But Meta can already do that through user accounts or through a honeypot/passive instance, correct? All public conversations are open, as are all public user profiles.

The only solution is to fight it and kill it.

That’s like saying the only way to get out of being hit by flying debris is to eliminate all wind on the planet. As much as we like to think of Threads as some corporate being, it’s not. It’s a hundred million people that are made of meat and have day jobs like you and me - the wind - and a few million bots and controlled accounts which attempt to influence [whatever their master wishes] - the debris. The debris is already here, and it’s people too - just people with nefarious or profiteering intent. It (debris) happens whenever there are enough people (enough wind) to stir things up.

Cutting yourself off from people is the only way to prevent it because it’s an inherent function of humanity.

I guess printing a correct headline of “sued for copyright infringement “ isn’t click baity enough. Because that’s all it is. Dbrand is lucky they haven’t been sued by the board manufacturers for creating an unlicensed derivative work (which is what the case art is, just as the photo of a sculpture, even stylized, has been deemed derivative - especially when the reproduction is intended to represent the original).

Saw some tiktoks with local footage of ground displacement and reports of 120cm ground level changes. I drove through Grindavik just last a couple of weeks ago. I really hope this magma finds a gentle way to the surface, out and away from the city.

Huh, my page is empty.

Put one in the win column for Surfshark. (and a tip of the hat to TopCashBack, who is rebating me 80-90% of my recent 2 year renewal)

So…we’re flying through a universe filled with ghosts and the appear as we happen upon them as we glide through space. Which is truly fascinating since most ghosts people see appear to be humans or humanoids clad in local clothing from the most recent three centuries of Human fashion. It’s mind boggling to think how many recent-development earths must have passed just in front of us over the billions of years of universe for us to see such spirits.

Either that or there are a lot of liars and hallucinations out there. I know which one of these options I believe in!

One of his best non-fiction titles.

Fixed, ha ha. I was just happy I typed Brendan instead of Brandon.

It ticks the boxes - not Amazon, stylus, and eInk.

You’re going to need an os, even if it’s just embedded to access a file system and manage resources.

I bought one and it kinda sucked. I wanted a digital library for the tens of thousands of pages of references I use at work, and a sketch pad would be a bonus. It’s a cool device but the screen is just too slow to be useful and the application space for android and drawing is…thin.

You can get a reliable plug and play printer for as little as $500-600, though it will take 15-20 hours, if you’re technically minded, to learn to get the files to print. The material will be around $30-40 at retail prices (it’s generally only sold by the kg).

You can likely send the files to a print house and get them printed for just $100-200.

(Someone will claim that the $99 Ender and a roll of $9.99 genetic PLA will work. They are technically correct in the same way that your grandmother can edit photos for free by setting up Arch Linux on a $100 PC from Goodwill.)

Isn’t that a Boox? eInk, stylus, android, can buy direct.

When I worked in an office I’d head out to my car and lay the seat back for 15 minutes of shuteye.

“Hey you haven’t used these things in 30 years” is the perfect excuse when cleaning out the attic. I kept my dice, though; cold, dead hands and all that.

I suppose they’re just not interesting enough to be considered coffee table books. I mean, I haven’t looked at my (signed) Michael Whelan book in years, but that’s not going anywhere. Ever. My wife got me that for my birthday one year - she does have her brilliant moments.

Of course, last year my daughter discovered RPG in college. sigh

sigh

I let my wife convince me to get rid off all my books about 5 years ago. Players handbook, DM guide, monster manual, Dieties and demigods. Hopefully someone found them and put them to good use.

I’m so annoyed by the vacuuming patterns in the rug I’m not even worried about the mirrors.

I married my wife because she was the first person to teach me to laugh at myself.

Yeah, but can you do it offline/without an active internet connection - the preinstalled windows Netflix app can.

Most of the things you say are missing are installed by default, though some require you to know how to use the command line. Which reminds me…how do you install the Netflix app on Linux? I’d like to watch some shows on my new laptop while I’m on the train.

They’re wrong, of course.

You don’t have to enter a license key.

“I own the only patent - I will license it for just $10/square inch.”

And that’s a short story about how eInk never got commercialized.