They’ll make you listen to Vogon poetry. If your head explodes, you’re not a bot.
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Got_Bent@lemmy.worldto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Reddit Undeleted all my posts and commentsEnglish8·11 months agoI used power delete suite last year. Just checked and most of my profile is back. Assholes.
Got_Bent@lemmy.worldto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•This scam is approved and doesn't go against Google's policiesEnglish1512·11 months agoSend the scam a hundred bucks, lose it, sue Google for fraudulent endorsement.
(Yes yes, this wouldn’t work in the real world against Google’s legions of lawyers, but I like the thought exercise)
Got_Bent@lemmy.worldto Programmer Humor@programming.dev•Start ups when that VC funding kicks in4·1 year agoI know it’s wrong and that I’m going to Internet hell for admitting to it, but there’s a smell when Grandma would light her cigarette in the hot box car with the windows up that I find nostalgic to this day even though I find the concept of smoking in a car repugnant
Got_Bent@lemmy.worldto Programmer Humor@programming.dev•Start ups when that VC funding kicks in5·1 year agoThe crazy thing is that it was so prevalent, I don’t really remember the world smelling smoky unless I went into a small room like my grandparents living room.
I didn’t notice it in places like restaurants and bars until after the bans came.
I would guess that my generation has a diminished sense of smell because of it.
Got_Bent@lemmy.worldto Programmer Humor@programming.dev•Start ups when that VC funding kicks in91·1 year agoIt’s not me and I have an office. It doesn’t get to me.
But I can definitely see that it would bother a whole lot of people.
On that, I’m old enough to have begun my working life when people smoked cigarettes at their desks. This is a much, much better alternative.
Got_Bent@lemmy.worldto Programmer Humor@programming.dev•Start ups when that VC funding kicks in16·1 year agoPeople bring their dogs to work all the time in my office. Fortunately, all of us are dog lovers, so we all enjoy it.
The other trend that doesn’t bother me, but surprises me is that I’d estimate about two thirds of the people in my office vape at their desks.
We also have bean to cup espresso, which is nice. People will go find high end beans and contribute them. It works out nicely.
We’re highly educated professionals, damnit!
Got_Bent@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.ml•Samsung forces repair stores to destroy customer smartphones, iFixit ends cooperation128·1 year agoFunny you mentioned that. I was out with my daughter a couple days ago and she got a flat that had to be replaced. She was legitimately worried that Toyota would void her warranty for not buying a tire from the dealership. Nevermind that we were out in rural nothingness with no Toyota dealership to be found.
By tenth grade I had been commissioned to write some software. When I completed it, I walked away from all of it because of the social stigma. Didn’t touch a computer again for ten years. I won’t say I regret that because walking away led me to other life adventures, but I will say I regret the circumstances that drove me to do it.
I had to go look up when those things came out (1977) because by the time I got my hands on one in 1982 in the school library they were already little more than toys even when compared to the luxurious Vic 20.
I know we played some games off cassettes on them. I feel like Oregon trail was one of those games, but I’m suspicious of my own memory because I know I was playing that on my Apple 2, which I think had joystick driven hunting on it.
God I’m getting old and can’t remember the finer points anymore.
I do remember that other kids bullied the HELL out of me for carrying one of those plastic boxes full of floppies with me at school. Not a good time to be a nerd back then.
Got_Bent@lemmy.worldto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Every single jigsaw puzzle in the store was one of these.English141·1 year agoMaybe you could just enjoy a nice game of Scrabble instead.
If caffeine is considered a serious drug in my lifetime, I hope I’ve got a good cellmate because I’m going away forever.
Got_Bent@lemmy.worldto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Reddit literally shilling their own stonks to users in direct message, reveals that CEO gets paid $193 million last yearEnglish56·1 year agoIt really feels like all corporations do this.
Then the failed CEO gets another CEO gig because they’ve got “experience”.
Got_Bent@lemmy.worldto Programmer Humor@programming.dev•Why pay for an OpenAI subscription?1·1 year agoThat’s what I was asking. Thank you. I didn’t quite know how to phrase a Google question to figure it out.
Got_Bent@lemmy.worldto Programmer Humor@programming.dev•Why pay for an OpenAI subscription?2·1 year agoWhat is LLM in the context of lemme/tech?
I see that and think of a specialized law degree.
If it’s a Netflix adaptation, then wouldn’t it be an overly drawn out true crime documentary?
Got_Bent@lemmy.worldto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•I have to pay extra to remove ads from Prime VideoEnglish3·2 years agoCancelled prime. Downloaded freevee since most stuff on prime was already ad driven freevee.
No noticeable change except a fatter wallet.
I don’t know. Some people who experience abuse and escape it become far worse abusers when they’re in position to do so.