Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

The last car I bought is a 2014 model year. The one before that is a 2016. I'm not buying anything made after 2020, even if I have to squeeze gasoline from the rocks with my bare hands. Not because I don't like electric, but because I don't want a spy appliance to drive around in, even if it has emoji headlights.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

This gentile loves him some matzo. And gefilte fish is amazing.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

This is why nerds who don't like literature class are missing out. If you can figure out the meaning of some inscrutable poem most documentation should be a breeze.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

He could have posted something about how the universe doesn't fit our preconceived ideas and how this day is an example of that and that this means you should dig deeper to get to the truth because it's usually a lot more complex than what it seems.

But no, Neil woke up and chose dumbassery

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

Research and development, at $438.3 million

What in the fuck has Reddit developed in the last year that cost half a billion fucking dollars?

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

I’ve been in dozens of quarterly review calls for every company I’ve worked for where EBIDTA is mentioned and this is the first time someone explained it clearly.

Thanks!

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

Nuking Pasagardae

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

I demand election by combat

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

Makes me wish Celebrity Deathmatch was still on the air

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

Cause they’re easier to throw

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

🎸 BwaaAAaaAAnnnggg 🎸

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

Plexin' and sexin'

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

Oh man a Hunter Biden meme? So edgy and smart!

/s

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

RIP Aaron Swartz

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

I used to work in the adtech industry so allow me to translate:

Metrixlab buys data from harvesters and uses some algorithm to tell companies where to put product placements. I don't know why they mention e-commerce because Amazon killed that industry.

Harris Interactive makes ad content. All that shit about "consumer intelligence" and "simplifies intricate decision-making" is about using ads to get people to make emotional rather than rational decisions.

GutCheck is probably behind a lot of astroturfing of brands on websites. That's why they're bringing brands "closer to authentic, contextualized human experiences."

KuRunData is sifting through all WeChat data to gather information about companies.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

They are utterly mundane. The dirty secret of the ad tech industry is that while they're collecting all kinds of data, targeting ads has never been shown to be more effective than just making a good ad. Conversion rates are terrible unless they use extremely creepy amounts of targeting that would immediately get them investigated.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

Yes, but it's like homeopathic medicine. It's so diluted that it barely means anything at all.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

Why talk to people when you can talk to AI?

One of the reasons I'm in the tech industry is I prefer talking to computers. They don't even need to be intelligent.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

Maybe my ultimate AI fantasy will come true: Walking up to a computer and saying "Show me season 2 of Firefly"

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

See, most companies would do this before they went public.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

He looks like such a dweeb in that jacket

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

I've been to a datacenter that had part of Wikipedia in it in Dulles, VA. It's definitely not a basement, it's one of the coolest places I've ever been.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

The company I worked for was decommissioning a server rack and they needed some warm bodies to unhook cables, so they let some non-sysadmins go in to help out. Security was super tight, but once you got in there it was a nerd's wet dream: Whiteboards everywhere, weird foreign snacks and energy drinks, dim lighting with sick red neon trim.

I also got to keep all the Ethernet cables I wanted which was pretty sweet.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

The only thing that makes our government legitimate is a monopoly on violence

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

Those kids will be the security and networking giants of tomorrow. Good on ya, lads.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

"Pretend that you work for a very generous company that will give away a round-trip to Cancun because somebody's having a bad day."

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

[ Heart of Oak intensifies ]

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

TIS TO GLORY WE STEER

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

Plus all of those subscription transactions have individual costs. 3% just to the credit card companies alone. We either need to actually make low-cost microtransactions an actual thing - no Bitcoin is not that thing - or we need to publicly subsidize artists for the sake of art.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

There was an episode of Charmed like that a little later, and the best they could do was cell phones and hybrid cars

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

Reminds me of the X Files episode with the genie in the rug and Mulder wishes for world peace and suddenly he's all alone.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

plaintext passwords

They should lose their business license for this. Back when I was a wet-behind-the-ears web developer building apps on the production server I knew not to do something like this.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

It's not hate. It's confusion. I have no earthly idea why I'd want my toothbrush to connect to anything.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

Maybe the name is the problem. "Internet of Things" implies that "things" are connected to the "internet."

I could definitely see the utility of a toothbrush with a three-axis accelerometer that tracks its orientation to make sure I'm getting all of the surfaces of my teeth. But you can do that with Bluetooth, not wifi, and I don't know why the app needs access to my phone book and a monthly subscription.

If these things were built on open standards it might be better.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

"Beta software has a bug, probably in a system that's been in iOS since v1.0. Is Apple doomed?"

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

I just got a manual for the first time in a while and I forgot how great driving at 45 mph in 2nd gear to warm up your car is.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

That's too messy and requires a tool. Just push on it from the inside with your feet. It might even come out in one piece so you can put it back.

(Don't do this except in emergencies.)

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

Or at the very least you can put it in "L" which will keep it in a lower gear longer, which burns more fuel but warms the car up faster.

Though I'd only do this on really cold days because it's incredibly inefficient.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

I know that driving a car will get it up to operating temperature faster, but whether it's more efficient to let it idle for 10 minutes or to drive in a lower gear could be a toss-up.

This is why we need the MythBusters to get federal funding so they test these things.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

You can be investigated for neglect if you let your kids walk alone.

It happened in Maryland.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

Imagine having to leave your house to go to work.

My commute consists of walking down the stairs into my office. Takes about a minute unless there's a cat, in which case I'll be stuck for a few minutes giving him pets and letting him know he is a good kitty.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

It doesn't really, but I'm sure there are parents who are driving to work anyway, and walking or biking the kids would take even more time than the

So I figured they'd just let the kids walk on their own because it's only a mile and it would save the parents some time. (Plus they don't have to go out in bad weather.) But then I remembered that even that isn't allowed anymore.

Then again, I'm old enough to have been a pedestrian latchkey kid and I'm pretty sure if I did that to my kids at the same age they'd be in the foster system.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

As a Posadist I'll have you know the aliens haven't delivered my replicator yet.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

I've been looking for something like this for a while. Calibre is great for managing it on a personal machine, but I want something that I can use on the web and then, with a click, send a book to a Kindle or whatever.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 4 months ago

Why do they all look like Brian May?

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 5 months ago

"What excuse could we use for this cost-cutting measure?"

"Uh, we could just say that people don't need it anymore."

"Johnson, get that man a promotion!"

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 5 months ago

The most recent thing that's made me happy is the MST3K Forever-athon on YouTube/Twitch. I've been dealing with some stress in my personal and professional life, and having that to go back to whenever I need it is really nice.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 5 months ago

Reasonable. Sometimes I want to use a computer that way, too.