Has to be ET, right? Either that or I'm being Mandela'd right now

Whoppers are 95% great. It's that gross 5% that really makes me savor the rest.

One point one miles, Bob.

Just nailed an interview because I prepped with ChatGPT. Gave it my resume, the position I was applying for, and some of my recent accomplishments and it helped me realize that I was a stronger candidate than I thought, so I was able to use that during the interview.

Please keep in mind that at no time do I ever believe ChatGPT blindly.

I got on a YouTube kick a while back and subscribed to anybody whose videos entertained me. They haven't all been winners, and I've unsubscribed from some of them, but for the most part it gives me a good way to see the sort of content I want. It's actually halfway decent.

Until you start using the apps, that is. They are the most cancerous, dark pattern bullshit hellscapes and I can't believe how far they've come. Every movement and click on those things is intended to get you to engage and watch just one more video, it's terrible.

Generations are such poor descriptors anyway. So if not the same age then at least of an age.

I think it's pretty clear that the post is referring to people who are old enough to grow up with computers and now have children who are old enough to be fixing computers on their own.

It feels pretty squarely aimed at millennials.

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

Robert A. Heinlein

That's quite the list. I think the conversation is more nuanced, especially since the quote seems so anti-specialization, but in general I think it's correct. Even so, none of these things are really specializations/ exclusive of each other.

Schadenfreude and hyperbole. They are not literally laughing their asses off, either.

Looks like they backed over it, laying the pole down, then drove forward, poking the pole through the undercarriage and standing it back up.

Gah, the poor Dixie Chicks

Serious answer: it's a "smart" urinal, in that it can report usage statistics, alert maintenance staff to problems, and be remotely controlled.

If you're in the facilities maintenance business, Bluetooth-enabled equipment can be a good way to get an operational technology network up and running without a lot of costly retrofit.