It's hard enough growing up under society's microscope without adding additional eyes to this mix. I'm blessed that I came of age before the Internet became so prevalent (and mass storage so plentiful). Perhaps we can extend the same courtesy to others.

That said there are a lot of folks that are still getting their bearings on their place in this world and what should be private or public. They haven't had experience about what should be posted in public and what should be best left off of public forums. They haven't had the experiences or the knowledge / fear that what they post could come back to them with unintended consequences. Archiving posts without consent means those mistakes are now permanent.

I've been on the Internet long enough to know that anything that I post in public will likely be archived. That's part of the reason I am rather selective about what I post online. Most things I don't care about but certain things I take very seriously because I know they can come back to bite me. I remember a newsgroup post that I responded with "blow me" a while back that was reported to the place that I worked at. It wasn't my proudest moment for sure.

And Disney finds yet another avenue to weasel its way into my life:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190514/08194242204/disney-takes-full-control-hulu-ending-years-managerial-schizophrenia.shtml

What the ever loving fuck, Disney.

I think the 2010s will be best remembered musically as the generation that remixed the shit out of previous generations, and got mad at the nostalgia-mad 1980s kids for not getting out of the way.

https://xkcd.com/2139/

#webcomic #xkcd

Some days you're the trebuchet and some days you're the payload.

Me (nostalgic): "I really pine for the days when computing was fun and I was learning new things all the time".

Me (then): "Why the fuck won't this damn thing compile?" "What do you mean 'unknown error?" "I don't know what the fuck I'm doing!" "I should become a farmer instead".

https://www.commitstrip.com/2019/04/01/back-to-how-it-should-be/

#webcomic

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/03/26/706683593/why-hasnt-the-gig-economy-killed-traditional-work

This headline hurts my head.

TFW you're in the mood for more tech death metal and a band that you're following that's CC licensed releases their latest album.

Thank you, universe.

Oh great, 21st Century Fox is now owned by Disney.

Expect a bunch of shitty Alien prequels.

Wait...

Got a note from a recruiter for Facebook asking if I'd be interested.

Sent them a reply that I have Facebook blocked at the router, and would probably not be a good fit.

Not today, Satan. Not today.

A plea to help keep the older Netscape / Mosaic web browsers from ceasing to function:

"Dear Lazyweb, tell me who inside of Oath / Verizon has the ability to edit the DNS records of the "mcom.com" domain. Or, preferably, just transfer the domain to me."

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2019/03/help-me-keep-home-mcom-com-online/

#oath #verizon #aol #netscape

Heads up, folks who sell on Zazzle:

Apparently they're looking for a "more active community" (read: wanting to monetize everything on their network) so they're imposing a non-contributing account fee:

https://help.zazzle.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019101674-Non-Contributing-Account-Fees

So either you need to make new products all the time, or have a "Referral" associated with your account over a 15 month period or you'll be dinged for the fee.

I think this is yet another service that is finding itself as part of the print-on-demand glut.

@mwlucas "When Unix came from Ma Bell and not AT&T". 😁

If CRISPR really takes off in plants can we expect a resurgence in Mr. Green Genes?

(Yes, that was way too much effort for a joke).

Fuck you, Google:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/01/the-great-google-hangouts-shutdown-begins-october-2019/

I am desperately waiting for the day where I can communicate with people without having to care what platform / service they're using.

(And that's why we like ActivityPub).

(Responses to this toot are muted, so feel free to leave me out of it).

Sitting here thinking of how to re-work "Baby It's Cold Outside" with "Silence of the Lambs".

"It lotions up it's skin"
"Please let me out of this pit"
"Or it get the hose again"
"Please, I really must go"

etc.