So, uh, I haven't... I haven't tried TikTok yet. I know, it's weird, I'm a grown-ass adult, and yet here we are.
I just spent like 30 minutes browsing TikTok and honestly it explains _so much_ about why... well, everything is just LIKE this, now.
it's... just wall-to-wall political misinformation, loud noises, boobs, kittens, AI slop, teenagers echoing white supremacist talking points, stunts, ads, get-rich-quick-schemes, it's like pure liquid USA
RE: https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/111991376150442267
This received some questions. Specifically 'In today's siloed internet its usefulness is gone.'
Search was the largest driver of traffic to the website. Informing the general public was the goal.
For years it worked truly well, with for example traffic spikes around national holidays involving consumption of fish :)
The website had no ads, nor external "social" (tracking) integrations. All information was properly referenced.
It was used and referenced in lots of educational material.
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The goat carries a castle on its back. From a distance, it looks like a model, the size of an apple box; if you get close, the castle suddenly towers over you.
Many assume a mage misheard a request for a moat. Regardless, the castle has withstood all attacks for centuries.
The goat wanders on.
I got a label maker and had the strangest experience. I opened the box, loaded the sample roll of label ribbon, inserted 6(!) AAA batteries, and it worked.
No apps to download. No account to log into. No firmware updates. No pop-over "helpful tips" about how it's "now enabled with AI" or whatever.
I just typed in the label I wanted and hit "print", and it did it. Astonishing. Nostalgic.
I was looking for a CLI tool to create passwords or pass phrases like in that XKCD comic... like "correct horse batter staple", you know?
Somehow I was looking exactly for this, but didn't expect that at all!
Cube Drone
Ged Maheux
Michael Westergaard
Pepijn
Micro SF/F by O. Westin
Mallory's Musings & Mischief
Finn
Effin' Birds
