Yes. Those are critical.
I hate to say it. But some of the best minds out there often don’t have the money to pay for all books and material. And often times those that DO have the money don’t always have the curiosity or desire to learn.
Tech feudalism needs to be made 100% illegal.
Money doesnt mean anything to them. I will never forget what Elon said when he was told that Disney and other companies were pulling their accounts off Twitter due to the rampant Nazism of its base. He just was shocked and said ‘you’re trying to blackmail me with money? Go fuck yourself’. He outright said go fuck yourself, but I don’t remember exactly what he said before, but it was to that effect.
It is entirely about who controls what. Again, Musk lost his shit recently when Trump threatened to start giving NASA contracts to do stuff to replace what SpaceX is doing. Money isn’t the matter, it is controlling the levers of society.
I remember the smug internet atheist era that said that Christianity would fade away soon to science… and then slowly but surely many of those same atheists either became Christians or allied themselves with the same vile Christian nationalists who are actively exporting their filth all over the world.
That coin arrangement hit me like a brick. That is exactly how I arrange coins and bills.
I wish there was a dummy on that toilet… then I could make an explosive diarrhea joke.
That sounds more reasonable. I mean driver updates for many items I used weren’t mandatory or searched for by my computer. Not even my windows machine. I had to go on their website to download them.
I worked in tech support for several years last decade… and the amount of people who tell me ‘my Facebook isn’t working’ to mean their internet connection is bust is insane. And they aren’t getting any smarter. Last time I worked tech support was in 2021 and I got fired when I nearly lost my shit with an American client who demanded to know why he couldn’t enter a company store without a mask.
Also it is everyone’s only source of the word blatherskite! Which is a term for someone who cannot hold their tongue (hence the balthering part).
Exactly. Local connection. Why the fuck does it need access to some server somewhere? I am sorry… but if they have updates for their shit available they need different ways of making it available.
Also why the fuck does the company need audio recordings from your home? That is literally spy shit. And why does it need the layout? Even if they were doing it purely to improve their products and make them be able to work around confusing layouts and obstacles then that shit needs your full knowledge and consent… and you can withdraw consent at any time for any reason.
I am too tired to rant further.
I don’t understand why these devices need an internet connection?
Gaming is not the issue for me. All my games work fine. The problem is using some cheats that I did for some games like cyberpunk 2077. I cannot get PINCE or cheat engine to work on it.
Same here. I actually had windows 11 for a bit… but not any more. I went linux and never looked back.
I use discord via browser on my Linux.
I had no idea there were that many IoT shit around! I actually wanted to make some stuff just have IoT as an exercise (using arduino) but the extent of what is an IoT is just… insane… beds? Showers? Why? Just fucking why?
Glad I ditched windows 11 for linux mint.
Bricks? I used mine to process diamonds. Cracked them up real good. It still had its shine, too.
Yo ho yo ho a pirate’s life for me.
I never understood online ads. I have been online since the late 90s and the amount of times I bought something because of an online ad is… I think never? I did find something I was interested in (an online coding school) but I don’t recall ever signing up.
I did use sites I was told by ‘live’ ads (youtubers plugging in their sponsors) a few times. But those weren’t conventional ads. I used expressVPN once and used the Angry Video Game Nerd’s sponsorship code, and godaddy web hosting once (because it was learning webdev) from Penn (of Penn and Teller fame). But it was because I was also looking for very specific services.