That’s cool. Am I reading right that this wouldn’t run on consumer grade hardware though?

I’d venture this should be tagged nsfw, not because it has nudity but because if a boss walked by while you were looking at this they’d be like “what the fuck are you doing”. Seems gore adjacent.

This is one reason I’m especially interested in worker cooperatives.

You’re right, people spend 8+ hours a day at work, strengthening business owners, who are essentially working against them. Then some small fraction of people have/take the time to learn about issues affecting them and volunteer a couple hours a week for their chosen cause.

Even those in a union are negotiating from the standpoint of “the company owns the equipment/processes/customers and we own our labor”.

What if instead the workers also own the business? Now you’re spending eight hours (or less) a day working on something that directly benefits you, and with which you’re intimately familiar. It’s possible to make democratic decisions because it’s not some abstract issue or far away politician. And every successful worker cooperative reduces the money going to some micro-king, and in turn reduces the distorting effect of corporate money on our electoral system.

That’s a good visual

Sorry, who gave you a curfew?

Hey I also eat ferns when I’m sick

What are you running from

With the space shuttle they observed an issue on launch, looked into it and decided the shuttle was ok to return, then it blew up. Not saying that’s what will happen here, but has to have occurred to the astronauts that it’s happened before.

Got to be nerve wracking as the astronaut waiting to ride back.

These stupid motherfuckers.

It’s immoral, it’s anti human, so that’s problem number one. And what’s worse, they did such a shit job at it that the social media companies identified the accounts quickly, so surely our adversaries could do the same.

And there was this bit in the article: “The senior Defense Department official said that those complaints led to an internal review in late 2021, which uncovered the anti-vaccine operation. The probe also turned up other social and political messaging that was “many, many leagues away” from any acceptable military objective. The official would not elaborate.”

So I expect we’ll see reports of other shithead operations before long.

Thanks! I’m personally in favor of doing things for knowledge’s sake. That said, what is the stated practical benefit when some government body is writing a check?

Looks nice! I’ve got a whole stretch where I want to pull up the sod and plant wildflowers for real. Right now it’s just really tall grass, and I spread some wildflower seed in there but only got a smattering of plants.

Good points! I know my last couple jobs have had “partner” companies that were similar to us in each major metropolitan area. So if we had a pop up request beyond the backup gear we packed, we could still get it from a warehouse less than an hour away. (And there’s always the wholesale rental houses like Rentex)

He understands, he’s trying to introduce fear about a competitor.

Can’t imagine this is relevant to a lot of folks here, but corporate event audio visual:

Don’t use the audio visual company that’s “in house” at a hotel. They’re paying nearly 50% commission for the privilege of being there and getting business shunted to them, so only half of what you pay is going to goods or services.

That said, make sure your hotel contract leaves you free to bring in an outside vendor without having to pay too many fees. Cross out any lines related to things like “load in/out liaison,” paying for polytak floor covering, or paying some percentage of your outside AV bill to the in house company. It might help to include a proactive clause like “client will not be charged any fees for bringing in our own audio visual partner”. Include a line that you won’t be required to pay surcharges like “event technical support” which is just a “we’re charging you a fee” fee.

You will still have to pay the in-house AV vendor for any power, internet and rigging. For internet, confirm what your rate will be before signing the contract. We see a lot of cases where they’ll say “the meeting room wifi is discounted (free) if you use us for AV too, but if you don’t it’s $20k” (actual number, and could be even higher) Once you sign without negotiating they’ve got you over a barrel.

If you already have a contract you may be able to mitigate these issues by leaning on your hotel salesperson. Trying to negotiate with the in house AV rep will usually be ineffective (sometimes they’re cool). The hotel is the in-house AV vendor’s number one customer, so if the hotel says they need to do something, they’ll do it. Usually leaning on your hotel salesperson after signing a contract only works if you have some leverage like potential for future business.

I was hoping they’d talk about click farms. Just a group chat where people interact with each other’s stuff seems kind of quaint

It’s bonkers.

What little power I have I’ll be exercising whether I’ve heard this particular news one or ten times

About to add “mexico monkey trees” to my blocklist

Nice, thanks!