My whole friend group stopped trusting Meta a few years ago, so I got everyone on Matrix-Synapse instead of WhatsApp.

I just set it up on my homeserver. Everyone just calls it “Element” and has no idea how it works, but the UI is familiar and easy to use.

Trying to work on Pixelfed, but most interesting photos just get shared on Matrix anyway.

I think the next underground social network should be called “car insurance.”

Nobody would ever find it through a search engine.

https://xkcd.com/2634/

My iPhone’s Safari crashed multiple times. Granted, it’s an iPhone 11, but still.

Christ the ads on that site.

Definitely not Mandela, but maybe it’s something Google never officially confirmed.

Here’s an article about Ingress, the spiritual predecessor to PkmnGo. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628936-200-why-googles-ingress-game-is-a-data-gold-mine/

I’d bet the average American doesn’t even know what color gasoline is.

I feel like this was common knowledge back in 2016. Is this surprising to anyone?

Gasoline.

How many other toxic and highly volatile chemicals do we let 15 year olds squirt out of a hose with no supervision? Hell, we even have little TVs to distract them while they do it.

And you realize that it’s taking a while to delete that small handful of files.

Second only to the Seven Hours War.

Ironically, the three trades you listed are in high demand right now specifically because of the rapid rollout of the data centers needed to power AI.

It’s a sad fact that those systems seem incompatible with human nature as it stands.

Eh, I’d say 20% human nature, 80% propaganda.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rce6HTFBaFg

End users aren’t the customer.

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Talk about a bony ass

https://clip.cafe/the-addams-family-1991/you-are-too-precious-words-s1/

Far from the biggest menace, but there is one nit I have to pick that somewhat aligns with the OP.

Pedestrians who don’t look up to notice that the cars aren’t stopped because the light is red, but because the light is green and they don’t want to block the box.

As a cyclist in the bike lane/cutting between stopped cars, these people are dangerous. Especially when you try to get their attention since they’re about to walk into your path, and they suddenly realize they’re in the middle of an active intersection and freak out and quickly move in a completely random direction. By all means, keep up with your sudoku while crossing the street, just make sure the light is on your side before you wander into traffic.

I also once saw a guy walk straight through a construction site and nearly bonk his head on a giant concrete pipe hanging from a crane overhead.

And yes, I think a safer city would have no stoplights and everyone would have to be aware of their surroundings and negotiate moving through traffic, but while we have stoplights, you kind of have to play along.

Failing Buffalo Wild Wings gets free publicity by pulling viral stunt!