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LLS, 2 days ago to random

“Google yourself” takes on a whole new meaning https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2/112496475718227188

mttaggart, 4 days ago to random

My wife tells me that she is observing conversations on X where regular, non-tech users are beginning to consider Linux because of Recall.

That's how bad an idea this is.

LLS, 3 days ago to random

the verbification meaning of “google” has shifted from “searching” to “shitposting”

LLS, 3 days ago to HashtagGames

On hold, no one can hear you scream.

#ChangeCatchPhrasesAndMovieLines #HashTagGames https://mastodon.social/@LinuxAndYarn/112493606233094287

LLS, 3 days ago to random

Can I use gasoline to cook spaghetti faster?

(found, reposting with alt text)

LLS, 3 days ago to random

Because this doesn’t seem to be getting through to people who really should know better:

Folks actually know how much pay they take home, what bills they got, and how much (if anything) is left in their bank accounts. Telling them they’re wrong, they “just don’t understand the economy” isn’t the smart political messaging you seem to think it is.

tante, 3 days ago to random

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vga256, 4 days ago to retrocomputing

just discovered this Wordperfect 6.0 ad from 1994 and it's making me wonder if i ever really lived

#retroComputing #1990s #design

arstechnica, 6 days ago to random

Microsoft’s new “Recall” feature will record everything you do on your PC

Recall uses Copilot+ PC features "to take images of your active screen every few seconds."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

andybaio, 12 days ago to random

me: “I wish people would stop calling individual blog posts ‘a blog.’”
monkey’s paw curls
https://xoxo.zone/@mathowie/112439941615950550

epidiah, 6 days ago to random

What gives you a Star Trek vibe without being Star Trek?

Could be from any medium, not just TV and movies. Like if you've got a board game or a role-playing game or a video game or a card game or a ball game or a tracing game or a tangerine game or a book game or a laser game, any of those would work, too.

And there's no need to mention Galaxy Quest or Orville as I am already aware of those.

alexcox, 9 days ago to random

Capitalism managed to memory hole the third act of every sci-fi story out of Silicon Valley’s collective memory.

LLS, 6 days ago to random

“Recall records everything users do on their PC, including activities in apps, communications in live meetings, and websites visited for research.”

But don’t worry, it’s encrypted, Microsoft says.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/

LLS, 6 days ago to mecfs

Today I had a sneezing fit and just like that I’m out of spoons

#MECFS

LLS, 9 days ago to random

During a 36h migraine, I drafted a short story with monsters and killing. The muse was with me. If these headaches persist, I’ll have a themed anthology in no time, though if these headaches persist, no time will feel like a million years and shit’s gonna get dark.

LLS, 9 days ago to random

happy #Caturday

arstechnica, 9 days ago to random

Using vague language about scientific facts misleads readers

Using subjective phrasing like "scientists believe" makes facts seem like opinions.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/using-vague-language-about-scientific-facts-misleads-readers/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

LLS, 2 months ago to disabled

4y ago, when #covid was spreading across the world, I got sick. 4d of severe illness

Then I “recovered” except for low fever, fatigue, body aches…

I worked—& crashed, barely able to get out of bed, rested days/weeks, felt better, went back to work—crashed. That’s the cycle

I set activity limits, cut them back & back…

Today if I walk >400 steps, stand >2 min, sit up >2h, or have >10 min heart rate >85bpm … I crash

Hard lessons. Took a long time to accept I’m #disabled w #LongCovid #MECFS

LLS, 12 days ago to random

this had me in stitches

a what to call this? a celebration? a tease? a loving tribute? a shitpost chock full of brainworms from Gideon the Ninth (with maybe some very small spoilers, though you wouldn’t know it if you haven’t read it)

https://youtu.be/f315N619OKY

LLS, 13 days ago to random

Forget Skynet.

Slopnet will be the end of us — not with nukes and cyborgs but with slop, injecting AI slop into every service, operation, utility, everything we rely on. Nobody will notice until municipal grids fail, planes fall from the sky, food supplies dwindle, summers extend year-round, and billions die.

Then the slop-meister trillionaires will gather in their mountain bunker retreat, pop the last bottles of champagne, and toast to their victory over human diversity and compassion.