I was trying to find active users since he took over. But the only numbers I can find are numbers provided by Musk, who is a well known liar.

I know Lemmy and Mastodon are niche communities, and that people put up with a lot of garbage from Big Tech, but I have to believe that a lot of users have left Twitter, or least that usage is down. I also assume bots are way up, because Musk wants his numbers to be up regardless of the source (save for people with an opposing opinion).

Hopefully Musk’s shitty little empire crumbles…soon.

Randy Savage “Macho Man”

A speeding ticket for like .0000000000001% of your daily income.

If you have the intelligence to realize you’re wrong and the strength to admit it, then you are better than most people.

See also: Nuh uh

Well that’s terrifying… I might watch the show if it ever comes out

I finally asked my wife to find someone to discuss it with. Scheduling appointments is so difficult for me, let alone finding who I’m supposed to see, whether that’s a vet, a doctor, or a mechanic. I imagine you can Google (or duckduckgo) “Adhd doctor near me” or something

Anyway, I only take meds on the days that I need to be productive, but same story. On those days it feels like I snuck a cheat sheet into a test. The same kind of “this is just how most people live? You can just get shit done?”

Not sure what changes, but it’s scary how much Google controls. Even if we just broke off YouTube from them, that would be a big deal.

Ideally we would split their search engine, YouTube, and chrome each into two competing companies. (Google A, Google B, Chrome A, Chrome B, YouTube A, YouTube B)

Because Google has so much power they can make changes that will break search results, websites, and browsers if you don’t accept changes that are beneficial to them.

Adjacent topic… Do you use a credit union? Because fuuuuuuck banks.

Malamute owner. This is accurate. They are adorable but relentless

Looks good. Hope all went well

Make your significant other a card and a plan for another day. It’s a commercialized garbage holiday. That isn’t to say you shouldn’t have a day to do something nice. But why do it when flowers cost 4x and restaurants are packed? Make it a point to do something next week.

At least that’s what we do…

Otherwise cook, make something, go somewhere new in the city (a park, an arm museum, etc.)

And Google is bringing AI to private text messages. It will read all of your previous messages. On iOS? Better hope nothing important was said to anyone with an Android phone (not that I trust Apple either).

The implications are terrifying. Nudes, private conversations, passwords, identifying information like your home address, etc. There’s a lot of scary scenarios. I also predict that Bard becomes closet racist real fast.

We need strict data privacy laws with teeth. Otherwise corporations will just keep rolling out poorly tested, unsecured, software without a second thought.

AI can do some cool stuff, but the leaks, misinformation, fraud, etc., scare the shit out of me. With a Congress aged ~60 years old on average, I’m not counting on them to regulate or even understand any of this.

I believe it goes back to world war 2. The country froze wages for economic stabilization. Some employers started throwing in health care as an incentive during a labor shortage. We are now stuck with this poisonous system.

By law, anything should be a one click to cancel service, instead of the maze they send you through.

Xbox live, gyms, etc.

Sounds cool. Isn’t that neat. It’s a little island on the Canadian border that you need to take a ferry to get to. It just kind of looks like the rest of the Northern Minnesota shoreline.

I love the state parks in the area though. Much easier and cheaper to get to.

Doesn’t hurt to check out your options. And almost any job will welcome you back (usually at your new pay rate) if you change your mind down the road.

Over my career, lateral moves have netted me +80%, +30%, and 20%. Not to mention quality of work/life improvements.

Most companies basically offer a < 5% raise every year, which is just around inflation. Maybe a 10% bump if you get promoted. The wider world values your skills much more.

Every year my father-in-law collects torn wrapping paper and plastic boxes in a giant garbage bag and fills it. 95% of the presents will end up in the garbage or be forgotten in a few months.

The amount of time, money, and resources wasted are so depressing. My kids don’t need more shit. I don’t need more shit. Could we just hang out?

I’m not a huge football/soccer fan, but I love the concept of promotion/relegation. Around here if you have a losing team you get rewarded with a high draft pick. It’s a strategy to be terrible.

I also would love having lower level teams to watch, but that’s pretty rare. If you have a pro team in your city, you probably don’t have a semi pro team with the exception of baseball.

Maybe that’s why so many people enjoy watching college sports. Although I have my own issues with that scene, because of course I do.

Seems crazy. I think professional sports would be so much cooler if the community had stake in the team and got something out of winning/profits.

It’s just so weird to attach your identity to a team that you are in no way a part of, other than the location.

Team owners: “We’re just humble billionaires and we care so much about your state. The team is part of the community… Now subsidize our massively profitable business or we’ll move the team.”

I’ll never understand why fans are die hard loyal to franchises that screw them at every possible opportunity. Insane ticket prices, seat license fees (which are somehow different than tickets?), insane concession prices, ads on everything- it hurts my brain.