When I was in grade school we loaded up Logo and wrote scripts to make the turtle do abstract art.

is old

>_>

I do use DDG as my default. I was using “googling” for the sake of making a witty remark. Even so, the results are usually comparable - the first couple dozen results are mostly AI/SEO slop.

I used to be good at googling information I needed. Then Google changed what googling does.

…dammit.

Putting the dump back in dump truck.

Well phones already vibrate so they’re ahead of the curve in that regard.

I’m waiting for the twelvefold myself.

Nothing says “holiday spirit” like a sweater with a bag of cash on it.

The only element is the name of the community

Consider community names hashtags.

And if artists can’t make money of their music anymore, we’ll really only get music from rich people who can afford the lessons, instruments, recording studio, production, etc. as an expensive hobby rather than a source of income.

Ding ding ding

I can’t decide if it’s their job or their religion.

Username checks out.

I see butterfly hippo has rethought their message to mitigate any monkey’s paw shenanigans.

How many do you want to craft?

Finally, I can turn Manila clams into sea bass at a reasonable rate.

Liberty Bell March intensifies

As someone who grew up with a 20-some inch CRT in a console format (think TV-as-furniture that sits on the floor and not a TV that sits on furniture), and then eventually got a 19" hand me down for bedroom use… yeah, the commonality of enormous flat panels still makes me shake my head in wonder sometimes.

That said, when my parents’ 27" CRT died about 10 years ago, we gave them our old 55" plasma. It was hilariously oversized for the space. But it was free (to them) and we made it work.

These things happen when a skinflint company contracts out network setup for a decade, gets acquired by another skinflint company who axes the contractors and doesn’t hire on-site network personnel, gradually builds out infra on top of the unsupported foundation, and then hires c suite buddies who want to bring in their own people to further muddy the waters.

If I had a nickel for every time clearing the ARP tables fixed a problem, I’d have a shitload of nickels.

Every time I’ve tried gimp I walked away frustrated. I left photoshop behind long ago, only ever used it for messing around. But everything just kind of made sense. I felt like none of the skills I learned transferred to gimp, and I was always fighting against the design language.

I’ve saved this video to give a watch later, thanks for posting.

if you are among those panicking about being forced into the permanent underclass, you are already in it.

Well, yeah. And it’s been like that for many generations. AI is just the next big thing. But it’s nice to remind people every once in a while.