Reads: Our flagship operating system and services have gotten to the point of such terrible shite for humans that we need to pivot to a less discerning customer base.

24 Hour fitness just needs to deliver Trump a golden dumbell and this would magically go away.

I do miss the amateur content, ngl - people often say to just go to porn sites, and I get it, but there is a reason tumblr, reddit, etc etc always develop a nsfw underbelly and if the fediverse could crack that nut (heh) it would be great imho; although, the more I think about it, OF has killed off the vast majority of ppl just doing it for fun.

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Rule of law in this land now: "Trump-class" anything is coded for "kickback-funneling-class" - it's never going to exist for it's stated mission, only for the explicit mission of funneling money around.

I know this is just a meme post but I was watching an interview with his wife and the sheer terminally online/disconnected from reality of it all was a bit disturbing to me. Like you are dumb-as-rocks enough to believe you are going to go over there with your family and be treated like Seagal or something? I wanted to schadenfreude but I couldn't, the level of stupidity was actually offensive to me.

No Basque Cheesecake? Fuck this list.

...and ~35% come from the clothes we wear. No clothes, no cars, sign me up.

Finally got motivated enough to change the lock screen from other peoples photography to my own. Spend an hour going through shots and make a folder under 'Pictures' root folder called 'Lock screen', go to the settings for lock screen and select that folder as the slideshow source. "We can't use that folder so it was removed". Hmmm. Ok, let me add it to 'Documents' instead. Same issue. Hmmm, ok.... I hate it, but let me move it under c: - ok, it accepted it, sweet. Lock the screen, not showing anything... Hmmm ok, google it. Apparently it fails silently when it needs permissions. Hmmm, Ok... workaround is to select 'Photo' mode instead of slideshow mode, lock the screen. Ok, shows the photo. Ok, now go back to slideshow mode and it should work.

Wrong place for this rant I know but windows just seems progressively shittier over the years, if that's even possible.

I don't get the grind mindset at all - look at me! Be like me! Bust ass 24/7, hustle hustle hustle, sleep is for losers, carbs are for losers, relationships that aren't profitable are for losers...... it's all worth it though so you can be on vacation in some exotic place like me!!!........... (and not even be able to put work down for one second to enjoy your fucking drink and be oblivious of the views you worked for) Like who thinks this sounds awesome except 15 year old boys?

Against the advice of literally every person we talked to (with the main argument being 'resellability') our new home is being built with one!

How small are we talking? I moved from a large city (Ft. Lauderdale, FL 185k people) to an insanley large city (Brooklyn, NY 2.6 million) then as a sort of whip lash decided I wanted rural living so I took my RV to an area I was thinking of buying a few acres in (Mossyrock, WA ~1000 people) and plopped for a few months. It was not for me. Real "one coffee shop, one restaraunt, one bar" type place and while I loved it initially, the pain-in-the ass of day to day living was too much. Think 20 min drives to the closest gas station, 45 min drives to the nearest large grocer.

After moving around the area quite a bit, I landed on a place with ~35k people and to me, after two years, I am still loving it. Feels like small town rural living but downtown is a 10 min drive away with a bunch of eateries, bars, nightlife, etc.

Pros of 'smaller' town living (after trying a few areas that passed the vibe check):

• Community. With everything going on in the world right now it feels like you are powerless. Shrinking the scope of your action to your neighbors and your immediate area empowers you to make change in a way you've never felt before. You can participate and have direct impact in all sorts of ways, from city council meetings, to improvement projects, to just participating in a local farmers market.
• Safety. Some people may see this as a negative, and I guess it could be depending on how invasive your direct neighbors are lol, but for me on 5 acres it's been incredible. Everyone knows if something is amiss and are not afraid to 'ring the alarm' as it were. When I first bought the property I was parking along the road as it was very overgrown, countless people stopped and asked if I needed help with the car (assuming I had broken down) then proceeded to introduce themselves and have met a ton of people in this way.
• Affordability. Land and housing is cheaper, groceries stay the same (assuming you are near a main interstate). You can buy a house for the price of an apartment in a large city.
• Quiet. Being in a large city is being in the belly of the beast. The gears are turning all night long. With smaller city living, it's the opposite, peace and quiet, take a deep breath and relax. Night life and night owls still exist, but you have to go hunt them down.
• Less Police Presence. Crime rates drop inordinately as the population decreases, and with that, you see a lot less "boys in blue" - furthermore, because it's usually just a few people, you get to know them and have less anxiety with interactions.
• Gardens and Greenery. Speaks for itself, less population density == less concrete paradise == more biodiversity.

Cons:

• Commute. If you don't have a WFH gig, most smaller cities will not have an abundance of the type of work you do. You'll most likely have a commute so somewhere with light rail might be awesome for you if that's the case.
• Gentrification. Depending on where you come from and where you are moving to, you might be seen as a sort of 'colonizer.' I don't get that sneer but I did get several people making sure I was not coming from California LOL.
• Slower Pace. In FL it's known colloquially as "Cuban Time" basically meaning that time estimates should be taken with a grain of salt. The pace of the life is slower in a small town and you might find services taking forever to be completed. If you can relax and go with the flow though, it shouldn't be too much of an issue.

Ok this turned into an essay, this new coffee bean smacks. Best of luck!

Well now that we have a map, I may finally be able to find it.

I have gifted several repos to the community writ large... Transferring to a stranger is dangerous. Shutting it down is letting the community disolve into the broader ocean of OSS. If you care deeply about this project (AND are not burned out, this is key) I would highly recommend transparency first. Edit your main readme or make a post on your issues/forum/etc, whatever is the most popular, asking for community leaders to step up in taking the reigns. Promote one to many (depending on how popular this repo is) contributers to become stewards, where they are essentially granted all permissions except a rolling a new version, retain that power for yourself and over a year or so you approve releases but take no active part in development. Once one to many contributers assume the ownership role (in spirit only as you hold the release keys) and are actively progressing what used to be your baby, then and only then do you pick the best of the worst (lol sorry RLM is always in the back of my mind) to be your true successor - handing over the last of your exclusive permissions and breaking a bottle of champage on the figurative new ship.

I wish you the best and I thank you deeply from my heart for contributing your labor and love to the OSS community.

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...vs AI reality:

Metal AF. There is something stirring in this video for me, something about the greek/roman style columns (that in my mind represent democracy) framing the inferno. It speaks a lot to the state of democracies across the world atm and the fractured nature of our collective consciousness.

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Yup - had the ability (and even tried last downturn) to buy but was consistantly outbid by overseas (and domestic) cash, after 10+ years of trying I finally decided to buy land and go through all the red-tape and expense of buiding something new. Turning houses into financial instruments was a real mistake.