Gemini* and Gopher

• Personal/Opinions

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  • Anarchist Style Guide: Scentjacking 101

    it's no secret nerds smell horrible. if you've ever been to a convention of any kind, be it anime, gaming, cybersec, or software industry, you know these dudes can reek. it's normal for a human to stink, women generally figure it out first and manage it, boys are a little slower to get the memo and a little lazier with how they handle it (see: Lynx/Axe body spray), some men will just stick with that their whole life, some men just will never learn and geeks/nerds, be they male or female, generally never have any interest in learning. their minds are occupied.

    that's not to disparage any of those groups, it's just observation of a truth. not the whole truth, there's always exceptions and I'm a good example of that. I'm a hardcore geek, I started going to anime cons, hacker meetups and metal/punk/whatever gigs in like 2002 and didn't stop until probably TDK was born in 2021. I also grew up with a single mom and a sister and, while most of my high school peers were more interested in sports and video games, a keen interest in the opposite sex. this means grooming and styling was something I wanted in my toolset, something I worked on to put myself ahead of the pack, as it were.

• Technology and Free Software

  • Meet AI fanboys, Tom, Dick, and Harry

    Tom, Dick, and Harry really love AI and spend a lot of time daily posting comments on LinkedIn telling people about it. Although, their comments are usually written by AI, and the audience doesn't really understand how they relate to the topic.

    Let's take a closer look at these three lovely people.

    Tom

    Tom is the simplest of all: he doesn't have any benefit in promoting AI. He keeps talking about it because he really wants to have something to talk about on social media, and AI seems to be the cool topic these days. Sometimes, he feels like an expert when he posts a comment, and he loves that feeling. He tries to sustain that feeling by commenting more and more.

    A typical Tom may keep going on and on about how 98.7% of the project management tasks can be done by AI. Although, he's not using AI like that himself. In fact, he's not really a project manager. To be honest, he's never been involved in any real project. By the way, he doesn't know much about AI either, which makes it really cute.

    Toms have been in demand throughout history as perfect cult members and followers. Some firms and individuals cultivate them in bulk and use them directly or rent them out to the highest bidder. Some thought that the information age and the Internet created an undesirable habitat for them, but that was not the case, and they keep growing everywhere.

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