There a saying-- only do one crime at a time.
This guy was growing weed and doing just fine at it. Only because he decided to steal power also, he got caught.
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Is 14
Calls power company
Sure
I got in a fight with Verizon and the FCC over bootloader locking when I was 15, some of us just have nothing better to do than be a complete and utter pedantic menace as kids
I think kids being pedantic menaces are a very important part of society. most of the times it's over good things, but adults don't have the time or drive to address it.
Awww did mum and dad not let you use the phone? 😭
Anyway the correct response is fake+gay. If you analyze it you've already lost.
I don't care about people growing weed and making some moneys.
But if you're going to fuck up the electricity net or even stealing it from your neighbors, you're a fuckhead.
Nowadays you can just use LED lights and a heat pump and be extremely stealthy. Maybe even put some solar panels.
yep, do what you want, but don't fuck things up for other people
Don't worry, it's just a story.
Don't worry either, it's not like I think I'm replying to OP.
I'm assuming that comment is about AI data centres?
It isn't but feel free to notice the obvious similarities.
Or move somewhere you can grow it legally, then you don't have to be stealthy.
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Dude got mom's smoking buddy arrested
Yeah grower Steve probably would have been totally sympathetic to the Minecraft plight too, base d on the stoners I know
Kid's not thinking big enough. Now that they have evidence, they can blackmail the neighbour into buying them a better computer and a UPS
that's the problem with kids in context of power and the state, it's very easy to bribe them and they don't have a bit of loyalty.
Are we talking abt Hitler youth, maga youth?
There's a difference?
maybe
Should've just called the power company and had them assess a new transformer
A power company willingly looking at increasing residential capacity or fixing issues that can't be blamed on the homeowner? HA
We had a bad transformer that took 6 months of constant nagging before they would even send a tech out, and they still threatened to charge us for the visit. That guy turned white as a ghost when we told him the issues we were having and that the transformer was the one next to the neighbor's massive nearly dead tree. The internal bars had melted and he said it could have exploded at any point, easily burning at least that neighbor's house down, and probably a good chunk of the neighborhood since it was a dry desert climate.
That tracks, corporations would rather their customers die than provide them the service they pay for.
My dad ran a business out of our garage when I was a kid. Big machinery. And whenever he'd get into to something tough and bog the machines down, the power in the house would sag so much the lights would brown out and the picture on the tube tv would get real small. This happened all the time, for YEARS. We'd called and complained so many times. Every once in a while they'd send a tech out, he'd plug into the meter socket on our house with a tester, then deem the values appropriate, and leave.
We were like no seriously, when there's a real heavy load it's bad. Nope, it's fine, blah blah.
For YEARS.
Then one day the breaker on the pole blew, and they came out to reset it. And when THIS lady came, we begged her, please, something is wrong, please look closer. So she climbed the pole, low and behold the transformer and wiring was all roasted up there. I forget what the explanation was, but they needed to replace the whole thing.
We never had a problem after that 🤷♂️
Yeah after the previous story, about 6 months later they came to upgrade basically the entire grid section in our area. We had a talk to the engineer and she had been able to use our section as justification for getting some sort of brand new and very expensive testing equipment.
Our neighborhood was built in the early 1960s. So at the time it was about 50 years old, and the electrical usage of homes then was vastly different than it is now. Unlike modern homes with power outlets every 6 feet or so on every wall, we have two outlets per room, if we're lucky. She seemed very happy that we had pushed the issue because apparently that equipment had been requested for years before she finally had a real world justification that management would finally approve.
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As the father of a Minecraft-obsessed kid, this feels intended to fuel my dislike of Minecraft.
So did the movie. And all those obnoxious YouTubers.
Is that it? Is mojang just an elaborate put-on?
No, but Microsoft bought Mojang out 12 years ago, and Microsoft gonna Microsoft.
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nah dude Minecraft is great. sandbox game that allows creativity and problem solving and whatnot.
now, the microsoft-approved and promoted servers and ad content, fuck all that shit with bedrock. but basic Minecraft is great. just gotta get your kid onto basic java and away from bedrock where they serve you ads and shit
Get a mod with grappling hooks and hang gliders and tornados and bouncy shoes, awwwhhh yeahhhhh
slime sling my beloved!!!
slime sling and hang glider will forever be the greatest mobility option in modded minecraft
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The YouTuber that got me into Minecraft was like 40yo when I started (I was already in my 20s back then for what it's worth) and is anything but obnoxious. If you're specifically looking for YouTubers and streamers who aren't annoying, you will definitely find them. Have you seen regular old children's TV? "Obnoxious" is just what children like.
"Obnoxious" is just what children like.
So that explains Mr Beast.
Basically, yeah
Microsoft stole my minecraft account.
Mine as well. There’s a class action lawsuit, I signed up for it.
where does one find such a thing?
Mine, too!
As many others have pointed out, Microsoft made Minecraft shit. 10 - 15 years ago it was an awesome little game. Loved to play it with my friends on our server. Somebody was always online and you could talk, hang out, explore or do a project together.
Nowadays you open it and it has a shop and some ingame currency and weird collabs with popular IPs. That’s simply not what Minecraft used to be and whenever I watch a modern trailer for it, I wanna throw up.
Java edition, my friend.
I have been playing Minecraft with a small group of friends on a self-hosted private server on and off for the past 15 years. No ads, no coin shop, no annoyance.
As for the screaming YouTubers, obviously they exist, but there are also some nice chill peeps out there. EthosLab or Bdoubleo100 for example - especially their single player worlds where it's just them working on projects and building.
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Meh, minecraft is not so bad. Its pretty much legos. Did it change much? I played it in beta and never since.
Microsoft enshittified the fuck out of it
base Minecraft is still there (except in bedrock, bedrock is super enshittified with official servers and ads and stuff and they make it difficult to connect to your own self hosted server, it's fucked)
but java, you can still play just like old times, for the most part. shittier launcher. more login annoyances. but that's about it in my experience.
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