Sounds like the beginning of the Cory Doctorow novella “Unauthorized Bread.” Cloud service goes down and the main character’s toaster won’t work without them.

CALIFORNIA!

UBER ALLES!

UBER ALLES CAAALIFORNIA!!

I guess I should take some first aid classes.

Pfft, that’s like 2 days’ drive, tops.

The first message I got I asked if I knew them and got zero response.

Why is Steve Jobs in the thumbnail? He’s been dead for more than a decade.

Docker is not simple or intuitive for someone who is not already a sysadmin.

This is something that I hope fediverse developers and OSS developers start focusing on: making installation and self-hosting much simpler. Currently trying to set up self-hosted anything is a gigantic pain in the ass if you’re not already an experienced sysadmin.

Jesse Ventura has said his share of bonkers stuff, but his recent comments that making any more than $12 million a year is ridiculous is pretty much the most reasonable thing anyone in national politics has said regarding the wealthy.