Octavio

Sorry we couldn’t pass the torch to a new generation but I’ll take a fossil over a bigot every single time.

That’s cool. These do seem to be a bit cheaper than comparably configured Windows laptops. I already bought a Windows 11 Lenovo (and put Linux Mint on it), but in the future I will opt for pre-loaded Linux computers. Glad to see it catching on. I don’t think I’ll be shipping my computer to a Lenovo service center to get a refund on the Windows license, but I may write a nasty email.

It’s not enough that the consequences of having 34 felony convictions are exactly nothing. What a piece of work that guy is.

I heard about a company that sold laptops with Linux installed instead of Windows and I checked it out, expecting it to be a couple hundred dollars cheaper for a comparable machine, on account of not having to pay Microsoft a license fee. But actually if anything they were more expensive, so I was disappointed.

The 0.5% who have a pied-à-terre worth over $5 million, and the 30.5% who are just temporarily cash-constrained but surely will be buying a pied-à-terre worth over $5 million in the very near future.

If you’re looking to avoid salmonella, I have bad news about the veggies in the US.

But I take your point about a vegetarian diet being more sustainable. I’m slowly moving in that direction.

Yeah, if I still lived in the US, I think I’d be ordering the chicken for the time being. Just say “Neigh” to Trump’s mystery meat.

If you want to get away with crime in America, just be rich.

Remember when your MAGA friends assured you they weren’t against immigration per se, it was illegal immigration they had a problem with. Yeah, that was a lie. They were (and are) just racist.

Fair enough and I’m sorry if I sounded judgy. I I know it doesn’t apply to everyone, but I think a major reason for Amazon’s success is that they’ve made acquiring things too convenient. A lot of people (I know I did) fall into the trap of over-consumption. I’ve come to conclude that spending my money ought to come with a little friction.

I do this thing where if I need something, I go to a store and buy it. It has resulted in a lot less buying of useless stuff that I didn’t really need and ends up just taking up space. YMMV

This sounds more like a stalker than an aide.

That’s so weird. I haven’t gotten any of these vague confirmation emails. Oh, that’s right. I remember why. Because I don’t buy a thing from that fucking oligarch’s website.

Now that’s fucked up. I don’t care who you are.

Me either. Feels weird to be complaining about it on the internet though. It’s almost like the solution is self-evident. Oh, well. It’ll come to me.

If it’ll mow down bollards, it’ll mow down toddlers. It can’t distinguish between the two.

If AI is so wonderful they could afford to put up solar panels to power the data centers.

We must obey our robot overlords. I don’t make the rules.

I have an aunt in Laramie and one in Cheyenne. Between their family and friends, I think I’ve met pretty much all the Democrats in Wyoming. Nah, just kidding. There might be a couple more up in Thermop.

I been wondering how long it was going to take for someone official to realize that “prediction market” just means “gambling.”