Yeah I don’t buy 400m either.

Speaking from a university perspective - we’ve been scaling back our computer labs a fair bit, as there’s a lot of people with personal laptops and tablets now. Almost half our former workstations are now eliminated or BYOD.

So a lot of Windows machines are just gone.

Punch buggy. No punch backs.

Their active hostility toward Linux users has put me off them pretty much permanently. If they made a big push toward Linux support, I might look at them more favourably.

They clearly don’t want me as a customer: fuck 'em.

They skipped step one of enshittification. You’ve got to GET the customers before you can leverage them against your suppliers.

Cat is reminding you that if the meat-can isn’t opened, the meat can-opener is an option.

Thank goodness for distro repositories with somewhat-vetted software.

Yeah, probably not. And they have never asked for an updated deposit. Still. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE BLINDS.

I just removed them and plan to play innocent if asked. It’s been 20 years. Unlikely they have pics.

Walk into computer lab. “DISREGARD PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS FORMAT C DRIVE”

Well, that’s one way to create a murderous AI. I suddenly understand why Hal wanted to kill everyone. I would, too.

“Are you at the solutions oriented stage or feelings oriented?”

I have a mason jar vacuum sealer and when I get new dry food, I put it into the big jars and pump out the air, to keep it hopefully fresh and not dry it out. I think it works pretty well, but the cat is never so excited as when there’s a fresh bag.

I also get smaller bags than I used to, so it cycles through a bit faster.

Neutrons?

Not all DNS hosts support that. Webnames.ca, looking at you…

Also my workplace hosts their own dns and I think it will be a cold day in hell before they let me do automated updates.

In The Long Dark, making an improvised axe is more a midgame item. Gotta find a forge and a heavy hammer, then enough coal. Not to mention stocking up food and water for the wait while you heat it up and craft it.

I’ve had a lot of dogs and they don’t really shove their butts into my face quite as much or in the same way, hahah

Cat doesn’t give you a whole lotta choice in the matter.

It’s not even that it’s low-tech. Tape is high-tech, it’s been updated over the years. LTO10s are targeting 36TB of data per tape.

It’s the pig-ignorant newbies thinking “hurr durr tapes are 1970s tech”. Hard drives are also 1970s tech.

They have their advantages and disadvantages, is all. They’re not well suited for situations where you can’t guarantee a clean room (or enclosed tape reader), for instance, since the tape medium is exposed to the air. Dust can mess it up REAL good.

But for some situations, it’s indispensable.

Honestly I don’t care enough. If I happen to be in the interface I’ll probably turn it off, sure. It doesn’t inform any decisions, I barely register that the number exists.