I vibe code Brainfuck using Eliza.

It’s way past time to get the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact to 270.

Stratasys still has a patent on it

That’s putting it generously, isn’t it?

This video from a year ago goes into why the patent they have today isn’t valid. (Short answer: prior art. They patented it in 1995 and that expired in 2015 in the U.S. and 2016 in Europe. Then they re-patented it in 2020, which isn’t really something they can do, but the patent office granted it anyway, probably unaware of the prior patent. There’s kindof a “new claim” in the later patent, but there’s prior art for that as well in the form of a 2019 feature request on PrusaSlicer’s Github.)

I get that Stratasys has lawyers and money and might theoretically be able to win even a case with as little merit as a patent case regarding that 2020 patent would have. But I’m not sure I’d go so far as to say they have a (valid) patent.

Blockchain can’t do that. Blockchain can’t do anything that something else can’t do better.

Hmm. I wonder if “work profile” functionality like what the “Shelter” app provides might mitigate that.

Lemmy.

Nobody’s said “this is going to be my year” in many many years.

“This instance” being lemmy.world?

Mom wanted me to go into music performance. I went into computer science both because “holy shit how cool is that” and to get out of music performance.

My alma mater had three computer departments: CSC/CompSci, CIS/Computer Information Systems, and Graphic Design. I’ve never been artistic, really, so I didn’t have a lot of interest in Graphic Design. But I didn’t know the difference really between CIS and CSC going into college.

I went to the head of the CIS department to ask about the difference and he was like “CSC is about building the plane, CIS is about flying the plane.” Misinterpreting that to mean CSC was about hardware and CIS was about software, I thought I wanted CIS. When I met with the CSC head, he met with me in a little lab in the CSC department. And on the shelves on the walls, there were robotic coin sorters and Lego robots and stuff. And that’s basically when I realized the CSC department was my people.

If your elephant needs pain relief, make sure to administer Tylenol orally.

Sulfer should be labeled “hell”.

Communication with others might be limited without proprietary messenger apps. It could be argued whether Signal counts as proprietary or not, but that’s probably the only option alongside with SMS.

Well, I use Lemmy and lurk Mastadon, but I don’t use Facebook or anything else like that. I use Google Chat on my computer. But honestly not having things that incessantly ding at me in my pocket is as much a feature as a limitation.

Camera quality likely suffers a lot, without proprietary camera drivers.

I did say “proprietary apps”. I’m sure I’m running some proprietary drivers and device firmwares and such. My camera quality is definitely dog shit, though.

Online banking is pretty much impossible without proprietary apps, since (at least here in Europe) every bank I know requires you to use their app for 2FA.

I haven’t had issues doing online banking on a desktop/laptop(/Raspberry Pi) with a browser. My bank’s 2FA just requires access to email. (So far.) I’m in the U.S., though.

Games will be severely limited, since there’s not a lot of non-proprietary apps.

Sure. But there are decent FOSS games like Shattered Pixel Dungeon and Mindustry. Plus I use Lemuroid (emulator suite) a fair amount.

Navigation will be severely limited

Not sure what you mean by this. Like, GPS? Yeah, I don’t use that.

In many cities public transport requires you to use their app for tickets

Yeah, no idea. I haven’t used public transit to speak of.

Also, I don’t use Android Auto. Or my work’s 2FA provider’s proprietary app, but I have a YubiKey for that. I don’t have any cloud backup to Google Drive or anything. Yeah, you’re not wrong that there’s a lot you can’t do on a phone under the restrictions I’ve placed on my phone, but I’d rather deal with those things than the enshittification I’d get with proprietary apps.

• Elohim, I prayed but you still ain’t answering.

• I said “amen” at the end and everything, but now I’m burning.

• I asked you twice to let me out and I’m sure you heard 'em.

• There probably is a “mysterious ways” thing going on or somethin’.

• Sometimes I speak without contrition when I supplicate.

• But anyways, fuck it, what’s up up there, man, how’s your begotten?

• Lucifer’s plotting too, he’s about to send an Antichrist.

• When she’s a ruler, guess what we’re gonna call her? We’re gonna call her “Beast”.

• I heard about your Son too, I’m sorry.

• Satan crucified me yesterday for fucking Lilith behind his back.

• I know you probably hear this every day but I need a favor.

• It really really sucks down here and I need a savior.

• I sneaked a Bible and put the pages all over my room, man.

• I like that shit you did to Job too, that shit was phat.

• Anyways, I hope you get this man, hit me back.

• Just to chat, truly yours, your biggest fan.

• This is Stan.

• Skin’s read hot I’m wonderin’ why.

• I got out of heaven at all.

• The lake of fire melts my eyeballs.

• And I can’t see at all.

• And even if I could it’d all be red.

• Put your pitchfork up my ass.

• It reminds me that OH GOD GET ME THE FUCK OUT OF HERE PLEASE.

The famous violinist. Yes.

Put them in Soma.

If you know, you know.

Honestly, still better than working sick with an office full of coworkers.

“I am deeply concerned that he is incapable of doing the job.”

I’m honestly not sure which is worse: Trump at diminished capacity or Trump at full capacity.

At least in my peer group, people hated Voyager when it was running too.

Every time we think the latest tragedy might garner the political will to change something, nothing happens. This will be no different.

A song for you.