SJ_Zero @ SJ_Zero @lemmy.fbxl.net

I run the FBXL Network including FBXL Search, FBXL Social, FBXL Lemmy, FBXL

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I wrote and published a book a couple years back called The Graysonian Ethic. That's the joke.

As Wayne Gretzky once said, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

So we'll start with the reality check. Probably no one's gonna like your podcast. If there's one thing that I've learned, it's at just because you build it doesn't mean they'll come. Could be that you put in a whole bunch of work and even spend some money trying to get some production values, and it just doesn't work out.

But for the other reality check: every other podcast out there had a first episode. A lot of them failed, but a bunch of them succeeded and went on to be relatively successful. One of the top media personalities in the world right now is a guy just sitting down and having discussions with people.

So take the shot. Worst case scenario, it turns out no one listens. Then you can move on with your life knowing that you tried.

Besides, it's not like you did something crazy like write a novel length book over the course of a year with the philosophies you want to pass down to your son and get it professionally edited and commission artwork for the cover and get a primo ad read during the trial of the decade only to sell like a dozen copies. Now that might be embarrassing. But you can bang out a podcast in a couple of days!

Many ads are malicious. Many try to install software you didn't ask for on your computer, or they try to trick you into pressing a "download" button on a download site that isn't for the thing you wanted but for their software, or they fake error messages to trick you into installing malicious software.

Back when I was younger, all those sort of activities would fall under the banner of "cyber-terrorism". Therefore, installing an ad blocker is an act of counter-terrorism.

The specific phrasing of that made me laugh.

We need to stop the movie critic if we know they're going to start shooting!

That's clever. I lol'd

Oh bother...

The stock is not the company, that's important to remember. The PE ratios for tech companies are totally out of whack compared to basically any other company.

Google stock is doing ok in part because they have Bard which means they're participating in the AI boom. I think that's going to turn out to be mostly hot air, but in the meantime it's helping a small number of companies stay afloat

Actually, he pissed of Captain Janeway and was erased from the timeline.

Used to be a nice guy before he became a former individual.

These are fantastic rules. Setting lines so you're not policing the entire fediverse but you're also not going to passively sit there and break your toys is good, and it'll be a culture change for some folks.

Internet dating is like the light from poltergeist. Don't look at the light, don't go into the light.

Even if it's open source, it's still bad for your soul.