Now they’re shooting for 20-30 minute hold times.

Most US folks may not believe it, but South American cities are also much nicer to live in than US cities.

I only made that mistake once. Once was too many times.

How long before gedit depends on systemd??

This is the thing that will 100% get me to leave my iPhone behind.

I’d rather be forgotten than lumped in with the boomers.

60s baby here. Oh dear, I don’t even know what to say anymore.

Apparently, it does happen: https://tempusfugitlaw.com/real-life-breach-of-fiduciary-duty-case-examples-outcomes/

Particularly of note is the descision around AA’s ESG investments.

No, not illegal, but they can be sued by the shareholder for failing to maximize value.

Yes! That’s the phenomenon I was thinking about. The never ending influx of stupidity.

Pihole is 100% awesome but I just want mention that AdGuard is great on iOS devices to deal with ads while away from home. There is also AdGuard Home which is compareable to Pihole and is also free software (GPL 3).

I was playing with several local BBSs back in the early 90s (Fidonet!!) but got on the internet around '93. It was a much more fun place to be. Definitely not corporate. For me, I’d say the inflection point was when AOL let its users loose with web access. The never ending fall. There was a natural selection typ filter in getting on-line before then - you have to have technical know-how or be in a university where access was provided. Usenet and IRC were awesome. I seriously miss the feel of it.

Every once in a while, I come across someone who makes me jealous.

YES! YES!! YES!!! I hate having to sift through that tripe when exploring certain genres.

There is Chrome and many open source variants along with others.

getting real reading done without my ADHD taking over

Maybe that’s the appeal.

The Lynx browser is surprisingly nice.

I’m actually rather surprised by all of the negative responses to this post. Having lived through part of this period of time (gen-x), I can attest to the accuracy of this. This standard of living or quality of life, or whatever you want to callout absolutely was achievable for most. No, it was not perfect by any means - people did struggle, yes, racial discrimination was worse. Poverty was still there, but none of it was on the scale that we see today. People were NOT beat down and discouraged. Young people got out of high school, found jobs and could rent an apartment on their own. Small towns did not have people sleeping in the woods. Cities had homeless people but it was nowhere near the level we see today. Seriously, not even close. Medical care was much more affordable. If you had insurance, they just paid your doctor’s bills without engaging in a protracted fight over copays, out-of-pocket nonsense or other methods of exploiting the fine print of your policy. You just didn’t hear about people losing their homes over medical costs.

For a good portion of my childhood, I was raised by a single mom who was able to make rent on a 2 bedroom apartment working a job waiting tables. She was able to later buy a house on a non-union factory job and make payments on a car. One income, one person. We were very much on the lower end of the scale.

I think many of you have been gaslit by the current state of affairs. Everything sucks and seems to actively be getting worse. I really feel bad for the millennial generation and those that followed because the system is rigged, inequality is off the charts and basic living as we knew it is not achievable for a much larger portion of society. It’s difficult to overestimate how far we’ve fallen over the past 40 years.

There’s nothing in this entire discussion that should be taken even remotely seriously.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/

While far from concise, this article is one of the best summaries of the state of modern technology I’ve read in a long time. I’ve followed some of his analysis of the AI market and generally he’s got a good understanding of what’s at play. It’s amusing (and somewhat depressing) to consider how much I’ve internalized the current state of affairs as “normal” and have developed my own methods for compensating or navigating around the toxicity of commercial tech. Read this and then his “Rot Economy” article. I hadn’t read this before, thanks to @Chamomile for posting.