significantly advantage the employer over both domestic workers, and workers who are employed on these visas. As someone who was able to get a green card through marriage rather than trying to stay in the US on a non-immigrant… Read more

netflix? never have seen it Seriously not really sure what it is
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Yet another example of Netflix reneging on its own sales pitches. Remember when they ENCOURAGED password sharing? Apparently they DON’T. Time for everyone to just move on. There is always another option, and often a better one. Read more

As streaming becomes more expensive, more bundled, and less convenient people will once again return to pirating the shows they want. That was the whole informal, unwritten agreement - streamers lowered the price to the point it was not worth the effort to pirate. I am not condoning piracy, and understand revenue is… Read more

For me it’s really simple. We have subscriptions to Netflix, Peacock, Disney/Hulu, and a couple of others. If my son can watch them when he’s away at college without me having to pay more, I’m ok with it. If a service wants me to pony up for more money in order for him to use them, we’re dropping them. Read more

Oh don’t worry, I’m sure they will start offering a family and friends plan for more money.  Read more

I have a college student. If they want to add to the immense cost of college. Bye Netflix. In fact, we will just turn it off now that they are putting us through this. Read more

I suspect, in general, as the various streaming services continue to creep their prices up, and/or put ads in, or just otherwise add hassles to use their service, some number of folks will just say “screw it” and drop their membership. Read more

Time to start catching up on all the books. Fuck Netflix. Read more

IP assignment is done via your internet service provider (ISP) and generally speaking, only business accounts can have a fixed one. Most people will not have a fixed IP as that costs extra. Read more

Is Netflix really doing traceroutes on the IP addresses that are using the same account to see if they are coming from different physical locations? If not, how are they tracking this down? It seems like a lot of effort and cost if they just simply limit the number of simultaneous streams, which I think they do. Read more

Since nobody fact checks before they post this will just lead to writers using more hyperbole and exaggeration inside the body of the article to meet the expectations of the headlines.
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In some ways to me the waste problem is more difficult than getting to zero emissions. With zero emissions it is just about using clean alternatives, with waste there are no real good solutions for the massive amount of garbage we generate. Read more

It’s still “no one wants to ban gas stoves”. Read more

Not sturdy, sdirty. Read more

I had a prof back in the mid-’90s who talked about a former student using diapers to develop a material as strong or stronger than concrete. I’ve waited nearly 30 years to see if that would ever happen. Read more

The blatantness and breadth of American corruption is truly magical. Read more