TimeSquirrel

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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 25 points 6 months ago (3 children)

being autistic

Easy there, a lot of people on the spectrum built everything you're using to talk to me right now.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Why is it so common for Apple users to replace their devices every 1-2 years then? Theres a reason it's a meme. Regardless of what Apple does with old hardware, they promote this mentality of always needing the next new shiny thing. They're the pioneers of that.

I'm still on a rooted Samsung from 2017. I know several people who went through 3 iPhones in that time.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Incredibly advanced AI, yet it couldn't fix the German accent. My Google Home speaker can do better.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 10 points 6 months ago

Server consoles. Admins need some tunes in the data room while they're migrating DBs.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 39 points 6 months ago (5 children)

My question is, how can you look at whitespace in a filename and not have your eyelid twitch?

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 8 points 6 months ago (20 children)

Hey guys, unless I missed Boeing getting into biological warfare, I'm pretty sure an infection had nothing to do with them. It's funny to circlejerk though, I know.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 15 points 6 months ago

Are you sure you don't just want another camera stuck to the back? Maybe you have one too many external ports?

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 43 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

16 years old? That thermostat has sure had a run

I have game consoles that are more than twice that old and still play reliably. Apple really skewed our idea of lifespans for electronics, didn't they? It's a thermostat, they should be designed to install and forget for the next half-century. It's a core part of a house, like the plumbing and breaker box.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 27 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

In a world with finite resources, a system seeking infinite growth will eventually collapse.

That's why some of the most powerful capitalists are starting to look up. Our great-great-grandchildren are going to be indentured servants on an asteroid mine. They know what's coming. They'll pack each SpaceX Starship with 100s of them just like they did 200 years ago. That thing ain't no exploration vessel. It's a future slave ship. Private companies don't do "exploration" unless it's to find more things to make a profit on.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 33 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

"Forks of the project are welcomed. Nobody can stop the code from living on."

That's a tear jerking quote right there. o7

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Can't get a train track to every single depot and loading dock in the country that receives shipments (which is like, practically every big box store and warehouse there is). There has to be a handover at some point.

Edit: also not a big fan of the train system in the US, since the vast majority of rail is privately owned. The operators have too much control. They'll charge towns extra to put automated crossing guards on their rail and then keep charging them for its maintenance. The jurisdiction can't use their own third party workers to maintain it. The railroads are legally only required to put up a sign. It's extortion if you ask me.

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