Notices by USB-loving k9 (usbhump@masto.dog), page 8

@Azure I don't know if it's really a 'panic' or a dog-whistle, but that's an interesting idea. There is this vibe of "I thought I knew you, but you were the enemy all along" getting pushed pretty hard on the left.

Fun fact: "inflammable" came first, from Latin "inflammare", "to set on fire".

After that came "nonflammable".

"Flammable" was a back-formation from "non-flammable".

Ever since people have been confused.

The thing that most people don't know about space missions is that things are pretty much always going wrong and whether your mission is a success or not depends almost entirely on how well your contingency plans and backup systems are set up.

Like, there's a reason the Mars rovers, for example, lasted well past expected lifetime and that's because they were designed with the assumption of the universe going "fuck THESE rovers in particular".

@Elizafox man, computers sure have advanced a lot. nowdays on macOS all you need to do is type root into the username field and press enter twice

Ah, Windows 98. Even if you disabled the whole "cancel" thing, you could still log in.

https://mst3k.interlinked.me/media/qBlB6mM5cWny5cIyuOA

apparently jordan peterson's "lobster hierarchy" is based on a study of lobster behavior when a large number are kept in a confined space, eg the exact opposite of how lobsters live in the wild. It's basically a repeat of the "Alpha Wolf" myth from the 40s. This guy can't even be wrong in an original way and people think hes smart???

My position is the same as alternative medicine:

"You know what they call alternative medicine that works? Medicine."

Same with biohacking, pretty much.

@chr
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https://niu.moe/media/reaziFkhlQl0lVuL71o

friends don't let friends use uTorrent

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/02/utorrent-bugs-let-websites-control-your-computer-and-steal-your-downloads/

uTorrent hasn't been good since 2.2.1 and that version is ancient and is not gonna get patched

there are a decent amount of other BitTorrent clients out there:

- qBittorrent (this is the one I use)
- Deluge
- Transmission
- rtorrent

there are some salty stubborn folks on r/trackers (and probably elsewhere) who are extremely salty about having to move clients to one that is maintained and not some ancient version of uTorrent

these people sound like those folks still loudly complaining on tech forums everywhere that they are gonna never upgrade from using Windows XP

🙄

@Elizafox @shekkiesqueaks MS Paint isn't a bad tool itself... but that's still funny to think about.

Oh God Techmoan uploaded a proper version of that pic I love it

It's like an anti-meme

This is a perfect shitpost

https://mst3k.interlinked.me/media/W9IG99VXAAz1h0EGkD0

NWS Offices are a big silly mess that don't really make sense. Their warning areas just span state lines and are just so jagged.