The cadets from the middle picture should be given promotions. That’s some slick flying right there.

Holy pop-ups, Batman!

My pop-up blocker took care of them. But for a few seconds there was a fierce war going on.

It was taken by a Land Rover driver.

I didn’t switch into IT, I’ve basically been in IT since I started working (which was quite a while ago). But hopefully I can help.

I think you’re off to a good start with the minor in comp sci. That will help. Certs can help too, depending on the nature of them. I wouldn’t go all-in on super-expensive certs, but if they are affordable and hands-on they’re probably worth it.

Depending on which area of IT you want to the get into, just keep learning/relearning skills and building up your knowledge in your spare time. That might be a bit more expensive if you’re going into the hardware/network side of things (especially right now). Maybe look online for used hardware you can buy to build up a home lab. But for software development it’s not too bad, since there are lots of good open source tools out there.

If you are taking the software path, I suggest finding an open source project and helping them out, since that’s a great way to learn and it’s good for the resume. But also know that (from what I’ve heard) the software development field is BRUTAL right now for entry level/junior devs. AI and corporate layoffs are making it a tough field to find a position in.

If you have a knack for networking, especially messing around on networks, cyber security might be a good avenue.

Good luck!

Remember MCarthyism? It’s back - in redneck form!

Based on that thumbnail, Apple leadership has adopted cult attire.

And the skin/scales are too pink.

On Android, there’s a good collection called Offline Games that has a lot of decent ‘grandma friendly’ mini games inside it.

Have more babies, right? Or failing that, kidnap children from occupied Ukraine? That’ll fix everything, immediately!

Oh, and send more young men into the meat grinder. That’ll help too.

Funny how they just pull obscenely big numbers out of their asses for these lawsuits. We’re bordering on made-up large number names. I keep expecting someone in this administration to sue a newspaper for “100 bazillion kazilion”.

Would be better if there were two hosts screaming conflicting narratives over each other.

In that scenario where AI is used to find specific code snippets or other matching text blocks, the false positives aren’t really the problem. The false negatives are the issue.

I’ve run into that myself a few times when trying to use AI. You give it a very clear prompt to find something and it sometimes just falls flat on its face. It’s easy for the AI evangelists to just blame the human who wrote the prompt, or say “you didn’t give it enough context!” But anyone who’s tried using AI and is being objective about it will tell you that’s a weak excuse that doesn’t hold water a good chunk of the time. You can give it plenty of context, and be very clear, and it still doesn’t find all the examples that clearly match the prompt.

Ultimately, you often have better luck using a well-crafted regular expression to search for text than using AI.

And that seems like the crux of the issue (which you also highlight). While there are some very good use cases for AI, it’s being waaaay over-used. And too often its faults are dismissed or glossed over.

He’s already lied under oath (e.g. about how many times Trump is mentioned in the Epstein Files). Him being depositioned wouldn’t mean squat.

Yeah, sparkling water with a dash of lemon juice is great for me. Very refreshing and basically no sugar or calories.

Isn’t Argentina a major producer of beef? Are they exporting most of it instead of selling it domestically because exporting brings in more money?

I prefer Old Freebie (from Futurama):

And, by extension, their ‘chiefs’ are officially titled “Grand Poobahs”.

I think this theory covers about 80% of the sudden change in behaviour. The last 20% can probably be attributed to the fact that cockerals are arseholes, so they might have also pissed off the peacock.

They will flail around until they find themselves a new messiah to worship, because this movement won’t die when Trump is gone. But they will never clean up their mess. They’ll just make it worse.

• Download Kiwix and a full copy of Wikipedia and other useful wikis as ZIM files.
• Make sure my media library has as many movies and shows that I’m interested in as possible.
• Download the entire Guttenburg library of books.
• Grab any free legacy games and media from archive.org that looks interesting.
• Get a meshtastic device and get familiar with it.
• Get familiar with my long-range radio (and probably finally get a HAM radio license).