burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 2hI do love that this comes directly on the heels of the LG data mining stories breaking. Where my Privacy John Apple? 000
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 2hIt certainly has for me. Between the surveillance features and shoving “AI” everywhere it doesn’t belong, I am left wondering what exactly I’m paying more for exactly. 010
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 21hAnd this is why I love my Rebound boys. Thanks for fighting the good fight out there. 010
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 07/10/2026One step closer to their dream of making us the humans from WALL-E. 000
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I think I hate these even more than the creepy Kroger homunculus things if that’s even possible. 000
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The way you can always make something about yourself is phenomenal. You should be in right wing politics. 000
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 28/09/2026At what point do we as a society step back and examine the damage corporate culture has done to the human mind? 001
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This reminds me. I really should check on my Metaverse real estate holdings. 0130
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’m not even a woman and my instinct was to cover my drink. 000
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Can I donate some pagers to this struggling startup? Seems they could use some extra help. 000
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We’re going to start seeing iPhone pictures with that stupid Leica white boarder and settings subscript aren’t we? 000
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We’ve known this for millennia. It’s why the Art of War has to remind the failsons to feed their armies if they want them to live. 0530
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I bust out the laptop to make purchases above $5. What makes these people think I would let “My Little Hallucinator” spend my money for me? 011
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Beats headphones weren’t douchey enough I guess? Mark saw a market segment to exploit. 000
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 24/09/2026At least they were kind enough to make pervert glasses that you can spot from a safe distance. 020
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Here’s a gift link: www.theverge.com/column/99784... It’s tough out there for a pimp. Keep your head up.theverge.comAll roads lead to cableIn their fight to win the war for our attention, streamers are re-creating cable from first principles. 000
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Crazy concept but you could like, read the article? 120
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It’s all yours hoss. Degrade your brain to your heart’s content. 000
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Not sure I trust Google with any of my info but you do you. A policy is not legislation and they haven’t been “don’t be evil” Google for a long time. 100
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It’s just a chatbot pretending to be Siri. You literally aren’t missing anything. 100
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I’m with Hoss. No reason to worry, but if I was in Austin, I’d be sweating. 041
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I thought we were supposed to pretend we could never slow down because “CHINA” These financials must be bad bad. 0111
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 12/09/2026There is an open source tool (existed for years so pre AI bullshiz) that makes this as simple as a few clicks. Highly recommend to remove DRM. It also converts from MOBI to epub as well if you like. Calibre is the name of the tool. 131
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This data is meaningless for anyone outside of Southern California or Texas. These things do not do well with any amount of weather. Of course they are safe on perfectly flat, wide, new concrete motorways. That’s not the reality for the eastern half of the U.S. where most people actually live. 200
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 04/09/2026How are you supposed to move the car when it’s stuck in the middle of the road during a service disruption? If it can’t reach its AI (actually Indians) it becomes a danger to everyone around. 130
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 04/09/2026They demonstrate time and time again that they DON’T drive themselves reliably. Maybe hold up on rewriting our laws for the billionaires just this one time until they can actually produce a safe and reliable self driving car. 180
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Except now with zero functional utility. Who needs cancer research when we can poorly summarize emails written by other AIs? 100
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I’m just curious what the real game is. They are pretending they haven’t already trained on this material. We know they have. 010
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We don’t hate AI and hyperscalers enough. 000
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I think picking a fight with THE most open source and hacker centered community is going to fail spectacularly. This will only affect people in locked down ecosystems like Bambu. 010
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 24/08/2026At least Carnegie built libraries. What are these modern chuds doing to whitewash their legacies? We used to be a proper country. 010
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 22/08/2026How’s the weather in Moscow? You used to be less obvious. 000
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I refuse to believe that Aaron Pierre is the same species as me (compliment, those eyes, damn). Also Kyle Chandler does shit eating grin like no other. Eat your heart out Van Wilder. 030
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Oof. What’s with all my childhood heroes rotting their brains with the plagiarism machine? Thought you were more insightful than this. 0270
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 16/08/2026You’re right, they aren’t science fiction. They are press releases with no basis in reality. It’s journalistic malpractice that you continue to post this drivel with no investigation into their legitimacy. How are you better than Forbes or other legacy media? This industry is a farce. 010
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Are we to believe that institutions who can’t fund a few post docs are suddenly going to find monies to throw at outrageous token costs? I don’t buy it. Wake me up when it can count the r’s in strawberry. 120
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 11/08/2026How can anyone be a leader in an industry that makes no profit? 040
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 05/08/2026You don’t get to $5T without completely losing sight of what made your brand worthwhile in the first place, I guess. 000
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Glad you were there with the level headed take. The boomer exuberance for AI worries me. Of course they aren’t worried about consequences, they likely won’t be here for them. 😬 040
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Apologies for engaging Jason. Not sure why the snark is necessary. Was hoping to have a conversation with a journalist I have looked up to for 20+ years. My mistake. 120
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Wholly agree, but I’m not sure rationality plays any part at that hypothetical point. $20 gas is $20 gas. I can see buyers on the coasts coaxing the automakers to change their lineups. At that point you can only buy what they’re selling. See OPEC and Bush 2. Cali and NY are big markets to ignore. 120
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Not so sure. Entirely depends on future oil prices and availability. We saw a sea change in consumer auto purchasing behavior during the OPEC crisis in the late ‘70s. I hope it doesn’t get that bad but the seeds are planted. 120
burkellium.bsky.social @burkellium.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I think I’d rather my computers be deterministic. I wouldn’t ask a slot machine to turn off my lights or lock my door. 000
