Well, sure, with an image classifier, the bird identification is doable. I’m sure I could implement that if I went looking for some open source thingamabob that does that. But it’s still not something I could actually understand. That part definitely hasn’t changed over the years.

He he he

[Cyberpunk 2077 music]

Good one! Personally, Will It Blend was one of those memes that I just consciously ignored. Until I saw it on some actual television show. (quick digging: Modern Marvels, apparently.)

I for one… is obviously an old Slashdot meme that Digg people reheated.

Does anyone still remember the little football button that YouTube added to the video player? Good times.

I remember Reddit after I started using it, around the time of the Digg exodus. It was a fun community of nerdy people. Just doing some things because it was cool.

A few years later, I had the weirdest feeling that that vibe was gone. That both behind the scenes, and more overtly, they had to be prepping for accommodation of corporate interests. A little bit of officially sanctioned promotion here, a dash of ignoring guerrilla marketing there.

And for several years now, it’s not even subtle anymore. Reddit does what some dude with money bags says must be done, users be damned.

My favourite was the one Finnair used to do in the spooky season. Flight 666, straight to HEL.

Finland is severely underrepresented here. So. Many. Great. Knife. Makers. Of course I know very little on the subject, I bought a J. Marttiini knife a long time ago and that’s been enough. But the industry is there! Long and storied history!

(And does Varusteleka make knives? I thought they’re just a retailer.)

Depends on the burrito. If it looks small enough that I can finish it without it starting to fall apart in my hands, then I probably can eat it that way. Most of the burritos in the local texmex places though? Yuge.