You dont have 11 leftover/trash computers/laptops/harddrives your family dumped on you? Im 26 and ive been given legitimately 16 different computers from my mom, dad, grandparents, and in-laws

Stage 2 is ideal. Normie self hosting. Once you figure out docker youre cooked in the pipeline

As former IT, most people seem to go from iphone 12/13 to 17 in the last year. Anecdotally, my wife and I went from S17s to $300 motorolas. My parents take the rotating yearly “upgrade” offer and seem fine with that

As an ex porn addict, if you have “ED” from porn specifically, its a mental thing. I had an issue where my wife and i couldnt get anything done (because i was masturbating just fine 4x a day)

Simply dont do that or stick to >once a day and youll be aight. Maybe do some exercise and eat well, jerk off without porn, etc

His value hinges on the value of these companies. It will later hinge on the value his companies had, and then the next incredibly insane thing his sycophants lap up

If he dies late enough, they dont have to replace him. If he dies too early, they need to hold an election (which will almost definitely go left)

“Is it normal to feel completely different all the time from how ive felt before”

Ragebait used to be believable. Tinfoil hat says this is a misogyny bot

Emacs

They all moved to linux or are bound by golden handcuffs. Source: my entire friend group

My cynical nature says its just steam decks and people not using/unable to afford PCs anymore.

My anecdotal experience says ive swapped 6 of my own family members to linux and know of at least 3 people doing the same, so it might be real

Guy whos never watched movies or felt empathy:

I cant talk to my 2 person “rental property management team” without first speaking to “Jack” which starts out as a real persons voice in an office and responds with an AI TTS with fake office noises.

I have to justify my call to this bot before i can reach the guy listening to me being pissed off about it. One time they called me back because “Jack” refused to pass on my call

Theres a massive difference between the boonies, a medium city, a large city, and an affluent city, and a huge difference between those places in california, texas, utah, colorado, ohio, georgia, etc.

Every state is basically a country of its own, and about the size of one

Dota has always felt incredibly clunky to my adhd ridden brain. Turn speed being a legitimate concern when picking a character feels insane to me

“A cool use case for AI” that isnt pattern recognition on scientific data orders of magnitude above human capability is otherwise known as “an insane waste of resources and violation of privacy”

If youre not protein folding youre just burning tires in your backyard and going “wow, see? I found a way to paint the side of my house”

Honestly wouldnt even surprise me at this point. Seems orchestrating global disasters are his business now

Productivity is protestant propaganda. I am being entertained, which is not a waste.

Wages always weirded me out. Wdym 1 hour of work, regardless of output, is worth $20 or whatever? No one outside of a corporate environment could rent me for $20 to do an hoir of work, but i also do that every week of the year.

Exactly. Wfh will ALWAYS be superior because you have truly free time, and truly get off work at x time, and truly start work at x time.

A commute is unpaid labor. Lunch in a room of coworkers is hardly relaxing. Collaboration over text is just fine, thanks, and if it isnt, a video call works just fine too.

Not to mention my monitors and internet is faster at home than work, and i dont have to get dressed in the morning.