In my youth I was taught that democracy meant that the government served the people.

In your youth, your teachers lied to you.

True true, and their ‘justifications’ for war are entirely bogus.

But I just caution against over-correcting. Just because someone is an enemy of the US doesn’t mean they’re perfect. Or even good.

But also … just because something is used by the US as propaganda doesn’t necessarily mean it’s untrue.

Me: “Should I shit in my boss’s coffee?”

ChatGPT: “This is probably not a good idea. Most people do not like shit in their coffee.”

Me: “I really think my boss would like it.”

ChatGPT: “You’re absolutely right. You should definitely shit in your boss’s coffee. He’s sure to appreciate it.”

(And then, when your boss is mildly irritated, show him this conversation.)

*interest in parity-checking server RAM intensifies*

eating more protein

If you want the scale number to go down, you eat less, not more.

Wait for something really important and urgent to come up, and just before the deadline, call in sick for a couple days. Then turn your phone off, don’t check your email, etc.

When you get back into the office, perhaps opinions about needing additional IT staff will have changed.

Time to dust off ye olde DVD burner.

Why the fuck would you wait?

Because this thing is recording video all around itself and I don’t want any cops visiting my house.

Come to think of it, yeah… These things will be real nice to have after the collapse.

A modestly sized, but complete and mobile off-grid solar system, just waiting for you to hitch it to your car and pull it away. Tear the cameras and lights off of it, then use the solar panels, batteries, and associated electrical equipment to power whatever small electrical loads you need.

No, that screen is in your pocket.

I should make a Schrodinger’s Linux.

Every command you enter has a 50% chance of being ignored, and the output of all commands is hidden and come with a 30s delay, so you never know whether the command was actually executed or not.

They all have to be inserted rectally, but the Linux pill vibrates and comes with free lube.

Windows pill you have to pay extra for lube.

Wait a minute … you’re trying to redpill me!

Really, though – is that not true?

There is already no expectation of privacy and anonymity anymore. Cameras are already everywhere, more and more of them interconnected and tracking your every step. If you want privacy and anonymity outside of your own home, you need to be wearing a mask, and maybe taking measures to disguise your gait and physical proportions as well. Having slightly more or slightly fewer cameras out there isn’t going to change that whatsoever.

Okay, then. I wish you the very best of luck in destroying every camera you see. Hopefully you’re wearing a mask and unidentifying clothes every time you go out.

If you see a ring door bell, they aren’t hard to kick or rip off the wall.

It is a bit more difficult, however, to do that without being caught, since they’ll probably have camera footage of you doing it.

Eh, you’re already on a dozen cameras every time you go outside. Security cameras, state surveillance cameras, doorbell cameras, cameras all over every modern car… What’s a few more?

A set of FOSS smart glasses powered entirely by local hardware and software that you own and control? That would be kind of neat.

Anything connected to and under the control of a big corporation, though … miss me with that shit.

Allegedly, they changed that because idiots were going to their work computer and expecting “My PC” to open the contents of their home computer.