The problem was not realizing in the first panel that the third panel is inevitable.

Documents.

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And hobbyist

That’s true. I think that’s just what I’m trying to say. Unions are best for most jobs but are not great for all jobs. And they do have s lot of problems younger people might not realize. Some unions are bad for stiffing younger members giving work to older more experienced guys while younger guys pay the same dues. They can become the same shit different structure. So I’m not saying don’t unionize. But I am saying make sure the union serves its members and does not become just another thing that fucks you.

In the end I prefer things like cooperatives over unions but we’re a long way from there. But they also suffer the same old boys club. In the end I think we overlook that we’re all just evil corporation’s without power and money. In the end we should look at the culture itself because there’s a reason corruption is king

I would be worried the Union management isn’t corrupt though.

In my free time I develop ways for advertisers to reach as many platforms as possible. I hate ads as much as I hate people who say things like “just skip it if you don’t like them” so I spend my time trying to fill every inch of their lives with ads as possible.

I’m not saying anybody takes csam less serious. But I wish the American government Went after minor csam events as much as they go after copyright/IP violations. Its not like mike pompeo flew out to other countries to strong arm them into new laws to prevent csam like they have done with pirates who threatened Hollywood profits

Really feel for you having to deal with this.

Couldn’t one small change in the picture change the whole hash?

One of my arguments is that inde artists and creators are as responsible for the enshitification of the internet as companies like google and Facebook are. They both are invested in making the internet into some global bazaar instead of a library.

You’re not allowed to discuss piracy. You wouldn’t talk about stealing a car would you?

Delete this.

I had chatGPT open in a another tab and for fun i said this line to it. It responded with this and I didn’t want to be the only one to read it:

The statement you provided highlights the importance of RAM (Random Access Memory) speed over the size of a hard drive when it comes to overall system performance. While the saying itself might be a bit simplified, it underscores a key principle in modern computing: different components of a computer contribute to different aspects of its performance.

Here’s a breakdown of what the statement means:

1. Hard Drive Size: The size of a hard drive (or storage drive) matters in terms of how much data you can store on your computer. Larger hard drives allow you to store more files, programs, and media. However, the size of the hard drive doesn’t necessarily impact the speed at which data can be accessed or processed.

2. RAM Speed: RAM is a type of volatile memory that stores data that the computer is currently using or actively processing. RAM speed refers to how quickly data can be read from or written to RAM. Faster RAM speed allows for quicker data access, which can lead to better overall system performance.

The statement emphasizes that while having ample storage space is important for storing files and applications, the speed of your computer’s RAM has a more immediate impact on how fast your computer can perform tasks and run programs. When you open an application or a file, it’s loaded into RAM for faster access. Faster RAM means the data can be retrieved and processed more quickly, leading to smoother multitasking and faster program execution.

It’s worth noting that different components of a computer, including the CPU (Central Processing Unit), GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), storage drives, and RAM, all play important roles in determining overall system performance. The balance between these components is crucial for achieving optimal performance for different tasks, such as gaming, content creation, productivity, and more.

It’s not the size of your hard drive that counts, it’s the speed of your RAM.

M’lady

Is it?

Literal socialists?

There’s some but i don’t think it’s full. Look at who gets paid on social media and gets the most attention. It isn’t the socialists. Its the prime, death water Hawking look at how rich I am while I sell you water in can at best buy that gen z but a lot of attention into. Follow the money. Gen Z is not full of socialists according to the content they consume

This article describes the grey area pretty well and it also links to a legal case.

https://www.scraperapi.com/blog/is-web-scraping-legal/

I believe we’re now entering a new era online. AI has now made scrapping a much more lucrative business. I think we will see a greater effort to build walls so company’s have to pay for this information. We’re dealing with people who get their way strictly through the court system. Reddit and twitter won’t be the last company to make these changes.

This next decade will be all about hording information online. Its like the modern day version of arguing whose cows were eating what on whose land. Lawyers are salivating at the next decade and the losers will be all of us.

Not fully legal either though. We’ll see much more pressure to make it illegal in the next few years

It was pretty main stream. For decades before the 90s too. But the 90s was the last decade where it was popular.

Remember what fear grabbed the most attention. The most popular movie was usually some form of cultural warning about the spread of rampant consumerism.

The most popular horror movies at the time were zombie movies which are symbolically a warning about the rampant spread of a virus that turns everyone you know into a mindless consuming monster that hangs out at malls. Tons of music, art and content that pointed out how bad all this consuming is.

That doesn’t exist today like it did then. People were born into this crazy 24/7 commercialization of every inch of space they lay their eyes on. Most don’t even see that the majority of their free time is taken up by advertising and how it all erodes their ability to just enjoy something because anything you enjoy is an opportunity to capture your attention and your attention is an opportunity for someone to sell that space as a billboard.

It was much easier to see this stuff in the 90s because that was a transitional point between mass media into this social media doom scrolling attention capital we have today. Then a new generation took over who were born into this and don’t know anything else but this.

ChatGPT could be used a trojan horse to get webscrapping made illegal. Companies will fight tooth and nail if people had a good ability to see their price history. There are apps to do it. But it requires a lot of time and the data isn’t always reliable or not available

You ever think about how we fully embraced the consumer lifestyle. Every minute of our life is now just an ad. From podcasts to Mr. Beast to sports. Its packaged as entertainment and fun but its all created to make us feel like we need to go buy something. Look at how enraged bud lite made people. That only happens to people whose identity gets twisted with products. People were legitimately hurt by a can of beer.

The 90s was this last ditch anti corporate anti consumerism lifestyle that I don’t think we’ll ever see again. Sub cultures need individuals to get popular and spread the message. But the only way to get popular today is to endorse and hawk merchandise because all our mediums of communication are owned by advertisers. The only purpose all the website, social media and others have is to act as hidden ads to get us to consume so how could anyone ever make headway who opposes that.

Hell majority of our censorship is due to ads. Companies want crisp clean PG spaces to put their products next too. They don’t want to risk controversy so they indirectly force company’s to remove anything that would create those risks.

I think we’re fucked and its only going to get more pervasive.

We need better tools and ability to track this stuff. Pretty amazing we can have a super powered chatbot that can answer any question but I can’t find an excel sheet that tracks historical prices of goods in a meaningful way.

Also I bet it would be illegal to create that excel sheet in some way.