People aren’t in the habit of thinking of computing as an inherently a political choice, but it is.

Computing is a tool, not a thing you merely consume or use for consumption. Yet the tech industry is very motivated to get us thinking of it that way, while positioning themselves as the middlemen. That’s probably the real reason they’re so excited about AI, it’s a way to turn computing into something you rent.

That’s hilarious, I felt weird not saying more. However it’s not quite 7 am and I’m rather hungover, so a comparatively lightweight read was just what the doctor ordered

A fun writing exercise. I won’t be posting what I wrote for privacy reasons, but just saying thanks for the nudge I needed to introspect after a really weird week.

Thanks as always, what a pleasure

I heard a positive remark on Lemmy about https://www.languagetransfer.org/ recently and have been meaning to have a look

I don’t think it was pointless at all. The point was to weaken Europe and sow chaos. It’s the Foundations of Geopolitics playbook and the hybrid warfare campaign has been such a success over the last decade that it will probably influence the next century knowing our luck.

Yeah nah I’m lucky enough to be a dual citizen, you’re stuck with me.

I did #2 four years ago. It took a minute for my family to see why. Now it’s damn near too late and they’re stuck hoping #1 is viable.

My mom is flying back to America tomorrow. I guess I’m about to find out how cool she is on Facebook whether I like it or not. And I tried so hard not to know…

The complexity was initially sensed, though I did not encompass it at the time of writing

Ooooh yeeeeuh

It is morally just* to harm such people.

*Don’t get caught

Friend Besto!

They hate us cause they anus

I will kill Poe’s law or die trying. I hate the idea that we share so little context as a culture that every joke needs a signpost. I fight it my way, but the real war will only be won when global society has enough shared culture for us to make each other laugh without honking a bike horn and giving an exaggerated full-body wink.

Edit: I know I’m being grandiose, you don’t gotta point it out

You got me there. You have to admit though, that Lemmy is a challenge for people like me.

I think I must have seen this meme at least twelve different times over the years and I laugh every time.

Comedians have been using the written word for eons. Some jokes don’t land when written, and the real solution wasn’t invented this decade.

My personal policy is that if the joke needs a laugh track, a rimshot, or any big sign that says “Joke” being waved, the joke doesn’t work.

Was it fairly clear I was just being funny? I hoped so, I try not to tell jokes that actually need to be /s tagged.

Yeah fuck buying things for life - I am now buying things for death