Water usage is probably my biggest. Living in a high desert, my wife and MIL see no problem with filling one side of the sink with hot soapy water to wash a few dishes because “that’s just how I’ve always done it”, to watering the grass and plants for hours. All of this makes me mental.
People should be able to transfer their vote of their first preference didn’t win. Sorry democrats, being forced to vote for you isnt democracy.
Spaceships for everybody.
J. Posadas was probably right about building communism after a nuclear war.
From what I see, my people would rather starve to death under their familiar oppressive regime than to organize a communist revolution.
I can’t blame them though. We are in a geography where there is no politic and economic stability.
The Sound of Music is not a Christmas movie.
My wife and her family and a whole bunch of Canadians all think it is and I am so flummoxed by it.
I love that movie but it’s the first time I’m hearing it being referred to as a Christmas movie. Iirc there isn’t even any Christmas celebration in it?
Is the first Rambo movie a Christmas movie?
ALL information, except what you can hold in your brain, should be 100% public, with no limits on use.
An unimaginable concept right now, but I think it is essential if we hope to ever trust each other and achieve global peace.
There is no need for you to know my browsing history or my medical history.
I promise my journal really isn’t that interesting
Bike lanes suck and bikes should be on the sidewalk.
No way. Alternative:
Streets should be one lane maximum, 1 lame only. The rest of the space should be divided for trees, bikes, and people.
Fuck cars.
I’m ready to fight bikes that are on the side walk. Kids are allowed but fuck the adults riding there.
Growing up in a small town, this is exactly what we did. I was absolutely shocked to learn that people ride bikes ON THE ROAD! Right next to the big metal death machines!! 😱
I see why bikes on the road make sense for high density areas… but it sure seems weird in smaller towns.
Suits are weird, they feel old and out dated, like cosplaying a 20th century business boy in grandpa’s pajamas. Multiple layered long sleeve shirt, jacket, and trousers doesn’t make sense for the majority of weather in most cities or even more if you’re inside temp controlled buildings more often. In the winter you want something heavier like denim or fleece lined or water resistant, and in the summer you want breathable fabric, wicking, single layer, shorts, etc. Overcoats don’t need backup jackets, and some of the people who did wear it like a uniform last century weren’t people you’d want to emulate.
If you want to be a member of Busines Suit Club you have to wear a suit. Membership has some benefits but the downside is less personal comfort.
People who believe in any religion are the same as dormant terrorist cells. One can have perfectly formal relationships with them on a daily basis, but given the right conditions, they become a huge, possibly lethal, risk.
You can identify as whatever. But I’m dying on the hill that third grade English taught me that they/them was third-party possessive often reserved for multiple people. It’s fine if you want to use it for your pronouns. But doesn’t mean I’m grammatically fine with it.
While many people do say that to simplify, the singular they has been in use for centuries. If you see a person’s silhouette in the distance and you want to talk about something that they did you will you they/them pronouns for them in most dialects of English.
*Chaucer laughs from the grave*
I want to share my photos of our trip with you, but I don’t want you to upload them to Google, or apple, or amazon, or meta, or any social media.
If it’s a pic of you, fine, do whatever you want. But please don’t take my whole album and store it in your google photos.
Seems a bit creepy doing that…
That seems logical.
Cyprus
To secure your stuff. Hacking and social engineering are both easier than you think and identity theft is devastating. I know most people here already know that, but having worked in tech support, it’s unbelievably common to skip even the basics, not to mention my grandparents who think I’m just paranoid.
Even if you are paranoid it can happen to you
Sadly, paying attention isn’t always enough…
Right, it could happen to anyone, but it’s still possible to lower the chance of that happening, or at least limit the damage when it does happen.
Yup
I ditched my smartphone over 5 years ago, and will NEVER go back. In fact, I don’t have a phone of any kind. They are surveillance/psyop devices, and they are turning people into biological robots. The scifi show Dollhouse is basically where this is all heading.
I do this too. It’s not even hard if you live in a rural area, since you’re in good company.
You are my kind of people. I will check that show.
anything i know to be absolutely correct i will either not insert my opinion or i will take a shit on top of the hill so that nobody else tries to climb it
Using AI is amoral and I will never use it. As a programmer, every day it feels like I’m increasingly the minority.
I remember when I was a child and I first got experience with computers. I saw how file systems worked and thought to myself “wow I should structure my own mind this way so I can try to think as well as a computer can!”. I may have autism.
AI is the exact opposite. Taking something beautiful, clear, clean, organized, efficient, definitive. And inserting all the messy, sloppy, uncertain, unreproducible aspect of our bloody electric meat brains. It’s a move in the opposite direction of where I think humanity should be going.
You cannot use an unethical mimicry tool in an ethical way. You are asking a theft engine to create for you based on others work.
Buddy I am the unethical mimicry tool
Fuck copyright
What if you use it to hack the pentagon, end the war, and put out coordinated social media campaigns to enable people younger than 60 to be elected into in congress?
Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Utilize the tools or you’ll end up unemployed.
In all honesty, I don’t think I could live with myself and, at least currently, think I’d rather find a new career path.
If you ever figure out what the path is let me know cuz any employable skills I have are going to be jobs affected by AI
It ain’t trades because literally everyone is going to do that when AI kills all the other jobs
don’t give up. you are not alone. patience is key and the time where deep understanding of technology will become essential again
