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Toots are ephemeral, subject to deletion on a whim.

I've been terminally online for ~40 years, long before the big endless scroll. I've seen things some people wouldn't believe. 1200 baud modems on fire from Usenet flame wars. I watched c-news servers stutter at the mere mention of Kibo. All those moments will be lost in AI slop, like tears in rain. Time to deshittify.
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Semi-related to basic literacy requirements for new hires, why not also require completion of a touch typing course within the first 6 months of onboarding at a position that involves typing anything at all? Even as low as 25-30 wpm?
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I remembered just now how upset certain people were at my last employer (in the finance industry) when we explicitly blocked Grammerly. Just use the built in stuff in Word and copy-paste the result into the customer support ticket or whatever. Or learn gud englysh.

Even back then it was so obvious you shouldn’t be sending confidential info to random third parties. Or hiring people without basic literacy.

That last bit is important even if you have tools to help oversights. The number of times I read about “The costumer ... "

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@paco

Jerry Kahn and The Cosmic Lugnutz
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@paco What about "Cosmic Lugnuts" for the band name?
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LMAO at people vibe coding to add things to a no longer supported FOSS project and asking for help debugging it.
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@n_dimension @0x00string@infosec.exchange 1-800-BUY-WEED
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You can tell when recycling has become worthwhile . . . people will start stealing your trash.
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No shit, Sherlock.
Speech patterns in hate group forums closely resemble those found in forums for personality disorders.
journals.plos.org/digitalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pdig.0000935
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One of our dogs loves to snarf up toasty bugs, falling freshly cooked from the bug zapper. Difficult to call her inside without first turning off the zapper.
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@the5thColumnist typo spotted "last the coincidence"
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@paco teeny tiny set?

I should try doing monsterdon some week. usually busy with a d&d group then though.
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For whatever reason I just recalled memories of booting RS/6000 systems from tape.

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@RussSharek I have more good days than bad, but yes…. Accurate. :)
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<subtoot>When I get a new follower that has “god first” or other similar things at the top of their bio, I mute and block them. I don’t need that noise source. Let your actions speak, not your desperate need to identify as such.</subtoot>
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@ghorwood methane gas powered contraption in basement goes whrrrrrrrrr
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aicodinghorrors.com is the new thedailywtf.com
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Chainsaw noise. Pause. Chainsaw noise. Pause.

Someone in the neighbourhood is cutting down their own tree instead of hiring professionals, and it is taking forever.

No ambulance noises yet, though.
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video podcasts are infinitely more boring. Talking heads, and not the good musical kind.