Sir Ryan Bemrose

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2024-08-19 16:45:34

PSA: No Harris supporter is EVER allowed to complain about the loss of "democracy" ever again.

2024-08-19 16:42:33

After three and a half years of utter economic ruin, there are only three types of people who will vote Harris in 2024
1) Ignorant
2) Stupid
3) Corrupt
If you support the oligarch-selected Democrat, you are in one or more of these categories.
(Note that I place people for whom the Democrat party is a religion into the second category. As are the "Anybody but Trump" crowd who believe everything corporate media says about him, but can't be bothered to do any research on either one)

2024-08-15 01:17:45

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@npub1lc8…92pf
Then you know the right people.

2024-08-14 16:54:54

Once-universal skills that have been lost in just the last 25 years:
- Handwriting
- Reading an analog clock
- Counting change
- Reading a map (ie: navigating without turn-by-turn directions)

2024-07-28 22:28:58

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@npub1lfy…sx3r It makes a difference if they say it does. That's how propaganda works.

2024-07-23 22:03:29

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@npub1wn0…u2qy
I still don't take a phone into the bedroom. I posted this from the front seat of the delivery van.

2024-07-23 16:49:05

Right-wing cults:
- Train in secluded compounds
- Members don't realize they're in a cult
- Worship Jesus Christ
- Don't care what ideology non-members follow
- Just want to be left alone
- Get murdered in government FBI raids
Left-wing cults:
- Train in public schools and universities
- Members don't realize they're in a cult
- Worship Karl Marx
- Become violently offended if non-members follow a different ideology
- Seek to control and convert everyone else
- Are the ones who do the murdering

2024-07-21 05:10:13

Every software development shop should hire a conspiracy theorist to do security testing. They are detail oriented, meticulous, and skeptical. They see patterns and vulnerabilities that normal developers would never notice. And they are naturally distrustful of the things that normal people just take for granted.
If anybody could have predicted something like the Crowdstrike outage, it is them.

2024-07-04 07:43:59

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@npub1lfy…sx3r Now's not the right time to make the assumption that I *want* to use it. More like a sunk cost fallacy in play.

2024-07-04 07:11:36

TIL Arch Linux hates me and wants to see me fail.
And yes, I realize I'm neither special nor unique in this.

2024-06-29 04:15:13

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@npub1hcq…tgsl Sure, if you like sucking Tim Cook's dick.
People who prefer the ability to do what they want with hardware they bought and paid for don't go to Apple.

2024-06-28 20:22:14

*sigh*
Just ran updates on Manjaro, and it completely hosed my KDE Plasma desktop. Dock broken. Icons missing. Nothing will launch. And it can't find one of my monitors.
I guess the Linux world should be rewarded for making the user experience more and more familiar to Microsoft users every day. It feels like I never left Windows.

2024-06-28 19:13:16

Breakfast of champions: BLT sandwich. Hold the lettuce, hold the tomato, hold the sandwich.

2024-06-25 15:43:19

#BlackCoffeeMatters #GrumpyOldBens
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2024-06-24 17:33:18

Reading a tutorial on how to set timers in systemd. The first example, under the heading "Creating a Simple Timer", starts with:
> sudo $EDITOR /usr/local/bin/my-timer.sh
Ummm, no. If I have to elevate to root, it's not a "simple" task. It's an administrative one. Where's my drop-in replacement for `crontab -e` ???
People casually throwing around sudo in tutorials is one reason computer security is in such a shitty state.

2024-06-24 06:27:38

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2024-06-23 16:28:43

If five years of constant nagging from the OS vendor hasn't got me to switch off of Windows 8.1, what makes the vendors of software like Chrome and Discord think that annoying me with constant intrusive pop-up banners will somehow move that needle?
"Oh, I know Microsoft thinks I should sacrifice my computer to their latest adware platform, but now that Discord wants me to, maybe I'll consider it." Yeah....no.

2024-06-20 21:40:27

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@npub1q8n…kct8 The liberal values that are actually worth fighting for. Before statism and marxism replaced liberalism as the driving force on the left.

2024-06-19 17:36:32

Telling a leftist that the State is harmful is like telling a Christian that God is fallible. The message won't get through no matter how much evidence you present, and you'll just make them angry for reasons they won't be able to articulate.

2024-06-14 16:43:32

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@npub1249…nx3x True, OSS projects tend to be even more susceptible to the problem, but not the software, because you can always fork an OSS project when it starts going the wrong direction. I've watched it done many times before.

2024-06-14 16:30:18

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ref: @npub1amv…yy36

2024-06-07 20:28:51

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@npub1ptm…6rn8 "Scientists"

2024-06-06 18:54:40

Virology pro-tip: The news will try to talk you into a panic about some new cold variant Hx-Ny (eg: H5-N1, H12-N3.14, etc). Ever wonder where they get those numbers? They are the season and episode numbers for the COVID hoax.

2024-06-06 16:31:58

Angry Tech News #83: Thereupon Classified steps into the open!
https://angrytechnews.com/index.php/2024/06/06/angry-tech-news-83-thereupon-classified/
Microsoft's new Recall feature obsoletes all other spyware,
You are participating in a worldwide wifi tracking network,
and the end of ICQ (yeah, it was still around)

2024-06-06 04:19:01

The trend of putting down astroturf instead of lawns boggles me, especially in the PNW, where it's almost impossible to kill grass.
It's ugly as hell, uncomfortable to walk or play on, and makes your whole yard look like a Fisher Price playset. The only upside is that it's supposed to be low-maintenance - you don't have to mow or weed it.
But of course, the PNW has other plans.
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2024-06-05 15:59:01

Angry Tech News #83 is now LIVE!
angrytechnews.com
On the No Agenda Stream: http://trollroom.io
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2024-06-05 04:38:36

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@npub1a7e…234g Are those.... teeth?

2024-06-04 17:01:01

Episode 83 of Angry Tech News will be recorded live tomorrow, Wednesday June 5, at 9:00am US left coast time (1600 UTC) on the No Agenda Stream
http://angrytechnews.com
I will be giving my take on a couple Silicon Valley stories from the last month, including the already-too-much-discussed Windows Recall. Tune in live to hear all the flubs that get edited out. Join the No Agenda troll room to see if you can knock me off my game.
http://trollroom.io
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2024-06-01 17:04:32

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@npub18tq…ucl6 ... And we turn those kids into lifelong drug addicts.

2024-05-28 16:55:57

"Libertarian Party" has always been an oxymoron. A political organization who shows up to the game claiming to represent people who don't want any part of political organizations, and who refuse to play the game.

2024-05-27 17:36:08

Weird Al's "All About the Pentiums" is so outdated, it comes from a time when upgrading your system twice a day was hyperbole.

2024-05-27 05:23:01

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@npub1l5p…m3rf
List of assumptions:
> 4) The light source is far enough away to disregard parallax
Otherwise, your diagram is spot-on.

2024-05-27 05:09:22

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*waits for @npub1l5p…m3rf to read the whole thread...*

2024-05-26 17:39:03

Helpful tip to all of those woke activists who want to lie down in freeways and make cars swerve around you because you think it will somehow help your cause du jour:
Far more goods are moved by train than by truck. To serve your cause better, go lie down on some railroad tracks instead.
I'm sure the trains will swerve. 😜

2024-05-23 02:42:53

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@npub16rk…56gy Do not forget that the core ideal of the progressive religion is Envy. It is not sufficient merely to be Virtuous alone. Everyone around you must also be made Virtuous, by force, if necessary.

2024-05-22 17:05:25

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@npub12xf…9ps4 I'm pretty sure that's the point.

2024-05-22 16:59:28

There are a lot of people who long for a return to the lockdowns of COVID, though most of them won't admit it to themselves, let alone anyone else. It offered them an opportunity to feel virtuous for doing what they were already good at - staying indoors and doing nothing.

2024-05-21 23:12:18

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@npub16rk…56gy
Trust me, been stewing on that for two days now

2024-05-19 04:44:16

Q: Define Irony
A:
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2024-05-19 04:18:29

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@npub1ajv…x5xc @npub1ae8…qzlr
YAY! My first instance block! I have arrived.
Sadly, it wasn't even for anything *I* said. I need to work on that.

2024-05-18 16:59:12

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@npub1npg…nt5c That infographic doesn't define "virgin", but I assume that in this case it means "exactly as it was in 1620.
It is the nature of all things to end, change, and begin anew.

2024-05-18 16:34:46

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@npub1dux…wjvy Be careful, it almost sounds like you're describing a Republic

2024-05-18 16:17:41

Democracy is the political expression of mob rule, in which the majority group can impose its will with impunity on minority groups.
Progressives - the people whose ideology is based on lifting up minorities above all others - are coincidentally also the ones who shout the loudest about "preserving our democracy". The cognitive dissonance from this is only possible to reconcile if you either lack the ability to think about it rationally, or you have no integrity to get in the way of your double-standard.

2024-05-18 01:45:55

Weekly reminder: The first and most important step in the Scientific Method is to ask questions.
Anything that you aren't allowed to question is not science. It's dogma.

2024-05-16 15:26:03

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@npub1njp…djv3 Not everyone shares my super power

2024-05-16 15:25:14

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@npub1njp…djv3
> fuck that show is not only woke but stupid as fuck
Yeah, I realized this after about three episodes. My super power is that I was able to stop watching it when I found out.

2024-05-13 17:49:44

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2024-05-13 15:54:32

When did it become normal and acceptable to press the "take picture" button on a camera, and then have to wait a second or two before it actually takes a picture? Say what you will about the old 35mm shutter camera, it was possible to take instant candid photos with it.

2024-05-10 20:59:22

My favorite iced coffee recipe:
1) Coffee
2) Ice
Combine ingredients and serve
Follow me for more beverage ideas.

2024-05-10 02:42:19

Some say the Villeneuve Dune is better. Some say the David Lynch Dune is better.
As far as I'm concerned, the best Dune will always be the Frank Herbert Dune.

2024-05-08 19:14:46

Angry Tech News #82: Subsystem Derision bounds across the finish line!
https://angrytechnews.com/index.php/2024/05/08/angry-tech-news-82-subsystem-derision/
Forced updates, Insecure IoT doorbells, The craze to put AI into all the things, Tesla's safety record, and a rundown of Windows 11 news

2024-05-08 17:36:59

Coming up on the No Agenda Stream, 25 minutes from now
LIVE Angry Tech News #82
11am Pacific Daylight Time
Time for some tab clearing, so it's gonna be a long one. Brewing extra coffee and extra sarcasm as we speak
http://angrytechnews.com
http://listen.noagendastream.com/noagenda
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2024-05-08 04:26:31

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@npub1249…nx3x Oh yeah! If you zoom in real far, I think you can see me waving back

2024-05-07 16:45:59

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@npub1njp…djv3 Oh, so you only buy every 3rd piece of overpriced hardware they release. That'll show those greedy bastards.

2024-05-07 15:58:58

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@npub107c…ak7y No ads, no forced "upgrades" no Microsoft account requirement. Windows 8.1 was the last version of Windows that allowed the user to be in full control of their own PC.
And once you got rid of that start menu atrocity, it was just Windows 7 with a bunch of performance improvements.

2024-05-07 15:34:14

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@npub1249…nx3x Here you go, this should help.
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2024-05-07 15:15:40

All of 2023, Steam kept popping up dire warnings about how Steam support for Windows 8.1 was ending on Jan 1, and I'd have to move to another OS to keep using it.
So I moved to another OS (linux)
Just rebooted into the old Win8 partition to get something from it. What's the first thing I see? Steam is installing updates.
Someone at Valve lied to me.

2024-05-05 16:08:29

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@npub1ttw…67ld Love these posts. Who is the model?
Veni vici veni
I came, I saw, I came again.

2024-05-04 17:07:58

My position on $FOREIGN_WAR
1) Fuck every government involved
2) The people are the victiims
3) The politicians and their puppetmasters are the perpetrators
4) Following on 1 and 2, the people should stop fighting each other and look toward their real enemies.
5) The USA should not be involved and needs to butt out.
6) I can't argue specifics. I'm not there, and don't have all the information.
7) Neither do you.
8) Fuck every government involved.

2024-05-04 16:58:05

Your monthly reminder: Javascript in your browser is *literally* remote code execution.
If you're unsure what that means, consult your corporate IT dude named Ben. He's the guy who is forcing you to take an update every day, change your password every 30 days, and dedicate 20% of your CPU to antivirus, yet won't let you install an ad-blocker.

2024-05-03 03:04:48

Today I learned that there is an international organization, which has the support of many western governments, whose purpose is to make it illegal in every country to question whether or not the WWII holocaust happened.
Before today, I never had any real reason to doubt the story told about that time by my high school history books. Now I do.

2024-04-30 23:54:57

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@npub18xj…juxh
Yes, but not for anything to do with an airplane.

2024-04-30 04:13:59

If you support Biden in 2024, then either you are corrupt, or you are stupid (or possibly both). There is no third option.
Either way, you are an enemy of the people of America.

2024-04-26 19:04:52

I know I'm showing my age when I recall to younger people the bygone era, when technology was created to serve mankind, rather than the other way around.

2024-04-23 13:39:20

There is nothing liberal about fascism, and I'm tired of pretending it is.
If you support authoritarian parties like Marxists, Communists, and Democrats, please stop using the word "liberal" to identify yourself. Those regimes today are as far from true liberty as it's possible to get without gas chambers and outright slavery. This level of cognitive dissonance is too 1984 even for 2024.

2024-04-23 02:37:09

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@npub1gke…3xp3 Me too, meme. Me too.

2024-04-22 13:47:39

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@npub1ttw…67ld And yet, in most of those decisions, it is exceptionally dumb.

2024-04-21 21:21:04

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@npub1rmg…8f8v I think I'm missing the joke here.
Final Fantasy VII is what Final Fantasy VII would look like if it was made in the 90s. Because it was made in the 90s. Released 1997. I played it on my Playstation 1 (not PS2)

2024-04-21 13:43:51

How to butt into an online conversation:
If you can't be insightful, at least be inciteful.

2024-04-18 21:58:07

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@npub1gke…3xp3 Someone else's, ideally.

2024-04-18 19:21:35

If you say you support freedom of speech, but add a "but" at the end of your sentence, then you don't support freedom of speech.

2024-04-18 18:34:17

When your entire religion is based on lies, the truth hurts. So you abandon the idea of objective truth. You tell people that truth is relative. That it's subjective based on your emotions and feelings. You make people believe that truth is somehow "relative", and that each person can have their own "personal" truths.
Once you convince your religious followers that objective truth does not exist, they can be fed any lie you want without question.

2024-04-17 15:29:47

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@npub1s3x…m8u9 There's more than enough blame to go around.

2024-04-17 15:12:55

"we believe no human being is illegal" ...
No argument from me. I can stop calling them illegal aliens, But you've gotta do something fro me. Admit that they did commit a CRIME when they entered ILLEGALLY. We have a word for people who commit crimes. So let's meet halfway and call them what they really are:
CRIMINAL aliens.

2024-04-13 14:16:55

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@npub18su…nd38 "The state" is an abstract concept, and like the Constitution, has no agency.
*People* do that. The blame must always necessarily lie with people.

2024-04-13 14:05:32

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@npub18su…nd38 You may not realize this if you've spent too much time on social media, but "lmao" is not actually a substitute for making a valid argument. It only makes you look smug and brainwashed.

2024-04-13 13:45:58

Blaming the Constitution for failing to protect the Republic is exactly like blaming the hammer for a bent nail, or blaming the gun for an armed robbery.
It is a poor craftsman that puts the blame on the tools they use. In the end, it's always the people who wield the tools who succeed or fail.

2024-04-09 13:35:26

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2024-04-09 02:16:14

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2024-04-09 01:56:38

You're all wimps for using "special" glasses for watching the eclipse. When the eclipse started, I stared straight at the sun with uncovered eyes with no ill effects.
At least, I think it was the right direction. Hard to tell with all that cloud cover.

2024-04-08 13:43:40

Eclipse is nothing special. Here in the Pacific Northwest, we get to experience the sun being blocked out almost every day.

2024-04-06 14:07:14

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@npub1njp…djv3 Evil is cuter.

2024-04-06 14:00:57

Every time you stop petting a cat, it is an act of utter betrayal against the entire species, and further proof that human beings can never be trusted.

2024-04-01 13:53:19

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In light of many of the replies to this thread, I may need to reiterate my point for the mouth-breathers in the back.
Transgendered people are people. If we can't agree on that simple point, then you're just as bad as the commies.

2024-04-01 02:38:13

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@npub108p…yev6 I've always been on the side of humans. Most of the time, that leaves me in a murky middle position between two sides that both care about people, but have different ways of going about it.
But in this case, I feel like the battle lines between good and evil are pretty damn cut and dried.

2024-03-28 23:42:45

Fun game at politics parties: Choose any problem, any shortcoming, any gripe anyone has about the modern world. Now, the challenge is to discover how that problem was either caused by, or greatly exacerbated by government overreach and corrupt bureaucracy.
I assure you, this game is winnable. There is not one problem in the modern age to which it cannot apply.

2024-03-28 19:42:00

Q: "Should the government..."
A: "No."

2024-03-24 13:57:59

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@npub106d…3m89 There wasn't a current one that prompted this post, no. I was really thinking back to many interactions on those other two platforms, on which I subsequently deleted my accounts. One of the strengths of this platform is that you can choose with whom you engage, and I've adopted a policy of ignoring people who lead with an irrational outburst.
Not everyone has that policy, though. For a pretty good example, you might try following @npub1kpw…xzz4 . He seems to get into a discussion like this a couple times a week, and while entertaining to the rest of us, I imagine it must be terribly draining for him.

2024-03-23 13:55:23

I find that having a rational discussion on an open forum has become extremely difficult.
Thanks to multiple decades of complete and utter failure in the public school system, far too many of today's "adults" can't even recognize a rational argument, let alone construct one. They just lash out with whatever emotional words their feeeeelings emit in the moment, with the conviction of the ignorant and faithful.
Hypocrisy is not a concept to these people. Truth has no meaning. Their words are not constructed to reach an understanding, nor even to sway anyone's opinion. To the kind of person I speak of, the only goal of the "argument" is to fulfill and reinforce one's internal smugness, and ideally to emotionally harm one's opponent in the process.
It is these kind of people who wade into online public discussions. That they have nothing to say matters not; they are here only to seek attention. Their childish outbursts lower the tone of the conversation and send the more rational commenters away.
In the end, the only people left commenting on an open forum are smug irrational children, making it impossible to continue in a rational vein.
This is why I don't participate in twitter or reddit anymore.

2024-03-22 16:02:43

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@npub1vfl…nqkg @npub1f2m…yp35 @npub1z7p…4n5s Postponed? I was wondering why the stream was currently playing a much more interesting show.

2024-03-15 18:19:56

My current top podcast app feature request is a playout compressor.
Good podcasts are recorded in a quiet studio, as they should be. But it seems that many podcasters also assume that people will listen in one, and they master the show with dozens of dB of dynamic range. In a noisy environment (eg: a car on the freeway), the soft parts are lost in the noise floor, and the user has to turn the volume way up to hear it - enough to make the loud parts distort.
Ironically, it seems the higher the show's audio quality, the harder it is to listen to in today's noisy listening environments.

2024-03-14 19:21:47

Democrat policies - out-of-control crime going unpunished, systemic institutional racism against whites, and the continued collapse in our standard of living - is unifying the Republican party at a greater rate than any time since WW2.
What's frustrating the establishment Republicans - the warhawks and corporate shills who have run the party for over a half century - is that the party is unifying around a populist message. A message which is poison to the oligarchs who place their positions of power over the good of the people.

2024-03-06 18:56:34

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2024-02-28 23:40:29

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@npub1vfl…nqkg "Darren O'Neill and his team" ...
I want a raise.

2024-02-22 01:17:41

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