mdlxxv

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by mdlxxv 2mo ago
> Winamp will be reborn as a completely new player with its own premium subscription service This does not whip the llama's ass.
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by mdlxxv 2mo ago
Sorry, but a string of ones and zeroes will never "love you back".
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by mdlxxv 2mo ago
My favorite part of the article: > The only people who experienced slight increases in negative emotions when exposed to the words were those who scored high on moral elitism and a need for recognition. These specific personality traits
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by mdlxxv 2mo ago
"Only" 1 GB of RAM. Man, I'm old.
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by mdlxxv 2mo ago
Is "luddite" considered a slur? Clankerphiles use that term a lot.
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by mdlxxv 2mo ago
Man, I miss mainstream phones with real, physical buttons so much.
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by mdlxxv 2mo ago
> I am seeing huge leaps forward in AI intelligence as new releases come out. With all due respect, nowhere near as huge as the leap you made in the two final paragraphs.
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by mdlxxv 2mo ago
I, for one, welcome our new file-sharing overlords.
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by mdlxxv 2mo ago
I can use 16,777,216 possible colors, and you want me to limit myself to a mere 140? Also, that Imperial/Metric analogy will probably only sound sympathetic in the USA, and rather backwards in the rest of the world. Unless that whole w
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by mdlxxv 2mo ago
Just like the proverbial dog in the manger.
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by mdlxxv 2mo ago
Nonhuman
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by mdlxxv 2mo ago
On the other hand, what I want is the right to not being forced to talk to another human if I don't want to.
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by mdlxxv 2mo ago
Editorialize much?
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by mdlxxv 2mo ago
Chromium 138.0.7204.92 is dated June 27, 2025. Are there really any Gentoo users still running a browser older than that?
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by mdlxxv 2mo ago
It's always Pluto, Pluto, Pluto. No one ever cares about poor Ceres.
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by mdlxxv 2mo ago
That large header picture is 100% "I'm Sorry Jon" material.
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by mdlxxv 2mo ago
Ah, yes. 9/11. The "war on terror". "Peak of humanity", indeed.
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by mdlxxv 3mo ago
Because they are delicious delicacies, of course!
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by mdlxxv 3mo ago
Remember the "Cloud to Butt" browser extension? Now we need an extension that replaces all instances of the word "AI" with "my butt".
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by mdlxxv 3mo ago
The real, authentic Astérix comic died with Goscinny. Everything after "Astérix in Belgium" is non-canon to me.
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by mdlxxv 3mo ago
Also bludgeoning human visitors using accesibility tools and/or text-based web browsers.
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by mdlxxv 3mo ago
TL;DR: I’m not comfortable with it, but the utility is just too great for me to take a principled stance here. I like it, and I want it, so I’m using it. Maybe that’s morally questionable, or worse. But, as I said: here I am. Sigh. I
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by mdlxxv 3mo ago
It's a self-demostrating article, then!
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by mdlxxv 3mo ago
In general, whimsical stuff has been disappearing from software everywhere. 22 years later, I still mourn the demise of the "Cookies are delicious delicacies" message from Firefox's options menu. This might be a gross exagger
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by mdlxxv 3mo ago
The owners of the "AI" scraper are rich. The lone "pirate" is not. That's it.
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by mdlxxv 4mo ago
Truly a "Beefy Miracle". https://web.archive.org/web/20230112002240/https://beefymira...
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by mdlxxv 4mo ago
So you could say that the goose was not valued, huh?
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by mdlxxv 4mo ago
Also strong winds, which allow the fire embers to "jump" rather long distances. That's exactly what's happening with the Madrid wildfire.
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by mdlxxv 4mo ago
Back when I was a teenager in the late 80s and early 90s, there were two "mythical" machines that I read a lot about but could never afford to own, the Amiga and the Neo-Geo. Nowadays both of them can be casually emulated on any k
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by mdlxxv 4mo ago
I dunno. It's more like saying "that isn't your original art because you didn't paint it, only provided the frame". A pretty elaborate frame, yes, but only the frame, not the painting.

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