Quexotic
@Quexotic@beehaw.org
- Comment on When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket 1 week ago:
Total rag, that, and you can’t even use it for toilet-paper, unless you’re creatively un-hygenic!
- Comment on When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket 1 week ago:
Wait… are they trying to rebrand datacenters as… Bit Barns?
I get that they think rural people are dumb, but that’s pretty insulting.
- Comment on Samsung's SSD warranty policy scammed me so I'm taking them to court. 1 week ago:
This is what I like about the lawsuit. I never knew any of this. Now that I do, I’ll never trust them again. I loved them before, but dishonestly is an instant deal breaker.
- Comment on Samsung's SSD warranty policy scammed me so I'm taking them to court. 1 week ago:
I like their hardware a lot, but ever since they did that with the s3 (IIRC) I haven’t bought a Samsung phone and probably will never again consider their hardware for a phone.
- Comment on Samsung's SSD warranty policy scammed me so I'm taking them to court. 1 week ago:
Thanks for spelling out the double (triple?) Bind that they’re in. Let’s hear it for the growth of the fifth estate!
- Comment on Europe built sovereign clouds to escape US control. Then forgot about the processors 4 weeks ago:
So, Ignoring security for a moment, it makes remote resolution of severe machine issues much easier. It is great for IT, it even allows remote OS reinstall.
Now, considering security issues and the lack of parity between AIs ability to attack and defend (better at breaking than fixing) it is sure to become a huge vulnerability, IMO.
- Comment on 80386 microcode disassembled – Reenigne blog 4 weeks ago:
This is insane and inspiring all at once.
- Comment on Operation Epic Furious 5 weeks ago:
I needed this amusement. Thanks PH!
- Comment on Operation Epic Furious 5 weeks ago:
Its right next to his “broken rocket”
- Comment on MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits Back 5 weeks ago:
Thank you for having the spoons ❤️
- Comment on Silicon Valley’s Anti-Democratic Turn Begins at Work 5 weeks ago:
The way thiel talks about the Antichrist… Really kind of feels like the kind of stuff the Antichrist would say.
- Comment on Motherboard sales 'collapse' by more than 25% as chipmakers strangle enthusiast PC market to build more AI chips 1 month ago:
Dude, we’re all so cooked. How’s the rig working? No more letting out the “magic smoke” I hope!
- Comment on Motherboard sales 'collapse' by more than 25% as chipmakers strangle enthusiast PC market to build more AI chips 1 month ago:
I would say that these are some of the first dominoes to fall in this collapsing economy, but it kinda seems like a bunch of em are falling at once. Sometimes I wonder if its time to invest in a solar rig for the van so we have power while we flee.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Huh. Never liked them a lot before, but now a definite no.
- Comment on MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits Back 1 month ago:
Being in a panopticon prison state has a way of dissuading people from doing the needful.
Obviously there’s more nuance than that, but…
Maybe to get an idea of what’s going on, look at the timeline at maps.deflock.org/timeline
I don’t have the spoons for more explanations right now, but we know how badly we’re getting fleeced.
- Comment on ‘Close to zero impact’: US study casts doubt on effect of phone ban in schools 1 month ago:
Thanks for posting this. It’s good to know that the propaganda still flows
- Comment on The Rise of Emotional Surveillance 1 month ago:
Great. Another way to discriminate against the neurodivergent!
- Comment on Amazon upsets ebook lovers by ending support for old Kindle devices 2 months ago:
I feel ya. Collective action would seem to be required, but that’s herding cats.
- Comment on Anthropic’s new AI tool has implications for us all – whether we want it or not 2 months ago:
You’re spot on. They’re very much the arsonist fire-fighters in this story.
- Comment on Amazon upsets ebook lovers by ending support for old Kindle devices 2 months ago:
Maybe time for a different system?
- Comment on Amazon upsets ebook lovers by ending support for old Kindle devices 2 months ago:
Is the simplest solution here not just to leave the ecosystem entirely?
I had a Kindle type device a long time ago and I decided to get rid of it in favor of something that is much more flexible and can actually handle whatever kind of book I want to put on it.
Cool Reader.
Works on win, *nix, and Android. Probably also Mac, maybe ios
- Comment on Tech companies are cutting jobs and betting on AI. The payoff is far from guaranteed 2 months ago:
Exactly. It’s only ever a stark cost benefit analysis with the ghoul class. Also, payroll is really surprisingly costly.
- Comment on The 49MB Web Page 2 months ago:
Look at a few electron apps and you’ll find your answer. A resounding yes.
At this rate, I’ve found myself vibe coding simple apps rather than downloading them or looking for web tools.
Example: my wife needed a bunch of qr codes. Everything online was shitty bloat with tracking. 10min and I’d built and tested the Python, another 5 and I’d already had it wrapped on an eye wrapper for her.
- Comment on ‘The era of invincibility is over’: the week big tech was brought to heel 2 months ago:
I’ll believe they were “brought to heel” if I see change.
Doubt.
- Comment on Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power 2 months ago:
…remind me of the babe.
- Comment on Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power 2 months ago:
This is the first I’ve seen or heard of this kind of reversal on the internet.
… Of course it was on bee haw!
Thanks for following up.
Stay safe out there.
- Comment on Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power 2 months ago:
You do!
- Comment on Rep. Finke Was Right: Age-Gating Isn’t About Kids, It’s About Control 2 months ago:
I’m definitely guilty of putting it off, but the very second that my operating system asks me how old it I am is the second that I stop using it and switched to something else that does not.
- Comment on Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power 2 months ago:
The power of voo-do!
- Comment on Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power 2 months ago:
Thank you.
I probably could have been a little bit more succinct and just said “past is prologue, QED, you are incorrect.”
