James Harris

@dancingmonkeys
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Sticking with this account. A software Engineer.
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@mcc I have a van with buttons for the shift. But every button is a different size and shape. Also they have huge travel. Also love that turning off the car automatically puts it in park. (No I haven’t had to figure out how to tow it yet, why would you even ask that?)
This one cuts deep:
The modern condition is mostly trying to do things on your own that people have historically achieved with a large support network and wondering why you're tired all the time.

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/04/04/facebook-nso-group

WHAT THE FUCK

#privacy

Yeah, sooo maybe think even harder on whether or not you want to use #threads (or ANY #Meta product)

Facebook Wanted NSO Spyware to Monitor iOS Users

Link to: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pke9k9/facebook-wanted-nso-spyware-to-monitor-users

Daring Fireball
This photo is the Norman Rockwell moment for SF 2023:
#innersunset #goodneighbors
uh were any of you people who signed up to #threads actually paying attention to the onboarding flow?
BLOOD BEER BREWED WITH MASHED FERMENTED GIBLETS!! HE-MEN DRINK ONLY HAEMOGLOBIN!!

"i use linux as my operating system," i state proudly to the unkempt, bearded man. he swivels around in his desk chair with a devilish gleam in his eyes, ready to mansplain with extreme precision.
"actually," he says with a grin, "linux is just the kernel. you use GNU+linux."
i don't miss a beat and reply with a smirk, "i use alpine, a distro that doesn't include the GNU coreutils, or any other GNU code. it's linux, but it's not GNU+linux."

the smile quickly drops from the man's face. his body begins convulsing and he foams at the mouth as he drop to the floor with a sickly thud. as he writhes around he screams "I-IT WAS COMPILED WITH GCC! THAT MEANS IT'S STILL GNU!"
coolly, i reply "if windows was compiled with gcc, would that make it GNU?" i interrupt his response with "and work is being made on the kernel to make it more compiler-agnostic. even if you were correct, you won't be for long."

with a sickly wheeze, the last of the man's life is ejected from his body. he lies on the floor, cold and limp. i've womansplained him to death.

@trixter I know. It looks like a nightmare.
The Cruelty is the Sauce