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I have found that technology is frequently sold by owners, rather than creators, for the two following reasons:

1. "If we don't do it, the other guy will."

2. "Because"

3. "Risks versus benefits? We'll look into that. Tomorrow. Just give me the cash."

Recall Thomas Edison's sales pitch for DC power. Electrocution. [0]

[0] https://www.historyandheadlines.com/january-4-1903-killer-el...

https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20030105/bookbriefs...


The correlation between never-ending chaos and the release of Epstein material is extremely strong. The seemingly unplanned nature of the Iran operation exposes the fact that there is no clear plan or goal. After the initial "Weapons of Mass Distraction" attack, it all seems to be played by ear.

At prayer meetings rather than military planning sessions.[0]

Using God as a cover for crime? Hard to imagine, eh? [1]

The crimes of "The Epstein Class" including illicit sex, blackmail and money-laundering are perhaps the greatest in all of recorded history. I expect a world war, or the modern version of it, unlimited drone warfare, and possibly the use of nuclear weapons, to be the response.

[0] https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/us-news/trump-an...

[1] https://www.thetoptens.com/religion/atrocities-committed-nam...


> One fat-fingered move on an ad, and you might find yourself driving to an Esso. Or you might end up at the wrong combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell miles from the one you promised to meet a friend at.

I am thinking more and more that a large percentage of "clicks" on the internet are the result of scrolling on mobile operating systems and inadvertent clicks.

By whatever means, I sure could use scroll facilitators [0] and also copy-all and paste keys. I picked up another BT keyboard at the thrift store to make life easier in this regard, though it's not portable.

[0] buttons or voice, whatever. I siriously (Pun Intended) only want the phone listening to me during phone calls and the like, so I put the earplugs on Siri.


I claim the "right to repair" my operating system.

And share patches.

I legally put black tape over the infamous Subaru "Your windshield washer reservoir is always empty" idiot light.

“Hitler didn’t steal the power, his people voted for him, and then he destroyed his people,” Pope Francis stated.

Devs are handing government the wire to strangle themselves and everyone else with this surveillance back-door.[0] A bully starts with a simple demand and never backpedals.

[0] https://www.eff.org/issues/age-verification



My unscientific feeling is that playing fires up brain centers for vision, hearing, motor control, memory, cognition, emotion, sympathy (with the composer) ... the whole nine yards.

It's a whole brain workout in my opinion. Plus the physical aspect.


I am reminded of the 2001 movie "Antitrust" in which a fictitious company NURV creates a fictitious product, Synapse, a worldwide media distribution network.

That is all. Cheers.


Thank goodness, that could never happen here!

Wait ... it did.


Does anyone remember when computers were supposed to work for us? It seems that we are working for them.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. [0]

I do not consent to the machine as God machina ut deus

Never forget that these machines are an amalgam of inputs, the exact opposite of what makes me an individual. I get to choose and create meaning based on my unique knowledge, experiences, thought processes and emotions --- Not everyone else's.

[0] Attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt with high certainty.


I am looking forward to a CA constitutional challenge. I suspect that people have been sufficiently hoodwinked that a petition drive and vote would fail.

EFF on age verification.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/age-verification-comin...


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