Expect specialist “open” hardware capable of installing any software/OS to become increasingly expensive, while increasingly locked-down, mass-produced consumer hardware remains at current price. You only need to look at TVs for an example of this - try finding a recent non-smart TV at a reasonable price as the cheap models are all subsidised by the revenue from pushing ads into your face.

https://www.nutritiontable.com/nutritions/nutrient/?id=864

Maybe something that could be dried, soybeans could work. Would have to be properly stored to keep it dry.

This affects anyone who relies on American payment processors (Visa, Mastercard, PayPal), so is very much a global issue.

Spidermәn

That wasn’t intended as a correction. Mastered is definitely correct. Tamed is a bit more poetic maybe.

Tamed

Yeah, I don’t think I would be playing the game if crashing had real-world consequences.

No joke I think this is genuinely why conspiracy theories are so appealing

Yes

…And I wouldn’t be surprised if they are using AI to generate the artist backstory and album art.

Probably an instance of Spotify “Ghost Artists”. Spotify pays unknown musicians small amounts to record generic-sounding tracks and sign over all royalties to Spotify.

I used to love the Eyewitness Guides books when I was a kid. Had no idea that it existed as a show as well.

Then I will have my encryption program make the encrypted data look like text/images/whatever…

Taking a stroll past the knife factory.

Ooh, I have a good one. While I was asleep my brain came up with “Late’n’Baked” which was some kind of instant foodstuff for stoners along the lines of Huel. This was apparently funny enough to wake me up.

For me its: “There are two ways I could go about this and there’s no way I could possibly be expected to choose which one”. I guess thats just a variant of top left though.

When I saw the trailer to Shutter Island, a film about a detective trying to solve a murder at a mysterious and secluded mental institution, I immediately guessed that the twist was going to be that the detective was actually a patient the whole time. This made me decide that I didn’t need to watch it and I never looked up a plot summary so I’ve no idea if I’m right.

But why is the 20 years ago picture Win 8 and the today picture is XP?

“Fucking finally!”

• grasshopper after waiting 100 million years for grass to evolve