Notices by nus (nus@mstdn.social)

@angiebaby ginger ale

@Jessica what were the old shitboxes?

Surely Chromeboxes

@benroyce @Dseitz @paninid making a "them" group in general is unhelpful; complain about neoliberals (in all but specific terms) and you join leftists, conservatives, Alex Jones, fascists, Jimmy Dore fans (I repeat myself), and pretty much anybody who doesn't pigeonhole themselves in a pretty specific definition of the term

BTW leftists don't (shouldn't) be opposed to all neoliberal prescriptions, even if they disagree with the way to get there. But saying "(neo/shit)lib" helps nobody

@aral hmm... Helix text editor :blobcatlook:

@maskedscheduler I really hoped the (insert verified allegations here) guy would get no votes, because even if we ungerrymandered the system, he has way too large of a vocal support base.

@icedquinn Maybe we just follow different politicians, because Ron DeSantis sure does seem like a unique case of cronyism over nationalization to me

@icedquinn which ones? Fascism doesn't nationalize services, it just moves them into the hands of private sycophants, expanding capitalism.

A woman with a deadly food allergy died due to #Disney's incompetence. She did everything right, and her husband only requested a paltry $50,000 for their incompetence...

...And Disney, in its purest evil, said the woman had a #DisneyPlus account and that prevents them from suing her.

This is more evil than even the instigating storyline in The Boys could come up with.

Do not sign up for streaming services, folks. Just download your media separately.

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/14/nx-s1-5074830/disney-wrongful-death-lawsuit-disney

#pirate #piracy

So #Fascism includes replacing institutions with fascist stooges -- not necessarily nationalizing anything (the #Nazis privatized, de-nationalized, a TON of stuff).

And it involves removing anything in its way...

Including the #Bible apparently.

https://www.segurosayerza.es/cra-ms/2024/08/17/EIN44LSM145606HSJ39Oz/

#RonDeSantis

@chris Linux is to a working computer, what the uncanny valley is to photorealistic computer graphics

@Jessica @icedquinn my Bluetooth devices

@freemo sorry, I can't take a joke because I know too much about computers, or because I'm a little autistic, and those two things might be related

@freemo counterpoint: analog computers

@icedquinn @Jessica it's a problem because of a conflagration of features, I think.

The auto rebooting is something I wish it would just stop, but I understand why it would try to choose a time that I was not actively using my phone

And not loading apps until you unlock the phone, is a huge security feature that I can't compel myself to hate, even if it frustrates me. It could help quite a few people out in a bind, if all they need to do is hold the power button until their phone reboots

@Jessica @icedquinn I don't think I mentioned it in this thread, but a constant horror of those apps is that if your phone reboots, such as for an unplanned update, no apps are loaded until you unlock it. So if you're sleeping ... No dice.

I think, at that point, the only alarm clock that could run is the one that's built into the system.

#Samsung stop telling me you put #AI in your phones. This is not a selling point. Take it out. Take it out now. I will immediately buy a new phone if you take out that crap.

@icedquinn @Jessica buttons on top. Absolute genius.

I don't care as much if the bulbs burn out if the rest of the clock keeps functioning, I guess the light thing is nice but I usually sleep facing away from it which kind of defeats the purpose doesn't it?

@icedquinn @Jessica now that's the kind of thing I worry about. Didn't Phillip's design those things ONLY a couple decades ago? I don't want to hear about them ever breaking... They need to be eternal

@icedquinn @Jessica is that a brand name one? I have a knock-off, and I kind of hate it. Mostly because I need to grip it with my whole hand to push any button on it, including the "shut up" button

Modern #technology will never be as cool as a vintage faux-#WoodGrain alarm clock with a built-in lamp.