Florida Man strikes again.
I’m an electrical engineer living in Los Angeles, CA.
Florida Man strikes again.
Sadly, Firefox mobile got rid of about:config, and I can’t find any relevant options in the regular settings.
You can disable this “feature”:
Visit about:config
Set “dom.private-attribution.submission.enabled” to false
Full disk encryption doesn’t help with this threat model at all. A rogue program running on the same machine can still access all the files.
It’s a parody of overserious memes that are trying to sound edgy and badass. The archetype is a gun-wielding skeleton that’s riding a motorcycle and saying something about thin blue lines, but wolves and other imagery are also adjacent.
Instead, THE_PACK takes that aesthetic, cranks it up to 12, and adds some silly text. Everyone is role-playing as a skeleton that’s obsessed with motorcycles (hogs). You have to TALK IN ALL CAPS to be heard over the engine noise. And everyone’s friendly and welcoming in a way that edgelords aren’t.
A few great examples from the last year or so:
Can anyone prove it’s NOT an extra-long cow?
This isn’t funny, this is just the sad state of software these days.
Those fish know what they did.
But do they have a video about Deus Ex?
The monologue is a quote from Deus Ex, talking about one of these electronic gizmos.
Florida Man strikes again!
Don’t worry, this just means your job is safe from being replaced by AI. No search results means no training data.
Pro tip: Use molten lava. Lava is a liquid, but I don’t think anyone describes it as “wet”.
IRL Raven from Snow Crash.
No bounds checking, only fast.
STOP! You have violated the law. Pay the court a fine or serve your sentence. Your stolen goods are now forfeit.
Meanwhile at Palworld HQ: Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power.
If you don’t rock and stone, you ain’t coming home.
Every time I see “lichess”, it makes me think about “lich-ess”, i.e., a female undead wizard.