Turns out evil is profitable.

Economics is a social science not a hard science, it’s highly reactive to rumors and speculation. The stock market kind of does just run on vibes.

They want you to owe your soul to the company store, to live hand-to-mouth by their largess.

Fork your own off the existing open source project, then your app uses your fork running on your hardware.

They were quoting Jaws.

I’m sure there’s other stuff for you to be offended about though.

His love of “crooner” hits and his search for a good cappuccino throughout the movie are absolutely Bruce Willis traits and it’s one of the things I liked, it’s a real character trait but still kind of quirky and random, it’s just such fun movie.

Hudson Hawk is the most 1991 movie to ever exist, it’s so bad and I’ve seen it so many times. I think it was my favorite movie for a year or two.

Lee-ber

fire engines from other states being waylaid for emissions testing

I know this is false and it brings into question everything else you’ve said. Whoever you’re getting your news from is lying to you.

This is a good point. Even if it is spyware, all things being equal surely more interaction between Chinese and American people is a good thing right? We have more in common than not ultimately.

Middlemen upon middlemen inserting themselves into society, inventing solutions for problems that don’t exist. Extracting fees and service charges on more and more transactions and basic functions.

And I’m not sure the instant communication has been a benefit for us.

edit: especially when it becomes more and more misinformation and AI slop day by day

It already is, and yes.

Wait until you learn about “libraries.”

They’re what we used before everyone had the worlds store of knowledge in their pocket.

Leeerroooyyyyyy Jenkins!

Are you in a space/career where you could conceivably interact with Zendaya?

If it’s good enough for Jadzia it’s good enough for me.

Also massive fuel subsidies allowing vehicles to just get bigger and bigger, you can’t even find small trucks anymore and there are only a handful of minivan options. EVERYTHING is an SUV!

Any actual notes or thoughts?

Free to be a profit producer for the capital-owning class, free to slip and end up a number in the prison industrial complex. Free to die of a preventable disease, homeless and destitute on the streets. All kinds of freedom!