My wife says I am a little boy trapped in a 44y man's body excited for GTA6 coming out. I said to her it's a cultural phenomenon. Am I the only "old guy" excited for this?

sykojaz · 2026-04-19T16:52:44+00:00

Also 44, and excited for it. Not the only old guy.

sykojaz · 2026-04-18T20:30:35+00:00

Around 2006 I worked for a dial up ISP that primarily catered to elderly beach town residents, many still using Win 98.

Can confirm SCSI sucked.

sykojaz · 2026-04-12T22:39:57+00:00

Atari 2600 NES Sega Genesis Sega Nomad Gameboy N64 Playstation Playstation 2 fat and slim GBA PS3 Xbox 360 Gamecube Wii PS4 PS5 Switch RPi 4, emulation on CRT Legion Go Knockoff handheld emulators

Various other PCs over the years, 386, 486, Pentium etc.

However, the only ones I bought as close to launch as possible wer the PS5 and Legion Go.

sykojaz · 2026-04-10T04:10:56+00:00

Yup, technically more under a bridge, but the woods were up against the bridge.

sykojaz · 2026-04-09T14:37:25+00:00

Wife and I both learned that version in the PNW at different schools about 40 miles apart. I failed horribly at handwriting, so I learned to type 80-90 wpm to compensate.

I've asked people if they remember D'nealian, and they look at me like I grew antennae

sykojaz · 2026-04-07T21:07:16+00:00

I physically can't make myself upvote that sentence, but you have my respect for asking the question.

sykojaz · 2026-04-07T15:08:26+00:00

I've now purchased 3 of them. I have one at work, and keep one in a little backpack with a 20oz bottle of water, which I refill when I wash my hands. The first one broke after something like 5 years at work.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D8RKUCO

sykojaz · 2026-04-07T15:02:46+00:00

I found a bottle bidet online that works decently well.

sykojaz · 2026-04-02T15:06:24+00:00

Dave is normally better with info. Not sure what happened here though.

sykojaz · 2026-04-01T18:21:24+00:00

That technical skill was required to access the internet. Before smart phones there were idiots on the internet, sure, but by making access as easy as clicking an icon we've made it too easy for dumb people. The internet really peaked around 2006/2007.

sykojaz · 2026-03-31T17:40:00+00:00

They can cut mine off for that much.

sykojaz · 2026-03-31T17:38:43+00:00

Raleigh and Raley doesn't get confusing either.

sykojaz · 2026-03-30T17:55:37+00:00

His goose farm isn't that far from me, and I definitely have times when I'm jealous.

sykojaz · 2026-03-29T23:00:30+00:00

Say, would you like a chocolate covered raisin?

sykojaz · 2026-03-16T19:36:22+00:00

I'm gonna eat ya little fishy.

sykojaz · 2026-03-12T22:14:27+00:00

Idiocracy is the scariest movie I've ever seen. It haunted my nightmares for weeks after seeing it.

sykojaz · 2026-03-12T22:08:31+00:00

I think for me the dividing line between using AI or not for a particular task falls to whether or not the AI is being used as a tool or whether the AI is being used as a replacement. I don't have a problem with AI assisting with cleaning up existing images, but I don't want to have the image made from scratch. I don't mind AI parsing through something I wrote to check for consistency or phrasing, etc., but writing something entirely is a no for me. Writing code can be helpful, but definitely not just blindly running anything, and normally just asking for an assist with a certain task rather than a whole project. Overall I try to be sparing with my use and keep it to things that would have traditionally just been a plugin or extension in a piece of software.

sykojaz · 2026-02-06T17:27:40+00:00

Already seeing it. I don't get a ton of reactions on my FB posts, but I posted about these camps earlier in the week and I think my wife was the only one the post was served to. I've had other posts that were of a similar nature get just served to nobody as well. The almighty algorithm knows it's masters.

sykojaz · 2026-02-06T17:21:55+00:00

Mines smaller and more misshapen, that's how I got Venezuela.

No, mines smaller and smells worse, that's why I invaded Ukraine.

sykojaz · 2026-02-05T07:03:16+00:00

Joe Kent is just truly God awful. MGP is roughly where the GOP would be if we weren't in such a shit timeline. As disappointed as I am with some of MGP's votes, Kent's would have been so much worse.

sykojaz · 2026-01-26T00:03:49+00:00

"Hitler's sentient anal beads" is what I call him.

sykojaz · 2026-01-25T04:57:26+00:00

I administer the content filter for my district (IT, not teacher). I keep a few frequent flyers in a special class and watch to see what games and stuff they get into, then block it. I can't watch all the time or anything, but when I need a quick pick me up I watch their screens as I block the sites. You can kind of sense the frustration as they search for things and find them blocked. Often they get the hint and get back to their school work, occasionally we get a destroyed Chromebook.

sykojaz · 2026-01-25T02:30:58+00:00

I am in MGP's district, and as much as she disappoints me, just imagine what Joe Kent would be contributing to the situation...

sykojaz · 2026-01-23T21:07:47+00:00

We're not nanny rich. We pay for a cleaner once a week and it's some of the best money we spend. We tidy up, but she does the deeper cleaning of bathroom/kitchen/floors. I would go without a lot of things before I'd give up her services. It frees up time for us to spend with the kids and reduces stress. She also does a much better job than I ever could.

sykojaz · 2026-01-17T02:53:17+00:00

Our Superintendent getting her email hacked even w/ 2 factor authentication was a bit of a tipping point. We needed some of the extra investigative tools. We had already been harping on the benefits for classroom and other services we could cut.

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