I learned all the basics of computers when I was 10 from Minecraft. Learned basic life concepts from there much earlier. I learned file directories from modding Java edition. Learned networking from multilpayer. Get an error message? Read it, Google and try to figure out how to fix it. Learned some Java coding around age 12 from a modding lesson program my parents got me. Also learned electronic skills and soldering at the same age from disassembling broken stuff and savaging motors to make stuff.

If kids are given a difficult, nerdy interface in one hand, and all the world’s knowledge in the other, they’ll be genius. If they’re given an iPad they’ll have no idea what a folder is, much less a MAC address.

This is why all children should start on a $100 ThinkPad running Arch Linux, a cheap rooted phone, and Firefox with the links to stack exchange and arch forums bookmarked for them.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

A lot of us in NOLA, too! And Denver for some reason…

Don’t say “Very UwU,” say “Nyaaaaaaaaa :3”

Of course. Im thinking of something like cb, but more casual. Keep using CB as-is for longer range important stuff with proper radio etiquette, but require the super short range yap network as basic local comms. And yeah gov’t could have a dedicated channel with high power for traffic alerts, give NOAA a channel, etc. Have the receive function work passively like a scanner.

True. Very likely that channel would be jammed into hell pretty quick. My suggestion: have a digital callsign related to your VIN built into the radio. And as much as I hate proprietary hardware, make the radio not work without it. If you tx without it, same or worse penalties as ie jamming a ham band.

That said I’m totally putting a botnet on the inter-car network and using it for a distributed pirate radio station lol

Mandatory cb radio. That easy. Don’t even require people to talk, just make it a requirement that a cb radio capable of transmitting be kept on in every vehicle. Dedicated band for this so you don’t clog other traffic ofc, and very low tx power maybe 200mW

It’s a 6. 1920, 1940, 1960, 1980, 2000. Very mouldy meme though.

I think fashion will change to fit the technology, honestly. It’s happened before with smartwatches (somewhere down the line we decided a square black “mirror” on the wrist actually looks pretty darned cool if you design it right).

Look at cyberpunk for examples. In general their design team did really, really well, and while many wouldn’t adopt the chunkier bits, I’d certainly opt for that style.

For a real life example, we have the Hyperion Thinview (an fpv headset) that shows practicality for that form factor. Not the best, but throw in Meta levels of screen density and high-tech optics and yeah I think it’s possible in that thin compact design.

My friend in Baphomet,

This is the way.

It’s not the whole plane, just major systems. The main cost is the engines, that alone likely costs millions. As it mentioned, there’s other overhauls too, like the landing gear that’s due. These are all on a fixed schedule related to “this many flight-hours” and a certain number of years or months for some parts. The engine overhaul isn’t just “six to twelve months,” it’s “this many flying hours” (which typically comes out to 6-12 months all the same).

I wouldn’t be upset about the overhauls, that’s a normal part of the cost of owning a plane (though it’s harder to sell if it’s due one, because the buyer will have to spend a fuckton of money before flying it).

The upsetting part is that’s is foreign and not up to spec - AKA yeah they’ll have to remove, scan, x-ray and debug every part of that interior and redo the entire electrical and coms system, and install nuclear shielding on the whole-ass plane. Still cheaper than buying a new AF1 but not by as much as one would hope.

Human

I know first hand of an anti- DEI-ban protest that occurred on a college campus in a red state. I also know first hand that the Turning Point USA group chat had at least one individual, a student of that same university, threaten to call ICE on this university-approved peaceful protest, as they were upset at the noise.

Am a vampire, can confirm.

Can’t verify that one specifically, but a handful survive of his parents, as well as this photo of him from a school yearbook in 1893:

Pangolin

In many companies access is removed before they’re notified so vengeful employees can’t go in and fuck things up right after being terminated.

You interact with the fediverse.

You’re on at least 3 terrorist watchlists. Period.