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It was a cascade of sorts. Step 1, running my tests on Gemini. Having it argue two sides of radical social systems and realistic seeming implementation routes. Collaborative story …

Didn't know fences contained copper ;)

I took mine extra heavy, I love it. If not for comforting my neuro divergeny, I also love it for staying put and not dropping off of the side, or foot, of the bed and falling on th…

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I'm getting so tired of Reddit's antics. Also removing content seemingly at random without any meaningful explanation, and ignoring any messages about it. Which both makes mods loo…

Woman with Fake Voice to do Hundreds of Tests on Single Drop of Blood: "Arrest the witch!!" AI to Diagnose Diabetes Based on Seconds-long Snippet of Voice: "Uh. Interesting ...!"

Just sign up at my company. Job done! My company used to title me: "System Architect". Yes, always singular, they're Germans and have no feel at all for English language. Then HR b…

Many years ago I went camping and snails entered the tent. They proceeded to eat the pages out of a book, rasping the top layer of paper off of pages while leaving the lower layers…

Kudos! I cracked open (both out of curiosity and for recycling) my own 1999 Logitech QuickCam Express just a few days ago, then tossed away the parts. It was a decent webcam for th…

Bird-Roulette-as-a-service in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

The AI will not be happy when it hears about this ...

SoundBlaster / Cambridge SoundWorks set of subwoofer and satellite speakers with long wires did this, too. Freaked me out when I suddenly heard voices inside my apartment at night.…

Benchmark it once on each device. Then have a user-friendly slider. "Do you want your security to be:" a) "It only secures pr0n from my aunt" (1s for fetching a password) b) "Not g…

Sorry, I left said shell script at a company I have now departed from. As for the other thing, not at this time. Again, truly sorry! I'm a bit overwhelmed in my life right now, may…

You're absolutely right! Man, I used to download so many no-cd patches back in the days, but lumped it all in with "real" copy protection in my mind. +2 for the trip down memory la…

Used to work for a software company in 2008 or some such. Back when IBM acquired the company, two remarkable things happened: One, I heard Microsoft's Ballmer shout through a confe…

It used to be the same in Germany. There is still the right to "Privatkopie", meaning that one is technically allowed to make both backup copies, and things like a mix tape for a f…

Exactly! Jason Pargin, aka David Wong, is the main reason I listen to (and yes, re-listen) the Cracked podcast. I have recommended some of his articles to many folks over the years…

I have recently bought a new PC, without a DVD drive, naturally. And tried to re-install my copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. This copy is a "pre order" DVD set I got off of…

Content vanishing is the reason I archive e.g. favorite podcasts and some YouTube videos. For example, the whole cracked.com podcast's back catalogue seems to have effectively vani…

Why can't they have two huge, red, flashing lights at either side of the crossway, thus avoiding the costs to dig up runway asphalt altogether? Better than what they seemingly have…

Myth #6: Mixing SI and imperial units makes for good reading. How many millimeters are three inch again?

I learned that lawyers are allowed to lie like there's no tomorrow, especially in civil cases pre-trial, in my jurisdiction. This was especially emotionally scarring when I hired a…

I find it even technically outstanding. Is that some sort of natural Moire pattern on it's back? Spliced-in turkey genes? I find this cat oddly fascinating.

This is right up my alley. I'm known for writing documentation that is useful AND, let's say, entertaining. Or, depending on your inclination, sed 's/entertaining/hilarious/g' Besi…