Talyn

Now I have the task of covering up all of the exposed stretches of ethernet cable.

At least there's no real way to trip over any of it.

Younger me was right. Wired internet (ethernet) is far superior to wifi.

I guess going with wifi just wound up being easier than running 100+ feet of ethernet cabling through a rental home.

But sometimes we do things not because they are easy, but because they are better!

Now, a 'New Girl' or 'Community' quiz, I feel devastated when I score poorly.

I like taking quizzes like:

"Only 'Friends' super fans will know these answers!"

Then I get like 5 out of 15 correct.

Hey, someone has to set the bar.

I liked 'Friends', but I'll admit I only ever watched it all the way through when it originally aired.

"Solo", because it stands alone.

...

I'll see myself out.

We all need to report articles like this for misleading information. F*&# the NYT.

Thank you for the info!

Alternatively, is there still enough phone line infrastructure in place to operate a dial-up BBS?

I honestly think that in the event of a national level netcrash, we may see a shift to local areas intranets, instead of one ginormous web.

But do we still have the infrastructure to do so?

Really thinking about how feasible it would be to have an old school website running on a personal server using only HTML.

Basically a revival of the kind of web pages you would see on geocities back in the 00s.

I actually do remember how to use a card catalog. Pretty sure my phone changed what I typed in without me noticing it.

This is also why we need to protect our public libraries and librarians.

They remember the old ways.

Keep them safe.

Because when these greedy idiots actually break the internet, we're going to need people who can keep the wheels turning.

13/13

Older generations who learned through reading print materials need to be prepared to teach younger generations how to navigate an analog world again.

Remember how to use a card catalog?

I don't.

12/-

But it is coming.

How can you mitigate the potential damage?

Books.

Printed, physical, books.

Instruction manuals.

How-to guides.

Old "Dummies Guide" books.

11/-

We are primed for the first great netcrash.

And when it happens, we won't have any clue who (or what) to blame.

Foreign saboteurs? Maybe.
Disgruntled programmer? Maybe.
Some random "AI" with access to rewrite core code? Could be.

10/-

That is bad.

They are using our individual computers, smart phones, tablets, gaming consoles, etc., as part of massive server farms, that we the consumer can't opt out of.

9/-

So, why are they pushing AI as an integral feature of all your digital tools?

Simple.

Processing power and data to utilize so the AI can "learn".

8/-

That's the only way they protect their own money flow. Because once the big investors start realizing they were suckered into a ponzi scheme and they aren't getting their ROI, the entire thing collapses.

7/-

Despite insiders being open about the AI bubble (because it is a scam based upon a technology that cannot be delivered with current tech), they need these things to keep being pushed on the market.

6/-

Think about that for a minute.

These massive tech companies have decided to allow these programs, untested, prone to hallucinations, to go in and start rewriting foundational code.

5/-

Which those responses are always suspicious.

If no alteration to the code happened, why did the code freak out and crash 1/3 of the web?

The junk we are calling AI may be to blame, as IT folks have caught programs like Gemini rewriting code in real time.

4/-

Since these are private entities with little government regulation being enforced, we only get their PR release regarding the issue.

Note that it never seems to be because of a coordinated cyber attack, but is always because of some loose piece of coding.

3/-

When just one (or a few) companies are responsible for the massive infrastructure to keep something like the U.S. internet rolling, just one little screwup in a line of code can crash out a massive chunk of web functioning for hours or more.

2/-

Y'all, maybe it was a bad idea to put all the internet eggs into just like three or four big baskets.

Some of you have never really heard of the concept of a "netcrash", have you?

This is also why private monopolies/oligopolies are a really bad thing.

1/-

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It's TRANS AWARENESS WEEK and that means it's a great week to ignore the hysterical nonsense of bigots and understand that Trans people are awesome and deserve respect and love.

Oof.

Well, wonder how long until we go back to TelNet or dial-up BBSes.

You're the man now dog! The original.

What!?!?

Is this a goof?

Is it too much to ask for a return to the glory days of yourethemannowdog.com?

Oh, apparently YTMND is still up and running.

Possibly my most controversial post to date:

#Scrubs season 9 wasn't bad, and wouldn't have suffered the backlash from fans had the network allowed it to move forward as a spin-off, as originally intended.

I mean, c'mon! It had Eliza Coupe AND Dave Franco!

The most difficult thing to explain to the general public is that just because someone is wealthy, it does not make them smart.

Most criminals lack the wherewithal to even bother being discrete. They love telling people about their acts, until they get caught and possibly face consequences.

People often push the disabled to take risks with our health.

They think if it’s already “that bad” who cares if it gets worse

We care.

Our baselines mean everything to us.

Whatever limited function we have left is always worth protecting.

You don’t get it until you get it.

Note to self:

Allergy shots are regional.

Went on a conference trip, and rendered non-functional.

Stupid immune system.

These plants are not actually trying to murder me!