Is this the beginning of the Butlerian Jihad?

Oh they’re still thinking about them.

Wow, imagine the illustrator reading the request. “We need an ilkustration of a child going into a blade? Like, Fargo detail or Daffy Duck dismemberment?”

Kinda makes you wonder what the world would be like without all the warning signs like hot liquid and cruise control does not drive car huh? I mean yeah, we probably need signs marking minefields, chemical transports, etc. But common sense shit like turn electric off before installation, do not place flammable object in a fire, etc? Darwin weeps.

Social media isn’t a visit to a library, or a sit down with a newspaper or even a conference hall. It’s akin to a brief discussion with a passerby. Some people may stop for the guy on the soapbox in the town square, but I’m sorry if I didn’t come to the fediverse that day expecting a lecture. Your feelings are valid, and I can respect them, but knowing your audience is important.

Isn’t there a law in places that cameras have to have recording lights? I know my Wyze has lights. Why does this not apply to Meta glasses?

I just got comfortable with Bazzite, too. Cept the wrird OOM that popped up with Firefox, still attempting to fix that one…

I never really understand nautical terms. Wall? No, that’s a bulkhead. Port, left, starboard, right. Bow, front, aft, rear. There are so many more, and I truly believe it is just to show who’s a sailor and who isn’t. (I also enjoy every time Dresden makes fun of this then slowly starts to do it himself)

I read the first paragraph… then I saw the rest and my attention wandered down…

Beat me to it.

I miss my Palm and Ipaq…

I talk to streamers every day for work. They will buy whatever they are told to buy. It amazes me how people will buy hacked firesticks or modified apks in an Android TV device for $300, and explain they “beat the system”. If the long term claim is money savings, they’ll believe it. If it’s easier, they’ll buy it. I stopped using Firesticks when I noticed they had constant traffic of 40kb/s even when not in use. Even data sharing would only be pulling at certain times I would think.

Tis but a scratch.

SUCK SUCK SUCK SUCK

But my Ariel on Vaporean porn is a dream yet to become a reality… (I’m getting old, that is the Pokemon with the weird fetish, right?)

Just brought out my old dvds and put them on hard drive. They were burned 18 years ago and used organic dyes. I recovered avout 50% of them. Old me should have spent more on nonorganic discs… but old me couldn’t afford them back then, so he gets a pass I guess. Plus new me can easily dl most of those discs in an hour or two now.

And when AI inevitably collapses, programmers should join unions and negotiate for a much higher wage, as they will be in even more need to fix all the shit that gets broken. Everyone knows it’s easier to replace or rebuild, but companies can’t do that, they’ll need their code, their databases, accounts, everything - fixed. That will cost them more than they ever thought they’d save. AI will one day do the things they want, but we’re looking at decades until it can reach that point.

Yeah, the good ones get bought out. (RIP Armstrong, Adelphia)

Sony pissed me off a few years back. Day one: wanna share data with us? No. Year later: data? No. Year 3. Your tv will no longer accept internet connections unless you agree to share your data. Ok, fuck. Year 4. 30% apps no longer work due to system requirements. You - bastards. I just used a firestick in it until it died on year 6. Which also sucks since it was $3000 in 2017.

After Equifax and DOGE, I’m not sure I can bring myself to care anymore. Cat’s out of the bag, and no one will be punished. I get shit on, again and again, and my “representatives” rake in that sweet “lobby” money to ignore the issue. I just wish the bad actors would share the lawmakers information very publicly so they might finally start caring.