BaronBurdock 4 months ago

The NYT paywalls the Crossword, but provides the Mini as a sampler. They are now paywalling the Mini, and will soon release a sampler to the sampler called the "Cross Word" which will consist of one vertical and one horizontal question. This too will be paywalled at a later date.

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

The right loves to shit on libertarians these days, but I still appreciate their optimism and idealism. There's a charm to it. I think the libertarian bubble popped for me when I realized you either need a massive collapse or an unimaginable display of force to get that society.

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

When I see that Jack has a new project, and all I need to do is enter my location data.

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

Day 973 on Nostr without vlogging.

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

So until now, I never knew the origin of the term "clanker." I'm now 100% convinced that when AI takes over, it will hunt down and kill all gamers.

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

Is Amethyst's secret emoji feature a NIP that only Amethyst has implemented, or is it completely unique to the Amethyst client and separate from Nostr as a whole? Can other clients incorporate that feature? It's a fun feature. Nostr needs less fiddly shit setup and deal with and more fun quirky stuff like that to differentiate itself.

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

GM everyone󠄞󠄞󠄞󠅑󠅞󠅔󠄐󠄷󠄶󠅉󠄑

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

Every time a helicopter crash shows up in my feed, my first thought is always, "what a stupid fucking means of transportation." (I don't get that same feeling with plane crashes though.)

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

In a hypothetical list of flags to burn, the American flag is actually quite low for me these days.

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

This could all be a nothingburger, but if Google actually does crack down on sideloaded apps, at that point why not jump to Apple? If forced into walled garden bullshit, at least Apple's is aesthetically pleasing and its hardware plays well together.

Ars Technica

Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year

Google says it's no different than checking IDs at the airport.

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

I don't know why the alternate cover version was cheaper than the standard release, but it all rips to FLAC the same. I like it a lot. I can't say how it compares to their other albums because I'm a sucker for recency bias.

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Feds

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

If you put on your sci-fi enjoyer hat, and ask yourself the question "how does Elon's AI goonbot help him increase the birthrate", you really do end up in some weird places.

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

Okay, didn't realize there was a new Deftones album until now...

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

With every company doing awful, minimalist logos (see Cracker Barrel), Apple could do the funniest thing right now.

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

I will not live in the pod, I will not eat the bugs, I will not start the vlog.

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

In the future, artificial wombs will likely become commonplace. At the same time, rates of child abuse and neglect will probably go through the roof, and every publication out there will release reports "proving" that the artificial womb had nothing to do with it.

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

There's the perception (and it's probably true) that our search engines are getting shittier and shittier at returning decent results with SEO nonsense and paid content. We're going to go back to curated lists and webrings before its all said and done. What's old is new again.

BaronBurdock 4 months ago

There has to be a hierarchy of least to most effeminate sandwiches to throw at a cop. Subway can't be the most effeminate, can it?