Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

This rendition makes me want to load up a ST:Voyager-themed space trading/combat game on the C64. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjEvNTniq3w

All the "piracy is bad" takes remind me of that time the RIAA claimed Limewire owed them $75 trillion for piracy.

More than the entire world's annual GDP.

More than the whole industry made since the phonograph's invention in 1877.

Arista v. Limewire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arista_Records_LLC_v._Lime_Group_LLC#Limitations_on_damages

This week I learned: how to manage S3-compatible storage with s3cmd, duck, and rclone. I also learned that of those 3 only rclone does effectively remote-to-remote copies.

Is there any OS for commodity tablets that does NOT decide to tie up the wifi connection to download & install updates on a whim during Internet field site surveys & speed trials?

I especially don't want an appliance that would rather do obviously zany misrecognition, think I like the misrecognized thing, and buy things based on it, than admit its ignorance and not worry about it.

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?

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.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/10/report-amazon-designed-fridge-will-use-the-same-tech-as-amazon-go-stores/

#TIL 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. #UIRage

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ed(1) doesn't have anything remotely like an auto-save feature. Instead, during a marathon editing session, type these three lines every few minutes, like just before you drink water or get up to stretch. #Unix #Linux #edIsTheStandardTextEditor

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