A picture similar to this one was on one of my high school text books. Inside the cover was a description of it as magnetic core computer memory. For quite a long time I thought this is what computer chips looked like. The only issue was I was in high school in the 80s, long after such memory was used. Maybe the text book was 15 years old, I don’t know.

… where it’s not possible to communicate with someone digitally…

I’d be thrilled to go back to that, if what we’re getting now instead is the only other option. But, I grew up in the before-times, so I’m not so put off by the idea.

Will they default on the loans they used to buy all those chips?

Will they get bailed out? Fuckers will probably get bailed out. Just watch.

Xbox in its death throes.

The objective is humor.

Those who want to control us need a boogeyman to point at, one that is NOT themselves.

Ultimately, this is the reason.

I don’t like the urge to anthropomorphize these small, mobile robots.

“Poor little guy.”

These things are increasingly being used to spy on us, not just vacuum cleaners, but the delivery robots, too. They aren’t cute, they’re intrusive and threatening. I have no sympathy or fuzzy feelings for them. Better to see them for what they are.

They only live a few months, and they spend three days of it having sex.

“I don’t care what Olivia is reading, I’m just glad she’s reading.”

Source?

I wanna hear it.

You can’t guarantee shit based on such a broad generalization.

Same, but with milk. One week, we’d empty a gallon in four days, so I’d buy an extra half-gallon the next week, and he wouldn’t touch it, leaving me to finish it. So, I’d buy only a half-gallon the next week, and yep, “We’re out of milk!”

Mostly, I avoided this by limiting what he had to eat as snacks and making all of his meals. So, there wasn’t much he was getting on his own.

This is what I experience, and consider normal.

I’m surprised at the range of responses.

It’s almost like Sony doesn’t want to have a PlayStation division anymore.

Much better than Windows 11, the only other choice I had.

I’m just grateful it exists.

The pillow came with a pillowcase.

Pinhead used the ladder to get in, he’ll worry about getting out when he needs to pee.

I happen to live where the tap water is excellent. It’s from ancient, underground aquifers. The only issue is a little bit high arsenic, which I filter out, but that’s not really necessary, I’ve been told.

It’s not sustainable, eventually the water will run out, but for now, it’s pretty good.

So, no, this American doesn’t buy water in plastic jugs.