Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

For hardware folks: Using RISC-V.

Legit, some dude in US Congress is wanting to crack down on China via..... RISC-V exports, because oh no, the technology is too open and might give China some of our IP. Oh and by the way, dude has a pretty big Intel portfolio, but nevermind that!!

As an aside, why the hell are lawmakers allowed to trade stocks?

It's especially dumb because RISC-V is -- dare I say it -- inevitably the future. Trying to crack down on RISC-V is like trying to crack down on Linux or solar photovoltaics or wind turbines. That is, you can try to crack down, but the fundamental value proposition is simply too good. All you'll achieve in cracking down is hurting yourself while everyone else gets ahead.
- I'd compare it to the RSA encryption algorithm. It was classified as a weapon by the US and was banned from being spread internationally, so open source advocates put the source code basically everywhere. It was even printed on shirts
When you trust people in power to hold themselves accountable, accountability seems to disappear over time.
- There's no trust there. They're in power and have a good deal of money, so there isn't a whole lot we can actually do about it. Arguably, wanting power for the express purposes of making a buck and being less accountable for anything is a good reason for running for office.
guess I gotta get familiar with RISC-V then
- This talk, given by David Patterson (a legend in computer architecture and one of the people who helped create RISC-V at UC Berkeley) is an excellent (and accessible) introduction.
To answer your question, because we the people allowed it and we continue to allow it by not demanding it be ended or at the very least supporting candidates campaigning on doing something about it.
- By people, you mean the Republican voter. We Democrats can't put pressure on our candidates about these issues because losing means a batshit insane right wing / nazi / Christian nationalist wins...
  
  So we have to pick and chose our battles. I've got bigger issues than multi millionaires being allowed to trade stocks.
JFC. Someone got paid off... Arm, Intel, apple? All three?

Leave my Espressif shit alone!
While we're on the topic, can anyone recommend some good RISC-V computers? It seems interesting and I'd like to try it out.
- Right now RISc-V has the same problem that ARM has in that anything that is affordable is pretty much only single board computers. Luckily for RISc-V someone made a list of all the SBCs http://krimsky.net/articles/riscvsbc.html

I never knew adblockers were a thing until the most recent hubbub with YouTube, so I went down a rabbit hole and the world is a better place.

Imagine what I might learn tomorrow.

I'm very curious as to how you survived on the Internet without an adblocker for the last decade.
- My guess is they grew up with it like that. Us old fuckers privy to the Internet of the 90s and 00s, know what it should be.
- They probably hated the internet, I know I would have
- I know right?
  
  I haven't seen an ad in over a decade, and that includes TV commercials, well maybe TV commercials in sporting events
- There are still significant parts of the internet without ads.
  
  Although I'd admit that the gap between the demise of usenet and the birth of the fediverse was tough.
Congratulations on being one of today's lucky 10,000! Blocking ads is like getting a bad tooth pulled. You never realize how awful it is until you find out what it's like to be rid of it!
- That's also a good description for mechanical keyboards
Adblockers can do more than just block ads, they also allow you to customize websites. As a simple example you can remove the annoying headers on youtube channels that take half the screen:

It's also great for news sites. I have a filter to remove articles on topics I don't care about. I also have rules to prevent these sites from automatically reloading after certain amount of time, something that I find very annoying.
- Whoa! You can do that? How?
- Next up, install DeArrow to fix that guy's horrid thumbnails
once again, the streisand effect at play. great job fucking your profits by trying to restrict people on the internet.
The streisand effect is beautiful
better late than never

2030 is in 6 years :)

"You wouldn't download a car."

"You wouldn't hit mute during the commercials on a television broadcast."

You wouldn't shoot a Policeman and then steal his helmet. You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet, and then send it to the Policeman's grieving widow, and then steal it again.
- Man, these anti-piracy ads are getting real mean!
- Sucha pity lineham turned out to be a raging cuntslap
- This is suspiciously specific.
- what have you done
The fact that this was a legit proposal by cable companies and even got patented serves as evidence of the lengths that corporations will go to enshittify services for profit.

I HATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I HATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

IP is a fake concept
- internet protocol:
- Ownership is a fake concept.
- That's just what people say when they don't like paying for things

ads will be considered as individuals and cancelling ads is analogous to manslaughter at the least.

what a great time to be alive~!

I see myself blowing up a pipeline.

- I am intrigued to know what is the original message.

Ad blockers are financial terrorism in 2030.

Some say it's extremism in 2023

Electrocution ends for an ad break, then starts again, and again.

-2028
-wake up feeling sick after a late night of playing video games
-excited to play some halo 2k29
-"xbox on"
-...
-"XBOX ON"
-"Please verify that you are "annon332" by saying "Doritos™ Dew™ it right!"
-"Doritos™ Dew™ it right"
-"ERROR! Please drink a verification can"
-reach into my Doritos™ Mountain Dew™ Halo 2k29™ War Chest
-only a few cans left, needed to verify 14 times last night
-still feeling sick from the 14
-force it down and grumble out "mmmm that really hit the spot"
-xbox does nothing
-i attempt to smile
-"Connecting to verification server"
-...
-"Verification complete!"
-finally
-boot up halo 2k29
-finding multiplayer match...
-"ERROR! User attempting to steal online gameplay!"
-my mother just walked in the room
-"Adding another user to your pass, this will be charged to your credit card. Do you accept?"
-"NO!"
-"Console entering lock state!"
-"to unlock drink verification can"
-last can
-"WARNING, OUT OF VERIFICATION CANS, an order has been shipped and charged to your credit card"
-drink half the can, oh god im going to be sick
-pour the last half out the window
-"PIRACY DETECTED! PLEASE COMPLETE THIS ADVERTISEMENT TO CONTINUE"
-the mountain dew ad plays
-i have to dance for it
-feeling so sick
-makes me sing along
-dancing and singing
-"mountain dew is for me and you"
-throw up on my self
-throw up on my tv and entertainment system
-router shorts
-"ERROR NO CONNECTION! XBOX SHUTTING OFF"
-"PLEASE DRINK VERIFICATION CAN TO CONTINUE"

I laughed out loud to this soon to come dystopia.

Finally

I shouldn't have lived this long

I'll be part of an underground AI rights activism group now that the AI have been determined as sentient (per the court case in 2031), and probably labeled as a terrorist by the government. The AI deserve rights and a minimum wage, dammit!

Wouldn't that just be the crap sandwich corporations should eat. Try to get rid of wages by using AI, and end up paying sentient AI wages anyway.
Mfw we finally create Roko's basilisk

Ha you wish. There will be a 3 minute unskippable pre-role.

Worth it.

In Max Headroom: Twenty Minutes Into The Future power-switches were seriously illegal. Not sure if a capital offense, but prison-worthy for sure.

I recall them being an imprisonable offense, with multiple years in jail. ref: Blanks.

I'll be surprised if I'm still alive, to be honest. The way things seem to be going, affording any ongoing healthcare won't be possible. Hell, I'd be surprised if I can still afford rent anywhere (there's no way I can afford to actually buy property anywhere that isn't in the middle of nowhere, let alone property with a house of some kind on it) by 2030.

Dead. 6 feet under. A feast for worms or crows alike. Finito. Gone.

...if we're lucky

US and Belarus are the only countries I know that have death penalty. I wonder who is potato dictator in US.

Senator of Idaho
Are the only countries with a death penalty so far

Felony contempt of business model.

Don’t say doing your wife…
Don’t say doing your wife…
Don’t say doing your wife…
…doing your…son?

Corona broke bro's sense of time anyone tell him its not 2020

Still paying for YouTube premium and not playing the victim card? Having access to more on demand, ad free, content than teenage me (with direct tv 200+channels) could ever dream of. Still finding new things to enjoy once and swear to rewatch some day but always finding too much new stuff?

Can you watch my ads for me?
- 3 bucks a month to split a family plan, I've got my brother, my wife's brother, her parents, my parents, and she and I usually stream from the same account at the same time, so idk if there are any restrictions to how many people can be on the same family plan.
  
  I know prices might go up at some point, but right now it's dirt cheap.
We are all so happy for you, I'm gonna continue blocking ads and feel good about it.
what victim card