I can’t spell anything without a dictionary or, these days a spell check. I usually know where the vowels go, so I cycle through them until the word “looks” right, or the red squiggle goes away.

I don’t like grammerly bc I know how to write, it’s just the spelling that vexes me.

The terminally online debate-me-bro brand of atheism.

It’s always been curious to me that you can define yourself by something that your not. I’m also vexed why an atheist would proselytize. They’re not saving souls or capturing 10%. What’s the motivation? And please don’t say it’s because atheists are better people. Because all the famous “new” atheists were regular cast members on Epstein Island and the whole movement had deep ties to the alt-right and Gamergate.

I’m not saying they’re wrong, I’m saying they’re obnoxious, belligerent, and annoying. To be clear, I’m atheist. That’s half the problem. These MFers are making me look bad.

You can’t solve systems by focusing on individuals.

None of us a free moral agents. We’re surrounded by systems of family, culture, and law that compel and coerce us. And all of that is built in to the signifiers “employment” and “labor”. It’s incoherent to slice off a traunch of all these interconnected systems, strip it of all context, and pretend it’s a free moral choice.

Changing systems requires collective action. Individuals are weak and the Western obsession with individualism is no coincidence.

Later versions of Bluetooth do encrypt data, but not all hardware developers use the feature. Those 2.4Ghz keyboards usually broadcast your keystrokes in plain text.

If you’re going to buy a wireless keyboard, you should be aware.

I got called for the penalty phase of a capital murder. (death penalty).

The parties settled before anyone was selected. It took 2 days. I found out later that the convict was already on death row, but had gotten a re-trial because of a recent SCOTUS ruling. I was in no danger of being impaneled.

I’m unfamiliar with AI chatbots that you pay for. What is a token?

This is just more proof that law enforcement doesn’t need age verification or backdoors to fight crime.

I don’t deal in absolutes, but one move I watched recently that I really enjoyed was Predator: Badlands (2025).

Like a Verhoeven move from the 80s, Predator sneaks in genuine and interesting themes into an ostensibly crappy sci-fi movie. The Thia character is good feminism that reminds me of Lewis in Robocop (1987). That is to say she’s powerful without being coded masculine. And her relationship with Dax is as a partner and eventually a mirror. Dax’s character arc can be summed up as overcoming toxic masculinity. Just delightful, I watched it twice in two days.

Complaining about bitching. Wow! Is that ironic or meta?

I just look at vanilla lemmy.world on a browser. I’m not really sure what an “instance” is, other than .mil sucks.

Fred Hampton. I don’t mean to pass over other civil rights martyrs, but the Black Panthers were something special. Real revolutionary politics, organised, and taking direct action; the high-water mark of leftest politics in modern America.

AI slop is content geared toward metrics in an algorithm. AI is helpless and must produce content averaged out by the metrics of whatever company designed the thing. But humans are perfectly capable of producing slop.

For example, a director working for Apple wanted to nerd out on the opening sequence to pay tribute to an obscure movie he liked. Apple said no. Their data showed that audiences needed to be captivated in the first 30seconds or they’d switch off. So how about a drone-shot over a European city with a song that cost a fortune to licence, and with a voice over explaining everything? All the slop, none of the AI.

You’re just looking for generic war footage that’s uncensored? You don’t care about which conflict? Is this just about seeing death and gore?

Sekero is just about my favorite game. I’ve completed it at least 20 times and will do so again.

I’ve beaten the Demon of Hatred 2 times and I never want to play that motherfucker ever again.

Isshin is one of the greatest boss battles in gaming. He’s a brutal, but fair, test of everything you learn in the game. The best part is you get to kill Genechro over and over.

IMO the Demon of Hatred is way harder because so few of your skills are useful in that fight.

The article does not say, or imply that. In fact, it goes out of it’s way to say that mental health professionals don’t have a good understanding of this phenomena. Do you have a source Senator Armstrong?

The core of dishonesty is disrespect for others and the truth. That’s the core issue. Focusing on the method of prevarication is academic.

They also state the vulnerability is well-hidden, and that they “could have made some insane cash selling this, but no amount of money will stand between me and my determination against Microsoft.”

based.

I don’t understand. Why does Brave not exist? Is it because the developer is a chud? Fair enough. Is it because it’s Chrome? If so, does that apply to Vivaldi?

This is part of a global push to end anonymity on the internet. And it’s not about surveillance by the State or even censorship, it’s about surveillance by capital. The State want’s to control everyone who’s a threat. Capital wants the same thing, just without the last three words.