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How I greet people when I pass by on the sidewalk

I like to embroid my backup codes.

@grishka "no plan survives contact with users"

@sjvn if only everything ever published on the web was Creative Commons!

Atwood's Third Law: Content licensing is now the hardest problem in computer science.

@simon I don't understand. The archive won't allow access to the already-scanned books? Why are we duplicating work? This is a "licensing" thing where the dongle is a COPY OF THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL BOOK?!!?

And do not get me started on how much Qualcomm sucks. That company is a cancer on the entire industry. If I was in charge of Qualcomm, I would raze the entire building to the ground, then salt the earth underneath so nothing could ever grow there again.

Apple could make so much money just using their off-the-charts SOC design skills to compete with nvidia on GPUs. Even after all these years -- the incredible increase in trajectory started around 2014-2015 -- their in-house SOCs are VASTLY more efficient and powerful than literally everyone else in the industry. It isn't even close.

@simon "As far as I can tell this case sets a precedent for Anthropic's more recent approach of buying millions of (mostly used) physical books and destructively scanning them for training as covered by "fair use". I'm not sure if other in-flight legal cases will find differently." why do this when the Internet Archive and Brewster are already doing it? Why not combine forces? I don't understand. That seems like a bad idea.

“The banjo is such a happy instrument — you can't play a sad song on the banjo – it always comes out so cheerful.” 🪕 Steve Martin

@lowqualityfacts @Gargron

@jani "The 'free lunch' in the saying refers to the formerly common practice in American bars of offering a 'free lunch' in order to entice drinking customers." and by drinking we of course mean alcohol, e.g. drug dealing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_such_thing_as_a_free_lunch

Statistically speaking, all human beings have an insatiable bloodlust for "free {service/product}". Treat the disease, not the symptoms.

Taking a long walk outdoors is never a bad idea. Night walks are a bit more pleasant, quiet, cooler, less traffic of all kinds… ‍️

@bezmuth @simon2k6 yes it is an Ashida

I have no idea what I am doing, these older Nintendo consoles are so peculiar in design. And no I won’t be doing any Virtual Boy.

The book is fantastic… but the website is arguably better. Also the fonts on offer are outstanding.

My daughter is watching Twin Peaks! I had no idea; her choice. Looks like this whole "parenting" gig is working out so far https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks