Luddites.

AI might not be producing the best content, and it will change the nature of how humans work (or don’t), in good and (many) bad ways. But every culture which has resisted the inexorable march of technology has lost in convincing fashion.

I may not like it, but the current gen of AI is one tiny fraction of a step in a direction which cannot be stopped. Instead of fearing the machines we need to figure out how to best use them.

Reduce the natural resource consumption, and put the thinking rocks to work so humans can focus on what’s valuable and important to us. If people are freaking out that their memes aren’t drawn by hand, they’d probably be better served by not wasting their time on memes at all.

When it first happened the USGS site had it rated as a 6.0 and I immediately called bullshit. The house creaked a bit, but my wife who was on a conference call didn’t even notice it. I probably only caught it because of my phone’s advanced warning alert.

I think in parts of the world where we frequently experience quakes and our infrastructure is built to handle them we need another word for these little shakers, instead of calling them full on earthquakes. This is like calling a light drizzle a deluge.

Crips, which have been given the backronym “Community Resistance In Progress”.

But it doesn’t take much research to show they do not stand for the types of values you’re referring to.

For my daily drivers I have a pair of Kinesis Advantage 2’s, purchased in 2007, still kicking.

A couple of years ago I hit up their email support with what I thought was a stuck key. They (correctly) diagnosed it as a failing switch, helped me identify another that was failing, they figured out that I’m handy with a soldering iron, and mailed me a handful of new switches and other swag free of charge.

$370/ea 18 years ago, and I’m pretty sure they MSRP for the same price today.

Nearly all of the labels have worn off of the keys. I never mounted the fabric palm pads, and the plastic palm areas are now mirror polished from use. I also modded them both with a Thinkpad style nub mouse.

Things I’d change, but given I’m pretty good at modding and haven’t done them they are relatively minor:

• Less clicky switches for the one I take to work. I already tend to pound the keys, and I make a noticable racket on the rare occasions I’m in the office.
• USB-C connections, including PD on the built in hub
• Qi2 wireless charging in the blank gap in the middle
• A smarter programmable controller like the the nice!nanos on my corne

I’m seriously considering a DataHand-like keeb like the Svalboard

I don’t expose anything to the internet other than the WireGuard endpoint.

This is the way

Segregated facilities are already illegal, including language about them in contracts is redundant, because contracts which compel illegal behavior are unenforceable.

This is being coordinated and cheered on by users on enormous online platforms. If there was one or two fires in a single city or even state then I’d agree the FBI probably wouldn’t even take a look.

However given the very public and national nature of these targeted events, they’re going to have a plausible excuse to investigate this as domestic terrorism.

I’m not endorsing the FBI, or calling this terrorism, just stating how it’s being handled by law enforcement.

That said, folks should know that even a small platform like Lemmy is crawling with glowies, be careful.

Tacos 3 ways: carne asada, pork al pastor, chorizo. Served on scratch corn tortillas with house fermented salsa.

Morning: Work out, shower, coffee, protein shake, make breakfast for my wife, hop on the laptop.

Night: Cook dinner, kiss my wife when she gets home. Hit a few golf balls on the simulator. Watch an episode from an anime series if there’s something new. Maybe have a cocktail with the neighbor.

Shower, scroll for about 30 minutes, sleep.

I feel very lucky, and try not to take each day for granted.

it is the unluckiest day of the year

Today is the day that my local area shut down for COVID in 2020. I live near the ocean, the beach was closed, the golf courses were closed, the stores had cops out front stopping looting. It was wild.

I have basically every type except non-stick, but they all have different uses:

• seasoned cast iron
• enameled cast iron
• carbon steel, wok and frying pan
• stainless lined copper
• tinned copper
• stainless stock pot

The seasoned cast iron is a great all around, as is the carbon steel, but the material I love the most is copper. Tinned copper is as close to non-stick as I’ve ever gotten, a tiny bit of fat or oil is enough to make those pans slick.

I make French omelettes in stainless lined copper every morning, and they just slide out effortlessly. I don’t even need a tool to help roll the eggs, literally just the pan and a little technique.

If I could only choose one pan, I guess it would have to be the seasoned cast iron since it’ll do most things well enough. But my favorite is the stainless lined 11" Mauviel copper frying pan.

Also, I’m not a big fan of the Leidenfrost effect as a test for whether eggs will stick to stainless surfaces, an opinion that will likely garner some downvotes. I know my pans use atypical materials, and I cook with gas (which gets a ton of hate) but I can start scrambled eggs in a cold stainless pan and they’ll slide right out, with cleanup consisting of wiping the pan out with a paper towel. IMO unless you’re frying eggs, the temp to get to Leidenfrost is far too high for cooking eggs.

I agree with you, they stock a ton of non-food items I rarely care about. If you mostly buy food items check to see if there’s a Costco Business Center nearby.

Going to the business center does not require a special Costco membership, they’re open about the same hours, and some have gas stations available. Mine does not have a food court, and the non-food section is limited to restaurant supply stuff. The physical store is the same size as my normal Costcos, so the food selection is increased substantially.

These are probably only available in major metropolitan areas, so you might be out of luck. I only go to my normal Costco for gas now (the line is shorter than at the business center).

Literally nothing. I probably drink too much.

I’m guessing that search would turn up results for any instance LW is federated with? If not that would be disappointing!

There will be a detracted argument

Probably meant protracted

Great Bush recession

I’ve literally never heard it called that, is this a non-US term? I’ve heard “great financial crisis”, “great recession”, or “housing crash” before.

That’s even more bizarre; how does one hide a gun in their shoe??

Ankle holster probably.

Also, almost no pistol designed in the last 60 years will discharge when simply dropped on the ground (Sig P320 may be the exception here). I’m pretty sure this guy shot himself, and blamed it on an AD. What a moron.

My #1 is Mauviel, made in France, but they are very costly.

DeBuyer comes in as a very close second, especially considering their price point relative to Mauviel.

The third one is definitely rooted in coastal Southern California, but has tinges of other accents. As you pointed out, this accent could be from anywhere in the US as the sound has propogated via popular media.

As a native Los Angelino it sounds to me like a guy in Northern California or maybe PNW who spent a lot of time on the east coast.

It’s different enough from the beachy LA or Orange County sound for me to pick out that there’s some other influence there.

I’m following for responses here, great questions!

I don’t know much about the security of running those services relative to each other, but I have some practical experience.

I ran sshd for decades, and pushed a local socks tunnel through it to emulate VPN. I initially chose this route because it worked on all desktop OS and Android without needing to figure out all of the client VPN software, and I already had SSH everywhere.

In the last couple of years Wireguard became natively available on my network equipment (UniFi Ubiquiti) so I moved all of my client devices over and closed down the external SSH port. I connect to it using IP, but use Syncthing to keep my host IP updated in case it changes, which has happened exactly once in the last 7 years (I used this mechanism when I was running ssh as well). I’ve been very happy.

Performance relative to socks over SSH is better. Client resource usage is lower (mainly looking at battery life), so much so that all my client devices (even mobile phones) run Wireguard always turned on. Fewer networks block Wireguard than SSH (I used to have to run ssh over DNS ports with other trickery to get around hotel and airplane wifi restrictions).

I now carry a small wifi router in my travel kit that bridges/clones connections to public wifi and runs Wireguard natively so every device I care about can just jump on that while I’m traveling. I only have to connect it to public wifi and no longer have to mess with the rest of my devices. I can even run Chromecast and stream media from my home while connected to a hotel TV. It’s all very seamless.