Enshittification

• more ads
• more cost
• more buffering
• no ff/rwd without more ads
• discovery algorithms changed for profit instead of being useful
• I told you so - lost “purchases” when a service loses a license or goes bankrupt
• more buffer
• why the eff are they pushing Joe Rogan again?

Usually neurodivergent isn’t relevant. People are bullied because they’re different and because they’re an easy target, regardless of why they’re different

government leaders and other prominent persons for political purposes

I guess it depends on who you call prominent but yes, the billionaire? CEO of one of the biggest healthcare companies in the US was in a prominent (important) position regardless whether anyone knew who he was. And yes there is evidence of a political purpose.

I have to say that going into this my reaction was no, this is not an assassination. However looking at the linked definition and thinking it through changed my opinion

Hahaha. When I was in college I visited the Boston area and fell in love with it. It took me a couple of jobs but I eventually made it and would never turn back

• love the history
• love the academics, more youthful society
• love the politics, quality of life issues
• I’m in tech so I love the job opportunities

…. And yes I love the mild weather while still having seasons. While this is essentially the same latitude I grew up at, being on the coast moderates it a lot. It never really gets cold (relatively), never has much snow, and the snow melts quickly. Although I don’t like the humidity

I definitely am, and other people seem to be, more aware of germs, epidemics, etc. it’s not just the effects of COViD but the ongoing efforts to deny science and modern medicine.

Every time taco don disbands another public health agency or brain worm spouts nonsense, it reminds me how easily we lost so many people. We not only didn’t learn anything but are somehow worse off, but I’m reminded to wash my hands better and more, seek out annual vaccines, get a supply of masks for the winter

You’re not supposed to use regular paper

Even if your costs only break even, you’re building equity

Often the difference in profitability is whether you pay for a property manager or do the work yourself

I know a couple people who did it and made money, fwiw. They gave up so they didn’t have to deal with people

I used to read analog clocks to the nearest five minutes. It’s just a quick glance and you (used to) rarely need to be that exact.

However my kids never got used to analog clocks despite an annoying number scattered throughout our house. It takes them too long to process what I mean by “quarter of”. They’re in college this year so it’s time to surrender in that battle. Now I’m the one who spends too much time reading analog clocks, trying to read them to nearest minute.

With digital clocks everywhere, gps exact trip times, scheduled meetings, society has gotten much more exact with time anyway. Being within five minutes is no longer good enough

My tablet is running afoul of the Netflix “home” network lock. I speculate it’s either that I have location disabled or Apple Private Relay. Perhaps you have similar?

That’s not so bad: you have to work to get “texture”. The man’s a back artist and he couldn’t have done it without slavery. And he’s so much better off. Do you think anyone could get that kind of texture back in Affrica?

I have to say, I feel some regret for doing that to my kids. I understand it’s not really my choice and height is a shallow characteristic, but I’m 6’3” and my sons ended up 5’7” and 5’9”. Sure it’s about average but the one physical plus I could have given them, and I married someone 5’2”

As a jet of energy, assuming you haven’t actually crossed the event horizon

There’s also the difficulty of a identifying any originator, since “mythology” usually means many versions known by many people, and is typically an oral tradition before being printed

Yeah, but now it’s tiny compared to Antarctica

Is this like Alabama saying they’re not so bad, because there’s always Mississippi?

We look up to you guys to be the Massachusetts

Why should that be it? Throw in Deism to understand the attitude of the US founders, then round out most of the population with Islam, Hindu, Jainism, and probably many more. You have to cover Judaism because of its influence on Christianity. And of course agnostics and atheism to round out the beliefs. You’ll never hit all the possibilities but perhaps it would be ok to cover families of beliefs, such as if native belief systems are similar (I have no idea and that’s a shame)

Personally I do think it should be required to post some amount of Islamic concepts. Among the many ways we are too provincial is seeing everything through the eyes of a single religion family. Even our friends and neighbors seem alien when we aren’t even aware there are other religions.

Let’s require at least some comparative religion study, perhaps in social studies and history. The major religions have had a huge impact on the development of our societies and we should all be more familiar with beliefs held in common or u destined where they’re actually different (and not just the Fix News version)

In any sane world that would be a trivial lawsuit to win

Apparently a plaque of an apple with lots of gold can buy a pass

Yeah but a large electric bill seems to be enough to get a warrant