Or just stop giving them billions. That’s the threat Bush and Reagan used.

But I like your idea more.

Telling Biden to stop the genocide.

your body has quit trusting your judgement of what you put in.

I’m enjoying a kapok as well as a down pillow. Only natural for me, nobody off-gasses on my face.

real silk pillowcases are just too slippery for me (and you have to wash em in a bag) so I stick with cotton.

this game already came out a long time ago

As someone who has given up, I admire your patience and persistence.

Have you considered https://grapheneos.org/ ? A cursory look has me considering a jump back in to the de-googled world.

I’ve resisted them so far 😇

Costa Rica when I last went in ~2016 had vast resorts that were empty around Monteverde. $6 a night for a room.

Doesn’t Mozilla rely on Google for default search? Does this change that relationship?

They have so far. It’s still legal to use a VPN without verifying my identity. It’s still legal, though difficult, to access the Internet anonymously. The local police department doesn’t blanket monitor everyone’s search history.

increasingly difficult tech solutions for privacy are a bandaid not a cure.

Same here. My folks caved and bought a second phone line for computing, however it didn’t help. My friend & I would use the first phone line for voice communication :)

The phone pressed to my ear with my shoulder, yelling to my buddy while fighting off cacademons, such good times.

I enjoy the flow of the new Doom Eternal, once you get the hang of it you can keep an infinite supply of health and ammo that only runs out when everything’s dead - and you end up taking on much more than you thought possible.

However the jaw-dropping, frightening game that Doom was in 1993 will never be recaptured. Yes, scary games existed. Yes, 3D FPS existed. But nothing came close to Doom, it was a graphical marvel. I’d show it to friends, grandparents, anyone who’d look and they’d all either be amazed or reach for the bible. Their idea of video games was mario, Doom broke brains.

Doom 2 is what I played most. At the time, playing over a local BBS with my 28k modem (the fastest available!), I could see that network play was the future of gaming.

In the end, you can’t out-tech the law. You need rights.

As a bad Python scripter, I’m stuck using Microsoft’s AI because there isn’t a privacy-focused alternative anywhere near as good.

Yeah, RIP Reader

Does it have any features that github doesn’t?

Oh, you’re right. I looked it up and some of these archival blu-rays are claiming they can outlast tape, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC

Now I’m going to have to look at what an M-DISC burner would cost and compare it to my aws glacier bill.

I’m going to assume you understand the most basic principals of our mode of production, so I’ll give you an educated guess as to when, not why, since that’s the question you asked.

In 2034, if we follow the DVD timeline. However if it’s the only remaining physical media used by distributors, I’d guess it lasts decades longer.

I hope we graduate (or revert, depending on how you look at it) to tape, as collectors would be better off with a medium that’s built to last.

It’s nice to read a robot’s perspective on this issue.

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