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Cory Doctrow (who’s on Mastodon by the way! https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic ) came up with this term called Enshittification. In fact he has a video on this (from Defcon 32) https://youtu.be/4EmstuO0Em8?si=Tf-T9B_c6x2yB2VM The word is the practice of a business that tempts you … Continue reading
26.10.2024 18:13The Enshittification of EverythingDuracell batteries used to be so good. They’d last a long time and just be a great product.Now, they are absolute garbage. They leak, they burst, they’re just gross. I’ve had so many things ruined by these trashy batteries. We’re … Continue reading
4.2.2024 02:14Duracell EnshitifiedI did a trial install of Mathematica 14 (The Thirring Institute is a Mathematica shop). I was pretty excited to try out the new LLM features. The Big Change(tm) advertised for this version was the inclusion of AI. I tried … Continue reading
4.2.2024 02:02An old man yelling at the (internet) cloudThe issue could be on the internal side due to the wierd nature of the thirring network setup
25.1.2024 01:56Still trying to fix the plugin. Might be working now thoughOh what a week it’s been. Endless technological failures plaguing us.It started with the failure of a microphone! This was bought only a year or two ago…suddenly it just stopped working. Would only record faintly with alot of static. A … Continue reading
13.1.2023 02:26Techno Meltdown Hell WeekSo I updated to Ipad OS 16 on my ipad mini in tingly anticipation of a number of features.What a mistake that was! The features Apple was crowing about either aren’t there or don’t work. Undo e-mail does not work. … Continue reading
4.11.2022 01:06Ipad OS 16.1 is terrible. Let’s hope they improve it!Turns out there’s something called the Amazon A to Z guarantee that guarantees if a third party seller doesn’t acknowledge your issue within 3 days you can contact them and they’ll sort it out. We had contacted the seller who … Continue reading
21.8.2022 20:22Update to the chalkboard situationI ordered a chalkboard from Amazon to add to my studio. Sounded like a good idea at the time. Took two weeks+ to get here, but did I get the chalkboard? Nope. I got a large and very heavy bookshelf. … Continue reading
21.7.2022 00:39Amazon third party seller issues and the A to Z guarantee.When I’d first set this site up, I’d hoped it would be a place to find fixes and such, but I never got that part off the ground for a variety of reasons. This blog will now become a place … Continue reading
10.7.2022 20:24Transitioning to a tech thoughts siteRecently I had heard of an interesting story by Geoffrey ALandis called “Vacuum States”. A quick searc h of the net showed no copies available to read on their own. I found that this story was located in two places. … Continue reading
14.10.2013 22:12My ebook experience and why I think libraries and Bookstores are pretty much safe for now