I grew up in the 90s so just existing would cause people to call you gay.

Level1Tech looked a good amount into it and he’s not convinced microcode updates, which they have released many, will fix the issue.

IG has a default setting to not show you political suggestions from accounts you do not follow. I’m guessing that is the same for Facebook. You can change it in the settings though.

I do a decent amount but it has been less and less. I avoid buying no name stuff that is loaded with fake reviews. If there is something I specifically want and it is cheaper on Amazon, I’ll get it there. Oftentimes it is not cheaper for brand named stuff.

I enjoyed both Monument Valleys, the Room series, and Downwell.

An assessment test I did for a job recently was essentially just an SAT and IQ test. None of it had to do with the position but it was a quick way for them to say “no foreigners.”

https://youtu.be/dR1m29cNVsc

I find the concept of a closed source shoe horrifying. 🙂

Yeah, it turns out humans be humaning. We are not robots. You have the option to safely operate a car on your own but if you so happen to have an issue where you cannot operate one safely in the moment, the safety features help you out. You can still operate a vehicle with lane assist and not even notice that it is enabled. You also have the ability to turn it off. You can also still operate a vehicle with adaptive cruise control enabled and not even notice it if you are shaky operating the vehicle properly. These features do not prevent people from operating a vehicle safely on their own. They are there because a fuck ton of people cannot and never have been able to. The past driver mortality rate which was higher when these safety features were not an option is clear evidence of that.

Again, if you are indeed a robot and have never had an issue of going over the lines or going above the speed limit or ever checked your rear view mirror at an inopportune time when someone in front of you is slamming on their brakes, you can still operate a vehicle just the same as you would if they were not there. Hell, you can also simply disable them. But those safety features are there for the rest of us that recognize that shit happens.

Now I will certainly agree that many people should not be driving. I believe that you should have a hell of a lot more practice than six months of driver’s education and passing a very simple test once to be able to drive for the rest of your life. I also recognize that driving is a requirement for many people to work. I welcome alternatives to driving but it is not a reality yet. The increase in safety features helps minimize death and injury in the current reality.

Lane assist and being able to control shit via voice or steering wheel buttons absolutely has helped with safety though. While lane assist is not going to completely prevent you from serving off the road if you pass out, it will happen much less often. Of course you should not drive while tired but people still do pretty often. Being able to change a radio station or call someone from steering wheel buttons is a hell of a lot safer than fiddling with a radio dial or searching for a CD/cassette to play. A girl in my high school died doing that one.

Seat heating was not really a thing in anything but luxury models until pretty recently.

I do agree about replacing controls with a touchscreen though. Fuck that. That is absolutely less safe than having tactile feedback.

Losing the app means that people can’t change the color of the light on the shoe. You can still do all the other shit manually.

That said, I feel like companies should be required to open source shit like this once they drop support for it. Otherwise stuff like this adds to the mountains of e-waste poisoning the planet.

Everyone knows you hop on another kid’s shoulders and put on a trenchcoat, fedora, and sunglasses and gave the name Robert Businessman.

My very rural school used a technology grant to get a few smart boards (that first kind). I’m an older millennial. They were not as useful as a white board for drawing stuff on the board but quicker to setup for slide presentations.

Side note: the National Park Service has an awesome team running their social media accounts. Their posts are always hilarious and informative.

But if we do that, how will we maximize how much money we make off of it? /s

This came up in my Discover feed and I initially assumed it was a fake news site. Unfortunately all the things in the article are indeed real (aside from the robo-brains which they note are mock ups). The brain cells learning to play Pong made the news last year. Combine this with the creepy as hell skin grafted onto a robot and you have nightmare fuel for life.

An AC unit could actually help with that since it will dehumidify the space. Many have a dehumidify only mode. You would still want to bleach the mold that is there though. If you are renting, let your landlord know and hope they do something about it. It might be a legal requirement that they do something about it, especially if it is black mold.

If you have a basement, stay in it. When it was 108°F here in Seattle the other year, it was in the mid to high 70s in my basement office. If you do not have a basement, am evaporative cooking method can cool you a bit of you are in a dry climate. You could also hit up a pool or grocery store or movie theater. All those will help you cool off.

Check Craigslist for a portable AC unit. I was able to snag a free dual hose portable AC unit a month ago. The hotter it is though, the higher the prices are on Craigslist.

It totally makes sense to have a bunch of elected non experts go through the minutae of federal departments and how to implement policy. /s

Not me but someone who did it in our yard back when I was a wee lad: a gun. Don’t worry. Someone did not drop their gun willy nilly in our lawn, at least not recently. The thing was a very rusty 80-year old revolver. He also found a decent amount of tax tokens.

Digging in my current yard has not resulted in anything as fun: 150 beer bottles, an animal skull (still not sure what species), and a wine bunch of oyster shells.