Curious_Canid

It’s impressive that after all these years and all those billions of dollars, Zuckerberg still gets up every morning and thinks, “How can I make the world an even worse place than I have already?”

I’ve tried that in the past, but I don’t think it will currently work. I’ll look into it, though.

Thank you! I will check that out.

I recently upgraded to Windows 11. I’ve been putting it off, but there are a few apps I need that simply do not work under 10 anymore. Bleah.

I’ve been using it on a work machine for several years, but I am still surprised at just how much it sucked to switch from 10. My personal setup has been heavily customized over many years to suit my particular needs and wants. More than half of that customization is no possible under 11. There are workarounds for a few pieces of it, but even those are unlikely to remain stable and functional for very long. Microsoft is constantly changing things that cause unsupported features to break.

So I now have a slower, less reliable, less versatile, and less configurable software environment. It also conducts far more surveillance and sends even more information about me to Microsoft. There is not one single way in which this could be considered an upgrade, except by Microsoft’s shareholders.

I’m going to set up dual boot with Zorin. That will allow me to boot into Windows 11 for the few things I need that will only run in that environment. The remaining 99.9% of the time I will just run Linux. (I already know Linux pretty well, I just haven’t run it as my primary desktop.)

I suspect my next project will be replacing my Android phone’s OS with something less invasive.

I think we need to start holding paintball battles around Flock cameras. Just to provide the surveillance techs with some entertainment, of course.

“Reality has a well-known liberal bias.” --Stephen Colbert

Actually, one of the funny things about this is the degree to which Elon is obviously bothered by every little thing. He’s the richest human being to have ever lived, but he is so rife with obsessions, insecurities, and fears that he is probably less happy than most of us.

“Influencer” is the first job I’ve heard threatened by AI where I think I’m on the side of AI. Reviewers serve a valuable purpose. Influencers are parasites who prey on the people without critical thinking skills.

That cat is a genius.

There was a change to the Obtanium set for IronFox a month or so back. I don’t remember the details, but I did have to reconfigure my settings for it. It has been working just fine since then.

Now all that needs is a 16 Petabyte drive to store the database. Well, that and a buyer who wants all of that on their machine.

I saw this ten seconds after going “Awwww, good stretch!” to my big dog as he climbed down out of a chair into an extended stretch before moving on.

What a remarkable face.

You’re raising a good kid.

They all look happy. You must be doing this right.

I’m with you on that. Some memes are better with images, but no one needs a picture of text. We work in a text-based environment. Just use text.

The current US government is strongly in favor of corporations screwing over individuals, so we aren’t likely to get any help there. The EU and China are the only organizations that might be able to intervene. Unfortunately, they both seem more interested in the surveillance opportunities than in the good of their citizens.

We seem to be heading toward a two-tiered internet. One that will be accessible to everyone, but will be limited in terms of commerce and possibly content. One that will only be accessible to people who are willing to give up their privacy. That might actually turn out to be a good thing. Buying from the corporations could easily end up limited to the later group, which would encourage more people to shift their buying to other sources.

The billionaires who are pushing AI technology are willing to take the risk that their AI will fuck things up for a lot of people.

You have won the internet.

Your boy is adorable!

My husky mix will bark at full volume at the front window when dogs are going past. Then he crates himself, because he knows he shouldn’t. It seems to be a husky thing.