You’re the expert!

I can do absolutely anything. I’m an expert!

😆 I’ll be watching you…

And to further expand on that, if you do pass in a sting string, it handles it correctly.

> parseInt('0.0000005')

0

I was going to say it handles steering and braking, but… Where are the brakes? This must be one of those bikes where you back pedal to brake, so I guess front end just steers.

o7

Thank you for your service.

Probably better than “emacs googling” your code.

…probably.

Damn people… They ruined humanity!

While we’re at it, I have some other suggestions…

For example, in year 1 that useless letter “c” would be dropped to be replased either by “k” or “s,” and likewise “x” would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which “c” would be retained would be the “ch” formation, which will be dealt with later. year 2 might reform “w” spelling, so that “which” and “one” would take the same konsonant, wile year 3 might well abolish “y” replasing it with “i” and iear 4 might fiks the “g/j” anomali wonse and for all.
Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez “c,” “y” and “x”–bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez–tu riplais “ch,” “sh,” and “th” rispektivli.
Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.

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Be honest. That database isn’t very good anyway. You’re doing them all a favor.

-Brain

I assume the original meme is basically just the picture without the alternatives, but I’ve never seen it.

I’ve also never heard of tubearchivist, so that’s a fun new rabbit hole.

Edit: Oh, is this an update of “this generation was the first to be raised online”? Another thing I’d never seen. Do I even internet?

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It feels weird, like maybe over-practiced, but I agree that it sounds human enough to fool me.

I subscribe to and have notifications enabled for about 13 channels that upload every single day; I only get notified like once a month about a random video whenever YouTube decides it wants to actually do the thing I have told it to do.

This has not been my experience. I subscribe with bell for almost every channel I follow. If anything I almost get too many notifications, but at least I get to decide whether each notification/video is worth watching or dismissing. The new video notifications aren’t always immediate, but I almost never see a video on my subscription feed that I haven’t already been notified about.

This isn’t so much “hacked” as someone walked through the door they left wide open. They just hid it behind a bush.

Alright. I’m finally hearing enough about pixelfed to start looking into it. Are there any good resources for jumping in?

I see it’s decentralized. Do I just go to pixelfed.org and create an account, or is this like the fediverse where you have to pick an instance to get started?

Edit: for anyone looking, the Pixelfed website has a list of instances, so you can try to find an instance that most appeals to you.

DJI voluntarily created its geofencing feature, so it makes a certain degree of sense that the company would get rid of it now that the US government no longer seems to appreciate its help, is blocking some of its drone imports, calls DJI a “Chinese Military Company,” and has started the countdown clock on a de facto import ban.

“The FAA does not require geofencing from drone manufacturers,” FAA spokesperson Ian Gregor confirms to The Verge.

While I don’t think this is a good change, especially after that drone damaged one of the firefighting planes, it does make sense that they would stop hamstringing their product if it’s not required. I assume consumers will also appreciate not being treated like children, but again… it’s not always a good idea to trust everyone to use common sense.

Not to mention the tracking (ok, you mentioned cookie notices, but not the actual tracking) that will ultimately impact your social media feeds.

“Huh, my friend-across-the-aisle just posted something that contradicts my world view, but I’m not sure I trust that site. If I click on it, will my feed suddenly be flooded with more untrustworthy sources?”

It’s usually not worth the risk.

It’s a shame it doesn’t work on mobile

I tried Chrome and Firefox. I even switched to “Desktop version”, but no dice.

Yeah, I definitely remember when they started showing things I didn’t ask for, and I thought “I don’t like that”, but I stuck around because I could ignore posts I didn’t care about.

It took a little while, but I eventually started to play “how far can I scroll before I get something I didn’t ask for?”

Shortly after that, I realized I actually had to start playing “how far until I get something I did ask for?”.

Once I realized that, I cut back significantly. I still go from time to time when I’m stuck waiting in line or something, but it broke my daily habit. I miss what it used to be, but I certainly don’t miss what it is.