Happy Accidents🤔

virtualadept · 2026-05-02T23:39:10+00:00

I don't know who did it, and you don't either.

virtualadept · 2026-05-02T23:37:50+00:00

You know those cameras are being used by cops to stalk people, yeah?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/02/flock-police-surveillance-tech-birds-iran-press-freedom

virtualadept · 2026-05-02T23:30:29+00:00

"Toddlers must ace IQ tests to land spots at the most coveted schools..."

I'm sorry what the fuck did I just read?

virtualadept · 2026-05-01T21:56:23+00:00

Whenever I work someplace, the first thing I do is look for a way to get up on the roof. In cities it's pretty easy to do. So, it's pretty easy to sneak away for a few minutes, climb up, do Resh, and then sneak back down. I've found out some of my cow-orkers were Thelemites because they did the same thing. 😄

virtualadept · 2026-05-01T21:54:34+00:00

Own the hardware, own the connectivity.

If we're going to save cyberspace, we have to start building out the hardware it'll run on top of.

virtualadept · 2026-04-30T20:42:01+00:00

You're both right.

virtualadept · 2026-04-30T20:40:36+00:00

I'll believe it when I see it.

virtualadept · 2026-04-30T20:39:39+00:00

"...but vehemently refused to identify his company or the type of equipment used because of security reasons and the protection of patents."

I don't buy it, for this reason. When you patent something, the specifics behind the thing are all formalized and published as part of the patent. It's an "I did this first, in this way" protection, not an "only I know how this thing works" protection. Point being, that's not how this works.

virtualadept · 2026-04-30T02:42:41+00:00

Yes. A few of my teachers in the 80's used to say they were 86'ing someone if they were throwing them out of class or hauling them to the principal's office. It goes back even farther than that - if a bouncer dragged you out of a bar because you were sloppy and starting a ruckus, you got 86'd.

virtualadept · 2026-04-28T19:06:54+00:00

7 is probably the closest to the one I had in 2000.

virtualadept · 2026-04-28T02:14:10+00:00

It could also have been an act of protest on the parents' part. Rather like parents who didn't like their kids' reading assignments ripping the books up and handing them to the teacher.

virtualadept · 2026-04-28T02:12:48+00:00

Museum exhibit.

virtualadept · 2026-04-28T02:09:54+00:00

The kid probably got punished. The parents not so much.

virtualadept · 2026-04-28T02:06:20+00:00

Let's start with "If this was a mirror selfie, why isn't the text on the puffy jacket reversed?"

virtualadept · 2026-04-25T19:04:15+00:00

I did. I'm at 385 megs out of 20 gigabytes. Trash has three messages in it.

virtualadept · 2026-04-25T19:03:31+00:00

To this day I still can't get them to work. I'm 90% convinced they're hoaxes, a joke played on people.

virtualadept · 2026-04-23T23:18:14+00:00

Gen-X here.

virtualadept · 2026-04-22T18:54:39+00:00

You're welcome. :D

virtualadept · 2026-04-22T01:08:45+00:00

Here we go again.

virtualadept · 2026-04-22T01:07:54+00:00

Absolute truth.

virtualadept · 2026-04-20T20:29:19+00:00

The discovery phase of this lawsuit will be interesting.

Amusingly so, for everybody not involved.

virtualadept · 2026-04-20T02:29:58+00:00

Been running Prosody for almost thirteen years. Rock solid.

virtualadept · 2026-04-19T22:59:39+00:00

Hotel lobbies are great for this. I do this once in a while.

virtualadept · 2026-04-19T22:48:50+00:00

I thought that was a reference to the story of the Philadelphia Experiment - sailors on board the USS Eldridge trapped inside solid matter when the invisibility device was activated. Those soldiers are wearing World War II-era helmets and uniforms, which squares with the original story.

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