jimt1234

4 ms·

1.
by jimt1234 5d ago
I needed to add a bunch of capacity running Sun/Solaris back in the late-90s. Same thing: pointless meetings with sales reps without clarity in pricing. Finally, I found the gear we were looking for on eBay, bought it, drove over and p
2.
by jimt1234 7d ago
> All my life I have had faith in the governments reports and statistics ... My Boomer mother tells me about this all the time. She said, growing up, people had absolute faith in everything the US government did or said; it was like re
3.
by jimt1234 7d ago
I heard a good quote once: People don't vote to say thank you. People vote to say fuck you.
4.
by jimt1234 7d ago
> ...and for what? To keep the grift going, of course.
5.
by jimt1234 8d ago
And all this time we've been worried about Skynet using some highly intelligent scheme to destroy humanity. LOL
6.
by jimt1234 11d ago
You're right. My bad. Shit.
7.
by jimt1234 11d ago
Melvin from Office Space: I was told that gas prices would fall below $2/gallon.
8.
by jimt1234 12d ago
I feel like athletic shoes have mostly become what they were always meant to be: athletic shoes - you know, for doing something athletic , not just for going to Costco or McDonalds or whatever else. Back in the 90s, athletic shoes, like Ni
9.
by jimt1234 14d ago
A few months ago, my Roku TV started displaying these weird popups, saying something like, "Looks like you're watching college basketball. Did you know Roku-TV also has college basketball?" - something like that. Well, for th
10.
by jimt1234 15d ago
Trump is the undisputed champion of creating/influencing the narrative. The mainstream news these days (left and right-leaning) is really nothing more than an amplifier for his various social media accounts. There's so much scanda
11.
by jimt1234 16d ago
Can you access this: https://www.jalopnik.com/2253119/police-issue-insurance-tick... ? ... It's basically the same story.
12.
Student's new car gets erroneously flagged by Flock twice in 2 days(wsbtv.com)
8 points by jimt1234 17d ago|4 comments
13.
by jimt1234 17d ago
Not available in US: https://consumer.huawei.com/my/phones/mate-xt-ultimate-desig...
14.
by jimt1234 17d ago
That makes me wonder: If someone's ACR-enabled TV shows a lot of CSAM, are the cops gonna come kick down their door?
15.
by jimt1234 18d ago
I just recently learned about ACR. My first thought was to set up an LG TV in the basement and stream non-stop p0rn for 3 months or so. Then see what ads start showing up for me. Like, I wonder if there's a target group called "Cr
16.
by jimt1234 18d ago
I'm increasingly finding businesses that simply don't accept cash. Want a beer at the Clippers game? Can't pay with cash. Even a local bar near my house stopped accepting cash about a year ago - a bar!
17.
by jimt1234 18d ago
Every time I've interacted with the police while wearing sunglasses (when I was younger and lived near the beach) they've instructed me to remove them. I was told they need to see my pupils to get an idea if I'm under the inf
18.
by jimt1234 21d ago
Citizens United. Nothing else to say. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC
19.
by jimt1234 24d ago
I never ran up a phone bill, but I did get the cops sent to my house. I was into war dialing with my C64. Every night I would input the parameters, start the war dialer, go to sleep, then wake up the next morning hoping I got something. Wel
20.
by jimt1234 24d ago
Yes, thank you C64 and all the brilliant people that made it happen. I also want to thank my mother for giving me a C64 for Christmas in 1983. My single mother worked 2 jobs most of my childhood (corporate gig by day, waitress in the evenin
21.
by jimt1234 26d ago
> ...then it would also helpfully play a sound on the doorbell...which we could not hear. Sounds like a feature more than a bug.
22.
by jimt1234 27d ago
Yep. Las Vegas used to have a soul. Not anymore.
23.
by jimt1234 29d ago
I think the reverse is true. Anthropic gave a generous donation to the 'Trump fund' to make it go away, and so the government intentionally fumbled the case. Now Anthropic can continue to do business without this stench following
24.
by jimt1234 29d ago
The most ironic part of this is that data center pollution will impact Trump supporters the most. In 5-to-10 years, after swimming in the same river their parents and grandparents swam in, kids will start develop breathing complications or
25.
by jimt1234 29d ago
> Sounds like the beginning of the end for the EPA The beginning of the end of the EPA started the day Trump was sworn in. In the last few years several cases have been decided by this Supreme Court that have effectively reduced the EPA
26.
by jimt1234 1mo ago
I had a friend in the mid-90s that was in a mildly successful band. They did a few national tours as opener for bands like The Red Hot Chili Peppers. I met up with him once while he was out on tour. I was thinking he was living his best lif
27.
by jimt1234 1mo ago
I remember in the early-80s, maybe 5th grade, being taught fractions, specifically the "Dolly Parton fraction", where the numerator is larger than the denominator. I've got a feeling they don't teach that anymore.
28.
by jimt1234 1mo ago
One minor fact about Dolly I've always found fascinating is that she was married to the same dude for almost 60 years, until he passed away recently. I mean, being as famous as she was as an entertainer - that just seems like an extrem
29.
by jimt1234 1mo ago
I remember feeling like I was becoming obsolete by Windows 95. I had built up a skillset getting Windows 3.1 configured properly and connected to this new thing called "the internet" (Trumpet Winsock!). Then Windows 95 came out wi
30.
by jimt1234 1mo ago
> Of course MAGA people will probably only notice once the shelves aren't being restocked. And then they'll blame Obama.

More ›