Ebby

The last bid I reviewed for a new office recommended Brother printers (woot) but the color laser had toner lock-in. I recommended an alternative and the owner agreed.

Too bad these companies won’t know about the products they don’t sell because of this crap.

Uh oh. My data archive project just took a jump up in priority. I have some of these drives I think.

Grr! That smug-arse thumbnail. Such a punchable face. I have no idea why it gives me such anxiety… That shade of lifelessness and pale eyes.

I hear the blog is well written. It’s just that thumbnail!

/offtopic

While I like to agree with that vision of decentralized social media, even here on lemmy we have our own pitfalls. Echo chambers are unchecked and defederation (even justified) happens.

I don’t assume everyone here is a real person. There was a article recently that AI was training “persuasiveness” using reddit subreddits. I have to believe a similar trial exists on the fediverse least I be caught off guard.

Plus, there are a lot of folks here (it seems like a majority sometimes in my personal experience) that are quick to advocate violence/sabotage in lieu of negotiation and debate. That reaks of puppeteering; there can’t be that many arseholes here, right?

I know I have some strong biases that lean towards peace, and I’m confused sometimes why a comment of mine in the fediverse gathers double digit upvotes steadily only to plummet to the negatives overnight. I get old reddit botnet vibes on some topics.

I suppose I want to like lemmy, the freedom, these communities, but it is still polarizing and influenceable by [insert tech/political/financial interests]. I don’t trust this enough to recommend to friends and family, but my presence here makes it a fraction more what I want to be.

Whoa whoa now. A comb over is just hair immigration and he doesn’t stand for that!

You use more data on one iPhone via cell service than my entire family across 38 devices? Impressive! Though I’m not entirely sure which number you’re suggesting is wrong.

It’s like a computer virus but spread by a human. Everything is becoming a Trump media megaphone. Hate and arguments are now good engagement analytics.

Prepare for a wave of unmoderated enshittification the likes of which has no rival.

Sounds like Automattic just had an upsydaisy moment meeting with the CFO. Could have, you know, not been a dick and saved the lawyer costs…

If I were WP Engine, I’d crank up contributions in response.