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played the uke in my backyard and had a little rabbit keeping company. it was nice

the ending to S2 is a little disappointing. I was kinda excited that Kovacs had a backup, but then I'm like, "wait, so Poe could just *do* that?" it's well established that doing backups isn't really done unless you're really rich, but Poe manages to do it while all the other drama is going on and he's glitching out?

also, our heros have a habit of not dying when they're supposed to even though, allegedly, ending arbitrary life extension is part of their grander mission. it's like the writers didn't really jive with the death cult so they decided the proponents would only pay lip service. (yeah, yeah: they didn't choose to be backed up and restored plus envoys "take what is offered". point is, the authors put them there against all odds)

it amazes me that anyone over the age of about 27 would still try to be "cool". just seems so painfully boring and limiting

A few friends have mentioned that it was easy to fill out the form to apply for US student-loan forgiveness.

The form asks for your name, your Social Security number, your date of birth, and your contact info. It also requires you to affirm that your income is under a particular threshold ($125k/year for individuals, for example). You don’t need to submit any other paperwork.

studentaid.gov/debt-relief/app

NPR provides an FAQ with lots of interesting and useful details:

npr.org/2022/10/28/1132107116/

It was funny watching Fairy-Max vs Fairy-Max on one of the Chess.com endgame drills. Some of the sacrifices really just looked like black was trying to end the game earlier given white was going to win. Honestly, it's the best strategy, but for a machine it's a little odd -- not like f-Max has other plans on its agenda.

I think Sharon Taylor would be great in an adaptation of The City in the Middle of the Night as Alyssa.

Altered Carbon (TV Series) leans a little too heavily on torture scenes for my taste. It's not even that it squicks me out or something. it's just that it's kinda boring

how mobile phones don't have a "home button" for scrolling is beyond me

Firefox prompts me to "enable DRM" on some pages. I never do, but as far as I can tell, everything still seems to work

RT @SlenderSherbet
When you've been in the pub all day with your mates and come out into the fresh air.

I've been getting these emails from gmail accounts with Slavic sounding names and claims to be women with names that don't match the email address. I know there's some kind of grift at play, but I can't figure what they hope to achieve

Okay, so... I have a bit of an announcement.

I've created a website for FediFollows which has all the accounts I've ever recommended (that are still working!) organised into nice topics and tags:

➡️ fedi.directory

You can browse the main directory or the top 100 tags page. (Also considering adding an "all tags" page, if there's demand.)

Please let me know what you think! Any feedback very welcome 🙏

(This is why I haven't posted in a few days! 😅 )

#Fediverse

the internet is amazing cause you can find people that are exactly like you in every way and they will still hate your guts

I had a good joke here a minute ago, but then this happened.

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