oatscoop

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[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 4 points 5 months ago

It's like they say: when you're making an orange juice you've gotta break a few eggs.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Predators? That sounds expensive, complicated, and could negatively affect profits.

Can't we just spray the trees with massive quantities of something cheap and effective like DDT?

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They almost certainly have in house legal teams and those lawyers are salaried.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 24 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Bubba here.

I'm a nice guy: I give some small, cute dude a compliment and he acts like a total bitch about it? I'm the "creep" because I jokingly asked him if he wants to come back to my cell? Oh, my comments make him uncomfortable? Give me a fuckin' break.

Maybe if he doesn't want guys checking him out he should stop acting and dressing like such a slut.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Oh, they're talking about bear bears -- the animal.

... I feel like the original scenario didn't make that clear.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social -4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I don't get it: a bear just makes more sense. Despite their intimidating appearance most are gentle creatures. Their fur and mass can provide warmth, and if you're injured they can easily carry you out of the woods.

If you pick "random man" you might get a twink and I feel like they're more of a liability in a survival situation.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

English (like any other language) likes to take loan words and apply its conventions to them, regardless of what the original language does. "Samurai" is singular and plural in English.

"The Last Samurai" is vague in who it's referring to.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As someone 10 minutes outside of a major city, my (slow, unreliable, expensive) options are:

  • Cellular
  • Satellite
  • Fixed wireless

Americans are entirely at the whim of ISPs and what areas they determine are worth investing infrastructure in.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 4 points 7 months ago

I'd suggest a cheap used or spare laptop/desktop with a beginner friendly distro like Linux Mint Cinnamon to learn on. Just use it for casual stuff -- you'll pick up what you need to learn as you go.

That way if something breaks or you don't know how to do something while you're learning you're not "stuck".

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 2 points 7 months ago

You know it's bad when you recognize the user name.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 6 points 7 months ago

You made me realize I haven't fired up my Windows 11 machine in a while, so I went to check it -- even re-enabling the copilot toggle ... which weirdly did nothing. Then I remembered I had lobotomized all the AI and assistant "features" a while ago.

I'm a little disappointed: I wanted to ask Copilot "How do I purge you from my machine?"

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Blocking it would require a screwdriver, and a razor blade to cut some traces on the cellular modem.

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