There was a time when people thought legally mandated interoperability could become the law of the land. That dream is probably dead, but if there’s ever a chance to push it through, it would be worth doing. It’d be a complex piece of legislation to be sure and would probably need to go through a number of iterations to get it right, but it would be a start.

So, Microsoft – how’s Windows for ARM coming?

Hold my 401k, I’m goin’ in!

“Replicator, give me a slice of mushroom pizza.”

“Hot or cold.”

“Hot.”

“Space-warping travel mushrooms or the ones that grow on old logs.”

“Uh, the log ones I guess.”

“Coward.”

What a relief, I’d hate to think those files ended up in the wrong paws hands.

“Whoa, this thing is trashed, it’s basically useless now.”

Condition: Untested

Partly it’s convenience, but I think the main reason is you can get cheddar and bacon flavored spray cheese.

“Dammit kid, take the deal – we really need that cream cheese back here.”

“All right fellow rebels… now that we’ve all infiltrated the Empire by joining as Storm Troopers, it’s time to enact our plan.”

“Aim to miss, sir?”

“You’re goddamn right.”

In the grimdark future there can be no grass roots, only astroturf.

Silicon Valley is where all the VCs are. They make a lot of their funding decisions based on whether they like hanging around with a founder or not. You’re more likely to get money out of them if you’re fun to drink beers with than if you have a great business plan.

“Insert 400 tokens.”

fire everyone + break everything = the everything app

“I’ve had one of my trademark changes of heart.”

It’s funny, I like my Retroid Pocket 2+ but the fact that the 2S swaps the location of the D-pad and left stick makes me want to “upgrade” more than anything else about it.

“Skynet was developed to be the command and control system for the military food delivery robots.”

Turns out it was kids who were bad for kids all along.

“What-is-the-mean-ing-of-this-neg-a-tive?”

I knew someone who like to use flat Earthism to illustrate that there’s little point in debating someone who has no interest in being persuaded. He’d basically state the Earth is flat and use every rhetorical trick in the book to defend his position, exhaust his opponent, and then say, “Could you imagine how frustrated you’d be if I actually believed any of that?” He eventually got his DDS of all things, but I thought he’d make a good lawyer.

A real buyer beware on this one, thanks for the head’s up.