70s and 80s yes. Not so much the 90s. Those were the salad years. Glasnost, the end of the cold war, the Internet… Everything was looking so positive. Hell, even the music was happier (although that might be selection bias).
The 70s and 80s were terrifying by comparison.
I think when people say “destruction of the planet” they are really meaning “our ecosphere and the multitude of species that are currently going extinct”.
Many recognize that we are in a 6th mass extinction period and understand that as the ecosystem goes, so do we. Is the spheroid body of the planet going to crumble or plate tectonics stop working because we’re gone? With all deference to George Carlin, no we know better (we’ll, there is the question about racking-induced earthquakes, but that’s a bit in the weeds).
Found Michael Bolton.
Their budget, like the military, won’t get frozen IIRC. Something about being in the Defense Authorization Act I think.
Since due process is off the table, we’ve determined (without a trial) that you’re not a citizen, and you’re being deported to a country you’ve never been to, where they will imprison you at our request, and they don’t speak any language you do.
Why? Because we’re ICE. Fuck you.
Not nearly enough hyperbole in this launch announcement!
"Today, we’re announcing our most ambitious product we’ve ever assembled.
Meet iRock, the most bold design you have experienced to store mass. This innovation from Apple engineers right here in Cupertino, America allows our users to skip across bodies of water, hold open doors, and even be a pet. <drones on for 20 more minutes expound g on the virtues of iRock>.
Next up, iPaper, a revolutionary, breakthrough companion to iRock. It serves as a premium “covering layer” to the iRock user experience, as well as having a vastly superior tactile interface and clean, distraction free design. Of course, creativity and expression is at the very heart of Apple, so iPaper allows customization of the standard crisp, clean and brilliant white. Seriously, look at our stores and our products. Sterile operating room porcelain white is what we prefer. And please don’t touch our products with your dirty, dirty human fingers. Our products are design masterpieces that should be on display in the Lourve, not in your cheeto fingers. Where was I - oh yes - iPaper will change the world with its ability to transform. Now, over to Kevin.
HI, I’m Kevin from Apple’s Transforming Tomorrow’s Reality Today Team (TTRTT for short). We have come up with the greatest new innovation for Apple users yet. Imaging being able to take an object and make it into many smaller objects. Until now, the only way to do that was with a clumsy collection of hard to understand tools from old ways of thinking. At Apple, we only think of new ways to do old things in more complex, expensive ways. And now, with the power of AI built in to every A10 chip, and that chip in every product we sell, everyone can experience increased power usage and data mining. Our latest innovation, iScissors, takes that ability and allows you to integrate more seamlessly than ever before by integrating with iPaper. Thus dynamic powerhouse allows you to unlock your creative potential and _change the world! _
(iScissors not compatible with iRock until v2, eta q3, 2028)
Late to the party but Verkada. Block their domain at the front door and don’t look back. The highest pressure sales tactics, cold calling everybody in the company they can find on LinkedIn / website / data broker lists. Started calling our board of directors at home and their day jobs asking why we weren’t returning messages. Verkada can burn in hell.
It really sucks ass when you have a Cisco voice system. I can’t even get a quote from my Cisco VAR to update b/c Broadcom isn’t replying to small quote requests, but are pulling shit like this for old-ass v6.5 installations like ours that only have 2 hosts and 6 vm’s.
Ahem…
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Where, exactly?
Pretty soon we’re going to be carrying cubes in our pockets
This thread is going to be used as exhibit #1 at our tribunals.
How could it have been forgotten?!
Kind of a different feel, but: Fight Song - The Stanfields
Also, Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls and Creeping Death
Finally, the entire first Matrix Original Soundtrack
Edit: Gorillaz - Feel Good is tickling my brain, and there’s something about Foster the People’s Pumped Up Kicks but I’m not sure if it’s a good idea. And: Dope - Die Motherfucker Die
That is so painfully accurate.
Gender-affirmimg truck surgery
I don’t lift a damn thing and regularly swipe spoonfuls of peanut butter.
I’m probably gonna mess this quote up, but I thought it was brilliant:
“Privacy is essential to security, and shitty people feel entitled to take that away from you.”
You can’t be secure in your dealings or operate on equal footing (economically speaking, as others here have pointed out) without a measure of privacy.
Well, not that shocked.
I mean, Pratchett and Adams hung around each other and influenced each other’s work, so…