2025-09-06T11:11:04Z https://njump.me Earthshine https://njump.me/npub1g8myetzgwcmxt4cvqqlkzfusy9r3nrc0repnq2l86f5ksxtdzsdsv5wx7l https://cdn.masto.host/mastohackerstown/accounts/avatars/114/346/909/021/727/517/original/e16e59983a72e2ba.png https://cdn.masto.host/mastohackerstown/accounts/avatars/114/346/909/021/727/517/original/e16e59983a72e2ba.png https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdd5hxxvns9u4tpw5a46z29hl45y9z3wr52x6932r974c2y4umfkszypqlvn9vfpmrvewhpsqr7cf8jqs5wxv0pu0yxvptulfxj6qed52pk9vt9e9 The star trek future we have at home:<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastohackerstown/media_attachments/files/115/102/219/893/221/966/original/4a3c9037602b45f5.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-27T18:50:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqzrw08s8aw28x8uzxxlx962enf8pjjgqvphspmxasvc7qhewzurczypqlvn9vfpmrvewhpsqr7cf8jqs5wxv0pu0yxvptulfxj6qed52pkzcgvhf It&#39;s somewhat telling that virtually all far future hard scifi / speculative fiction (excepting the most grimdark) written this century involves intervention by aliens to explain how humanity made it to the stars.<br/><br/>Deus ab alieno: because our species is too dumb to live. 2025-07-15T18:16:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf8ny9qmlmcu45nzx0hzh08dvtnssjte7a9z8uwapqptzz80vmmfqzypqlvn9vfpmrvewhpsqr7cf8jqs5wxv0pu0yxvptulfxj6qed52pk38n6tz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswr2cgtrqma8qgkv209ufqsux3gf5ck9dhl9jkvchffm5gn7du7xsp22pdm'>nevent1q…2pdm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think everyone who performs some kind of labor can relate to wanting some way to automate part of it away. Maybe the technology to do it is just outside your own reach, or maybe it&#39;s some futuristic scifi bullshit, but in all cases the tech you want is tech that solves a problem for you, and you wish someone with the means and resources or smarts could build it for you to make your life easier. Maybe you go into tech because you want to be the one building it, but somehow it never changes. 2025-06-25T19:58:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswr2cgtrqma8qgkv209ufqsux3gf5ck9dhl9jkvchffm5gn7du7xszypqlvn9vfpmrvewhpsqr7cf8jqs5wxv0pu0yxvptulfxj6qed52pkdxqhc9 I went to work in tech because I wanted to use human ingenuity to solve problems and make regular life for regular people easier. <br/><br/>The longer I spend working in tech, the more I want to just burn it all down and go back to working the land with my bare hands. <br/><br/>If this is the cost of progress, then it&#39;s not worth the cost. 2025-06-25T19:53:35Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxu4p3jcwzwhskmysvweq9d98aavdeg5yds3w7u24epkefz65l9sszypqlvn9vfpmrvewhpsqr7cf8jqs5wxv0pu0yxvptulfxj6qed52pk8vtt3q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp08lnexsm6u0862epw80hqqtl9w0h2kp77wgwssuxtvh2cywk8hszhyp2r'>nevent1q…yp2r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>somehow it&#39;s the &#34;[humanity will] maneuver [planets] into the habitable zone&#34; part of this I find harder to swallow than the &#34;humanity will exist long enough and travel far enough to settle around a red dwarf star&#34; 2025-05-22T16:18:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp0wms4gvwerclktu3p2f9n0wgkrerksqc7w0ttm9rr2plu9g6kmczypqlvn9vfpmrvewhpsqr7cf8jqs5wxv0pu0yxvptulfxj6qed52pkpsg66r So you think AI is helpful to you?<br/><br/>Try this:<br/><br/>Every time you ask it something, include a control question or two you already know the answer to.<br/><br/>If its never getting the control questions right, then its probably not getting anything else right, either. 2025-05-21T21:22:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2l0st3jp2g0vzkaagz5vspltnm73pcapqj6shpvrpnd35vuerjfczypqlvn9vfpmrvewhpsqr7cf8jqs5wxv0pu0yxvptulfxj6qed52pka20h7u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs975tev0jfpzrlc2xjwf0qnuzdjmrs6r8sz7rp9ldqshvhmxcldwqduazr4'>nevent1q…azr4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this is a major concern for me as well. We have a fountain unit for Dot because she doesn&#39;t drink enough water. Algae and bacteria definitely do grow in them. They have a coarse filter which gets really gross really fast and a slightly finer filter cartridge with activated charcoal, but it&#39;s not antimicrobial. I&#39;ve looked at the design of many more expensive units and always found concerning flaws in their implementation of things like UV sterilization (leakage damaging to cats eyes) 2025-05-21T18:13:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0hcfuafmrv9zjk3wz5mc0z89pe9y37jjhwejtlunmmq0gpenwr8gzypqlvn9vfpmrvewhpsqr7cf8jqs5wxv0pu0yxvptulfxj6qed52pk7798j9 LongtimeUser4 is the guy who wrote the software I am troubleshooting for another user today. <a href="https://xkcd.com/1172/">https://xkcd.com/1172/</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastohackerstown/media_attachments/files/114/474/067/462/570/152/original/c195d673dafeb72a.png"> <br/> 2025-05-08T20:21:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvy90x2mkwl3ladcu6eqaz9yy7y02smc7r5ux548vvud7nydhcrsgzypqlvn9vfpmrvewhpsqr7cf8jqs5wxv0pu0yxvptulfxj6qed52pkt789hl <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastohackerstown/media_attachments/files/114/439/204/754/812/440/original/838cf20a65b42d08.png"> <br/> 2025-05-02T16:38:52Z