That’s a grackle.

I would buy that. No Arch Vile though, fuck those guys.

Don’t worry, it’s fake. That’s not a real anime girl in the goon glass.

When smartphones first appeared, batteries were always removable.

Glances at Gen 1 iPhone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number

Printing press is okay. One-time-code books are tantamount to treason!

This is gonna blow your mind, but most (real) phones you can connect a mouse and keyboard to, either via Bluetooth, or with a USBC adapter, and they work fine.

Yeah, and Alexa/Siri/Google assistant don’t eavesdrop unless you use the magic words to activate them.

I’m having flashbacks to Windows 8 being heavily developed to be “touch optimized” at a time where 3% of computers had touchscreen capabilities.

Exactly. So if people stop going there, then there is no reason to go there. Full circle, people go there because they go there. Let’s just stop fucking doing that.

Why don’t we just let Twitter/X die? It’s not like it’s an essential platform, there are other places to post short-form bullshit opinions. Twitter/X is not the sole supplier of any resources except their own brand name. Just walk away and let it burn. Without massive public engagement, it’s just a more expensive to run Truth Social.

The difference between atheist and theist is the belief in N fewer gods, where N is the number of gods the theist believes in.

I thought those last two were Doom cheat codes for a hot minute.

idkfa idbeholds

That said, this data should be limited in scope and use…

Yep, anonymized, limited, non-distributable, and secured, with severe penalties (on the order of tens of thousands of dollars per person, paid to the harmed party) for failure to adhere.

It’s there, but people forget about it when they can get a 4" bigger TV for 100 bucks less.

Nervously glances at TPM and TSA approved locks.

Th evidence is undeniable right now, whether you trust the science or not, the facts are easily observable to the layman.

We have a new summer heat record every year, for at least 10 years.

Hurricanes and severe weather becomes more frequent and more powerdul every year.

No, but I wouldn’t call delivering gravel high skill labor that I couldn’t do.

Sure there are legitimate needs for trucks. The vast majority of truck owners buy them to look cool, instead of actually doing truck things with them. Be proud that you may be the exception to the rule.

Vans, you’re thinking of vans. Becuase you can lock up all your expensive tools in a van, it keeps rain off your supplies, it gives you a mobile workspace with AC, and you can take out the seats or reconfigure it for the job at hand. All the tradesmen I know drive vans. All the idiots I know who want an expensive mall crawling pavement princess so they look like they could do actual work, buy trucks.