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by itfossil 1y ago
Microsoft shops from the 90s called in to say: "You're wrong" It just takes a bit more effort, that's all.
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by itfossil 1y ago
Adjusted for inflation? Who cares? People's compensation haven't risen enough to even account for inflation so how is that helpful? It's not. Saying something isn't expensive because its the same price after adjusting
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by itfossil 1y ago
The accident is that you basically can't buy a dumb TV anymore. It's a really sad state of affairs.
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by itfossil 1y ago
As it so happens I currently run a Roku TV that is not connected to the internet with an Apple TV attached. However that is not long a term solution and if it ever dies you can be damn sure I'll buy a different television. Roku is bre
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by itfossil 1y ago
ROFL - Are you seriously telling me a device running Roku software is trouble-free? Sell this lie somewhere else please. Devices running Roku software, TVs especially are a straight up dumpster fire. On top of that, its harvesting the hel
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by itfossil 1y ago
This post resonates a lot with me. As somebody in the twilight of their coding career - I totally understand what the author means by "over-responsibility" After 25 years - I'm over it. But the flip side of that is that I c
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by itfossil 2y ago
Excerpt: So over the last week I’ve been subjected to multiple uses of the term “vibe coding”. Now back here under the rock that I live, that term struck me as rather peculiar so I queued up some videos to watch and took a tour of the idea
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by itfossil 2y ago
So with each passing day I’m being forced to face the cruel reality which darkly looms: My country, the United States of America, is basically speed-running its way towards collapse. What does that look like? I can’t give you specifics,
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by itfossil 2y ago
Over the last few weeks, the situation here in the United States has degraded considerably. The Republic is breaking down and none of the checks and balances the founding fathers put into place are working as intended. I do not anticipate
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by itfossil 2y ago
No it wasn't. The law specifically states that the president can only enact an extension in the event that TikTok is credibly attempting to negotiate a sale. They are not doing that, hence an extension will not happen.
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by itfossil 2y ago
Anybody who thinks TikTok is coming back anytime soon is a sucker. They aren't selling and the law only allows for extensions if they are in the process of selling. Trump may be able to violate the law with impunity thanks to the mor
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by itfossil 2y ago
From the article: "WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden won’t enforce a ban on the social media app TikTok that is set to take effect a day before he leaves office on Monday, a U.S. official said Thursday, leaving its fate in the hand
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Money Hungry Mob of Extortionists, Grifters and Rent-Seekers(itfossil.com)
5 points by itfossil 2y ago|1 comments
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by itfossil 2y ago
So the other day on Mastodon I posted a link to this amazingly depressing video in which the author laments the fact that he lost one of his freelance writing gigs to AI powered tech. I also said that “the tech industry has devolved into a
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by itfossil 2y ago
Well if they can reach 300fps at 4k then they can prove to everybody once and for all that their dick is bigger than everybody elses. Cause it ain't about the gameplay or the usefulness. It's all about that big dick energy.
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by itfossil 2y ago
Oh so its almost like everything else AI related, they basically cheated and lied. If you are shocked by this, you are the sucker in the room.
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2024: Rant of the Tech Grinch(itfossil.com)
3 points by itfossil 2y ago|1 comments
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by itfossil 2y ago
So as was typical with my end of year posts that I used to make on my previous blog, this is an end of year post. All of my end of year posts are basically rants regarding the state of the world and the state of tech more specifically. Th
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by itfossil 2y ago
The amount of desperate rationalization in this thread is unbelievable. It's like watching people at a Pentecostal church start speaking in tongues in the hope that something wonderful will happen until it evolves into the realization
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by itfossil 2y ago
Love to see and I've been waiting for the Pi500 release for awhile. I'm running my house on Pi400s so the Pi500 will be a huge upgrade. They are still silent, have double the RAM, triple the speed, so whats not to like? Plus th
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by itfossil 2y ago
Its a shame you aren't even reading what I'm saying. Let me be especially blunt: The entire healthcare industry is full of companies that are making bank at the expense of the dying, sick and the disabled. This includes hospital
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by itfossil 2y ago
There are a lot of rich corporations in different parts of the healthcare industry headed by rich executives who are making bank while poor people die of preventable causes. Spin it however you’d like - no matter which one of the executive
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by itfossil 2y ago
> All money paid out in claims – $303b Complete and utter bullshit. That's the amount they listed as the cost of revenue yeah, but I'm willing to bet that a large chunk of that isn't being spent on claim payouts. Given t
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by itfossil 2y ago
Interesting point. However the fact remains that even long before the rise of the technologies you cite, people with resources were hoarding wealth and lording it over those who lacked it. The core issue here, in my opinion, is actually h
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by itfossil 2y ago
Totally agree. I touch on this later on in the actual blog post: "Capitalism is inherently immoral. It pits us against each other. It posits that the accumulation of money and resources should be our ultimate end-goal. So it’s no w
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Eat the Rich: Brian Thompson(itfossil.com)
10 points by itfossil 2y ago|11 comments
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by itfossil 2y ago
https://itfossil.com/verses/2024/12/scientific-reports-call-...
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by itfossil 2y ago
Quoting is part of fair use ;) Feel free to keep on trying though!
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AI is a Thief(itfossil.com)
3 points by itfossil 2y ago|4 comments
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by itfossil 2y ago
So let’s get right down to it: If you use AI, you are a thief. If you don’t use AI and you have published content online that can be accessed without going through some sort of paywall, you have probably been robbed. Does this sound extr

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