LenS
@lcsamuelson57.bsky.social
Big Tech wants *every* device to be a terminal that requires connection to their "service", not an independently functioning computer system that supports access to external services.
Thermostats! Dishwashers! The list is endless.
LAAS : Life as a service
No Microsoft. Linux since 1993.
Thermostats! Dishwashers! The list is endless.
LAAS : Life as a service
No Microsoft. Linux since 1993.
November 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Big Tech wants *every* device to be a terminal that requires connection to their "service", not an independently functioning computer system that supports access to external services.
Thermostats! Dishwashers! The list is endless.
LAAS : Life as a service
No Microsoft. Linux since 1993.
Thermostats! Dishwashers! The list is endless.
LAAS : Life as a service
No Microsoft. Linux since 1993.
I would totally forget whatever was weighing my thoughts down if a hamster found its way to my head...
weighing.me
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I would totally forget whatever was weighing my thoughts down if a hamster found its way to my head...
USA !! USA !!
Company store from shore to shore!
St Peter don't call me, I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store...
Company store from shore to shore!
St Peter don't call me, I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store...
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
USA !! USA !!
Company store from shore to shore!
St Peter don't call me, I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store...
Company store from shore to shore!
St Peter don't call me, I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store...
I think of parenthesized phrases as tributaries of a stream of thought, to fill in context for readers not fully familiar with the topic at hand.
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I think of parenthesized phrases as tributaries of a stream of thought, to fill in context for readers not fully familiar with the topic at hand.
I promised my wife I would leave half (large pep OF COURSE) for another day....
When I came to, it was gone!
When I came to, it was gone!
November 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I promised my wife I would leave half (large pep OF COURSE) for another day....
When I came to, it was gone!
When I came to, it was gone!
Wonderful beings, excellent for controlling blood pressure...
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Wonderful beings, excellent for controlling blood pressure...
"The Ship Who Sang" by Anne McCaffrey, a wonderful story related to cyborg tech.
A little girl grows up fully enabled despite physical disability.
A little girl grows up fully enabled despite physical disability.
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"The Ship Who Sang" by Anne McCaffrey, a wonderful story related to cyborg tech.
A little girl grows up fully enabled despite physical disability.
A little girl grows up fully enabled despite physical disability.
My wife makes a great omelette, given thst she worked (often during breakfast hours) at a countertop restaurant in Boston to pay for college. (Yes, back then it was possible... We are both "senior citizens")
I tell her when she struggles with the spatula, "I like glorified scrambled eggs too!"
I tell her when she struggles with the spatula, "I like glorified scrambled eggs too!"
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My wife makes a great omelette, given thst she worked (often during breakfast hours) at a countertop restaurant in Boston to pay for college. (Yes, back then it was possible... We are both "senior citizens")
I tell her when she struggles with the spatula, "I like glorified scrambled eggs too!"
I tell her when she struggles with the spatula, "I like glorified scrambled eggs too!"
Yes, kale in salads.
Primary purpose is to earn brownie points with my wife.
Win, Win!
Primary purpose is to earn brownie points with my wife.
Win, Win!
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Yes, kale in salads.
Primary purpose is to earn brownie points with my wife.
Win, Win!
Primary purpose is to earn brownie points with my wife.
Win, Win!
... Get rid of a weak orange evil to make room for a more subtly evil monster.
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
... Get rid of a weak orange evil to make room for a more subtly evil monster.
In industry, layers of management hierarchy separate centralized executives from the work, frequently (always?) causing inefficiency.
Worse, it also insulates those executives from accountability for their actions.
Rick Scott is a perfect example, and there are so many others...
Worse, it also insulates those executives from accountability for their actions.
Rick Scott is a perfect example, and there are so many others...
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
In industry, layers of management hierarchy separate centralized executives from the work, frequently (always?) causing inefficiency.
Worse, it also insulates those executives from accountability for their actions.
Rick Scott is a perfect example, and there are so many others...
Worse, it also insulates those executives from accountability for their actions.
Rick Scott is a perfect example, and there are so many others...
Race, origin, color, etc. absolutely *should* be irrelevant.
The sad fact is that these irrelevancies are used by mediocre weaklings to poison our society and acquire unearned power.
Those weaklings hate the fact that many of us see their weakness and seek to silence us.
Turn the volume up.
The sad fact is that these irrelevancies are used by mediocre weaklings to poison our society and acquire unearned power.
Those weaklings hate the fact that many of us see their weakness and seek to silence us.
Turn the volume up.
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Race, origin, color, etc. absolutely *should* be irrelevant.
The sad fact is that these irrelevancies are used by mediocre weaklings to poison our society and acquire unearned power.
Those weaklings hate the fact that many of us see their weakness and seek to silence us.
Turn the volume up.
The sad fact is that these irrelevancies are used by mediocre weaklings to poison our society and acquire unearned power.
Those weaklings hate the fact that many of us see their weakness and seek to silence us.
Turn the volume up.
At inception, total premium income was 80% (small plans) or 85% (large plans) loss ratio.
That rule may still exist, but I thought it was watered down.
That rule may still exist, but I thought it was watered down.
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
At inception, total premium income was 80% (small plans) or 85% (large plans) loss ratio.
That rule may still exist, but I thought it was watered down.
That rule may still exist, but I thought it was watered down.
Irresistable....
Mr. Keil's son will very likely have way more than 12 orders of magnitude greater intellectual capacity as he grows up than when he was born.
.... A forecast based on his father's sense of humor...
Mr. Keil's son will very likely have way more than 12 orders of magnitude greater intellectual capacity as he grows up than when he was born.
.... A forecast based on his father's sense of humor...
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Irresistable....
Mr. Keil's son will very likely have way more than 12 orders of magnitude greater intellectual capacity as he grows up than when he was born.
.... A forecast based on his father's sense of humor...
Mr. Keil's son will very likely have way more than 12 orders of magnitude greater intellectual capacity as he grows up than when he was born.
.... A forecast based on his father's sense of humor...
1) The velocity of money is one important measure of an economy. It slows down dramatically when hoarded.
2) working and middle class Americans pay higher fraction of pay in taxes: preferential taxation of cap gains (and other tricks).
Trickle down is a sick propaganda attack on our people.
2) working and middle class Americans pay higher fraction of pay in taxes: preferential taxation of cap gains (and other tricks).
Trickle down is a sick propaganda attack on our people.
November 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
1) The velocity of money is one important measure of an economy. It slows down dramatically when hoarded.
2) working and middle class Americans pay higher fraction of pay in taxes: preferential taxation of cap gains (and other tricks).
Trickle down is a sick propaganda attack on our people.
2) working and middle class Americans pay higher fraction of pay in taxes: preferential taxation of cap gains (and other tricks).
Trickle down is a sick propaganda attack on our people.
Requiring internet connectivity, requiring an "account" gives control over "Smart devices" to profit-oriented corp managers who want to hold our use of our appliances hostage to their whims.
This is a HUGE security hole.
This is a HUGE security hole.
November 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Requiring internet connectivity, requiring an "account" gives control over "Smart devices" to profit-oriented corp managers who want to hold our use of our appliances hostage to their whims.
This is a HUGE security hole.
This is a HUGE security hole.
Ionic... It's probably a compound issue.
Some positive, some negative.
Not the strongest bond, occasionally dissociating in solution, but generally neutral in balance.
Some positive, some negative.
Not the strongest bond, occasionally dissociating in solution, but generally neutral in balance.
October 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Ionic... It's probably a compound issue.
Some positive, some negative.
Not the strongest bond, occasionally dissociating in solution, but generally neutral in balance.
Some positive, some negative.
Not the strongest bond, occasionally dissociating in solution, but generally neutral in balance.
August 23 2020. I sent a payment to IRS. Failed to verify its delivery.
October: Stop payment on check, send new check.
December 2020: IRS bitches about bounced check. Nothing about second check.
Fucking up U.S. Mail delivery in an election year. These fuckers know exactly what they are doimg.
October: Stop payment on check, send new check.
December 2020: IRS bitches about bounced check. Nothing about second check.
Fucking up U.S. Mail delivery in an election year. These fuckers know exactly what they are doimg.
October 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
August 23 2020. I sent a payment to IRS. Failed to verify its delivery.
October: Stop payment on check, send new check.
December 2020: IRS bitches about bounced check. Nothing about second check.
Fucking up U.S. Mail delivery in an election year. These fuckers know exactly what they are doimg.
October: Stop payment on check, send new check.
December 2020: IRS bitches about bounced check. Nothing about second check.
Fucking up U.S. Mail delivery in an election year. These fuckers know exactly what they are doimg.
My father brought an extra white shirt to work in Pittsburgh every day (1960-1965 or so). Many days he reported the air was so thick he had a hard time seeing a few feet.
(Steel mills, huge amounts of coal and coke burning...)
Regulations were written in blood.
(Steel mills, huge amounts of coal and coke burning...)
Regulations were written in blood.
October 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My father brought an extra white shirt to work in Pittsburgh every day (1960-1965 or so). Many days he reported the air was so thick he had a hard time seeing a few feet.
(Steel mills, huge amounts of coal and coke burning...)
Regulations were written in blood.
(Steel mills, huge amounts of coal and coke burning...)
Regulations were written in blood.
"Do not taunt happy fun ball"
IYKYK
Oh, to be a fly on the proverbial wall...
IYKYK
Oh, to be a fly on the proverbial wall...
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"Do not taunt happy fun ball"
IYKYK
Oh, to be a fly on the proverbial wall...
IYKYK
Oh, to be a fly on the proverbial wall...