whotookkarl

Yes, moderate all of that shit off every mass social media system steam, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, blue sky, tiktok, YouTube, etc. Debate and compromise on a common set of standards, one for kids spaces and another for adults, and enforce the same rules to everyone with penalties tied to annual revenues so they can't report one set of numbers to shareholders and another when it comes time to pay for the damages they caused by ignoring regulations. That is what regulating and building new markets should look like when you don't have a corrupt oligarchy filled with bribery and regulatory capture.

Is half-life cyberpunk?

Very efficient recalls, already did 6 on the same model vehicle in one year

https://www.raspberrypi.com/ + https://batocera.org/ + yarr + a USB controller

Rewarding bad behavior only encourages more

It doesn't have to not kill people to be an improvement, it just has to kill less people than people do

boondoggle /boo͞n′dô″gəl, -dŏg″əl/ noun

An unnecessary or wasteful project or activity.

Surge pricing=price gouging, there is no difference

Saved an old desktop and laptop from the trash by installing mint and Firefox with ublock. The desktop lasted them for years without any problems, and I think the only problem I supported on the laptop over years was the boot mount filled itself up during updates and needed to be cleaned up.

Here's the cycle we've gone through multiple times and are currently in:

AI winter (low research funding) -> incremental scientific advancement -> breakthrough for new capabilities from multiple incremental advancements to the scientific models over time building on each other (expert systems, LLMs, neutral networks, etc) -> engineering creates new tech products/frameworks/services based on new science -> hype for new tech creates sales and economic activity, research funding, subsidies etc -> (for LLMs we're here) people become familiar with new tech capabilities and limitations through use -> hype spending bubble bursts when overspend doesn't keep up with infinite money line goes up or new research breakthroughs -> AI winter -> etc...

I mostly had it for streaming video but cancelled once they started offering a sub + ads tier for their videos, I don't want to support companies that do that greasy shit like cable TV did.

When my insurance carrier stopped mailing cards they added a request to send the updated cards, pain in the ass but pretty sure most insurers are doing that now to cut corners because they aren't legally required to send them.

YouTube alternatives?