shits going down for sure

Well regardless, if you’re interested in and have the resources, host your own AI agents locally :)

allegedly touching grass. realistically probably tiktok/reels.

It is incredibly bleak. A good friend I’ve got nearly 10 years of work history nearly unrecognizable to me today. At first I suspected substance abuse but when I had a chance to really chat, they confessed to me. It could also still be substance abuse too

It’s actually been something that’s forced me to shift my perspective. I don’t buy the propaganda of the luddification of anti-AI folks, that we’ll be like those who refused to learn computers before the turn of the millennium. I actually think the technology is useful in niche and potentially broader situations. I will however never understand why the hell everyone is so comfortable providing their training data to other people’s servers FOR FREE??? Some of them even pay for the privilege! This isn’t even touching the data heists being pulled off in clear daylight which should at the very least land some people in prison.

I could go on, but… these days I feel more comfortable keeping my thoughts off the Internet.

Reminder to USians to download DeepSeek before it gets banned.

this is likely the solution for the time being. it’s also what cloudflare’s CEO recommended a couple weeks ago.

really interested in seeing how this changes things. i think we’re already witnessing the loss of “the internet” as a place, or a refuge of sorts. as people need less and less interaction with computers in order to get the information they’re looking for, they will not look back. i’m already starting to see this with friends in my life who have onboarded AI into their lives completely.

animal farm 1984

Not long ago I stumbled upon the RNode (I think on this website?) as a cheap, long range transmitter that should be able to easily retool for solar power. However a lot of the radio technology quickly gets out of my wheelhouse. May be showing my ass here, but wouldn’t you need a license to operate one of these?

its trivial and happening way more than you’d think

people were doing this with human cashiers decades ago

slaps hood of registration page you can fit so many new usernames in this bad boy

business is all about who you know and who knows you. there are 50 plumbers in the area, and while most of them will certainly do a good job, i know josh the plumber, they were nice to me that one time, so i’m going to contract his company to do our plumbing work. it’s not more complicated than that.

it’s never been something i’ve enjoyed, but after years of being forced to engage for the sake of “advancing” my “career” i’ve managed to create a facade i employ while networking, where i play the role of what the average “doer of this specific thing” is in the eyes of the average person. and at least for my industry, it works way too well, as if the entire concept is just a joke and only a vessel for patronage and nepotism.

a spirit prison kind of implies heaven’s a lil fashy

I’ve had a good time putting native Windows apps/games that aren’t Steam-based or even technically compatible with the Deck and getting them running surprisingly well (with the help of mods/addons)

Aside from that, it’s finally the mobile PC platform I’ve always wanted. Just recently I was playing BG3 on my hotel TV and aside from a couple known controller glitches, it was like living a dream how smooth it was.

The main reason I haven’t spent even more time on it is because the accessories I’m eyeing will cost a good chunk of change that I cant afford currently - a dedicated TKL board, mouse, battery, sd cards, portable monitor, potentially even a second deck for work/pentesting biz. Maybe next year.