"The working class masses that are trying to rise up against the upper classes oppressing them in a time of exponentially rising income inequality make me SO MAD! I wish I could just kill them all!"
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I think firing almost everyone was smarter than people think, but the reality that buying twitter was an extraordinarily poor idea and his main skill is pumping and dumping that won't work in a stagflationary environment means he can't use his normal skill set to talk his way out of it.
Lots of these guys aren't dumb, but there's a lot more luck to what happened than they'd like to admit. And luck like that doesn't last forever.
Their luck is about to run out.
Their luck is about to run out.
Me too actually...
But I'm also thinking... How many times are you going to have to deal with getting garroted in your car? Is this a Chicago thing?
But I'm also thinking... How many times are you going to have to deal with getting garroted in your car? Is this a Chicago thing?
I make more money by far when someone buys an ebook of The Graysonian Ethic, it's not even close. Moreover, the cost of the ebook is almost half, making it an easier sale.
But I ask people to buy the dead tree version anyway, because of this exactly. Someday Amazon will shut down it's book service. Someday my home servers will be buried in a landfill. But maybe some of those dead tree books will continue to exist, and maybe my ideas will live on without me or without the digital technology we need to make use of it.
But I ask people to buy the dead tree version anyway, because of this exactly. Someday Amazon will shut down it's book service. Someday my home servers will be buried in a landfill. But maybe some of those dead tree books will continue to exist, and maybe my ideas will live on without me or without the digital technology we need to make use of it.
It was early 2020 that I started to recognise that I needed an alternative to big tech, and at the time I was playing around with alternative platforms like MeWe and Minds. They weren't really working for me(They were big empty buildings compared to what I wanted), but in early 2021 after some success with self-hosting nextcloud I started hosting friendica, and while I eventually moved onto other platforms it was a good enough success that I was hooked. Unlike most "alt-tech" platforms, there was actually interesting and fun stuff going on. Eventually I stopped logging into mewe and minds, and deleted my facebook, and now fediverse is my main communications platform.
The revolution will not be televised until it gets a corporate sponsor. By that time, the revolution will be over.
The revolution will not be televised until it gets a corporate sponsor. By that time, the revolution will be over.
Synapse and Dendrite are resource intensive, but I'm running matrix-conduit and it's similar in resource usage to ejabberd. Got both running on an intel atom D2550, as well as lotide, and that server basically idles all the time.
Only downsides with matrix-conduit is it isn't 100% compatible with everything, and it's still early on so there aren't much in terms of admin tools yet.
Only downsides with matrix-conduit is it isn't 100% compatible with everything, and it's still early on so there aren't much in terms of admin tools yet.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9297311/trigger-rate-mortgages-bank-of-canada/
How many of those variable rate mortgages were because some financial advisor said "don't worry! You absolutely have to do this! Rates can never rise!"
I'm starting to realize something: We're at a moment in history where we really need to think for ourselves, come up with accurate mental models, and make decisions based on what we think could happen instead of what the talking heads tell us will happen. You can't just cruise by doing what you're told because they're going to steer you into the ditch for their own ends.
How many of those variable rate mortgages were because some financial advisor said "don't worry! You absolutely have to do this! Rates can never rise!"
I'm starting to realize something: We're at a moment in history where we really need to think for ourselves, come up with accurate mental models, and make decisions based on what we think could happen instead of what the talking heads tell us will happen. You can't just cruise by doing what you're told because they're going to steer you into the ditch for their own ends.
Hey Google: How long until you shut down all my devices and move onto the next project?
tbf, the problems can be solved overnight for individuals by hopping in a moving truck.
Assuming there's somewhere that's doing things better.
Assuming there's somewhere that's doing things better.
Authoritarian nutjobs don't realize that people who wouldn't care about Alex Jones suddenly will side with him when they see everything going on including getting a judgement greater than the GDP of Canada.
Hey, fediverse? Anyone have a Piped instance they recommend for speed? The one I use is piped.kavin.rocks and it struggles to go above 144p video quality with out buffering.
Yep. I've said for many years "Necessity is the mother of invention, and opportunity is the father".
I think understanding that is key to planning out your life. In some ways it's sad, but in other ways it's liberating. You and I will never be Steve Jobs because that moment in time has passed and will never come again. Instead, we can focus on the opportunities we have ourselves in the moment, and walk the roads that are unique to ourselves.
The really cool thing is that if we're willing to look, there are unique opportunities nobody else has right in front of us. We won't be able to be Steve Jobs, but we might be able to be ourselves.
I think understanding that is key to planning out your life. In some ways it's sad, but in other ways it's liberating. You and I will never be Steve Jobs because that moment in time has passed and will never come again. Instead, we can focus on the opportunities we have ourselves in the moment, and walk the roads that are unique to ourselves.
The really cool thing is that if we're willing to look, there are unique opportunities nobody else has right in front of us. We won't be able to be Steve Jobs, but we might be able to be ourselves.
That's all very true too. To become a really big semiconductor company you really needed to get started during that revolution. Most of the biggest big tech companies really came out of the 2000s. Other sites are rising, but it's on a different tide than those original companies and you can never be those companies again.
One piece of merit and skill is recognising this stuff and focusing on the possible.
One piece of merit and skill is recognising this stuff and focusing on the possible.
That's true.
No matter how clever you are, you'll never create the next big tech website in South Sudan. There's no strategy which will lead to such opportunities (besides maybe leaving South Sudan)
No matter how clever you are, you'll never create the next big tech website in South Sudan. There's no strategy which will lead to such opportunities (besides maybe leaving South Sudan)
opportunity is the father of invention, and opportunity is a function of luck, but it's often possible to make your own luck through skilful application of strategy.
I'd argue with you, but I presently have the kettle on because the humidity in the room I'm in is so low I'm waking up gasping from dehydration because winter.
Original sin is our ancestors leaving temperate europe for the ice fields.
Original sin is our ancestors leaving temperate europe for the ice fields.