Hey are there any straight guys here, who can answer, does this lady look compelling? Her eyes look like she needs an epi-pen 5 minutes ago, her grimacing-smile looks like someone is holding Natalie Portman hostage, and those photoshopped hands look like she’s being operated by Jim Henson. I don’t get how we like this now.

Apple Pie especially was bad for this, the first one was like “wow they nailed that!” and then 2-24 were like “what the fuck is this now”

He’s grabbing as much as he can for leverage, so he can trade back part of it for peace, but not all of it. Thus he still grows his empire despite having an army at its breaking point.

Steve Jobs figured it out, you just have guys parked outside the engineers’ homes, ready to kill their kids if the demo fails.

Several countries already have them, Canada won’t extradite queer people back to the US.

Enough people have copies at this point I don’t think there’s much fucking with it. But I am also unconvinced it will result in anything meaningful.

I’ve been averse to trends like this, but I did get on Facebook and Insta this summer at the urging of some friends (I run a nonprofit so it’s useful to network). By last week I had both apps on my phone and was just numbscrolling through Insta videos. Realized my mental health had gone to absolute shit in weeks. Deleted the apps andI’m feeling myself again.

It really is dangerous what they’ve created, if I didn’t have ambition, I would be right there zombified.

My neighbor introduced himself and his wife to me, and he says “Maritza,” very flat, and I say, oh maRITza" with a little flourish and tongue roll and he’s like “no, Maritza.”

They’re both Mexican and her name is pronounced the full way with their extended families, so I think the point was, don’t accent up the word I just told you. And I haven’t since.

Fox News said we should bomb or gas the UN in retaliation.

The fucking parenthetical x86 absolutely kills me. I don’t normally wish dick cancer on people,

I think Cake wrote like 30 songs about this

I’m sure it’s antifi’s doing

At the same time, recent headlines about “CS degree holders aren’t guaranteed a job anymore” wouldn’t be happening without the program.

H1Bs were badly abused, companies would post jobs with ridiculous requirements, throw away the resumes they got, and then claim there were no Americans willing and ready, so they neeed that immigrant. It’s driven down wages and jobs.

But the solution wasn’t to axe the program, rather figure out a better solution that doesn’t fuck over Americans.

There was a time when WiFi was actually useful in smart appliances, I have an LG washer/dryer about 7-8 years old, no touchscreens, but by WiFi you can get cycle done alerts, time checks, even remote start it. My matching fridge gives me energy conservation information, and allows me to choose a lower duty winter cycle

I like these features. IDK why the fuck I would want a fridge with a touchscreen. All the smart appliances I’ve seen in the last 5 years are just there to serve you ads and steal your data.

I always found it to be melancholy but lately I’ve been seeing the whole cycle, and how if we don’t have fall, we can’t have spring. I suppose it helps I moved 1,000 miles south so winter isn’t really a thing anymore. I do encourage that.

Yeah my 10+ yr account was like #340 in comment karma or some shit, I was clearly a contributor, but they banned me for nothing. Wish I would have sold it now.

Windsor Castle, yes, and 4 people got arrested.

Some people lean one way or another. There’s a quote from I, Tonya - something like “in this world there are flowers, and there are gardeners. You don’t know how to garden.”

MSNBC as well

The fear is real but in 30 years of unix and linux work, i’ve never actually deleted anything I didn’t mean to.