Re-reading "Neuromancer" and I'm struck how the protagonist wanting to get out of debt by selling 3MB of RAM went from being laughably dated to seeming actually plausible within recent months
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BoredomFestival
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mastodon 4.7.3Coding, Caving, Comics, Cats (not necessarily in that order).
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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org as a longtime caver, I have frequently seen clothesline-grade rope rigged in caves frequented by non cavers. I always remove it, and it's always back the next time.
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@paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org caving is the only activity in which I consider conservatism to be a virtue
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@cstross annoying pedant points out that Pangaea had broken apart well before T-Rex came along
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@smeg I don't think this is as true as it used to be 25+ years ago. In recent trips to France, we found that just making even a crappy-but-earnest attempt to speak French almost always gets a response of "English is ok"
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@mcc@mastodon.social This made me remember all the awesome, free games on Newgrounds and other sites :-/
RE: https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo/116456392222085920
Leopards, faces, etc
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@48kRAM@oldbytes.space -Decline to install their app (which is likely just a WebView wrapper in the first place)
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@shadyspotlight@mindly.social @Edent@mastodon.social throwing it in the garbage is a much easier way to make it disappear
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@Edent@mastodon.social Pretty sure that the Googler version involves a never-ending flood of kale
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@robpike@cosocial.ca @timbray@cosocial.ca something something "eats shoots and leaves" something
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@jackeric@beige.party @foone@digipres.club the CS gods will look askance at such a cheap trick and you will inevitably reap the whirlwind
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@foone@digipres.club Every problem in CS can be solved by adding a layer, except for "too many layers"
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@MissConstrue trademark protection is a thing. You have to defend your trademark or risk losing it. I'm a longtime Bean Club member and am fine with this.
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@mattblaze@federate.social I hope he lives long enough to wear shackles and an orange jumpsuit.
Remember when The Simpsons predicted it back in 2000? Good times man
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@48kRAM@oldbytes.space I always do, but the point is that they shouldn't ask in the first place
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@DAIR @mystery_ai_hype_theater ain't nobody got time for that, is there a TLDR somewhere
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@shadyspotlight@mindly.social @Edent@mastodon.social you seem to be under the delusion that kale is edible, or, for that matter, composed of ordinary mater