That’s probably what life is like now for people who don’t get all their phone apps from f-droid.

I’m still not quite understanding what their age has to do with whatever the problem is. The routine makes them fat and lazy after enough years of their job being to “breathe and wear a hat”? Maybe that wouldn’t apply to reservists? Or maybe they don’t run things that way in Finland?

To form this opinion, I assume that you have worked closely with quite a few high-ranking military officers over the age of 60. Were they really that bad?

The post-human future where descendants of OpenAI chatbots are the dominant life form will presumably be full of pyramid schemes, spam, ransomware, and phishing attacks.

Wrong number of buttons on the captain’s chair.

Yes, that is the novel usage of the word I’m complaining about. It was not common 30 years ago.

Lucky for us that scientists have since discovered so many new sources of news to keep us busy.

Things must be getting pretty desperate in Russia. But I continue to have a suspicion that this trend of calling teenagers “children” in English is unintentionally erasing the whole concept of childhood. That they’re not children doesn’t make 16-year-olds getting pushed by their parents into arranged marriages any less horrifying.

Sure, you’ve got to consider both sides of the equation: Use your military might to plunder distant lands faster and harder than their armies are able to plunder your own land. It’s the fiscally prudent way to run things.

It’s an expensive business to be in. If the military is going to turn a profit we’ll need to start looking for better wars to get involved in, ones that really maximize the opportunities for plunder.

Because it was there.

That’s unfair — it’s not just carbon capture, he’s also putting lots of effort into building oil pipelines.

The way forward for Canada Post is delivering the mail.

Wow, such riches. Imagine being on the verge of achieving such a big number and conclusively proving that you have utterly failed at life.

How? Just use your imagination. For a more healthy and meaningful relationship, consider forming a close personal friendship with your favourite houseplant instead.

What’s said at The Verge is simply “he says he could begin to block ad blockers in Firefox” as a way to bring in more revenue, but that it would be “off-mission.” That does not indicate that he, or Mozilla, are going to be likely to attempt such a thing. It does indicate that he seriously overestimates his own power and that he’s thinking like an ad company CEO, but it’s not an actual threat to shut down ad-blockers. Well, probably not — we don’t know exactly how he phrased whatever he said. I would hope that his colleagues have since explained to their CEO that “by the way, no you can’t actually do that, it’s not even possible.” It would not bring in more revenue. It would very quickly reduce revenue to zero.

Some of the things they are doing are self-destructive enough, without imagining such implausible ones.

Fair enough — I don’t really relate to the concept, sorry for intruding with my stupid comment.

Hey random Internet strangers, do you ever feel like joining a terrorist group? How do you deal with the urge to plant bombs in hospitals? Or do you just go ahead with it? Help me out, share your experiences.

I like trains.

The one that looks tempting which I might actually get around to playing some day if I buy it is Hades.