peopleproblems

I just want to say I haven’t seen “merc’d” used quite so eloquently before, well done.

And they will somehow think that they escape unscathed.

Dude

I love it.

You know what’s pretty neat about this?

It’s not mob justice. Mob justice is when people get together and come up with bad ideas. This is an individual that the public has now rallied around.

While we only see comments from a select few number of people in this country (relative to it’s size of 350m) it seems that democracy is voicing itself. I know a lot of people who were initially shocked, but then quickly came to the conclusion that FAFO is a real thing.

And health insurance companies have done a lot of fucking around.

I added an edit to clarify my reflection.

It’s one of the reasons I couldn’t go into the defense industry. Not just working on weapons that are deadly to enemy combatants and innocents; but making profit off of doing so.

If there becomes a point in my career where it’s clear that my work doesn’t make things better, then I know I’ve made a mistake.

It’s the right moment to pierce those layers of abstraction that allow you to get through each day, and question why it’s so financially lucrative for the system you’re building to exist.

I’m glad someone said it because this thought popped in my head yesterday. Been thinking about the consequences of my system, and really if it brings benefit to the users, but also who it affects indirectly.

So far, I’m ok with it. There is part of it that adds some safety for the business, the users, and people affected indirectly. But it still has a profit motive and that’s the uncomfortable part.

Edit: I should clarify that I’m talking about my software system. Not the healthcare system in the U.S. like the author is. It’s nowhere near as lucrative as making money off of people literally suffering from life. But the author mentioned how the CEOs see numbers not people. If the numbers my system collects ends up hurting people, that’s what I was reflecting on.

I’ve got a RAV4 that will last quite a while if I need space. In 6-12 months, hopefully after I buy I home, I’m going to need a car that says “single software engineer dad with midlife crisis money” and my boy loves the interior of the i4 coupe.

I’ll look at the i5 though

You know I haven’t been to a dealership yet to find out.

All EVs are nearly 5000lbs. The xDrive i4 I mentioned is 5063lbs

But the interior DOES have buttons so it’s back on my like list.

That BMW iDrive looks good but if it’s all app and touchscreen based… Imma skip.

TBH though, all the damn nice EVs are touch screens or bubble crossovers.

Why the fuck do I want to drive a bubble. I want to drive an electric car. Take the Ford Mustang, put the electric parts in it, and don’t turn it into a crossover. Take the Toyota 86, put electric parts in it. Do not turn it into a cross over.

Idk take any fucking car that looks like a fun car and goddamn it, put electric parts in it, don’t add touchscreens, and don’t stick your lips on the wand of soap and blow into the frame making it a goddamn bubble crossover.

How bout no

That’s too bad.

Time to see if people I suspect of being on it were on it.

Yeah my management was all gungho about exploiting AI to do all sorts of stuff.

Like read. Not generative AI crap, but read. They came to us and said quite literally: “how can we use something like ChatGPT and make it read.”

I don’t know who or how they convinced them to use something that wasn’t generative AI, but it did convince me that managers think someone being convincing and confident is correct all the time.

Oh I haven’t played that in a while. Looks like a bunch of updates

No, that is not how the ccTLD is enforced by IANA. It has sole authority, and it is not automatic is any way. There have been a total of two retired domains, one in like 95 and km 2000.

They will not retire a domain under heavy use such as .io.

That means the British Indian Ocean Territory will cease to exist, along with the .io domain and countless websites.

That is most definitely not how it works.

I’m not.

It was sort of a joke. I’m not leaving windows for the price.

See below: I started my machine off with an XP Professional 64bit license (I didn’t personally buy) in like 2006?

Because I kept the key for… Oh god 18 years, I always had the windows Pro versions. Windows 7 64 pro, Windows 8.1 Pro, and Windows 10 Pro.

A solar powered car that topped at 70mph would be ideal,

But goddamn, could you imagine just having one that topped at 30 MPh in a city? Infinite travel!

Oh yeah. Windows XP Professional 64 bit. Each “upgrade” used the same license and never really got screwy until 10. Won’t go to 11.

Edit: Actually I don’t think I even paid for that, I think it was an OEM license my dad got from his work.