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Another relevant documentary: Praying for Armageddon

At my job we get like half of a pizza FOR FREE maybe once or twice a year. It's not a personal pizza, but still. Pretty crazy bonus.

The same with podcasts, especially geolocated ads or what they're called. Here in Norway I always get the same fucking ads on every damn podcast, and they are horrible, like getting raped in the ears. At least I learn which companies to avoid..

I live in Norway and there's a lot of Teslas here, but most people don't buy a new one every year.

Mine has 48GB. Started with 16, but a few years ago the pc started crashing/freezing randomly. I assumed it was because of bad ram, so I just bought a new set of 32GB, since it was pretty cheap, but the crashes continued after switching to the new ram. So I added the old 2x8gb sticks back in and now I have 48.

Turned out it was the cpu that was bad.

I hate the word content. It's so generic. Like, am I just a vessel to be filled with "content"?

I've seen the term "lumberjill" (because Jack and Jill, I guess), but don't know if it's common or even in use.

Yeah. It was very realistic. Sometimes they simplified explanations a bit. They had real hackers as consultants, and Sam Esmail, the creator of the show, was into hacking and computers as a teen.

Yes! I did this so many times as a t(w)een! Good times.

One of my favorites I read was the trilogy which starts with The Three-body Problem. Mind boggling stuff, and page turners, but not perfect.

I also read a lot of Stephen King, and the award for the best book I read in 2025 has to go to The Green Mile. It's one of King's best, and one I have great memories of reading when it came out.

(Tech worker here, hoping to move to the countryside next year.)

Absolutely. I probably wouldn't be doing any farming, except grow some vegetables for my own needs. But I would definitely build my own awesome local infrastructure with a server room and network cables in the walls and all that good stuff. When I retire and don't have to spend 8-10 hours a day in front of a computer at work, it'll probably be enjoyable and satisfying again to work on and maintain my own computers and stuff. Currently I rarely have the motivation or energy to do that.

And if the house is large enough I'd also make certain areas/rooms completely tech free. Like maybe a small library with only books and comfy chairs, and no wifi signal.