Jesus Christ. Was over there from the states last year and Ireland is a lovely country (if yer not a cunt to the locals). Have some friends from there coming this way next month. Hope this doesn't fuck it up.
So exhausted by this oppressive regimes ability to crush every bit of hope and happiness we might try to have.
I missed out on the 1st gen pebble but had a buddy who loved his. Y'all may be talking me in to checking this new one out.
And agreed on the pine faces. I've been of half a mind to learn how to make them so I could have more variety.
I think we've been pressure cooked as a country (speaking as an American as that's my only real, long term reference) and maybe a society thanks to social media to amplify that hate and outrage.
If its any small consolation, I think the communities around here are hurt and frustrated and learning how to express that and navigate it in a space where immediate censorship isn't as likely too occur.
Its a lot like the way we used to stretch our legs and push boundaries in the early Internet days. It wasn't easy to get mod banned on most irc servers, but it did happen. In between those moments though, you could get away with saying some vile stuff.
Don't take it to heart, take it as a vent in a place where we are somewhat protected from the hate speech the other side slings.
In my real life I'm much more sympathetic. Even to the point of empathy exhaustion. But when it's strangers online exponentially far away from me on the Dunbar scale, I laugh, ridicule and taunt.
This is my relief. Same way I'll text a buddy and shit on him when his team is getting crushed in a game.
Empathy and class warfare are locked in a timeless battle anymore, but I think there's still room to point at fucking idiots and enjoy their suffering. After all, they'd do the same for us.
For anyone looking for a similar device in the interim (long battery, open source) the PineTime is a great device.
Heck yeah. Thanks friend!
Consider me subscribed in advance.
I feel like we need a c/letsnotmakethispolitical to track these
They announced these at Ignite last year along with a swath of Copilot modules.
The goal is to provide low cost alternatives to either
Upgrading existing systems to win11, if the hardware supports it.
Offering a "low cost" alternative to an additional $30 for an extended year of win10 support.
Long term goal is to move Windows completely to a subscription model either way. Little Black Boxes are just initial way to present this as an overall savings to the Enterprise Market. And I believe it will work to some degree on the quarterly focused businesses that are already balls deep in Microsoft's ecosystem's. There is an unfathomable amount of win10 systems still in use across the globe and they are fast nearing EOS.