This feels like such a double edged sword living in the US where Israel-supporting police-loving rich capitalists are widely labeled as the radical left if they dare to suggest that people should get healthcare or maybe we shouldn’t spend trillions blowing up brown people on the other side of the globe.

You know, the land of fucking geniuses where the batshit crazy pedo Nazi choice won the popular vote in 2024 against the Israel-supporting actual-cop capitalist who is right-wing to most of the rest of the world.

I’m not even sure what my point is here, maybe just expressing frustration. The overton window here is so far to the right, and people so passively absorb propaganda every day, that it feels like the entire spectrum of people from leftists to liberals need to form a coalition to at least slow & reverse the movement to the right, even if their end goals are all very different.

What it feels like is that the Republican party was actually supposed to be the controlled opposition to scare people into being comfortable voting for liberals, but then the propaganda worked too well and the mustache twirling evil caricatures got to be in charge instead. At this point I can only hope the level of ridiculousness knocks some sense into more people.

I’ve pretty much gone back to my 2000s era mindset of “I don’t need a smart phone when I have PCs in front of me at work and at home.”

But really it’s more like I already have an old smart phone but hate using it and never want to have to upgrade. We’ll see what Motorola can make happen.

Tech idea #8545764 that sounds like it could maybe do some good if only the entire industry and those responsible for regulating them weren’t malicious actors.

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I made you a trophy for the most dogwhistles in a single comment today.

When the race starts at the Salt & Pepper 500, they blast “What’s New Pussycat” and leave it on repeat until a winner is crowned.

Tale as old as time…

That is wild.

Well there’s another sensor to add to my wish list!

Although, we have a lot of HVAC flow into the bedroom so maybe the difference wouldn’t be huge.

This is literally what qualifies as “shoving it down our throats” when conservatives say that LGBT+ folks can live how they want but not shove it down everybody’s throats. That’s my personal experience with conservative relatives and locals, at least.

Being reminded that certain “other” people exist without being hunted down is all it takes to set them off.

So while the lawsuit is a stupid waste of resources, the basic dickhead at the center of it is probably genuinely motivated to pursue it.

Now that’s some legit “I’m a big deal” energy.

Both the quiet confidence and apparently being famous enough that they prefer not pointing out who they are.

Well you also have corporations as non-human people, according to our illustrious top legal minds.

Granted, those “people” exist so that profits can be passed to the billionaires while liabilities are not

Debian + KDE Plasma got me to switch over from Mint. It just feels right.

There have been a LOT of updates recently though. Normally I update pretty often because part of the reason for using Debian is my expectation that an update has been pretty thoroughly vetted before it gets pushed out to stable, and that stability/reliability is one of the priorities of the distro.

I just hope that holds true, and that if LLMs are involved it’s those cases where they stumble upon an obscure security flaw that humans confirm.

Somebody got snu-snu on the mind!

username checks out. You are obviously australian, and obviously smarter than everybody else!

For only $299 you can get the premium model that has a gold ring on one of the fingers.

I will do that! It might be a while, who knows.

Do you have anything specific you have started, or have started eyeing up?

100% this, my friend.

And if more people could get their heads to that healthy state, the world would be a better place.

I am as disgusted with consumer marketing and advertising as anybody, but sometimes the logo or the brand on something CAN be a positive sign if it indicates the product comes from a company that has earned the trust they have.

I don’t have a Steam Deck and probably never will. However, I am glad to see it being popular if for no other reason than what Valve and the Deck have contributed to gaming on Linux.

I will probably get their VR headset though, whenever that comes out.

Yeah!

I have lamented in comments before that it seems like society treats technology and “success” as things that mean you don’t have to put in any effort to do things or learn things.

Admittedly, I’m an engineer and enjoy learning about the world and creating things starting with the basic building blocks, so I probably enjoy the learning and doing more than most. But I also recognize how engaging with the world around us is good for us, and my experiences keep reinforcing that.

Some parts of it, especially my pond, are an area where I’ve done a ton of DIY and learning and designing from first principles or close to it, and where other hobbyists often need help. So I’ve taken photos along the way and have pondered making videos at simmer point.

That might actually happen, but my number of projects in flight right now is kind of ridiculous, lol.

Surely all the hotel owners are fine with this because the reason they are rich hotel owners in the first place is that they TaKe RiSkS with their capital, right?

Right?