Anyone priced out a raspberry pi lately? Holy fucking shit! It's expensive enough that you might as well just buy a PC!
Imagine being a "tech journalist" who is this ignorant.
Embarrassing. They should all go back to big tech where things are fed to them on a silver platter.
Embarrassing. They should all go back to big tech where things are fed to them on a silver platter.
I agree with you. While I think both patents and copyrights need to be dramatically overhauled, I've argued before that it's really important for them to exist in order to promote science and the useful arts and that if we get rid of them then we'll see art and engineering reduced considerably in scope because there'll be no carrot to put the work in to create it.
People can point to Mozart and Beethoven and Leonardo Da Vinci, but that wasn't really meant for the common man. A lot of stuff that was created was lost forever in some wealthy patrons villa.
People can point to Mozart and Beethoven and Leonardo Da Vinci, but that wasn't really meant for the common man. A lot of stuff that was created was lost forever in some wealthy patrons villa.
The culture has tried to logic us out of our basic human instincts, and as a result there's a deep seated need to build something for the future that's going completely unfulfilled. That's where we end up with all this insane degeneracy, because their biology is screaming that they're screwing up something important and they can't understand what since they're living so completely according to what the culture tells them is logical.
"As regent, I announce the creation of the second English Empire. We have had enough of our colonies and lesser neighbors petty pursuits, it's time for all to embrace the natural superiority of the crown! Hail Britannia!"
The effective life of a well kept phone or computer is so long now that you really need to consider the lifecycle of a thing independently. Just buying a new thing because a new thing exists doesn't make that much sense when the old thing still does everything you'd want it to do.
Perfect example of the trouble patents are having.
Storing an address and credit card number so you can order things immediately is an obvious thing to any normal practitioner of the trade. The fact that someone could get a patent on such a thing is absurd on the face of it.
Storing an address and credit card number so you can order things immediately is an obvious thing to any normal practitioner of the trade. The fact that someone could get a patent on such a thing is absurd on the face of it.
"my job is teaching perfect Aryan women how to breed"
God dammit, why did you get that job and I ended up as a soldier in Stalingrad?
God dammit, why did you get that job and I ended up as a soldier in Stalingrad?
It'll be fine.
Have you looked at the last four American presidents? At this rate he's on the fasttrack to 2024, either party's ticket.
Have you looked at the last four American presidents? At this rate he's on the fasttrack to 2024, either party's ticket.
They're all the suicide economy. One group increases spending, the other cuts taxes, nobody balances budgets and in the rare moment they do it's because they're both printing so much money it promotes a fake economy of everyone going deeply in personal and corporate debt and handing them money to each other and pretending everyone's getting rich.
It's been generations since anyone was actually choosing responsibility. Everything else is an illusion.
It's been generations since anyone was actually choosing responsibility. Everything else is an illusion.
A long time ago, nihilism set in for me. It is an easy thing to argue for from a purely logical standpoint. Eventually I realized that humans aren't purely logical.
We do have values. They matter to us. The postmodernists can't argue that away with mere logic.
We do have values. They matter to us. The postmodernists can't argue that away with mere logic.
not sayin nuthin, but soapbox on mobile is nice enough that I don't bother using an app. I just keep the page in my browser with notifications allowed.
Do conservatives worship him?
Seems like a dumb kid who got in way over his head to me. But I'm only a conservative because nobody's a liberal anymore.
Seems like a dumb kid who got in way over his head to me. But I'm only a conservative because nobody's a liberal anymore.
😄 same
(I'm keeeeeeding)
(my instance and several others have them but nobody uses them, it's not really part of the culture here)
(I'm keeeeeeding)
(my instance and several others have them but nobody uses them, it's not really part of the culture here)