That's exactly where I feel I'm at. I'm no tech expert but I'm the guy family calls to help with computer stuff and I know enough to realize I don't like the direction Windows is going. I've gone as far as to install Linux on a single device I use but now I just use that device less cause I can't be bothered to figure it out when I've already got other machines that I've got working just the way I like.
Feel like I've come to a wall that yeah, I could overcome and climb, but this side of the wall is still livable and I'm not even sure the other side will be much better.
The compulsion to commit to a bit battling with the likely screaming, rational part of your brain/programming makes this one of the most relatably human things I've seen an LLM do 😆😆🤣👍🤯✨
There's a saying I've heard often, think it's Chinese in origin, "Wealth lasts three generations".
A friend's explanation was the first generation makes the wealth, the second generation, seeing their parent's hard work, maintains the wealth, but the third generation, only knowing privilege, wastes it.
But I've realized above a certain financial bracket this seems to not apply.
Some phones still have em, most Xiaomi phones do but then you gotta put up with their software or be comfortable flashing a custom ROM.
I love having an IR blaster in my phone mostly cause my work doesn't trust us with air conditioning remotes but also I never have to stress about finding the right remote for everything since I've got anything I might interact with daily that uses an IR remote programmed into my phone.
Was gonna say Outer Wilds as well. It's such an amazing experience and kind of made me rethink what video games can be as art and just... an experience. Can be finished really quick though for me it took a good chunk of time.
I'll also reiterate, don't look up spoilers. The game is so much about exploration and discovery that going in blind is best.
Woah, I'm guessing that's where yule as in yuletide in English comes from. A lot of Christmas traditions came out of Scandinavia so makes sense if true. Gonna look up some Jul info now.
My intro to chip tune was a guy I met in the mid aughts whose hobby was using old electronics to make music, so yeah, I always thought chip tune was like ripping apart old toys and torturing them to hear their screams
But seriously, I do imagine they've been fed enough propaganda about "the enemy" willing to do anything that naked people with a white flag can still look like Hamas trying to trick them. Fucked up
Yeah, I imagine a lot of people alive during the world wars thought things were going to collapse any second as well. But I just feel the added background anxiety of the status quo causing the Earth to heat up catastrophically but slow enough to be ignored adds a novel layer of messed up to everything.
I honestly hadn't considered that eBook licensing data could be used in the way they describe in the article.
EBooks becoming part of big data surveillance somehow feels especially disheartening to me.
Lately I feel like I've been duped for years since I used to believe strongly in the phrase "if you're not paying for it, you're the product" but it feels like with every paid product or service nowadays you're STILL the product...
Was just having a conversation recently on whether things have always been this close to a complete existential crisis for humans or is the current global situation unique. Most people felt like things have always been bad but I still feel like, with everything going on in terms of global conflicts and climate change, things are uniquely, complexly and extremely bad on a global scale compared to the past.
Where I'm living now in South East Asia I'm seeing so many little Chinese EVs, specifically the Wuling Air. Heck, I kinda want one myself but I don't trust it to last since I never even heard of the company till a few years back. If a more established automaker made a good, cheap, tiny EV, I'd totally get one.
I'm gonna chime in with some of the others and say Onyx is actually really good. I got my Nova 3 (black and white, not color) to replace an old Kindle and I've been loving it. The fact that I can write notes on it has been a game changer for me and has completely replaced pen and paper notes. On top of that, the fact that it's Android means I can install other apps and that just opened all kinds of windows for experimenting with the device that I didn't expect, it really is just basically a tablet with a much more readable screen. And second best thing to notes I've found about my Nova is how nice reading manga is on it, I'm even paying for a subscription to Shonen Jump now plus using Tachiyomi for fan-scans.
Only damage the thing has taken in the time I've had it is a couple corners coming off the case, which I just glued back on. Device itself feels good as ever.
The internet has proven to be very clever with its "loss" memes. I keep seeing innovative and/or fun applications of it before I ever feel they're getting stale.
I know for some people it's super relaxing. I tried playing the free tetris on the official website recently, was into it until it started getting fast. I am not much of a quick reflex gamer
That's exactly where I feel I'm at. I'm no tech expert but I'm the guy family calls to help with computer stuff and I know enough to realize I don't like the direction Windows is going. I've gone as far as to install Linux on a single device I use but now I just use that device less cause I can't be bothered to figure it out when I've already got other machines that I've got working just the way I like.
Feel like I've come to a wall that yeah, I could overcome and climb, but this side of the wall is still livable and I'm not even sure the other side will be much better.