Talcosis

Kind of an odd phrase, given that money as a concept is fundamentally both of those things at all times.

So I don’t really have an unused side/old computer that is operational. I’m an engineer, but not the computer kind.

Might try the boot USB route. I wanted to do a virtual box so I could easily test to see if my current games/programs work

Error code Somethingxsomethingsomethingsomething hexadecimal-like

Edit: Hx4d3cim4l

I legitimately tried to switch to Linux a few days ago. Got virtual ox running, got one of the recommended noob distros (cinnamon?) and then got an error message that I cannot make sense of during install. Even googling it didn’t help

I’m not a computer guy, and I’m legitimately concerned that if I ask for help on the Linux forums I’ll be the punching bag of the week.

I got a Scepter 55" dumb TV for like, 600$ in Nov. 2024

I figured between tarrifs and the orange, shit was gonna get more expensive and less private

Well, someone has to fight the globalist agenda

Well. Shit.

https://xkcd.com/55/

I mean if we’re looking at pure economics, it’s probably not even worth running power lines to your parents. Matter of fact, they probably wouldn’t even have electricity if the government didn’t force electrical companies to build power lines to everyone, with the electrification act of 1968.

I prefer using the beat of Queen’s Another One Bites the Dust

Replied to wrong comment.

“American companies have long taken advantage of these trends. A leaked report from the 1980s, which was prepared for a waste-management company seeking a community for “locally undesirable land use,” listed the “least resistant personality profile” as: “longtime residents of small towns in the South or Midwest,” “conservative,” “Republican” and “advocates of the free market.””

See above comment for link

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/why-is-china-treating-north-carolina-like-the-developing-world-122892/

Specific quote:

“American companies have long taken advantage of these trends. A leaked report from the 1980s, which was prepared for a waste-management company seeking a community for “locally undesirable land use,” listed the “least resistant personality profile” as: “longtime residents of small towns in the South or Midwest,” “conservative,” “Republican” and “advocates of the free market.””

Facebook and shit don’t matter much, but whatsapp is the primary form of communication for a good chunk of the world.

Fun fact: in some places, whatsapp and Facebook (and a few other sites) isn’t even considered to be “internet”. Like, if you don’t pay an ISP you still get access to those. Then paying for “internet” gives you access to everything else.

I already seek out “made in China” for certain goods, because of the quality

It’s still being built, I think they had one of the planned production lines close to complete?

Chip fabs take like 10-15 years to get going

Yeah, they’re the heart version of “have you tried turning it off and back on again?”

I don’t much like hypotheses that require certain size groups of people.

But I guess that’s just the instability of the dictator applied to the entire world.

That knowledge is nowhere near as restricted as you think. People regularly build small thermonuclear reactors in their basements for shits and giggles. It’s not exactly cutting edge technology.

Similarly, anyone with slightly more than a passing interest in model rockets knows someone who’s been visited by the ATF, as your average solid fuel model rocket engine is basically a pipe bomb with one of the endcaps taken off.

I came across this conspiracy theory the other day.

You know how back in the day, company towns had to use company scrip to make sure workers couldn’t leave?

Well, not you can be tracked by AI, and as soon as you leave your “boundaries” granted to you by your level of privilege, suddenly your bank card stops working, because that looks like a “fraudulent transaction”.

The systems are already in place, too. If I go on an impromptu road trip and spend money six states over, my bank calls me and tells me my card is being used in a weird place, and they ask if that transaction is legit. Usually I can be like “yep, let it through” and everything is fine.

What if the AI decides that in fact everything is not fine, and I don’t need to be able to spend money outside of my town?

This feels a lot like the collapse of the USSR. Like, yeah, shit wasn’t necessarily great before, but what comes after is worse.