billwashere

33,893.4 miles.

Is this Destination Fucked?

You are 100% right. They will pass all of this and it will suck for a large majority of us. I’m not suggesting it will all be unenforceable (although a large part might be). I’m venting that these people in charge are seeing an opportunity to control and limit much of what has gotten away from being easily surveilled in the first place.

This is no different than the half a dozen various legislative “solutions” to keeping children online safe.

• CDA (1996)
• COPA (1998)
• DOPA (2006)
• COPPA 2.0 (2022)
• KOSA (2022-24)

The common thread is it’s never really about children or keeping anyone “safe”. It’s about controlling people and information. Previously there were lots opposition from various tech industries and infighting but this seems to be gaining traction which scares the crap out of me. The obvious technical limitations, first amendment violations, and giant loopholes from the internet being a global thing are still there but it doesn’t seem to matter.

There is so much shit they haven’t thought of trying to ram this through it isn’t funny. Not a one of these dumb motherfuckers has any clue how tech works or what kind of headaches this is going to bring to the tech industry. It’s all feel good politics meant to look good but not actually do any good whatsoever, so theater like most of it already (see TSA). There will be so many loopholes in ways to get around it, it will be less than useless.

I totally understand your frustration. It was a bit of bait and switch. I don’t like relying on a tool being hosted either because if Keychron goes away, it’s electronic waste at that point. I had a Steele series Apex keyboard that I loved. The per key RGB configuration was awesome. But their proprietary Mac software was buggy at best and often a pain in the ass to get what I wanted. I eventually gave up on them and switched to more open keyboards.

Honestly I’m not sure why they chose to have the configuration tool online. Seems like something they have to maintain long term which seems kinda dumb. Most of the QMK keyboards are VIA/Vial compatible which can be locally configured.

But after configuring my keyboard, I haven’t touched it. So in your analogy I had to solder the wire once and it’s been stable.

I personally chose Keychron (I have three) because they are excellent quality and have Mac keys by default. I love Macs but damn the keyboards just suck. I have several other keyboards in a drawer that were based on QMK or circuit python (KMK) but they required sourcing cases, keys, switches, etc none of which I had to do with my keychron, well unless I wanted to.

I don’t need more proof.

Yeah this isn’t entirely true. Many of their keyboard are QMK/Vial which don’t require internet connectivity. I’ve compiled several firmwares and written code for various RGB animations with internet connectivity (well after the initial “git clone” of the software).

My last 20 photos: Screws I needed from Lowe’s, picture of a wood project I’m working on, the wiring for my kids guitar (wanted the pickups replaced), some AI rendering of me in a suit, several memes, and some cool plants from a nursery down the road.

Very incriminating stuff.

I loved my banana seat. I thought I was the shit when I got one of those really tall flags with the orange pendant to attach to it.

I have two very visible on my chins from those meat grinder petals on bikes back then. And a dark place on my right arm due to trying to ride a wheelie way too fast on sandy pavement and sliding on same sandy pavement for a good 20 ft on that arm. Basically like taking an angle grinder with a sanding disc to my arm for several seconds. Fun times….

Thank you. I was looking at the cars and thinking this was 1970s.

I did shit as a kid I’d never have let my kid even think about. I should have died several times until my mid 20s.

This is a gen-x’er from the cars.

Yeah I live in very rural NC now. I’ve always been this weird mix of redneck and computer nerd. Like I’d totally do the mattress surfing thing but probably rig up LEDs and a web cam to it.

No I have not. I’ll go look for it.

Edit: Well shit…. I guess I’m more redneck than I thought. Not surprised since I grew up in WV.

Dammit… had to delete my comment because I said almost the exact same thing. I’m glad I’m not the only insane one.

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I need a golf cart that can go 80+mph and passes us safety standards.

Why do images in quokk.au never open in voyager on iOS. Anybody got a clue? They sorta open in safari after I click on the image at least.

World’s worst sleep sound machine.