Cognoscente
@cognoscente.bsky.social
Sr SRE | former disability ERG lead, neurodiversity advocate | postmormon and antifascist | enthusiastic about pop music and Star Trek | gringuito q habla español
"The purpose of a system is what it does," was coined by Stafford Beer in 1979. The bottom line is, it doesn't matter what a system is intended, advertised, or "supposed" to do. What matters is what it actually does in the real world, what behaviours it influences, and what outcomes it produces.
The way I typically judge both ideologies and technologies is by what they do. Not what people say they do. What actual consequences they have for people. If they actually make things better, then they can be viewed as good/beneficial. But if all they do is harm, no future promises are worth it.
My first choice is "zero billionaires," but if I can't have that I'll take "billionaires with night terrors of guillotines trying to buy off the public."
An unexpected bonus to offset all the annoying things about living in Utah: Less than two weeks to go and there's still front row tickets available for Wu-Tang!
*suspicious lobster wife* where did you get that shrimp *still confused lobster* you're never gonna believe this
Flock's security is worse than the worst case scenario I might have imagined.
HaJ3FgupAm8RrDJW3MHgT9X7Ft27eVaD What is that? That's a hard-coded API token that Flock cameras use to identify themselves and get OAuth credentials, which can then be used to talk to Flock's production servers. Like, anyone on the internet can probably do this right now.
Doing a rewatch of What We Do In The Shadows and damn does it hold up
Nandor the Relentless: I'm Pillaging Everyone
Alt: Nandor the Relentless: I'm Pillaging Everyone
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Happy birthday to my eldest son Gabe who turns 22 years old today! He did not listen. www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/1...
Mindcraft - Penny Arcade
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
penny-arcade.com
Fuck the haters, this bread is bitchin’. Sprouted wheat is the best but they don’t have a bad flavor. It was my condolence prize for having to move back to Utah for work.
Forget the fry sauce and dirty sodas. For some Utahns, Grandma Sycamore’s reminds them most of home.
Funny how a turn-of-the-century pop art image can give you sudden flashbacks to losing your virginity in college in the backseat of a Honda Fit to the sound of accordions
Funny how a turn-of-the-century pop art image can give you sudden flashbacks to losing your virginity in college in the backseat of a Honda Fit to the sound of accordions
Oh HELL yeah I am strapped in for this journey
Alright I'm doin this Gonna keep all my posts to this thread but sitting down and watching Deep Space Nine I've seen a good chunk of it already but never sat down and watched Every Episode so this is gonna be a long one
HELL yeah. Been playing Geoguessr every day for 3-4 months now. This is the best score I've ever gotten in a daily challenge and the closest I've come to a platinum medal. #Geoguessr
In Mike Duncan's Revolutions Podcast he talks about his Great Idiot of History Theory. Every world-historic revolution is caused not by the success of some brave and pious revolutionary but by the failure of some dog-brained aristocrat who can't leave well enough alone. Donald Trump is such an Idiot
That's just a Nevron from Expedition 33, you can't fool me
when you’re showing off either a really big fish or a full leg of very expensive ham to the girls
Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
Facebook is serving me the weirdest stupid right-wing slop completely unasked for. Rent control is not a violation of the 8th commandment, you absolute dumbass!
18. TALKING HEADS ALBUM RANKINGS Stop Making Sense The soundtrack to the best rock concert film ever made shines even without the visuals. The definitive version of lots of these songs, thanks primarily to the presence of late keyboard genius Bernie Worrell who makes them into a genuine funk act.