4grams

@4grams@awful.systems

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Believing you will retire before you die now requires the same faith as believing in heaven⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I have. I’m working on consolidating and figuring out a plan. I’m admittedly less astute financially than I should. Didn’t really expect all this shit to happen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Believing you will retire before you die now requires the same faith as believing in heaven⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m late 40’s right now, always assumed social security was a pipe dream so I’ve diligently put away money in 401ks and IRA’s. I no longer believe they will be worth anywhere much longer.

  Was a nice country, for a little while, at least that’s what my parent’s generation tells me, I’ve never been here for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft lost $357 billion in market cap as stock plunged most since 2020⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure they already have been. I’m convinced more money makes you more stupid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does self hosting your own internet count?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a lot of fun, but not an internet replacement yet. They did just come out with a new dial band that has enough bandwidth to do something useful. Can’t wait to give it a try.

  Still very worth setting up. I have a node that runs in my attic, I can get good single most anywhere in my neighborhood, and I have enough nodes nearby that I can pretty much communicate with people all over the metro area (I’m in the twin cities).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most of the misery in the world is the direct result of too much money in too few unscrupulous hands. This is not only the cause of the vast majority of human suffering, but also of climate change, wh⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Right, it’s not just capitalism, many systems reward such behavior. But we are in a capitalist society now, that does not work for those reasons. Yes, bad laws and regulations are the problem, but they are there because the unscrupulous set them in favor of themselves.

  I’m no fan any ism, they are frameworks that all need careful, strong laws and regulations. Don’t get me wrong, some are better starting points but it takes diligence and an engaged populace to keep them working.

  The problem is, normal people got complacent while the malignant ones continued to ruthlessly play the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok claimed bugs blocked anti-ICE videos, Epstein mentions; experts call BS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Why doesn’t anyone see this for what it is. They put monitoring for certain keywords but fucked up the code and it blocked some users through incompetence. They fixed the filters, but I guarantee they are sending reports to the White House…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most of the misery in the world is the direct result of too much money in too few unscrupulous hands. This is not only the cause of the vast majority of human suffering, but also of climate change, wh⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What got us here is a complicated but simple story. Those without morals have no problem cheating the system and using other people. Capitalism rewards this behavior so it as inevitable that the unscrupulous will continue to vacuum up the money and power. We are experiencing the end game of this social construct.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you have a plan for your self-hosted data if you die?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I figure by then, it will all be part of some AI training set one day. Hopefully my shitty writing and bad opinions poison the shit out of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I like it, do it! Have you read Altered Carbon? Has some similar themes. I loved the book, might be some good inspiration. I’ll read yours when it’s out, love that genre :).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨London PR firm rewrites Wikipedia for governments and billionaires⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The rush are the problem, something needs to be done about them. I’m hungry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victim⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, I’ll look there. I usually just go Amazon or Newegg (easy returns if bad) but I’m sure there are better deals out there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victim⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to pay like $69 for them in the US. Looks like they add a hundred bucks or so to the price…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victim⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve got 30tb or so made up of 4 and 10tb used drives. All I’ll buy anymore. In fact, I need to change out of of my parity drives. Hopefully used market is still somewhat affordable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to gain outside information / communicate safely if your government becomes oppressive and shuts down the internet?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I already have my nodes up and running. It’s been picking up like mad lately, mic more chatter than this time last year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elijah Radcliffe⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  he’s got harry potter money, takes roles for the fun of it now…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you feel about the removal of tokens from arcades ?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They arrived when arcade machines started charging more than one quarter per play. They are there to make it easier to spend money, I mean once you bought them, why not spend them all?

  I’m old though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you feel about the removal of tokens from arcades ?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They should have never gone to them. Arcades should be something you visit with a pocket full of quarters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Morbidly Rich Have Killed the American Dream⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not very nice to tetanus.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  OMG, I do this when a drop is about to spill, it’s reflex, Can’t help it. But I’m always terrified someone will see me being so weird.

  Glad to know I’m not alone I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russell Brand faces new rape and sexual assault charges⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Which religion will he convert to this time?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok is automatically taking down posts with the Epstein files⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  lol, thanks, that’s what I meant. That’s what I get for posting as I get on a plane :).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok is automatically taking down posts with the Epstein files⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I see one rich asshole named larry ellison has begun to fulfill his purpose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why isn’t "Democrats would never get away with this" seen as a problem for the left?”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh come on now, the dems give everyone other side a pass. Look at Al Franken, what he did was way worse than anything in the Epstein files and got off scott free.

  Er, wait…that is what happened, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We Won't Be Covering ModRetro Products Moving Forward⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Why do people keep giving palmer lucky money? Do they see his name and just feel like it needs to be self fulfilling?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨everyone warning!!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I was going off about passwords last week because of exactly this kind of shit. Who in the goddamned fuck needs a pringles.com account.

  We live in insane times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does everyone put celery in soup stock?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, the reason is that it’s one of the main ingredients of mirepoix, and most people don’t find it offensive. It’s one of those background flavors that you don’t pick out, but is part of the typical base.

  What I’m getting at is that if you don’t like it, just don’t use it. It’s there because whoever made it, decided to put it in.

  Now, I’m sure there are all kinds of explanations about the enzymes, and the fiber and so on, but it’s soup, doesn’t have to be complicated. Just delicious :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does everyone put celery in soup stock?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Celery is genuinely one of my favorite parts of soups that use them. I LOVE the flavor or celery, and it is even better when it picks up the rest of the flavors of the dish.

  To answer yours and the other questions about “why this ingredient”, the answer is very simple. Some people like it.

  If you don’t, then don’t use it, problem solved.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨102%⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry to be the one to break it to you, but the US is filled with shitty people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An Apple fan says they lost '20 years of digital life' after using an Apple gift card⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like a hell of a system that puts mine to shame. I’m impressed fellow self hoster :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An Apple fan says they lost '20 years of digital life' after using an Apple gift card⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I completely agree, that why I said I don’t blame the guy, was just doing what Apple encouraged him and all of us to do.

  My comment was more meant as advice. Apple definitely should be making this right, BUT this is also a good eye opener for the rest of us.