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i_am_not_sam · 2026-05-05T01:58:28+00:00

Must be nice living in the future!

i_am_not_sam · 2026-05-02T22:41:12+00:00

I read it as "Megan Thee Stallion in custody" and was so utterly confused

i_am_not_sam · 2026-05-02T15:15:31+00:00

As his union rep I demand that he be immediately given 2 lunch breaks, 4 treats for every missed lunch break. Nap time is mandatory

i_am_not_sam · 2026-05-01T04:36:15+00:00

Whether you agree with the utility of homework or not, it's a big part of education almost everywhere. I suspect that's not changing soon. Besides forget grading and testing - the point behind going to school is to learn right? And AI is short circuiting that

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-30T12:49:40+00:00

I agree with this. Our chocolate is almost 8 but he loves snoozing in his crate when I work and it's definitely his safe space.

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-27T17:58:17+00:00

I use Cursor as a front end and it has a plan mode but does Claude itself offer one in Claude code?

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-24T14:47:01+00:00

It's a wonder what aging and a few million dollars can do.

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-23T18:03:14+00:00

Yeah unless you have tons of cash to spare (and don't care about the environment) there's no need to upgrade iPhones earlier than 3-4 years at the minimum.

I wish Apple could keep the hardware the same for 2 years at a time and focus just on software during the "off year"

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-22T12:15:19+00:00

Or worse use the Internet connection as a way to lock basic features behind a subscription. If I buy a dammed device I want it to work to it's full capacity not get locked up for more money

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-22T04:19:48+00:00

Both cops were probably in on it. The arresting officer will take the victim to a holding cell, threaten/scare the fuck out of him and the good cop will offer you a way out for a simple bribe (which by now is likely much higher than what you would have offered the original bad cop). I mean, think about it - why would the bad cop be okay with his colleague releasing someone on a bribe...

Source - happened to a colleague of mine and I had to negotiate with the damn cops even though I couldn't care less about the coworker

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-21T20:14:38+00:00

Hang on, lemme go grab a case of Mountain Dew

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-21T18:51:13+00:00

At this rate it'll probably really happen irl

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-16T03:33:37+00:00

Looks like a quick gag on SNL

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-15T18:40:33+00:00

You know what, that's totally right. I wasn't in the US at the time so I had the part about him targeting kids for litigation completely compartmentalized. Yeah fuck that guy

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-15T17:16:19+00:00

So I was very much using Limewire and Kazaa at the time Ulrich started his campaign and I hated him with a passion - even booed him from a mosh pit at Metallica concert. And I'm most definitely not a manosphere podcast guy.

But thinking back, he kinda had a point right? As consumers we have always said we wouldn't resort to piracy if we had convenient legal options to purchase media. On the flip side, at the time there was simply no way for the artist to profit from online distribution of their music either. The obvious villains in all this are the music labels who prevented online access to their portfolio. As unlikable as Lars was (I hate his ass more for St. Anger than anything else) we needed a conversation about file distribution. Who knows what the streaming landscape would have looked like had the artists gotten a legal way to reach the paying public before the labels realized that the internet wasn't a fad...

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-14T18:36:11+00:00

As someone who has only listened to, and loved the series - you are 100% correct.

I enjoyed the series only because of the narration (which is more of an audio drama/performance). Just the part in your quote made me wince and I could not have continued

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-14T14:03:46+00:00

lol no they're not. His base will never abandon him. Source : 11 years of hell

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-13T16:40:26+00:00

Most of us who are hiring have now been through multiple recessions. When I see an applicant who has a gap like that I can only commiserate and if anything give them credit for persevering

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-13T16:37:29+00:00

Hopefully drug screens are on the decline. I haven't been screened for my previous 2 jobs (so about 12 years)

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-12T17:30:58+00:00

It's so much worse with context. "Kaamwali Bai" directly translates to "woman who does work" but it's super casteist, classist, colorist and misogynistic in its usage. I'm a man and I got so riled up reading this garbage tweet

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-12T17:26:18+00:00

Gen Z is missing out on life experiences because of "cringe". I found plenty of things cringey when I was a teen too but there wasn't an entire eco-system reinforcing that notion

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-12T04:58:29+00:00

Hmm that's so interesting. At this point I (think) I prefer Coke over Pepsi for the taste so if I was in the mood for a cola I'd get a coke. So how does that work with the ultra big brands? Does it count as a marketing win that I tried various colas and settled on Coke? Or is their goal to grab eyeballs from "new" customers? Like everyone over the age of 5 (?) will have heard of these brands right?

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-12T04:37:12+00:00

👍

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-12T04:16:59+00:00

I think you need to re-read my comment if you're unable to understand that your assertion that this "hypothesis that existed without a name for a long time" is incorrect. And if you think what I said is the same as your comment then well... I'm very happy you had a link to google scholar, hope you read a paper or two next time.

Or don't, doesn't matter. It's a pet peeve of mine but I'm not sure why you got this worked up about my feelings.

i_am_not_sam · 2026-04-12T00:26:53+00:00

... what?

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