I haven't had the courage to run executable code from P2P networks since the early 2000s. Even then it was probably a bad idea.

chrome : chromium :: vscode : vscodium

That's a good pun. Clearly the authors have mastered the second hardest problem in computer science.

AOL came on floppies originally, but the quality was so poor that you could barely rewrite them.

if we all started counting in base12 too

You could start by calling it twelve instead of 12.

If you keep going there accidentally due to muscle memory, try adding ai.com to the My filters tab in uBlock Origin.

"The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed."

You can even have your printer run shell commands

I briefly considered using Klipper to make a clock that prints 1 layer per minute, but gave up after realizing it'd be unreadable after the first hour:

SMOKING WORDS CAUSES CANCER

I asked our AI overlords for an appropriate punishment:

The company executives have to spend the weekend acting as city gardeners, complete with typical gardening attire, tending to the local parks and trees - ensuring the community that they're committed to their "root-level" duties.

I was using voip.ms last year when they were DDoS'd for over a week, by a group demanding payment via anonymous crypto. The DDoS ended when they switched to CloudFlare (which was probably pretty difficult because they're a SIP provider.)

Almost any website with a small number of servers is vulnerable to this attack, which happens to be great business for CloudFlare. I wonder which companies are most effectively competing with CloudFlare?

At least my washing machine plays a cute little tune.

Is it an LG?

♫
I'm done with the laundry
dirty and stinky old laundry
I'm done with the laundry
what do you want from me now?
♫

The best you can realistically do is vote for people who care about solving the problem, and against people who ignore the problem.