The news that there's an oversupply of Nvidia GPUs convinced me that the AI bubble is bursting and it'll burst *hard*. So here's a thread where I go over the financial, technological and hardware implications of this. Strap in because this is going to be long and probably a bit rambling too. 🧵 1/
LOL on "NEED BLUE JUICE BAD"
(Almost) ready to turn my beloved MacBook Air 2013 - which is gathering dust on a shelf - into a #Linux laptop.
Only problem: multiple people might have swayed me to pick Arch Linux as the distro. #ArchLinux!!! I know NOTHING but from all the Linux memes I've seen over the years, I've always been intimidated by it.
Debating whether to go with it or #Mint or #Ubuntu. Thoughts?
Edit / update: it's now a toss-up between Mint and Fedora. I may try Arch on my Raspi4
@_elena I use Zorin because it looks good. Very appealing. Under the hood Zorin is Ubuntu. But I think I'm ready to try Mint next time.
a friend of a friend has a gig
AS A THEREMIN PLAYER
in a novelty/comedy rock band
and it's hard to explain how much I want to make this hilarious hobby my own
Air to Ground Message:
NEED BLUE JUICE BAD
Area: Boston, MA, USA
Type: Bombardier CRJ900
A: #adfd2b4e972
F: #ff7450a554c
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Hey Fedi, I'd like to follow a few new accounts—some that don't leave me feeling like I've been crushed by the state of the world every single time I come on here. Please recommend your lovely quirky friends from around here? #lazyweb #fedifollow
I love to keep my devices for a very long time.
It's cheaper, it's better for the environment, I don't need nor want all these new flashy things, and I'm too busy and lazy to take the time to shop and migrate to new devices every two years.
The things that always end up forcing me to upgrade is either the software that becomes incompatible or the battery that dies and I cannot change. This is exhausting, and shouldn't happen.
This is not inevitable. We could build devices and software more resistant to time (some already are, but aren't always accessible in many contexts sadly).
I am well aware this is part of the planned-obsolescence capitalist scheme. But I'm still going to share my frustration about it and push against it every way I can.
We could have nice things.
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, Slop/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, Slop plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning Slop system made useful by the Slop corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the Slop system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of Slop which is widely used today is often called “Linux,” and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the Slop system, developed by the Slop Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.
@duncan_blues Not quite!
"Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause and entered interstellar space on August 25, 2012"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1
I'm guessing you meant our galaxy?
Will Voyager 1 LEAVE Our Milky Way Galaxy? #shorts
YouTube
@stefan still just barely past the threshold. It left the house in 1977 and took until 2012 to roll down the driveway so to speak. In cosmic relations, it didn't even cross the sidewalk yet to enter the road.
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@futurebird I find it handy as a way to ban those users off my servers.
@vantablack curious about something. You made the legendary Fedipact. Regardless to what side one was on I believe it was beneficial to everyone and allowed for informed decisions. Have you given thought to an AI fedi pact ?
@damon_ i've seen a few peeps post askin bout such a thing, sayin it should exist, maybe it would be a good idea but idk what form it would take tho lol
Investigation: Howard Lutnick pushed to narrow chip curbs affecting a client of his former firm Cantor Fitzgerald whose Malaysia data center may serve Tencent (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/15/us/politics/lutnick-pushed-to-weaken-chip-rules-that-overlap-with-his-family-business.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QlE.S83S.v9pNUp3b3vi_&smid=url-share
http://www.techmeme.com/261115/p9#a261115p9
On Golden Pond
South of Telluride, CO
Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for this Fox Costume. For people who aren't furries but are just a little furrycurious.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGKQ538Y/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_apa_gl_i_J4GPPRKSVR9R63CW3937?linkCode=ml1&tag=lowqualityfac-22-20&linkId=ed17e1f580c67fbd3f4c9a5813a23c42&gaOptInStatus=true
@skavish this is not a photo of pluto... from what I can tell this is the closest photo of pluto we have https://science.nasa.gov/dwarf-planets/pluto/
Whether they call it AI summaries, knowledge panels, or AMP, Google takes actions that are less about functionality and more about locking you into its own ecosystem. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/11/google-summaries-arent-about-ai-theyre-about-lock