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on Vanilla FTW! · c/memes · 21 pts · 1h

I’m convinced that “vanilla” meaning “plain/no flavor” is because the makers of vanilla ice cream cut down on the amount being used so much that people associated it with flavorlessness.

An early shrinkflation.

It’s a curse on all of IT, there are rent-seeking chuds everywhere. A lot of it is crust leftover from the boomers forcing every one of their meathead children to college to become the next Bill Gates and get rich enough to take care of them forever. So many of these dudes go in with the mindset of getting rich at all costs, and they think they’re God’s gift.

The crypto bro’s whole premise is that other people’s computers are untrustworthy - the whole concept of a blockchain is that when someone declares a transaction, the other network members all verify its legitimacy by (at least) a simple majority.

They’re not going to just let Sam Altman or Elon Musk pilot their DAO. That’s someone else’s computer running the show!

Because it’s not that good.

AI is an excuse. AI is an excuse to: reduce staff, hoard resources, sustain dependency on a rental economy, stifle creatives (who might have subversive messages!), surveil the world quickly by summarizing huge amounts of cloud stored files, create false evidence, cast doubt on real evidence, fleece investors, and finally, convince everyone you’re “the NEXT Bill Gates/tech messiah”

Why couldn’t these fuckers just sink their money into fusion instead? We need that way more badly.

End cuts trapped behind fascia can retain water if they’re not completely sealed off from it getting in there in the first place. Better to treat your ends before covering them because even if you do it perfectly now, the deck can get worn or damaged later and allow water intrusion. Lasting builds design for reasonable fault tolerances.

on modern classic · c/lemmyshitpost · 2 pts · 2d

Veneer is fine to paint usually. Textured veneer looks tacky when painted.

We hide real wood too much in modern interior design; celebrate it because it might become very rare.