No? I just hate legal and governmental obligations. Day-to-day life is fine. I can hate work if it’s a “lawful” kinda place, but I don’t last in those places anyway.

For jobs I have my “Hawkeye Pierce Theory of Work”. Be so damned good they can’t get rid of you and have to let your fuckups slide. Been working great for me!

Shit. I was thinking MacOS. Never mind.

We have one little theater in town, 6 or 8 screens? Got to see Blade Runner 2049 with my ex-wife, just us. Saw IT by myself and only 3 other people in the house.

I’d kill for a cinema where you can order real food and drink beer on the cheap. There’s one in the “big” town, too lazy to go that far.

Nah, the billionaires didn’t want this fucking American anarchy. Business depends on stability and predictability. The current admin is the opposite of what they wanted. Witness the oligarchs kissing Trump’s ass at his inauguration. They thought they could control a narcissistic toddler falling down a dementia cliff.

Depends. Saw my dad die of mesothelioma (asbestos from being a Torpedoman 3rd class, WWII). Remember Dr. Dyson dying in T2? Like that but a bit worse. Stood by as a family friend had the plug pulled, nothing but a flatline.

My family is hillbilly going back a gen or three, Appalachia to the Ozarks. Can’t claim any foreign blood. :(

Yeah, but isn’t Japan about the toughest country on Earth to emigrate to? I’d have a nervous breakdown going through all that. I have a special hatred for rules and forms and legal doings.

My small children are in Arkansas and I’m in Florida. I cannot leave. My wife and I are thinking of moving her home to the Philippines when we retire, but my kids will only be young adults.

I’d count laptops along with desktops. There’s no meaningful difference for most folks. The desktop is dying hard and fast, has been for a decade.

My wife would sign up and she has no idea what a drive is, of any type. If you try to explain it to her she’ll turn her ears off. But she’ll only hear “FREE STUFF!”.

Well at least AI isn’t teaching them to be trans.

Isn’t it odd that I can’t get ChatGPT to make a funny picture of Trump or a naked Anna-Taylor Joy, but I can manipulate it into suiciding me? Perhaps we need to cut this shit off until we can gain a bit of control?

#3 and all?! 😆

with a five second proof

Diabolical! It would never have occurred to me to include proof!

Some y’all don’t understand American law. Without a warrant, or an active situation of some sort, they cannot come in your home.

Saw a video the other day of a guy talking to the cops on his porch and the second his hand seemingly passed the doorframe they snatched him. The case revolved around whether the man’s hand was outside or not. He won.

Don’t allow them in, nor go out.

Great story inbound!

Named my router FBI Surveillance Van #3 back in 2015 or so. Thought nothing of it.

Next door neighbor told me the weed dealer at the end of the block was losing his mind, asking if neighbor had seen the van on his wi-fi! Best part, the weed man was just far enough away for the signal to fade in and out, like a roving vehicle. No one ever told him. 😆

EDIT: Long as I’m doing dumb tech stories…

Printed one of those “voice activated printer” signs for the company printer. Figured someone would have a giggle. Walking by, I caught my co-worker yelling, “PRINT! PRINT! Damn you! PRINT!” and giving the printer the evil eye. She was not amused. At all.

Ever seen this woman do English accents?

21 Accents

Impressive as hell!

When I first did tech support 30 years ago, I could nail what state an American was calling from, but not the Midwest, all same same.

COVID taught me that all the knowledge in the world cannot overcome a certain mindset, and an alarming percentage of people are of that group. You can provide all the evidence and education in the world, and some people just can’t be helped.

Musk is running filthy methane generators in Memphis to power his datacenter. No permits, nada.

Keep on looking at eBay! If you don’t have to have an exact model, sometimes you can score deals. I outfitted my 486SX with cards from Romania for cheap!