The idea is not to sell you what you need. It is developed to sell you stuff you actually don’t need. It is by design.

I am freshly into selfhosting and am running Beelink s12 pro with Jellyfin on. Ripped tons of DVDs and about to get blu ray drive for ripping. Never paid a cent to Netflix or any other streaming sites. Dunno why my wife pays entry subscription to Netflix. Cant watch FHD or higher, got ads, cant mirror screen to a TV with entry subscription, no choice in what movies to watch, shows from competitors are not on netflix. Fuck this shit, man. I pay for DVDs and blurays anyday as long as I can chose what to watch and to keep it to myself.

Got recently raspberry pi 3. Planning to setup private VPN in my homeland where pirating is not an issue yet.

My friend complained that there is no reason to use turn signal to show me parking on the side of the remote road in the middle of the night. I just said “It’s a muscle memory”. Later he bought himself BMW and things came clear.

Eh? Since when Happy AND rested people think a lot and demand things? They are happy AND rested. They would not. On the other hand, tired, angry people would definitely demand a better life. The question is - is it going to be granted to them.

I found that visitng shop frequently and buying a little each time helps with this. Also, knowing what you have and planning what to cook with stock in mind. Also, one might find better to buy at small grocery stores (turkish in my area). These have ability to buy as an example 10 or less potatoes instead of fixed 2.5kg of potatoes. That way you’re not bound to swiftly eat potatoes before they rot.