Levi Breederland @levisan@qoto.org

I find it rather annoying when people parrot privacy/etc concerns about a company or product they refuse to use—however valid they may be—while simultaneously being ignorant of equally concerning issues with things they do use.

Blindly boycotting is just as annoying as being a fanboy.

Been using this for the last 24 hours and it gets the Levi Stamp of Approval with the caveat that I’ve only been using it for the last 24 hours. The built-in command line tools installed along with the GUI means you can automate it with Shortcuts and/or cron to your heart’s content.
https://github.com/actuallymentor/battery

The idea that someone might feel slighted by me because they think I don't like them but in actuality I'm just an awkward person to be around sometimes annoys me

I'm sure that solar panel setups can be legit but the door-to-door sales of them sure make them feel sketchy to me.

Brain Surgery Anniversary Day! https://levisan.me/articles/brain-surgery-anniversary-day.html

"Because one day, whoever keeps feeding us Scissor statements is going to release one of the bad ones."

"Tell your friends and relatives not to discuss politics or society. If they slip up, break off all contact."

https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/10/30/sort-by-controversial/

…what were we talking about?

"You warm me up like a skylight filter"

In case anyone needed a reminder, "ass" means donkey, "arse" means buttocks.

@louis I guess… I'd keep watch for them to slip up and do something verifiable

In your opinion, are government-enforced monopolies always a bad or good thing ?

Here's a study that shows that modern western society has ingrained upon itself the idea of smalltalk so fervently that if you are naturally predisposed against it, you're going to have a rough time https://doi.org/10.1108/EJM-06-2021-0460

@harvhat Good point!

I wonder if phone carriers track data like % of calls placed which are answered or % of outgoing calls which are answered

Today's jam might be a perfect arrangement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Go0B29LOnA

I can relate to the second speaker https://wondermark.com/c/1411/

Here's your regularly-scheduled reminder that "Godspeed" has nothing to do with going fast
https://buttondown.com/levisan/archive/171/

Hi, it's me.

@progo Having watched it *all* (because my wife likes it and I'd rather watch it and spend time with her than do neither) it definitely gets worse as time goes on, and the characters seem more and more unbelievable as they get more and more stuck in the box that was set out for them at the beginning