You say that like a specific technology is inevitable, but it never is. The general march of tech will continue on, but no one thing is ever guaranteed.
e.g. 20 years ago everyone needed custom browser toolbars and now it’s not even possible to add one on major browsers. We eliminated the need for browser features by cramming 99% of what we need into a handful of websites that are constantly refreshed.
e.g. 10 years ago blockchain was surging and today it still doesn’t have a usable application. Turns out spreadsheets don’t really need to be distributed.
Machine learning is just an algorithm nobody understands. If I needed something to give me wrong answers to questions I’ll ask my dog.
Windows 10 EoL is fast approaching, so I thought I’d give Linux a try on some equipment that won’t be able to upgrade to Windows 11. I wanted to see if I will be able to recommend an option to anyone that asks me what they should do with their old PC....
President Joe Biden is taking fresh steps to help keep gas prices from climbing. For Republicans to see this as “disgusting” and “disgraceful” is bizarre.
Republican energy policy is to let oil barons do whatever they want, destroy whatever they want for new drilling and pay as little taxes as possible.
Democrat energy strategy is to regulate oil, preserve delicate ecosystems by banning oil/gas exploration wells and fracking in those areas and investing in expanded green energy policy.
The political problem for Dems is that ballooning prices at the gas pump are very unpopular with moderate/undecided voters (reality is that almost everyone in this country has to fill up their car tank regularly) and the oil barons can manipulate their output, control the messaging and change these people’s votes (especially in an election year).
Dumping some of our strategic reserves when prices get too high is a strategy that counters this machination.
And if the world supply is in a high producing state, dumping some of these reserves can sink prices low enough we can refill those reserves for cheaper than we initially bought the reserves that we dumped.
Republicans then get on the horn and claim this is risky, helps nobody but democrat politics, etc, etc. They’re not wrong, but the entire thing is political brinkmanship, so… who cares? 😄
There is the idea that it’d be easier for the universe to spontaneously create a single consciousness that knows and experiences everything and thinks they are you rather than creating a big bang that naturally leads to beings with consciences such as you.
We’re just 2-3 generations from when almost EVERYBODY lived on a farm.
We have the Green Revolution to thank for that.
Advances made at State Universities in the postwar US have put food on everybody’s plate in a way that has completely altered our relationship with food.
If you are a pansexual or a programmer or a femboy or an influencer or a communist or a redblood american patriot or a steampunk cosplayer you can thank the Green Revolution because 100 years ago you would have been a pigfarmer.
You would have been completely defined by your relationship to food, just as humans had since the beginning of time.
i think we need Cracked-style articles back. desperately. or like, a guy doing a weird thing and writing a piece on it. sites like those are declining faster than the glaciers.
Most FOSS advocates understand there is a line where your rights end and mine begin–it’s why we have the GPL instead of all using MIT or LGPL license. Your right to acess the source is sacred.
Gun advocates don’t give a shit. Your death means nothing to their desire to roleplay mad max or zombie apocalypse or cowboy or whatever.
CRTs were one reason, but the other was because you had to have storage for all your manuals and CDs and Floppy disks and other stuff you were constantly putting in your computer and taking out.
Linux May Be the Best Way to Avoid the AI Nightmare (www.lifewire.com)
Which is which? (sh.itjust.works)
There are a lot of low-paying jobs out there. I'm just saying... (lemmy.world)
The romance story everyone wanted (lemmy.world)
Linux is still not ready to replace Windows
Windows 10 EoL is fast approaching, so I thought I’d give Linux a try on some equipment that won’t be able to upgrade to Windows 11. I wanted to see if I will be able to recommend an option to anyone that asks me what they should do with their old PC....
Republicans enraged by Biden’s efforts to keep gas prices lower (www.msnbc.com)
President Joe Biden is taking fresh steps to help keep gas prices from climbing. For Republicans to see this as “disgusting” and “disgraceful” is bizarre.
Every base is base 10 (lemmy.world)
Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source code to enable collaborative development of its legendary player for Windows (about.winamp.com)
We're all a little crazy (mander.xyz)
To date, what do you think is the greatest invention or discovery and why?
Mine is the computer. I continue to be amazed at what we can do with them.
Framework won’t be just a laptop company anymore (www.theverge.com)
It started with notebooks, but that wasn’t the master plan.
What do you miss from the old internet?
i think we need Cracked-style articles back. desperately. or like, a guy doing a weird thing and writing a piece on it. sites like those are declining faster than the glaciers.
Who was your first? (lemmy.world)
Are any of you really affected by lyrics/tones of songs?
I tend to find song lyrics, tones of music etc. really hit me super hard. I’m curious to know how others feel?...
XXX (sh.itjust.works)
Are gun designs open source? (lemmy.world)
Mystical land pirates (with pizza) (lemmy.world)
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Whoever invented the eight hour five day work week is Satan. (lemmy.world)
Good luck! (lemmy.world)
Corner desks. They were just everywhere mostly, probably because monitors where so big and heavy (dormi.zone)