I know it’s not the question you asked, but you can probably replace that with something more modern very easily. Check pawn shops, estate sales, auctions, thrift shops, etc. You can also try dumpster diving around colleges when people move out in May.

Given that the largest CRT ever made was 42", and you obviously have something smaller, it shouldn’t be hard to find a suitable replacement. LCDs have been the standard for about 20 years now. Plenty of old stock that people are upgrading from.

I just checked the list at https://lemm.ee/instances

The only blocked entries are Threads and burger/burggit, which is defunct. I was not able to search defend.xyz to see who is blocking them.

For anyone considering it, just be aware that it will be a much less filtered experience. Most instances block lemmygrad, hexbear, etc. Most also block porn.

You will likely want to set up your own instance blocks

I’m not familiar with NYC, but isn’t this exactly the opposite of their goals? If you are staying within the congestion zone, you should be taking a different form of transportation. It’s only when leaving that area that you have a (potentially) valid reason to take your own car.

Pirates are absolutely still a thing. But it’s not Blackbeard and Captain Hook. It’s usually Somali pirates, with a heavy emphasis on the violence.

South Park actually had an episode about exactly this.

In a world of anarchy, you can get away with anything, until someone stronger (i.e. military) shows up.

If the entire Internet/power grid just shut down permanently, it probably wouldn’t take very long until you (and everyone around you) died. It’s not just your entertainment anymore.

Electricity obviously keeps your electric appliances going, including HVAC. Even if it’s gas, it probably needs electricity to work (e.g. fans on the furnace).

Electricity at a grid level keeps the natural gas flowing. Any backup options would quickly deplete.

It’s also necessary for gasoline, since it all stops flowing if it can’t be billed. Remember the gas shortage because of a ransomware attack? Those systems won’t have power very long.

You won’t have tap water, nor would there be clean/treated water at the source.

Now, what if you had electricity, but there was no longer any Internet? Well, that’s a little better. It’s possible that emergency operations could be implemented (using the military) to keep you barely alive, until things could be fixed. But let’s just assume the Internet is completely gone. Then what happens?

Remember when I mentioned the ransomware attack? Those systems probably don’t have an offline mode. If they can’t bill for it, the gas stops flowing.

No credit cards, no bank transfers, no phones. The public Internet is now the medium for nearly all communication outside of an org.

You can’t buy food at the grocery store, but it won’t matter for long because they can’t order anything more, and the trucks can’t deliver it.

Most people would be dead in about a week, maybe 2.

What you’re looking for is the Original Design Manufacturer, or ODM. These are the companies that actually make the pieces. Some have mentioned Clevo, but there’s also Pegatron (ODM for ASUS), MSI, Quanta (a favorite of HP), Compal (common for Dell and Toshiba).

A more complete list is available here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_laptop_brands_and_manufacturers

Now, there’s a bit more involved in this process. The ODMs make stock designs that they sell to the smaller OEMs. The same way that you can buy white box desktops, you can buy white box laptops. Typically, these come as a barebones laptop base. The OEM will add CPU, RAM, SSD, and WiFi. They will also load the OS/additional software, procure licensing, etc. Then they sell and support it.

The large OEMs like Dell/HP don’t use stock designs. They contract with the ODMs for something custom. Sometimes the ODM also handles the full manufacturing of the final product.

BTW, the ODMs are mostly from Taiwan, not China.

To continue with this, there is currently a major court battle to identify users that posted on a piracy subreddit, and there will be more, similar cases.

OP has been very vague about what you’re trying to do, which is good - Nintendo, Adobe, Sony, etc can’t reasonably claim to be victims to get a court order. But if there are other links to them, including other posts, there could be orders to unmask in order to show intent.

This approach becomes extremely problematic once you leave the medical field, and it’s already problematic within.

The easy example is religion. Is it ok to manipulate them to save their souls? But let’s dial it back a notch. What about if someone doesn’t want kids, but you know they would be happier with them? What about giving up sex, drugs, and rock n roll? What about starting sex, drugs, and rock n roll?

Yes, people are stupid. And medicine is complicated and difficult to understand. And in systems like American healthcare, there’s a ton of bullshit on top of everything. But it’s very rare to be ok to deny them their agency to make a decision.

Of course, IME in the US, it won’t be the patient refusing treatment; it’ll be their insurance company that does so. And if not them, then finances in another form.

This one gets easier when you remember that they retconned it later.

Game of Tones?

There’s like 5 episodes that people always mention. If it’s not that, it’s probably The Late Philip J Fry, The Sting, or Lethal Inspection

Anarchy means local warlords and gangs, BTW. I don’t have any sort of solution; it’s more of a “pick your poison” situation