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The Whore of Blahbylon

Absolute truth.

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capitalist tech rant 

Appliances that buy things for me with my money, from no vendor but a single store with surprisingly limited inventory, benefits no one but the single locked-in vendor. That's a terribly high price to pay for convenience.

Will it allow me to store sandwiches made from unauthorized bread?

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capitalist tech rant 

I don't like this or want this.

I don't want a refrigerator that does something zany when faced with something it doesn't recognize, or demand I justify anything I store in it.

I don't want an appliance of any kind that makes purchasing decisions for me.

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/1

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levels checker

computer levels are 76% and rising

(76%) ■■■■■■■□□□

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a dialog box that tells you to make a choice and do something, but gives you no choices to make, is called a monologue box.

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Peter O'Shaughnessy

Facebook, whistleblower 

Facebook's internal research: "We estimate that we may action as little as 3-5% of hate and about [0.6%] of V & I [violence and incitement]… We have evidence [that] Facebook and the family of apps are affecting societies around the world."

Frances Haugen, whistleblower: "Facebook has realized that if they change the algorithm to be safer, people will spend less time on the site, they'll click on less ads, they'll make less money."

cbsnews.com/news/facebook-whis

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Zorin =^o.o^=

Here's a thread from Chise that explains just how well vaccines work, and why we shouldn't be pushing narratives that suggest they don't.

twitter.com/sailorrooscout/sta

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TAILWAGGER.GIF

im gonna sit on the server see ya 20 years ago suckers

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TAILWAGGER.GIF

i cant believe time travel is real

RT @certbe@twitter.com

WARNING: if you use GPSD to get time information from GPS satellites, and provide this to your NTP server, then make sure you upgrade to v3.23 or higher before 24 October 2021. A bug in v3.20‑3.22 will send your server back in time to March 2002. #patch
gitlab.com/gpsd/gpsd/-/issues/

🐦🔗: twitter.com/certbe/status/1443

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Zorin =^o.o^=

Looks like iOS 15 has a very serious data loss bug that can result in photos being deleted.

TLDR: Until this is fixed, if you saved photos from the Messages app, do NOT delete the threads the photos are in.

macrumors.com/2021/09/29/ios-1

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maple "mavica" syrup [6502]
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Feature request standard in Web 1.0 but impossible to implement in Web 2.0 thanks to infinite scrolling & friends: Make the "Back" button show me the thing you just showed me a moment ago. xkcd.com/1309/

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Micro SF/F stories by O Westin

"... and now I'm forgotten," he said matter-of-factly.
"There must be books written about you."
"Being recorded is not the same as being remembered."
He emptied his cup and extended a hand.
"It was nice talking."
We shook, and he left.
I sat flexing my fingers, free of arthritis.
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

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That bird/moth, Lindsay 🐦🦋

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maple "mavica" syrup [6502]

they're in a page now maple.pet/art/wallpapers

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maple "mavica" syrup [6502]

i made some wallpapers in photoshop 7 on an ibook g4 and it felt like high school again

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I think capitalism made us take a wrong turn when this is how a pack of just small towels is marketed.

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pinkprius [ger]

#fediblock solagg.com/ follow spam and crypto scams

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