My internal monologue adopts whatever voice end accent fits the situation and what I am thinking about. Otherwise it is mostly ethereal and has no sound unless I think about it and give it a “voice.”

90s Mentadent got you, bro.

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Holy shit.

Yeah… You wanna know why? Because some big shot over at the weiner company got together with some big shot over at the bun company and decided to rip off the American public! Because they think the American public is a bunch of trusting nitwits who’ll pay for things they don’t need rather than make a stink. Well they’re not ripping off this nitwit anymore, because I’m not paying for one more thing I don’t need! George Banks is saying NO!

Sometimes in the grocery store I think about this scene from Father of the Bride a lot.

Also I think a lot of people misunderstand the definition of “low-stakes conspiracy.”

You know the answer, right?

The people in Katrina were mostly black people.

I know Kanye is a crazed fucking idiot now, but he talked real talk for one moment in his life when he said “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”

Is there a particular reason you need an nvidia gpu? Like plans to do local LLMs or other projects that really require a nvidia gpu?

Because I am just so pleased with AMD for gpus in Linux. So simple.

Not knocking your choice, just trying to understand it. Everyone has valid reasons for why they choose their setups.

Edit: nevermind I am so confused by the new naming schemes I thought this was an nvidia, others have informed me its an AMD. Nevermind me I am a dingus.

I think what people keep overlooking about “optics” is that a mass number of people will never see this news because they only digest news through algorithmically controlled content providers that give them more of what they already believe.

The number of people going directly to traditional media outlets keeps shrinking in favor of YouTube shorts, Tiktok, Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram

The cost of making spambot AI reveal themselves in all caps rhyming poetry?

Priceless.

For everything else there’s Mastercard.

It feels odd/uncomfortable that we have AI governance working at credit card companies, but I guess you could do worse than someone who actually understands how to bait them.

I have tried journaling numerous times, particularly for mental health reasons as it is supposed to be helpful, and it has never worked for me as something helpful to do. It just makes me ruminate even more.

They were the only phones I would reasonably buy due to their ability to be customizable… Yeah this pretty much puts a nail in the coffin of using a Pixel in my book as well.

That’s literally why it was my choice. It’s one of the biggest budget films ever… and also one of the biggest flops ever.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

This is why you need to have this shit uploading to a remote server automatically in the background each time one is taken. Livestreams need to be happening as well.

Thank you Ted, that’s the joke.

systemdeez nuts!

I mean, how can you not make the same joke? It’s literally the thing. It was the first thing that popped into my head, too.

As long as the repair shop is reputable it’s not too hard. I was looking at options on iFixit when I first heard this update was coming down the pipeline. I guess I am lucky that mine was already a refurbished unit when I bought it so it looks like the battery has already been replaced.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Google+Pixel+6a+Battery+Replacement/152516

I replaced a few batteries myself before in a Nexus 6 and a Pixel 4a. The guides really help as does having the right tools. It’s also helpful that iFixit offers genuine battery replacements.

https://www.ifixit.com/products/google-pixel-6a-battery-genuine?variant=39912699330663

Currently out of stock but that’s probably due to this update that wrecked so many users battery life.

Look, don’t destroy my hopes for seeing a revolution from people doing silly walks. Things are awful, gotta have some levity in there.

Also, more seriously, never underestimate the US governments willingness to embrace a half-baked technology and willingness to embrace false positives as positives.

See also: Airport x-ray body scanners, polygraphs, “non-lethal” bean bag/rubber plug guns that are totally lethal if you use them “wrong,” and also more recently in the words of ICE Director Tom Homan “they don’t need probable cause to walk up to somebody briefly detain them and question them … based on location, occupation, their physical appearance.”

Also don’t forget to do a silly walk to avoid gait analysis.

You’re right, it’s not news so much as that the Clintons come from an era of politics where merely embarrassing things are still kept on the down-low. Especially considering the continued influence of 1990’s Clinton-era politicking on the Democratic party. Even Obama couldn’t really break that hold, as seen by Hillary being given the Secretary of State position during Obama’s tenure and then running and losing after Obama. There was actually a lot of evidence at the time that the DNC was basically broke and was living off of the generosity of the Clinton foundation. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, chair of the DNC from 2011 to 2016, was literally in Hillary Clinton’s pocket. While Bill Clinton himself is not particularly important as a figure these days, the family influence continues to extend deep into nearly every facet of the Democratic party, and as such, Democrats are unlikely to bite the hands that feed them so to speak.