captainastronaut @ captainastronaut @seattlelunarsociety.org

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Agreed it definitely depends on what you buy. I inherited a stereo amp from my uncle who always buys really nice gear. I have had it repaired or been able to repair it anytime a component failed and it is now 30 years old. But it was built to last that long not to be disposed of in five.

Right to repair is not just for nerds and tinkerers. We all deserve repairable products.

Anytime I get one as an Uber I try to play stupid like I can’t figure out the door handles. Slam the doors, pull the emergency door release (if there is one), push against the motorized door close mechanism. Ask if there’s a shade for the glass roof. Anything to remind the driver that it’s not a good car, especially as a taxi.

I would at least wait several years before you sell it. Make sure you have thoroughly unhooked yourself from that domain. Keep an email box open there to collect any legit messages

When you are used to a big desktop monitor any laptop monitor just feels cramped. I always go for the 13 because it fits better in various bags, an airplane tray table, and is lighter.

Don’t give them ideas!

Those are healthy teeth!

Do we get to pick who goes out? I have some ideas…

I think I have literally said this to my cat every day this week. How jealous I am of his lifestyle

Oh good it’s voice controlled. Because that technology works amazingly all the time.

Wake me up when they can rip through spacetime and find me an alternate reality where I’m not so tired.

Well we know it isn’t fashion tips

False promises and outright lies in exchange for your soul?

Barf.

Right? Wouldn’t the insurance costs outweigh how cheap the land is?

I would love to see a return to curated link collections. Each person’s hobbies and expertise represented in links to the places they contribute, the repositories they are part of, the resources they depend on, and the information sources they consider reliable.

If you added some very basic support for verifying and following links that change, and something to prevent unauthorized AI bot scraping, and shipped it in a docker container that would run on small hardware like this, maybe an alternative grassroots internet could re-emerge.

They don’t though. The people who can afford a traffic lawyer or know how the system works just get them dismissed. It’s just another tax on those with the least resources.

If you had asked me during the Obama administration I would have said this a chance of becoming law. Today I give it 0.002%.

Speed cameras don’t increase safety. Just ticket revenue.

Folks aren’t buying anything except food and gas. We aren’t out here building new gaming PCs.

I love how these people think “we told it not to break the rules” and think somehow the stochastic parrot has understood them and will obey.