One foot in each world here!
I still have my tech job (embedded systems) and in the next few days I am literally going to be building a chicken coop and finishing a filter upgrade on my pond.
I’ve referred to this meme several times in the past few months to describe myself, lol.
I tried that in Morrowind years ago. I’m not sure if it was the same mod, or some version of the game with lots of graphics settings, but yeah.
I loved Morrowind so much. I played it so much that I took over a house and turned it into a museum for all my hoarded items and ridiculously valuable concoctions and trinkets.
Having unlimited view distance and seeing how freaking small the world really was completely blew my mind.
Along with the fog, the walking speed must have been even slower than I remember!
Skyrim came out closer to the Dreamcast (9/9/99) than today.
And yet, if you paint the steamroller a gaudy fake gold color and have it being driven by every conservative you’ve heard about in the last year, it gets way more true!
I’m an old straight white guy with a pretty normie-looking family, and I know damn well that almost every LGBT+ person out there shares more of my values and gives more of a shit about my marriage than the conservative grifters out there.
I will do that! It might be a while, who knows.
Do you have anything specific you have started, or have started eyeing up?
100% this, my friend.
And if more people could get their heads to that healthy state, the world would be a better place.
I am as disgusted with consumer marketing and advertising as anybody, but sometimes the logo or the brand on something CAN be a positive sign if it indicates the product comes from a company that has earned the trust they have.
I don’t have a Steam Deck and probably never will. However, I am glad to see it being popular if for no other reason than what Valve and the Deck have contributed to gaming on Linux.
I will probably get their VR headset though, whenever that comes out.
Yeah!
I have lamented in comments before that it seems like society treats technology and “success” as things that mean you don’t have to put in any effort to do things or learn things.
Admittedly, I’m an engineer and enjoy learning about the world and creating things starting with the basic building blocks, so I probably enjoy the learning and doing more than most. But I also recognize how engaging with the world around us is good for us, and my experiences keep reinforcing that.
Some parts of it, especially my pond, are an area where I’ve done a ton of DIY and learning and designing from first principles or close to it, and where other hobbyists often need help. So I’ve taken photos along the way and have pondered making videos at simmer point.
That might actually happen, but my number of projects in flight right now is kind of ridiculous, lol.
Usenet is hosted by companies dedicated to it, not individuals. So generally you can use an encrypted connection and max out your bandwidth.
It’s not just new stuff either.
I’m in the best shape I’ve been in about 2 decades, and you know what my hobbies have been since spring of last year?
Amateur farmer, construction worker, and landscaper. And I guess mechanic too, to a lesser extent.
I live in a pretty standard suburban US neighborhood of single family homes, but my little fenced-in back yard is an active construction zone rather than a patch of grass.
My oasis is coming along pretty well. I can’t wait to share it with those around me once it’s more presentable.
If AI hasn’t actually, really, been here for even a single fiscal year then it explains away everything. Suddenly the fact that it’s made zero impact on productivity, that no one is making any profit on it, all of that becomes justified. “It’s still early.”
I think you’ve nailed it.
I clearly remember 2023 being the year where AI and ChatGPT hit the mainstream. Looking back, nvidia’s stock price had already doubled in the first half of 2023.
On one hand, fuck that guy and what he’s trying to do to the world.
On the other hand, he’s saying the CEOs are lazy and want to look smart. Can’t argue with that point, even if it’s a small piece of a larger stream of bullshit.
That is a badass projection method! I don’t think I’ve seen it before.
Windows has had a “fast startup” thing for a while where it hibernates just some parts of the OS.
I used to always disable it because I’ve run into situations where having it off prevented issues that appeared with it on.
Fortunately I don’t have to use any Windows machines on a regular basis now, so it doesn’t matter.
That is my right now at the midpoint of this three day weekend.
Worth it now that I’ve stumbled upon your comment and this whole damn post!
Thank goodness that isn’t their default state. First officer Jean-Luc T. Lincoln over there world be incapable of leaving any women (or men) for the restv of us.
Will [____] make us less caring? …NO
I love how well most of this has aged, but that line there feels very pre-2016 to me, unfortunately.
And that’s not even just hinting at politics and world events, but also about how much more we know about those empty experiences from the last line, and how they are meticulously engineered to fuck with people’s brains for juuuust a bit more engagement.
That is wild.
Well there’s another sensor to add to my wish list!
Although, we have a lot of HVAC flow into the bedroom so maybe the difference wouldn’t be huge.