Wait what? People write code on their phones? That in itself amazes me.

Basically every decent free thing that runs on Linux, including Linux itself - it’s amazing that it’s all free.

Does this mean youtube preferentially selects alt-right shorts, or alt-right people make more shorts? Or some other thing entirely? Jump to your own conclusion.

Haven’t seen these but my solution would be just don’t watch the video. These ads may be unskippable but they aren’t un-watch-something-else-able.

Basically an 80s punk dog.

Same, absolutely! I’m always afraid grownups are gonna figure out that’s what I’m doing.

or sharing an elevator with an Irishman.

The New York Times calls Going Down, “Lovecraft at his spine-chilling best! An Arkham professor of antiquities steps into a lift and gets the ride of his life!”

“I’m going for more of an 80s pop vibe.”

I use duct tape.

Valid point but I would rather miss shorts from channels I subscribe to than see blurbs for all the endless others.

Schmidt?

Interesting, I just scrolled through 10 or 15 pages of my youtube feed and there wasn’t a Short to be found. Maybe it takes some time to happen, I forget. Or you might have to click Not Interested more if you’ve already watched a lot of Shorts - I had only watched like 3. and they were accidental.

It would look like monkeys flying out of millions of butts. Too many people are afraid of eviction, no dinner, taking a hit on their credit rating, etc.

I found youtube shorts very annoying, because I have an attention span and can focus on something for more than 30 seconds. But if you right-click the three dots on a few Shorts sections and click Not Interested, youtube gets the hint and stops offering them to you. Win-win!

Penn Gillette wisely said eating is mostly habit, and I agree. There are people who actually like McDonalds, etc, but the ones who still buy it even though they think it sucks are just slaves to habit. I personally know somebody with $200 to their name who had Doordash deliver Wendy’s to their apartment so they didn’t have to go anywhere or figure out how to cook. Ingrained habits and cravings are powerful forces.

Well yes, I’ve been a self-employed contractor myself. You can always choose not to do what a customer wants. The risk that they’ll drop you and find somebody else is yours to take.

This organization fared much better than the Software Preservation Network, which the US Copyright Office recently barred from lending out copies of retro games themselves. It’s a lot easier to access material about the games.

As another someone who doesn’t use Threads, it is a big surprise to find out there’s a website or something called Threads that looks like it’s related to email and apparently is popular.

Wind blows smog away and disperses it to where it isn’t noticeable, but sometimes the air gets polluted faster than the local winds can carry it away.

German… the Language of Love