I was living in Arlington VA near the new Amazon corporate HQ. I feel like I saw all 173 of those things.

Young used to equate to high PC literacy, sadly no longer for the exact reason you mentioned: walled gardens, non-removable components.

I guess you don’t live in Europe, you can’t escape it here.

I totally forgot about those!

Holy shit, I was recently in Porto Portugal and saw a plain storefront with these balls with a glowing reticle up on pedestals. It was these! I passed by the place a bunch of times, no signage and just a guy standing in there playing on his phone. There was never anyone else in there and I could not tell what they wanted. I cannot imagine this going over well in Europe.

Looks like the picture is surrounded by bacon. ☺️

Go to any cocktail bar that has a deep bar and ask for a Last Word. Basically the gin version of a Daiquiri.

Nothing at Netflix can go beyond 3 seasons.

I moved to Portugal last year and I can say that the supermarket chicken here does need a lot more seasoning (to my taste) than US chicken did. I am hoping it will help cut down my overall salt intake.

FTFY: “Sycophantic behavior in AI affects us all users of AI.” If you don’t touch it, it can’t touch you.

I was thinking Fahrenheit 451. Written text is outlawed, everything is conveyed through images.

Yet another in a long series of examples of why I never wanted kids.

More like tattooing that name on your face.

There are an outrageous amount of Tesla vehicles in Lisbon. But there are some beautiful Chinese brands that are now undercutting them. With I think Forthing as a direct competitor.

I love tuvan throat singing! I always recommend Tuva Groove off the album Back Tuva Future for an easy intro to the music and style. I’ll add it to the playlist.

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I am going to make a playlist just from this thread, thank you all who have participated so far.

Religion. So many of today’s issues stem from the magical thinking inherent in religion.

I mean it is even a major plot point of Weapons.