NutWrench

Don’t use “AI” for anything you wouldn’t mind seeing plastered all over the Internet. You wouldn’t tell a human being that you were planning to “shoot up a sheriff’s office” would you? Why would an AI keep that a secret?

This takes “what the market will bear” to a new level. I haven’t been to McDonald’s in years and now I have even less reason to go.

My esteem for Boston Dynamics just went into the toilet. They know exactly what ICE is. What a way to end 15 years of innovation and admiration.

My VPN is on about 95% of the time, except when I need to pay a local utility bill (or check my bank account) where they need to know my location.

Does the game run under Wine? That will let you avoid Proton, which is Steam specific. You can also configure network access for specific programs under Wine.

WTF is a “DEI bike lane?” Does your bike need to be fabulous to use it?

Cops warn CEO bodyguards that Luigi Mangione Fever corporate f*cking greed could spark class war.

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One of the nice things about the Internet is that it has a way of routing around “damage.” It’s the end users who give it value and if they decide that a website doesn’t offer any or is attempting to invade our privacy, then we just don’t connect to it.

I think Ubuntu is the Windows 11 of Linux distros.

Radio stations used to have actual, human DJs. They were smart, funny and they knew what people really wanted. After the ClearChannel takeover, almost all of those stations are automated. The music playlists are decided by corporations and have no connection to the real world.

I have two Brother black and white laser printers (L2685 and L2640DW). Linux detected both of them and installed drivers for both of them. Both printers work fine for me (scanners work, too) and I haven’t bothered to download specific driver packages from Brother’s website (they ARE available)

You can also try booting your computer with a Live version of Mint. If Mint detects your printers during the Live session, it will detect them when you install it for real.

Live your life in such a way that everyone doesn’t celebrate your passing the way the Ewoks cheered the destruction of the Death Star.

This is the bi-monthly “China invents earth shattering technology that we never hear about again” article.

Technological breakthroughs are almost always incremental. So learn to lie convincingly. Say, “lasts 25-30 years” not “300 years.”

Yup. I would approach this by not using words like, “vaccine hesitant.” That’s just a euphemism for “stupid people” and we just don’t have the time during an emergency to coddle their feelings.

Back during Covid 1.0, the same people who said they didn’t trust vaccines and knew better than doctors were in emergency rooms being put on respirators because Covid had destroyed their lung function.

It’s interesting how a person’s take on modern medicine gets completely reorganized when they’re not able to breathe.

“Like all Blender donations, it will be spent on core activities for the Blender project, supporting human-driven development, art, and creativity”.

And what does Anthropic get in return?

A country that blows hard about “freedom” and “democracy” shouldn’t be making its kids take a loyalty oath every day.

Boost and Connect are my favorites for Lemmy.

People who need constant background noise to get through the day are afraid to be alone with their own thoughts.