nobodyspecial

Google has turned evil. Back to Microsoft, everyone!

X-creting, not posting. Or would that be xitting (pronounced ‘zitting’).

I am rarely a hipster, but I was definitely on the “Musk is an asshole” bandwagon waaaaaaaaaaay back in the days of grabbing credit for PayPal and founding Tesla. He’s always been an asshole, but for the longest time his very loud fan club was willing to overlook the various indicators.

Your instincts are very likely correct. By not demonstrating eagerness to comply with any demand, regardless of reason, you are now damaged goods. However, I question your timing. My instincts honed over 25 years in the viper pit of office politics are saying you need to have an extreme sense of urgency. Don’t wait to get certified, you can get certs elsewhere. It’s always easier to get a new job while you still have a current job.

The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.

If the company suddenly bends over backwards, gives you a signed assurances of an exemption to general policy and a raise then feel safe. Anything short of this is an invitation to Get Out Now.

2 hours is enough to BEAT some games.

Normies can change if burned often enough. I am a filthy casual, and used to pre-order games. Between digital delivery and getting a few stinkers in my library I don’t feel the need, and haven’t for about a decade.

Industry will keep punishing those willing to pre-order until that behavior stops.

Elon views even previous, no longer employed workers as his slaves for life. The truly disturbing thing is he’s not the only one with that mindset.

What happens if a driver chooses to be online for all 3 delivery services simultaneously? Is there some sort of SLA for deliveries per hour? Seems like it might be a pretty decent gig if not.

Odds are it was written by ChatGPT or similar A.I. Been seeing a LOT of articles with odd mistakes or written in “A.I. voice” lately.

Streamlining garbage-in-garbage-out for the mainstream is apparently worth trillions.

Why would anyone bother visiting Kotaku if they could just ask an AI to make shit up directly? Management just not thinking beyond the immediate present.

Plus the time to shop just about every day. Fresh food spoils, and fast. Good luck choking down that 6 day old bag salad without half a gallon of dressing.

How do you reconcile that with the push toward urbanization, the near sexual urge of planners and citizens alike to have every single human living stacked and packed? Most of us would go on stabbing sprees if forced to live off the land in Bumbelch, Nebrahoma longer than a week.

Ever try being poor? Pretty hard to eat well when you have zero time after working multiple jobs and dealing with all the expensive, time consuming hassles of not being wealthy.

There is neither time nor energy for meal prep. Making convenient food more expensive and less accessible won’t make a difference from a health front, more people will just opt to unalive themselves earlier rather than struggle even harder. Far fewer will opt to buy luxury housing with a chef’s kitchen and multiple high capacity fridges and freezers to fill with organic produce from farmer’s markets.

I’ve had to make the choice between food and sleep in the past and always opted for sleep. But that’s not a great choice for children whose bodies and minds are developing.

I also question the validity of processed = awful. Take a trip to rural areas and look at the populace there. We’re not talking just high calorie humans here, we’re talking “people experiencing prodigious caloric intake.” And these are farmers growing and not processing their food, not much blame to be laid at the feet of Tyson.

Regulate yourself, I don’t need your feel-good legislation.

I thought I was the only one to answer unknown calls using my best Barney Gumble impression (which is really, really good I’ve been told). If it’s a legit call I can pretend I was choked up due to allergies. If not, the telemarketer can continue to enjoy talking with Springfield’s best known alcoholic.

Ask 3 Linux users and you’ll get 5 dissenting opinions. Mine is that KDE Plasma is very simple out of the box and more familiar to Windows users. A previous Windows user can use it without any kind of deep learning. Gnome is a bit more alien, borrows a bit more from OSX, and does force its workflow on the user more.

KDE also offers an insane amount of easy customization for those of us with a desire to tweak or enjoy a different aesthetic or workflow. The built-in shop for widgets, wallpapers, themes, cursors, etc makes that very accessible to anyone. Gnome customization requires a lot more command line and editing of configs.

HOAs can be absolutely awful, with power tripping board members and management companies that steal collected funds. But if you want to live in a manicured, upscale, gentrified suburb that’s the best way to get ahead of crappification, salvage grade cars on blocks in the yard, appliances on the porch and meth houses.

Me, I’d rather a large buffer of land between me and my neighbors. I do realize those with commuter jobs can’t practically get tens of acres to live on, however.