Notices by System IV, Building K (goodthinking@mastodon.social)

@blabberlicious @mikej @neilasaurus @goatsarah My older brother had a model kit of a Wankel, spent weeks on it. Just like the real ones, it did not work.

@goatsarah The difference on Mastodon is that more often than not, the tsk-tsking and language coaching are sincere efforts at maintaining a conversation and raising its level, not winning it. I choose this. Also: Tech Nerds > Crypto Nerds, change my mind.

@atomicpoet @BlackAzizAnansi Around the time Adobe got away with making all of their apps subscriptions, all hell broke loose.

Mercedes now sells you a $100K EV, then wants $90/month to “unlock”extra speed. BMW wants $30/month to “enable” the heated steering wheel you bought.

@atomicpoet As a New Yorker, this is worse than @gruber pimping it.

@atomicpoet @fediversenews My kid tells me AOC is on #BS as well.

@atomicpoet @zachmx The great sell-out in my trade (IT consultant to creatives in NYC) was when a few of us started to go with Google for services. It became easy to discern the lazy — the used car salesmen — from the people who actually knew their shit.

@atomicpoet I like the optimism, it’s the only way to go. :)

@atomicpoet @zachmx Well that was quite the cross post.

@atomicpoet …for the moment. Question is can we sustain the moment.

@Gargron Change the world for the better, then change your life for the better. Not a bad CV :)

@Gargron @ivory Lots of grace notes to Ivory, just cush. This and today’s Tusker release have me listening to the future.