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isles ,

"Snitches get <wounds that will require> stitches" Doesn't quite roll off the tongue.

isles ,

Surely you're not accusing the media of any malfeasance!

isles ,

That's a delightful response to my snarky comment, thank you.

I agree, the incentive structure is such that it undermines the goals of journalism. Compounded with a firehose of misinformation, even full-time journalists must be overwhelmed.

I'm unwilling to give them a pass, however. Their job is to report accurately, they understand the risk of reporting things that are not fully vetted, and choose to anyway. As you say, they're complicit.

isles ,

(adult users of TikTok? This sounds so weird and foreign to me; I must be too old)

https://backlinko.com/tiktok-users

TikTok has 1.25 billion monthly active users, nearly half of Americans are on TikTok. The majority of people on TikTok are adults.

isles ,

You can be petty as fuck without having dementia.

isles ,

Sure are a lot of Reagan defenders around here.

isles ,

My Nest just forgets about timers about 20% of the time. This is me, daily.

  • "Set a 10 minute timer"
  • "OK, 10 minute timer starting now"
  • "How much time is left?"
  • "It doesn't look like you have any timers"
isles ,

Where's the lie? I just can't trust you "gibbons can fly" people.

isles ,

It's a big school, I bet he was. But not THAT William Taft.

isles ,

I kinda like the new google. It's strong and wrong and doesn't afraid of anything.

isles ,

My favorite part is imagining a speak-to-text app writing "gunfire sounds"

isles ,

But I'm 20 and healthy, why should I have to pay for healthcare for mrs. sickey over there? Did she even try being born without a chronic illness? Doubt it.

isles ,

I prefer my sushi infinite-sided, thank you very much.

Microsoft is testing Game Pass ads on the Windows 11 Settings homepage ( www.ghacks.net )

Microsoft's announcement: "We are introducing a new Game Pass recommendation card on the Settings homepage. The Game Pass recommendation card on Settings Homepage will be shown to you if you actively play games on your PC. As a reminder – the Settings homepage will be shown only on the Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 and...

isles ,

My last Linux dual-boot install was trying to apply Conversion Therapy to me and corrupted my windows boot records. Finally got it resolved, but what a nuisance.

isles ,

Why buy one steam library when you can buy two for twice the price?

isles ,

Fast track to double secret probation!

isles ,

When the ideas run dry for infinite growth, everything old is new again.

Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking, and color-coding of employees ( arstechnica.com )

After reversing its position on remote work, Dell is reportedly implementing new tracking techniques on May 13 to ensure its workers are following the company's return-to-office (RTO) policy, The Register reported today, citing anonymous sources....

isles ,

Love it when the logical excuse is the Sunk Cost Fallacy.

Though I think there's some truth - companies still pay employees for their WFH rigs / utilities (or they should be, anyway), so it's not exactly free for them to have WFH (just a lot cheaper, if there's a choice).

The logical excuse I buy into is that commercial real estate is valued on it's income and if business aren't renewing leases because they don't need office space, then commercial real estate values tank. That and thinly veiled layoffs.

Congress’s push to protect kids online is at a crossroads (KOSA, US-focused) ( www.washingtonpost.com )

Legislators are considering attaching KOSA (the anti-LGBTQ+ censorship bill, aka the Kids Online Safety Act) to must-pass legislation authorizing the FAA. As EFF points out, the latest version of KOSA is still a censorship bill....

isles ,

From atop your mountain of Playstations, will you finally stop putting puppies in blenders?!

isles ,

Capitalists only espouse the free market when discussing labor. Otherwise, they love regulatory capture.

isles ,

Has embarrassment stopped anyone in the GOP?

isles ,

As long as you can profit from new data, data scarcity will never end.

isles ,

If you're in need, check out PCsForPeople, they offer subsidized unlimited 4G hotspots. They're well suited for low-bandwidth uses and was my primary home internet for a few years. I used Wifi bridge routers to help connect ethernet / more devices / better range.

There's also still the Lifeline program, which is a much smaller discount, but can still help.

isles ,

People do this already, check Foundation for Intentional Community. You can find communities near you that are open to visitors or new residents and check them out.

Make sure you're well acquainted with the traits of cults to keep yourself safe. There are groups out there that are fundraising and building infrastructure for new communities, as well, so there are many ways to get involved.

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