Lunchtime, doubly so!

“extra fingers, too many fingers, not toasted, bad anatomy,” got me. It’s perfect.

Also, your username is perfect for this moment.

I hope I’m rocking that hard at 84.

My next non-alcohol bubbly drink will be in your honor, Larry.

Great summary bot, as ever. But missed this absolute gem from the comments:

“Thanks for helping me wardrive and steal the WiFi from that dentist, Larry.”

and how we could have achieved it all with no written records.

Our religion prevented using doc strings or code comments of any kind. What little software we had that actually worked correctly probably was aliens, come to think of it…

Good point.

I’m willing to accept a reality where the science magazines are constantly excited about every development in helicopter technology.

In the pull down area where flashlight and Bluetooth toggles go, GrapheneOS has options for disabling the camera and microphone.

Sounds great, but I can’t find “bouncer” on either the F-Droid or Google Play stores. Anyone got a link?

And virtual reality gets a free revival every other technology, while we’re at it.

I’m predicting VR coming back into the limelight, try again, shortly after everyone loses interest in AI.

Also, I’m still pissed that flying cars aren’t in the limelight more. I was promised daily updates, and I’m not seeing them. That’s the biggest proof that the media is completely disconnected.

I’ve seen this sentiment before, but I’m waiting to switch until I learn how to add the microphone and camera quick toggles included in GrapheneOS to LineageOS. Is there a project for that?

Yeah. You wouldn’t download some kid’s lunch of bread and fish!

Just gotta tune those metrics to make up for decades of understaffing… (/ Sarcasm)

Yeah. That’s (arguably) the background scenario to Asimov’s book “The Naked Sun” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Sun

Edit: Ooh, Django already gave a cooler link to the same: https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/10729278

AIs are going to commit virtual seppuku after a few days.

Yes. And that’s our best case scenario. Worst case is a wildly incompetent, but still effective form of SkyNet.

This How Not To Die book?

That sounds worth a read. I’ll check it out. Thanks!

It might be time to get a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. I’m fond of Synology, at the moment.

Yep. I’m old, cranky, and prone to broad statements to get reactions.

That said, for any of you all that love inheritance, I’m judging you so hard. So hard. Very judged. I probably hate your code, and your friends’ code, and your last teacher’s code. Especially your last teacher’s code.

Interfaces are great.

Inheritance is often a sign that the previous developer didn’t understand interfaces.

He died of XML factory injection pattern exposure.

Great point. As far as I’m aware, for the most part, they’re not. Lazy bad actors can just buy a bulk set of fresh SSNs and credit card numbers off of the dark web for cheap.

Fax is still a terrible solution, overall. But it’s not usually a huge risk - other than as a warning sign that one might be working with an incompetent or malicious organization.

Bilt is backed by Wells Fargo I’m pretty sure.

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Surely those raging asshole scammers (in leadership) at Wells Fargo wouldn’t back an untrustworthy organization. (This was sarcasm. I believe they have before, and will again.)

On getting points for rent, you’ll find that many law abiding organizations don’t allow it, under debt swap laws.

Using points to encourage people to put a large critical expense such as rent, on a high interest rate credit card - is (correctly) considered unacceptably predatory, even in most modern capitalist dystopias.

My recommendation is be very alarmed, and flee from this plan.