Arghblarg

Arghblarg , 2 months ago

You can, but now it's called "a big monitor and your own server with a personal media library".

Arghblarg , 3 months ago

I have used Krita to edit 1-2 page PDFs, but it's clunky as each page is its own layer. If you're looking for something that lets you add notes to an entire book or something... probably not useful.

Arghblarg , 4 months ago

It's good to be paranoid, but for years I have had periodic sign-ups for lists I never wanted, services I never asked for, medical appointments and plane ticket reservations(!) I didn't make ... you name it.

All because I was an early gmail invitee, so my account is just 'firstinitiallastname@gmail.com' (with no '123', or other decorations) -- I was the FIRST. And I'll be damned if I give it up!

So, so many people with my first initial and surname forget to add whatever crap they added to their signup after they must have gotten the error message at sign-up that told them 'sorry, but firstname.lastname@gmail.com is already taken' and they then forget whatever they added, and keep using my email address when they register for whatever crap they do. So bloody annoying.

I've taken to just logging into the numerous sites they helpfully send me registration links for, and if there's a profile section I may (if I'm feeling cranky) set their profile photo and bio to unsavoury things, before locking the account. If I'm not feeling cranky I just unsubscribe/delete the account.

Arghblarg , 4 months ago

To be fair, it could be the Metropolis gal too.

Arghblarg , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

Gee, no one could have predicted that AI might be dangerous if given access to nukes.

Arghblarg , 4 months ago

Hah, no -- oops, will fix :) Thanks

Arghblarg , 8 months ago

Upvote for mentioning tit-for-tat. There has been a lot of research on the iterated prisoner's dilemma, and as I recall the winning strategy determined by many experiments showed that over time, the 'nice tit-for-tat' strategy gets the highest score. It may lose out in an individual interaction, but over time, sticking to it is the best long-term strategy.

However this does mean if one is a grifter and fully expects never to interact with the other (victim) party again... there's less incentive to use such a strategy.

Arghblarg , 10 months ago

Don't let your guard down. Maybe this time they'll fully pull the TPM/UEFI trigger and make it impossible to install any other OS on new PCs... they have lots of leverage over manufacturers to tighten the screws on the BIOS and boot process.