A Cory Docterow must read

posted in: Tech

“This is enshittification: surpluses are first directed to users; then, once they’re locked in, surpluses go to suppliers; then once they’re locked in, the surplus is handed to shareholders and the platform becomes a useless pile of shit.” Tiktok’s Enshittification

I <3 Linus Torvalds

posted in: Health, Tech

From Slashdot: Linus Torvalds Tells Anti-Vaxxer To Shut Up On Linux Mailing List Original post from Linus here.

Zen and the Art of iPhone Maintenance

posted in: Tech, Tinkering

About a year ago I bought a used, unlocked iPhone 6 for $260 on eBay for Milo. The phone worked well for a few months and then Milo started having problems with the lightning port. The plug wasn’t staying in … Read More

Turns out …

posted in: Tech, Tinkering

… upgrading a 9 year old iMac with an SSD is worthwhile too. Although I had to re-purchase, download, and create a bootable USB stick of OSX 10.7 Lion to format the new drive. But what the hell, now I … Read More

“Maybe they can’t afford the small piece of cable …”

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Hilarious response by Level 3 to Verizon’s boohooing about asymmetrical peering relationships due to Netflix and their ilk: Verizon’s Accidental Mea Culpa Somebody remind me why are we arguing about net neutrality? Oh right, it’s not the bandwidth consumers arguing, it’s ISPs seeking … Read More