Notices by Roknrol (roknrol@beige.party), page 6

"You shouldn't want them dead for being evil."

They shouldn't want us dead to make a buck.

See how "should" works?

The reality is that we live in a world where the people feeling the pinch are feeling more pinched, and the people doing the pinching feel entitled to pinch.

Don't be so surprised when people lash out.

@br00t4c He had a Gaza policy?

@br00t4c Yeah, because it's been shown time and again that if Musk is good at anything, it's raising standards.

/sarc

@br00t4c Well, we know exactly how this movie ends. Didn't think we'd see a sequel so soon though.

@br00t4c A day late and a dollar short. Oh well.

@br00t4c People are shitty.

@br00t4c This feels like a corporate-created trend to convince misogynists to return to the office instead of working from home.

The US Government does not protect people from weapons. It perfects weapons to use against people.

https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/17/1639212/the-pentagon-wants-to-use-ai-to-create-deepfake-internet-users

I'm really learning to hate technology.

I used to be good with it. I used to be smart. Apparently at this point I should sell a kidney and buy a Mac (a used one).

I'm probably just exhausted from learning things that I only ever need to learn once, for one thing, and then I don't have to remember them. But shit it's fucking exhausting.

Every goddamned day it seems is a new "minor hiccup" preventing me from moving forward. I either invest hours of my time to troubleshoot (something that pays worse and worse dividends every single time I do it), or I give up on it.

I would be absolutely fine if being stupid didn't cost vast amounts of money and time.

Getting dumber as I get older is going to make life exponentially more difficult.

You probably want to mute this thread. The frustration is mounting and it's getting harder and harder to not feel stupid.

So I will continue to bitch about it.

Sorry.

If there are any actual experts on getting a DSLR camera to properly work under #Debian I would appreciate a DM. I've read the documentation and done the things that I understand, but there is a lot that I *don't* understand and trying to learn it seems to be an uphill battle.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're asking for troubleshooting help at least give us the basic needed info so that we don't have to waste our time asking for it and then getting eyerolls and complaints about why "we don't just fix it".

What's your operating system? What software is affected? Is it a branded computer or not? Laptop? Wired or wireless connection? Corporate or Home network? Have you tried different browsers? Are there available updates? Have you tried a FUCKING REBOOT?

"My shit's broken and I need help fixing it" doesn't even give us a goddamned starting point. We might be smart at what we do, but we're not fucking psychic.

And yes, the above gripe is a large part of why I don't do that for a living anymore and why I will probably never do it for a living again.

@maggiejk @br00t4c Lol...great minds must think alike.

https://beige.party/@roknrol/113272260148798791

@br00t4c I thought that this whole thing was a scam relying on some underpaid worker to stare at cameras all day. What's to 'roll out'?

I suppose technically a spiral can go up, too.

I've just never gone in that direction.

#Anxiety

If Florida fucks up yet another national election they should be kicked out of the Union.

I'm serious. We could replace them with Puerto Rico or DC and not even change the flag.

@roadriverrail I don't see any reason that politicians should be protected by anything more than the same hopes and prayers our children get. Goose/Gander/etc

Ok, we're now on the second day of talking about this apparent assassination attempt, which is a day and half more than we ever spend on school shootings when people actually die.

Well now...hadn't heard about this.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/fbi-seizure-mastodon-server-wakeup-call-fediverse-users-and-hosts-protect-their