Hey thanks. I had always heard the joke that the majority of tech support was knowing how to phrase Google searches, but thought it was a joke…I get the sense it’s more a funny fact.

Funny enough, I’ve done the poking around bit too, both in person and more commonly now remotely. And yeah nobody has demanded anything… so far, lol. If I’m busy, or just have no clue what they’re talking about, I just say that to them and tell them to call our outsourced help desk. So far everyone just drops their head and accepts my answer then makes the call and spends the next 2 to 3 hours deciding if they really need this job.

I’m considered tech support for my team at work, their always saying things like “well you’re the Linux guy so you know how this stuff works”. And then I have to explain “I just use Linux, I don’t write the code, plus these are windows machines so it’s completely different issues, and lastly I just type the problem into Google read the results and then tell you what I read”

Them: well you are still tech support because I don’t know how to do that.

Me: wait you don’t know how to type into Google…no you know what fine, I’m tech support, tell management so I can get a raise.

Signal has already stated that they will pull out of the UK if they go through with their version of this, I imagine they’ll say the same for the EU.

Get a good VPN, exit it from a non-5 eyes country, and hope they don’t start blocking by phone number alone… and hopefully they’ll drop the phone number requirement sooner than later.

Also, welcome to Signal!

Crypto (ETH and the like) is useful for it’s protocol, you can build projects on it.

Bitcoin is a good store of value, and with lightning payments starting to be accepted it could be a good way to pay for goods and services. The third world is currently using lightning to circumvent inflationary currency swings.

It wasn’t a direct reference, but definitely inspired by Dr. cox.

I mean he could just make the platform “we’ll unblock the porn” and nothing else and win a majority in the first election.

User: Hey AI how do we solve climate change?

AI: Sure thing, I’ve updated a comprehensive report with a step by step guide to accomplish your goal of solving climate change. Just click this file to download it: SkyNet.exe

Oh I agree but it would be nice if he’d have listened to me years ago and started using a password manager at least. I know he’ll never go full self hosting, but come on at least use Bitwarden!

Like with Bitcoin, not your keys not your coin. If you don’t hold it you don’t own it.

I should get this for my dad, he recently got a new computer at best buy and the geek squad told him his files were all in the cloud and sent him home. Guess who got a call the next day because “all my passwords are in a word document in some fucking cloud”. Yeah that was a fun day spent setting up his computer while listening to his rant about the geek squad and “the fucking cloud”… thanks geek squad…

Nix is the new Arch, instead of “I use Arch by the way” it’s “I use Nix by the way”.

One of the podcasts I listen to was all in on Nix and it got to the point where they had to take a shot for every mention of Nix, they eventually gave up the punishment because they were getting drunk on air. I’ve considered asking that they bring back the punishment because they are really bringing everything back to Nix lately.

Yep, I saw they had The Monday Night Wars and every episode was listed as free to stream. When I finished episode 4 a message came up that I could subscribe to continue watching. I checked online and it was all, from episode 5 on, behind the paywall after saying beforehand that it wasn’t. I deleted the app from my Roku and phone, then deleted my account. Fuck peacock.

Well don’t you want an expert to lead the investigation? - Bobert probably.

Nazi Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Ace of spades - Motorhead.

We’ve always been at war with Eurasia.

I think they’ve suffered enough.

Yeah my first thought when I read the headline was “why not just use meshtastic?”

That’s a good way to use the tool. I generally use the OpenAI option to set up a custom gpt and tell it to become an expert on the subject I’m writing about, then set the parameters. Then once I’ve tested it on a piece of the subject matter I already understand and confirm it’s working properly, I begin asking it questions. When I’m out of questions or just need a break, I go back and check the citations for each answer just to make sure I’m not getting bad data.

Once I’ve run out of questions and all the data is verified, I have it create an outline with a brief summary of each section. Then I take that outline and use that to guide me as I write. Also it seems like the A.I. always puts at least one section in the wrong place so that’s just another reason I like to write it myself and just use an A.I. summary outline.

Oh I check the citations. I’m fully aware of A.I. hallucinations.