drewcarreyfan

joined 2 weeks ago
[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago

What, so now it's "gay" to be a man who is sexually and romantically attracted exclusively to other men? Man, what's up with this world.

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

The Nomad + a car charger made long car trips a breeze. That was a damn good investment on my parents' part.

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Some of those retro emulator handhelds run Linux, to boot. I did a playthrough of Stardew Valley on my Anbernic SP.

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Something something of the deed

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Homie is really out here playing devil's advocate on behalf of cancer.

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

"y'know, they call 'em fingers, but I never see them 'fing.' Oh, wait, there they go."

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I want to believe you're right, but in a world where AI can fully replace human labor, that will likely also apply to the areas of mass surveillance and military suppression.

Imo, one of the scariest and most frustrating developments in robotics in the past 50 years is the ability to process billions of text and voice conversations, all at once, 24/7. Things really take a different tone when all of a sudden the US Government can find it feasible to listen to all of us, every time.

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 41 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (9 children)

I swear to God, I feel like the global rise in far-right parties has less to do with any kind of global cabal, and more to do with the fact that Boomers everywhere are powered by nostalgia. Seems like Boomers everywhere will stop at nothing to bring back the world of their parents that they never experienced.

Just look at how much of Russia's foreign policy is basically "damn, remember when we were the USSR?"

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 66 points 2 weeks ago

"Well, wants to send me and people like me to a concentration camp, but I do hate gay people sooooooooooooooooooo"

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have been living in Philly for a decade now, and in that time, I am not sure I have seen a single new house go up for less than $500k. Everything in the $50k-$300k range has been either an ugly condo or old track housing from the post-WW2 period.

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This entire line of thought comes from the fact that we have parents who are actively in our lives every damn day saying that nobody deserves to earn over $7.50 / hr because they only earned like $2-$3 / hr in the 70s. They are an active detriment that is preventing any means of progress.

They will not entertain information about buying power, inflation, or ballooning revenues / puckering salaries. This is a sore spot with millennials for this reason. We are not the ones bringing this up, our parents, who did enjoy life 50 years ago, are.

You can pretend that this is about having a toilet indoors all you'd like, they had access to pensions back then.

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I am a designer, but I once did a project with a very very major and recognizable tech corporation that, no joke, implemented an 8 character limit on passwords for storage reasons.

This company made in the tune of tens of billions of dollars per year, and they were penny-pinching on literal bytes of data.

I can't say who it is, but their name begins with 'M' and ends in 'cAfee.'

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