@auriali

Here’s my first ever smartphone mentioned in the podcast. Windows phone truly was the most cursed mobile operating system ever to exist.

how is this so hard to comprehend for so many? the reason sites like twitter are such hellscapes is because of constant, neverending and pointless arguements that never actually result in a solution, agreement or concessions regardless of what anyone says. it isn’t “debate” when everyone is metaphorically slinging mud at each other, its just a online shouting match on who can dish out the sickest roasts or get a ratio. so please, just be quiet guys.

this is a plea for everyone to shut the fuck up about controversial and hot button topics in general considering we never get anywhere with them and divide each other the more they crop up.

Insane stuff going on right now; multiple channels owned by Linus Media Group have been hacked and are running livestreams promoting crypto scams.

1. LinusTechTips has already been terminated by YouTube. Was running multiple scam streams. Screenshot from @cequallium

2. Techquickie has been hacked and is still up on YouTube as “Tesla” and running scam streams.

3. TechLinked is also hacked running scam streams and still up as “Tesla” too and has had all of its videos removed/privated by the hackers.

Never thought I’d see something like this in real time. Crazy to see it happen to LMG of all people too. Shows just how bad hacked YouTube accounts are getting. If anyone is able to report the channels if they’re still up and running scams then please do so!

Update: after almost 2 hours all of the accounts are now terminated. Linus has said on Floatplane that LMG is in contact with Google/YouTube and working to get things fixed and secured soon. All the compromised channels should be reinstated with all their content and subscribers eventually.

Got access to Google Bard literally the same day it was released in beta. Its a little rough.

my alt account is 7 years old today

GOD TURN ME INTO A FLOWER

something I've found is that I actually dislike mediocre or mid albums more than bad albums.

the thing is with a bad album is you can still have strong opinions on why it's bad - you can mock it like nostalgia critics the wall (which is a horrid album by the way) or critique it on why it's bad.

with a mid album there is barely anything to say other than it's mid, bland, boring, mediocre and basically every other synonym for “mid”. a bad album still makes you feel something, whether hatred, disgust, laughter, etc. but a mid album just makes me feel bored or want to do something else.

what I'm getting at is that I feel a mid album is far more of an insult than a bad one since at least a bad album tried, a mid album did the bare minimum.

Got access to the New Bing (Sydney). Its found us.

Since you all know I'm Scottish now, ask me some questions about Scotland/being Scottish and I'll answer them (be sensible please)

While a good point, this exists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yQFebRcznA

virgin closed-source software vs chad open-source software

agree completely

there's a fine line between debate and discussion with people who hold opposing viewpoints and plain hatred and intolerance.

echo chambers are bad but so are feedback loops of constant misery.

positivity should outweigh negativity :)

speaking in tongues is basically the auditory equivalent to lorem ipsum

as mentioned in this episode. i finally got a copy of my old design program before i moved to affinity designer. basically i can access old design files from 2018 backwards. here’s an early concept of my current da-ta logo circa 2018.