Fucking hell

Who of us haven’t thought we were the reincarnation of Jesus after talking to a chatbot? /s

Our media is compromised, so yeah. They may elaborate a bit, but it is better than being told everything is fine

Same. His name came out of nowhere for me, but I also live under a rock

Fuck anyone who shits on someone who served their country for 20 years. I’m not simping for the military, but public service is still something to be respected IMO.

They have embraced the meme

Still pretty cool. The mist gives it “we could dump a body here” vibes

Yes! BlueSky is an echo chamber!

All social media platforms are echo chambers. Those who enjoy the conversation stay, those who dont leave. The top talkers of each platform set the narrative. Mods help boost them by hiding content they don’t like, which becomes a reinforcing loop.

Sounds like I touched a nerve here while just stating a fact.

Because BlueSky is an echo chamber.

This is more or less how I feel as well. I yearn for something that I feel proud of again, yet feel held hostage by a salary. To add on to this…

I spent years studying and learning to be good at what I do. It feels like with the advent of agents, I’m suddenly less useful than I was before. Colleagues who were juniors (IC1 or IC2) are being up-leveled to staff simply because they started regurgitating agent output - essentially being meat proxies. They barely understand what they are saying and don’t hold up to scrutiny when I ask them questions in voice calls. They can’t answer without prompting an AI. It’s frustrating to no end. I thought I was having a mid-life crisis, but it’s the industry that changed.

Now I am trying to pull back and go offline when I’m not on the clock. If there is no difference between knowledge that is hard earned through study, exams, or degrees, and all it takes is to be a meat proxy, what is my motivation to improve my technical skills for a profession?

Would not work for the average American

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You could interpret it that way, sure. There are so many IPv6 addresses you really don’t have to subnet anything like you did in IPv4. The typically “mask” you will see is a /64.

Happy belatedbirthday, @CaffeineTwo@piefed.world !

25-30 were some of my favorite years. I wish you success, health, and great memories to come.

Both are viable. Ubuntu is based on Debian. It may come with some additional bloat. Really it comes down to what you feel comfortable with. Neither will be a bad choice.

This makes me tear up a bit. All those lost books…

I found the channel ADV China some time ago and as a Westerner it felt very approachable. Two guys riding bikes around China, explaining and exploring things. I didn’t get the anti-PRC vibe, but maybe I completely missed it - whoosh over my head.

Can you recommend any other series that might be worth watching?

I’m an AMD fan so I haven’t ran into that issue. I could see how that is a problem though.

First: Gnome Favorite: Gnome Longest Used: Gnome Least Favorite: KDE Current: Gnome Future: Gnome

Used Cinnamon, KDE, XFCE in the past. Bucking the trend, I think Gnome is fine and does what I need it to do. You do you, though. That’s what is great about Linux.