Those are eyephones

Then it would logically follow that smart watches would be called…

microphones.

I already have to do this. My office wants everyone to use the MS authenticator app, won’t run on LineageOS. Even if it did, I wouldn’t install it, but still.

Ended up making them purchase a hardware security key for me instead.

“We’re sorry, using AI-based ad-blockers is a violation of our Terms of Service Agreement. Per the agreement terms, your account is now suspended and you’ve been charged an additional early termination fee, because fuck you.”

While I’m sure there will eventually be some grass-roots attempts, the providers will fight it to the death. A person can dream, though.

Capitalism. Specifically, the stock market. IPOs make good companies into bad companies.

Being owned by stockholders effectively removes any amount of “human” in the company’s choices and direction. There becomes a single goal, to which everything else is sacrificed: make stock prices go up in the short term. The C-suite execs will say all sorts of other shit, but any appearance of accountability or altruism is solely geared to making more money at any cost. Any leadership with a soul will be forced to either give up trying to be “good”, or they leave.

And won’t survive things like… getting sprayed with water.

We don’t need more than basic math in programming–anything else is application-specific.

Programming requires logic and reasoning, which is a common foundation for other areas (such as math and philosophy). But we often lump “logic” together with math, which is probably why people assume math is central to programming.

Programming is also a very broad field (when someone says “I’m a programmer,” it’s like saying “I play sports”). Some fields (like embedded software) require more math than others.

But what if it were a subscription service? And we can add AI for no reason!

Oh, there’s a storm alright

There’s a decent community of people telling you that you’re the problem. To ignore that is flawed thinking on your part.

You have two options: ignore them and continue to bitch and moan about how wrong everyone else is, or you can do some self examination and maybe be a better person for it. Your call.

If everywhere you go smells like shit, check your shoe.

Yeah, at this point, it’s polite to arrange a call, especially if it’s probably more than a minute or two. And as you’ve noted, it’s also more successful than a cold call.

My wife has ADHD. I feel you, fam.

Being “up for” something is the same as being “down with” something.

“You’re shit” and “you ain’t shit” mean the same thing.

“Giving in” and “giving out” sometimes mean the same thing.

English is a delightful mess of redundancy and contradictions.

Shortly after getting a cell phone, I made a personal policy that most people don’t get a free pass to interrupt my life whenever they want (there are a handful of people on the short list, of course). I’ve had friends and family comment that I’m hard to contact by phone, and I’ve always pleasantly agreed (and explained politely if they seem interested). Even texts or other messages can wait until I’m at a good place to respond.

For me, having my phone on silent most of the time is a mental health thing. I know people that have their attention diverted every few minutes, and I have no idea how they survive.

“Yeah, but my PC doesn’t handle it well. If my PC were upgraded, it could really gen some AI.”

I wish I could, but cameras are restricted :/

My office has two ping pong tables. They’re literally roped off with caution tape, and nobody is allowed to use them. I wish I were kidding.