Please don’t set the orbit path over my home for when it inevitably starts falling apart.

“I swear, this is our last imperialist incursion into another sovereignty if you respect us by giving us the land we encroached upon and other economic rewards for having done it. Pinky swear!”

Curious to see what it’s like in 40 years when the world is ruled by Australians.

Is this a joke? Why do I need both hands to record a voice note with a phone?

Why, obviously you need one hand to hold the earpiece to your ear, the other to tap the cradle and get the operator, whom you can ask to write something down for you. What a maroon.

Nice try but you’re not going to out-stupid our head of state. 🫡🇺🇸🤡

The color is a trade-off. It looks more or less like newsprint: a little faded, but still capable of some lively imagery. It also means that black and white pages aren’t as high-contrast. The “white” parts (that are really never fully white on any e-paper display) are a little less white, meaning it’s not as sharp and you’re more likely to need to turn on the backlight or to turn it up a couple percent.

I’m not too bothered by the trade-offs, and I like it when I can see things in color. It lasts ages even with the backlight on low, so that’s not a major problem. It also includes pen support and USB-C, so all in all I’m perfectly happy with it.

This one is my second but the first one is still working fine many years later. I just wanted color.

Seconding their enthusiasm. I love my Kobo Libra Color.

Not all heroes wear capes. Good on you, friend.

Ah, no, not that. Never worked there. But I did leave a fintech job on principle. Making rich people richer made me wonder if I should go in and do my job worse every day.

I quit Google in as many ways as I could many years ago.

I’m doing my part!

Appreciate the precision. My point is, life doesn’t fall apart without your preferred brand of whiskey/vodka/chicken sandwich/whatever. Principles are more important.

I love a good whiskey but if every single one of my favorite distilleries went fascist, I could drink Canadian Club for the rest of my life and be fine.

Just imagine what they’ll have to name the sequel.

It’ll be like Street Fighter games in the 2000s. Get ready for Super ROG Xbox Ally X Turbo HD Remix Plus Alpha Double Upper.

This makes the Bad Religion song even more awesome.

My Russian is rusty, but here’s a rough translation: “We invaded Ukraine and have had our asses kicked thoroughly and dramatically, but we would still like to win and take a bunch of their territory.”

I might have missed a conjugation or two.

Now apply this to like, everything else ever.

Machine designed to convincingly fake human internet conversation sucks at ____________!

That’s great advice. At least for as long as libraries still exist. 😫

I hear good things about Pimsleur as an alternative.

https://www.pimsleur.com/

I would say the only silver lining here is that the exploitation of labor puts these giants in a precarious position where all of their critical work is being done by unhappy, extrinsically motivated people who are often only still there because they’re relatively immobile (i.e., they aren’t good enough at their job to find another one easily) or they were kept on because their salary is lower and they’re less experienced. It makes these massively complicated technology ecosystems extremely brittle, which is why software has been shit across the board for the past decade or so. It’s possible there will be a pendulum swing if and when quality becomes an attainable and marketable feature again.