The future is stupid

You what now?

Screenshot from r/midlyinfuriating. Post text: My LG TV's new software update installed Microsoft Copilot, which cannot be deleted. Image is of the app on the screen of their TV.

Some things shouldn't be proprietary. This includes replacing brake pads.

11/16/25

On any level. Although Hyundai support the mandated J2534 standard (in the US) you do “need a subscription to Hyundai’s J2534 Diagnostic Tool Software, which costs $60 a week (or less over longer time blocks)” in order to use the interface. Replacing Brake Pads on a Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Requires a Professional Mechanic’s Login

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10/1/25 →

PSA: Samsung smart rings are spicy 🌶️🌶️🌶️

A person's finger is shown wearing a Samsung Galaxy Ring, which appears to be causing discomfort due to swelling.

8/15/25 →

Text says:&10;We live in the dumbest, lamest cyberpunk dystopia possible.&10;&10;So LA has been - and continues to - protest against ICE. These protests haven't gotten any smaller or lost any momentum, but social media wasn't reflecting it.&10;&10;Tiklok users, realizing that the platform/other social media are censoring/deleting/shadowbanning these protest videos, decided to find a workaround.&10;&10;They're calling it the LA Music Festival. Ice detention centers and other protest locations are "stages." The hottest band is Rage Against the Machine. "Here's what gear you should be bringing to stay safe at the LA Music Festival."&10;&10;And it fucking worked.&10;&10;TikTok has become a proving ground for a lot of new music, meaning lots of labels and organizations have lucrative deals with TikTok to promote their new artists and music festivals. So they absolutely cannot censor the words "music festival" or train the algorithm to ignore it, or they risk endangering that very important revenue.&10;&10;So now protest videos are flooding feeds again, but it's the LA 24/7 Music Festival. Truly an incredible timeline we've landed in.

7/31/25 →

The impact of LLM’s on our lives will be both more, and less, dramatic than people realise. This is unlikely to end with the world exploding; which is not to suggest that it want be completely destroyed. For some it already is being.

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into “ChatGPT Psychosis”

4/23/25 →

there’s a teeny tiny problem:

The lights don’t work without the App.

Did I mention the company went bankrupt? And the spotty history of the bike? And that Customer Support is in startup heaven? And how ridiculous it is anyway to need to login into an app to turn your light on?

Making a Smart Bike Dumb so it Works Again