mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Man of many wide interests, going back as far as time. One of the more - ummm - mature Bozos on this Bus. Fnord.
What can you do to be remembered for thousands of years? when all else seems, over time, to be broken, buried, burned, banned, bananas? Build.
Build an impressive ruin out of igneous rock.
Chip mysterious symbols into the sides. (Better if they don't mean anything.)
It'll be promoted by the size and the people arguing what the sumbols mean, and ethnic food.
People will flock from around the world to gawk. If they spend money, the locals will protect it.
Quip 'o the Day
Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.
⇐ Aldous Huxley
American AI is locked down and proprietary. It's losing.
"China's open-weights AI strategy is winning: its companies are taking the lead. America's closed-first, locked-down strategy is doomed to failure - and it could take the US economy down with it."
Ben Werdmuller
https://werd.io/american-ai-is-locked-down-and-proprietary-its-losing/
The Power of Awareness: Overcoming Surveillance Capitalism
ByScott Larson
https://www.scottrlarson.com/presentations/overcoming-surveillance-capitalism-with-awareness/
If you're pining for the Old Internet, you might enjoy exploring some of the digest called:
'Old'a Vista: The mostpowerful guide to the old Internet.'
Of COURSE you can learn more about the site by clicking FAQ in the upper right corner.
A great example of online accomplishment ... 'under construction' until recently.
"Old'aVista is a search engine focused on personal websites that used to be hosted on services like Geocities, Angelfire, AOL, Xoom and so on.... "
Houston
"He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him."
