So my cousin was here and saw a grocery receipt on the table and asked if I was using it and if he could take a picture of it, I was like what, why?

So, there is this app that pays you some cents for receipt pictures and supposedly it pays you if it finds items that have cashback... shit sounds sketchy as fuck, I saw that on their app they sell credit cards and you can invest in some crap, but what I really found disturbing is this thing about them paying you to send them all your receipts... what the fuck are they doing with that info lol

Crazy stuff, but I'm completely out of touch with cellphone things, is this crap normal??? I was quite shocked by it, and checking the company online, Méliuz, I just see stuff about it buying bitcoin.

I remember once reading a Frank Miller rant in one of the Sin City comics, where he was describing boomers as being overly liberal, like "social justice warriors", referencing what boomers represented in American universities. I was reading it some 20 years after the comic was released, and it was quite funny because by then boomers were associated with being overly conservative and greedy real estate hoarders and short-term-profit CEOs, with complete disregard for everything else (not that this was anything new, it just felt like they had doubled down on the worst features of the previous generation).

I always viewed Gen X as a mix of cynicism and geek culture, and in those battles that arose online, mainly between Boomers and Millennials, Gen X was the "chill" gen. However, now that the majority of CEOs are Gen X, we are seeing an unprecedented mass surveillance and data-collection economy, like fucking Gen Xers want complete control over everyone. And yeah, I think Gen X is going to be remembered for that, just as Boomers are being remembered as completely out-of-touch greedy conservatives with consolidate wealth instead of for the cultural changes they led in the 60s and 70s.

It seems that in early Web 2.0, Millennials were associated with "social justice warriors". Inclusivity and visibility seemed like very Millennial concerns, but when I see places like 4chan and 9gag, I realize it's not kids there, it's a bunch o resented people in their 30s and 40s, the Culture War is a very Millennial thing, it was industrialized, became a performance, and when in power, that generation will probably be remembered for hate.

It seems like we are not remembered for when our generation was the opposition, but for what it did when it became the establishment. What do you think?

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The changes that increased the disassociation between wages and productivity came before Boomers had any control, they just managed to enjoy an economy before speculative markets became completely unrealistic and out of hand. If voting could do anything (talking about how Gen X is outnumbered by Boomers and Millennials), I guess Millennials would have already voted that companies can't own housing and for progressive property taxation to stop the hoarding and make houses affordable again. Older Gen X was the last generation able to acquire property before current absurd markets. Millennials are the last generation to have a glimpse of what is "owning" stuff, although only superfluous things, so I don't think Gen Z and α will have this attrition with Millennials - the Millennials equivalent of "Ok Boomer" will probably be about complaining about black and transgender characters on TV shows and not condescending outdated unrealistic speeches about wages and expenses.
However, Gen Z is coming to adulthood in a world where you own shit, everything is a subscription model you have to pay forever, and this economic model, even if you can root it before Gen X, is being developed, pushed, and becoming the standard by Gen X... so in this post I'm seeing a lot of Gen X people quite mad at this suggestion, but I'm sure Boomers that heavily identify themselves with the cultural zeitgeist of their generation are also quite mad at what "Boomers" represent in today's politics... why do you think it won't happen to you? "Ok Xer".

We believe the games that shaped us deserve to stay alive: easy to find, buy, download, and play forever. But time is annoyingly good at erasing them. Rights get tangled, compatibility breaks, builds disappear, and a nostalgic evening often turns into a troubleshooting session. That’s the difference between “I’m playing today” (the game lives on) and “I’ll play someday” (the game dies).

As Michał put it: “GOG stands for freedom, independence, and genuine control.”

the vision was simple: bring classic games back to players, and make sure that once you buy a game, it truly belongs to you, forever. In a market increasingly defined by mandatory clients and closed ecosystems, that philosophy feels more relevant than ever.

This new chapter is about doubling down on that vision. We want to do more to preserve the classics of the past, celebrate standout games of today, and help shape the classics of tomorrow, including new games with real retro spirit.

fuck yeah \o/

I used to run this already sketchy software with its even sketchier crack on my old notebook because I really didn't give a fuck about how syphilitic it was, but now that I need it again and only have my current device, I'm kinda worried.

ps: it needs internet connection.

Just some old thread someone sent me today :)

This weekend, meeting a lot of people, I noticed how hard it is for us to communicate and organize stuff. Some have Instagram, some have X, both are shitty places not designed for group conversation. Some have Discord, some have WhatsApp, some don't use the phone, some have no social media, and everything requires you to either provide an email or phone number, create an account, etc, so I thought maybe it would be easier to have something like an IRC room, but it's been more than 20 years since I last touched IRC and I'm sure there must be newer alternatives around.

Main functionality I'm looking for is casualness (no acc needed) and stored live chat. The ability to pin stuff would be great, maybe create sub rooms and have private chat as well. Do you guys know anything like that?

If I keep all incoming connections blocked, but also all outgoing connections blocked except my browser (no MS/Win service is communicating with anything online), would my attack surface be just the browser? So it wouldn't matter if Win is not updated?

I only buy games when they are at least 75% off and at most $10 in my currency... I didn't buy any games for like 2 years or so, but early this month I bought Frostpunk, SiN, Red Faction, Mars: War Logs, and The Technomancer and already beat them, so I got these today (not feeling like playing anything that requires too much attention).
I have played Aliens vs Predator, Dredd vs Death, and FEAR before though.

Or have to go through great lengths to escape.

In my country you can't buy any medicine without showing your ID... I mean, you technically can, but if you are registered they "give" like an 80% discount, so everyone thinks it's a great deal, not realizing that's the normal price, they are just pretending you can still go and buy a simple cold medicine without sharing your ID, phone, email, and street address with the drug store and whoever they decide to sell that information to, you just have to pay absurdly more. Yeah, you can lie about all the other information, but not really about your ID number. Probably soon, to get the "discount", you are going to have to verify your email or phone number as well.

I always remember WannaCry as a reason to keep Windows updated (no, I wasn't affected by it), but every new update is full of AI bloat :S
I keep all the communication with the mothership blocked and open just the Wuauserv, Bits and few domains just for updates, and every new update that are new services trying to call home, and this one update sitting here waiting for me to allow internet access I read the content and it is very descriptive about "Copilot+ PCs unique features", "AI-Powered experience", "Accessibility and input" (they added AI to a bunch of stuff), "User interface and experience" (more AI and widgets), then they say they added this Windows Hello and Windows Share that I don't even want to know, and for security all they say is "Critical security fixes are included to help keep your system protected against emerging threats." but to get this I need to get all their AI crap that might be a bigger security and privacy risk than whatever "Critical security fix" they included :S

From Andor s02e06. They were explaining how the relics in the room are used, but they skipped that one.