sbv @ sbv @sh.itjust.works

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"shall be slaves"

It's the next line in the song.

are you saying I need to be worried

you're probably fine

We don't notice technologies that quietly solve the problem they were intended to solve. I've never seen a rage post about light switches. Or wrenches. Or locks. Or pencils.

AI, and a lot of the technologies we complain about, are business models that prioritize value to the producer over value to the buyer or user. They aren't technology per se, so much as a shoddy product wrapped in unrealistic promises.

Time for some NERD PRIDE

You'd think, wouldn't you? I suspect it's because we're mostly middle aged (or older) so we're not playing TTRPGs any more. But I am! And I demand posts!

Somebody has to, and it isn't like any of the other parties have the guts to talk climate while there are economic headwinds.

So, I was Lancer curious but now that I see

dude will Murder you and then chase you into the afterlife so he can punch your ghost in the dick Action

I guess I'm Lancersexual.

I wonder what will happen?

I've tried to post a few things in the TTRPG communities and they rarely get many comments. It's disheartening.

We should be investing in journalism that serves the public interest, not slashing its funding. We should be expanding access to local news, not pulling the plug. And we should expect our elected leaders to keep their promises, especially when it comes to protecting the foundations of our democracy.

Didn't the Liberals direct CBC to open more local offices and improve regional reporting?

Can you just buy it, but not load the legit version?

gotta be triangles

I like the idea of short videos. But guess that's not the best way to make money, so instead we have long videos. 🤷‍♂️

I feel like video rolling onto the scene was the beginning of the end. I don't like video as a medium, so that's an easy place for me to draw the line. Before Youtube&co link zines and blogs would link to other readable stuff. Sometimes it had pictures, but it was complex and thought out (usually). Over time, as monetization become more of a thing, Youtube became more of a thing, along with influencers and unskipable ads. And here we are.

Thanks!

Into the jar

Do you have a link to the product page?

Developers wanted to build and deploy apps to end user machines. The round trip for page loads was lousy for usability.

Java applets were too shitty. Flash was too janky and hard to work with. So Mozilla started adding JavaScript as a hack. It filled a need.

a barrier-to-entry that makes it difficult to develop new browsers,

It definitely adds a barrier to entry, but JavaScript was really perfected in chromium, which is a different codebase from the folks who proposed and built js to begin with.

I'm not saying JavaScript is good, but it fills a need.

a little too close to reality, tbh

This seems like a fairly consistent story we hear about the RCMP. It seems like there's a regular release of studies showing mismanagement, a toxic culture, and favoritism. The two that stand out are the missing women enquiry in Vancouver (which included the RCMP and Vancouver Police), and the Nova Scotia mass shooter enquiry.

This one doesn't include incompetence, poor training, or sexual harassment though.