Semi-Hemi-Demigod

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 10 months ago to showerthoughts in Marketing is in large part what necessitates marketing to begin with.

I don’t like sports that much but I bet I could sit through a game if there weren’t fucking ads for shit I don’t want everywhere.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to programmerhumor in When you have a domain but never leave your house

This is why I set up my pihole to send back the local server IP when I ask for my domain

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to technology in Slack Is Basically Facebook Now

The danger in my mind isn’t someone without access, it’s someone with access taking screenshots and using them against you. That’s why I don’t say anything remotely shitty unless it’s on unrecorded audio.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to technology in Slack Is Basically Facebook Now

I would never talk shit about anything at work on a medium that keeps a permanent record. Do people really have that hard a time staying professional?

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to noncredibledefense in "Ch-China is kinda scary too..."

The primary justification is to have leverage if anybody stops using the dollar as their reserve currency

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to memes in the harsh truth...

Kbin is the stealth fediverse yet again

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to news in The End of Roe Is Having a Chilling Effect on Pregnancy

No, she gave one a week to 10-15 guys. But with a scalpel.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to memes in Unpopular Opinion

I've seen too many systems left wide open for me not to think we need some way of having actual experts vet people's resumes and not a bunch of HR people.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to memes in Unpopular Opinion

I think we'd have fewer security problems if we had a tech guild. It would keep unqualified people from becoming sysadmins, for one.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to world in American XL bully dogs to be banned after attacks, Rishi Sunak says

Of course, I’m in support of neutering all companion animals to ease the stray population and the strain on shelters, regardless of breed or species. Breed specific laws are only one step towards fixing the larger problem.

Bob Barker is smiling down on you from heaven for this

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to memes in android companies vs apple

At least it's not Windows vs. Apple anymore

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to aww in Froggy

Relevant song

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to news in The End of Roe Is Having a Chilling Effect on Pregnancy

I had the same experience but the worst part was the month I had to still use condoms before they verified I was shooting blanks.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to memes in Unpopular Opinion

A lot of open source software is written by people working for corporations. Red Hat may have started out as a plucky co-op but it's now part of IBM. MySQL is written primarily by Oracle. The fact that the source is open doesn't mean it's all volunteer work.

That doesn't mean it wasn't a massive transfer of wealth, just that for a lot of it people were paid a fraction of the wealth they created rather than none at all.

Sidenote: Here's a good article about how software developers can wage class warfare. Some tips are: Don't help other people learn things, never write documentation, and make your code as opaque as possible so your boss doesn't get anything from you for free.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to memes in I love making rich people richer

Look at Mr. "I can pay all my bills with one paycheck" over here. Must be nice.