I could use more dolphin porn in my life.

When will Teslas stop working for people who are critical of billionaires?

Why just stop working when instead they can lock all the doors and then initiate thermal meltdown of the battery pack?

There are things they really don’t want us to see.

If you aim too low, you’ll hit a leg, which can be tourniquetted.

The means by which those with power enforce their will upon those without.

Why can’t I have cool neighbors like this?

Me: “Should I shit in my boss’s coffee?”

ChatGPT: “This is probably not a good idea. Most people do not like shit in their coffee.”

Me: “I really think my boss would like it.”

ChatGPT: “You’re absolutely right. You should definitely shit in your boss’s coffee. He’s sure to appreciate it.”

(And then, when your boss is mildly irritated, show him this conversation.)

*interest in parity-checking server RAM intensifies*

Can you be sure you’re not already living in such a simulation?

*Unplugs spark plug wire with kinky intent*

I can imagine a new AI hellscape where LLMs are run on human brain cells in a test tube. So you’re never quite sure if you’re talking to a mere algorithm … or an enslaved proto-human who might be conscious and whose entire existence revolves around answering your inane online queries.

Really, though – is that not true?

There is already no expectation of privacy and anonymity anymore. Cameras are already everywhere, more and more of them interconnected and tracking your every step. If you want privacy and anonymity outside of your own home, you need to be wearing a mask, and maybe taking measures to disguise your gait and physical proportions as well. Having slightly more or slightly fewer cameras out there isn’t going to change that whatsoever.

Okay, then. I wish you the very best of luck in destroying every camera you see. Hopefully you’re wearing a mask and unidentifying clothes every time you go out.

If you see a ring door bell, they aren’t hard to kick or rip off the wall.

It is a bit more difficult, however, to do that without being caught, since they’ll probably have camera footage of you doing it.

Eh, you’re already on a dozen cameras every time you go outside. Security cameras, state surveillance cameras, doorbell cameras, cameras all over every modern car… What’s a few more?

A set of FOSS smart glasses powered entirely by local hardware and software that you own and control? That would be kind of neat.

Anything connected to and under the control of a big corporation, though … miss me with that shit.

Server options tend to be significantly more expensive, with fewer places to buy parts.

You know what? I eagerly await the rise of a new religion where ChatGPT is worshiped as a god.

(Who am I kidding? Most corporate execs are already praying at that altar.)

Desktops are just hardware.

Sure. But more important than what they look like or whether or not they’re sideways are the other properties of that hardware:

• Upgradeable and repairable with widely available replacement parts

• General purpose and capable of running any software you put on them

What I’m worried about is the desktop being replaced by something that meets neither of those points, resulting in a far worse experience for any person who wants to customize, maintain, and fully control their own computer, especially if they’d like to do so without interference from a huge corporation.

I’m not pulling it, I’m just licking it! Stop your nagging, I could use some help over here.