curmudgeon extraordinaire says fuck off, fascists
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attack of the commas
Look, I’m all for the Oxford comma, but what the actual fuck is this dictation nonsense with random commas inserted everywhere? What’s the point of dictating a response only to have to spend more time editing than dictating? I might as well just type the damn response. Jesus. Dear Tech companies: Actually, you DO need…
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Geniuses
The geniuses at DOGE left their database unsecured. So, what do you think is happening to US government databases?
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boondoggle
So Tesla has a $400 million contract to sell armored Cybertrucks to the US Military. A vehicle that everyone knows does not work and has been famously photographed stuck in mud, sand, and otherwise not fit for its purpose. Apparently the person behind the our puppet president defines “waste” as anything that helps people who…
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my proudest internet moment
My proudest internet moment was when I contacted the host of a persistent spammer and got them shut down. This jerk was spamming dozens of times a day. I am 97% certain I know the spammer was a semi-legitimate service for a time, potentially because it allowed him to collect emails. And then it became…
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What Happens Without Scientific Progress?
People die. Life stays shitty. Cures don’t happen. Viruses still infect. Nothing improves or works better or more efficiently. These bad effects will happen to everyone, regardless of party affiliation. Denying COVID didn’t stop millions of people from dying. Hiding information about Bird Flu or tuberculosis outbreaks won’t make them go away. Eggs, my friends,…
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this is my shocked face
One of the kids EM has rampaging through the sensitive data of everyone who ever paid into or got paid by a US system quit. Sadly, it was not because he realized what he was doing and that he needed to be a better person. Not that at all. Someone found social media posts in…
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Sometimes I Hate Tech
I hate it when tech throws an error message that makes no sense. I especially hate it when it’s for something that non-tech people use. Your average person trying to do something with software does NOT understand what to with your stupid error message that is meaningful only to the bro who wrote the message…
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Protecting the Border
NOAA has been instructed to cease all contact with foreign nationals. The weather does not respect international law or borders, and NOAA needs to put a stop to that. What does the weather someplace that isn’t the US have to do with the US of A? Nothing. Nothing at all. In fact, I’m waiting for…
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Nature Storms
Where I live we had another atmospheric river come through and then stall out and it was a wet and wild time. Fortunately, I had some driveway trees trimmed the previous week so we didn’t have any fallen branches blocking us in. Gusts of wind shook the house, and it rained hard for 4-5 hours.…