I’m guessing this guy is still performing the demonstration tutorial that he started in 1999

A very strong reminder to all mid level right wing mouth pieces that they are all expendable. That they can be sent to the public to sow devision but not have the protection from the dangers they create … or at the most extreme be martyred by their own followers and leaders to push their agenda.

I’ll never trust America to tell me the truth about any major public event like this … this is the same country that murdered their own president for their dumb right wing agenda and got away with it.

Oh yeah … this is Arch by the way

ARE YOU FREAKIN NUTS!!! DON’T SAY THAT!!!

It won’t be version 3.1.4!!! … it will turn into version 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756482338678316527120190914564856692346034861045432664821339360726024914127372458700660631558817488152092096282925409171536436789259036001133053054882046652138414695194151160943305727036575959195309218611738193261179310511854807446237996274956735188575272489122793818301194912983367336244065664308602139494639522473719070217986094370277053921717629317675238467481846766940513200056812714526356082778577134275778960917363717872146844090122495343014654958537105079227968925892354201995611212902196086403441815981362977477130996051870721134999999837297804995105973173281609631859502445945534690830264252230825334468503526193118817101000313783875288658753320838142061717766914730359825349042875546873115956286388235378759375195778185778053217122680661300192787661119590921642019893809525720106548586327886593615338182796823030195203530185296899577362259941389124972177528347913151557485724245415069595082953311686172785588907509838175463746493931925506040092770167113900984882401285836160356370766010471018194295559619894676783744944825537977472684710404753464620804668425906949129331367702898915210475216205696602405803815019351125338243003558764024749647326391419927260426992279678235478163600934172164121992458631503028618297455570674983850549458858692699569092721079750930295532116534498720275596023648066549911988183479775356636980742654252786255181841757467289097777279380008164706001614524919217321721477235014144197356854816136115735255213347574184946843852332390739414333454776241686251898356948556209921922218427255025425688767179049460165346680498862723279178608578438382796797668145410095388378636095068006422512520511739298489608412848862694560424196528502221066118630674427862203919494504712371378696095636437191728746776465757396241389086583264599581339047802759009946576407895126946839835259570982582262052248940772671947826848260147699090264013639443745530506820349625241749399651431429809190659250937221696461515709858387410597885959772975498930161753928468138268683868942774155991855925245953959431049972524680845987273644695848653836736222626099124608051243884390451244136549762780797715691435997700129616089441694868555848406353422072225828488648158456028506016842739452267467678895252138522549954666727823986456596116354886230577456498035593634568174324112515076069479451096596094025228879710893145669136867228748940560101503308617928680920874760917824938589009714 … and keep going until the end of time!!!

After this version … GIMP won’t receive its next update until number PI is resolved!!! Which will be never!!!

I think in WWIII in about ten years time, one major front of the war will be the Open Sourcers fighting against the Corporatists … it won’t matter what country anyone is for or against, it will just be a fight for human independence.

Give the fight about a hundred years and it will lead to something that looks like the Matrix and no one will remember why the fight started but we slow humans will be fighting an unwinnable war against computers and machines … and the reality won’t be as heroic or hopeful as the movies.

We should all do our part and continually feed made up trash information to poison LLMs

Nope … that’s pubic hair … those people are standing on a different section of the body than what you were thinking.

The wig is operating the human machine it sits on

#nokings on mastodon

lol … I never noticed … just like the 12 year old who installed Limewire on the family computer

Just don’t let the 12 year old install LimeWire onto that thing

If you see ads … pour gasoline over the whole thing

It’s a way of controlling the software … it would be a lot more difficult to make changes, even change settings or adjusting the software from time to time if it’s constantly being updated every week.

I noticed this with Chrome … a few years ago, there were lots of settings, hacks and changes and adjustments you could make to the browser to avoid tracking, advertising and all sorts of other things and to generally make it run faster. All that activity is lost now because Chrome literally updates itself every week.

I run Linux and my software doesn’t update it self that much … the only thing that updates itself every week is Chrome … the entire package about 50-60MB every time, wipes itself and reinstalls a new version every time … so any changes you had made to the software or any attempt at adjusting anything in the deep software is all lost and reset over and over again.

It’s dangerous to tell people that they have no free will.

Those who do not want to think critically will just convince themselves that the world is falling apart and that they can’t do anything about it because it’s all predetermined any way.

Others take advantage of the idea of a predetermined future as a license to do whatever they please. Any terrible thing they do is not a problem to them because their actions were already predetermined, they couldn’t help it because they were destined to do these things … at least that is what they tell everyone.

I believe there is a middle ground … our biology, our environment, our genetics and the universe as a whole runs like a mechanical clock with predetermined movements … but we are provided with enough options at every movement or critical point to determine our future.

We will never be able to change how our universe works but we can choose how we can exist in that universe.

Are they building an army with troops, tanks, aircraft and naval ships? Are they going to physically and violently take over the social internet?

Humanity did fine for thousands of years without these dumb apps … I think we’d be fine without them

When you do get that connection … go the extra step and install a ‘backwater prevention valve’ … it’s a giant one way valve that is attached to the main drain line as it leaves the house.

It allows water to always easily flow out but if it ever happens that water back flows into your house for some reason … the valve will stop any flow from entering your house.

I’ve always planned to get one but my situation is too difficult to install one.

I’m sorry but … what an absolute mess

You mentioned that your main drain is a bit higher than the floor of the basement. I have the same situation, my drain is about two feet off the floor of my concrete basement. The washing machine drain was placed to drain towards the lowest point of the main drain. Everything else in the house with a drain is in upper floors.

I’d rearrange the plumbing to build a drain as close to the four foot level as possible for the washing machine … instead of trying to build a solution 6 or 7 feet up in the air … you’re asking for trouble if you are making your washing machine drain up to a high point.

I remember once renting a place that was an old house with a brand new concrete basement … the main drain was close to ground level that went to a septic tank and field. Their solution was to install the washing machine in the basement, drain down to the floor level, then to a grey water pump unit in a big box that was 3x3x3 feet … and that pushed the water up to the main drain. I don’t think washing machines are meant to push water that high up and you will probably constantly have a bit of grey water backing down to the washing machine.

You get to lead the most powerful nation in the world