I've relocated this account to @pieist@ohai.social . Old postings here, new postings there.
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Adding some blank posts because they appear to somehow prevent a few of the "500" server errors which were the reason I left the site:
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@TheGentYYC
Okay but is it wrong if I suddenly want to be a Freedom Yokel?
Not one word of that sounds remotely like it came from him. But under the circumstances, not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth just yet.
Without a Planet 9 we cannot have a Planet 10, and thus the Red Lectroids can't get to us by way of the Eighth Dimension. So it's probably just as well.
@evacide
Palantir is about the only name they could have chosen that's more on the nose than Lexcorp. But I'll bet more people would wear the latter.
This is what the backlash has done overall to the share price. No info on what the streaming cancellations have cost or whether affiliate advertisers have pulled out.
@w7voa
I think the boycott should hold out for more: Disney should produce a statement saying Charlie Kirk really sucked.
@EugeneMcParland
For a country that likes to sell military aircraft, Russia is remarkably eager to claim that they tend to fly unbidden to places they weren't intended to go and that nothing can be done about it.
@evacide
I don't see the problem; I totally identify as being surveilled and mind-controlled by a vast, malevolent hegemonic power
@beebrookshire
"However, it tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity. "
In fairness, much like every lay reporter ever handed the science beat on any magazine or TV network.
@w7voa They brought their own to be on the safe side
Software Engineer, mostly in the Pacific Northwest of late
Medical Informatics - Carrier-Grade Network Video Distribution - Real Time Clinical Telemetry
Formerly: Motorola, Tektronix, Intel, HP, Qualcomm, Nintendo; others you're less likely to have heard of.
Will code for pie. 🥧