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infernal machines posted:huh. that's what i get for not checking the rules thread since 2018 to be clear, i'm not planning anything, I'm just speculating
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oh, for sure, for sure, in minecraft, of course
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Anyways realtalk: * Store tv shows and movies and albums you like on a hard drive in your possession. Make sure you can play them somehow off battery power. This is actually super important for moral reasons. * Those little 10-30 watt solar panels are super good for charging USB things. They won't run your furnace, but they'll let the kids watch some blues clues or skibidi toilet or w/e and that's a big vibe boost. * The more gadgets you have that run off AA alkaline batteries, the better. Then buy a 96-pack of them. They like cool temps so store them back in the closet. Good for five years. * Water is so so so important. You will never be thirstier than when there's a power outage and there's no water pressure. 5-20 gallons again back in the closet will be the drink of life. * Clean clothes are very important. Make sure there's a change or two of tshirt/socks/britches that you don't ever use, so that you're good for a week if there's an ice storm. * Waterless shampoo really is good. Buy a can, use it once to learn how it works, and then park it. It pulls the worst of the greasy hair out and makes you feel human again. * The most important part of 'off-gridding' is not cool solar panels or 4g internet or netflix, but figuring out how to dispose of your urine and feces. This is grody but will quickly degrade a power outage or similar event to screaming chaos very rapidly. Figure out, if you end up having to poo poo in a grocery bag, where you do it, where you put it, etc. * Buy extra pet food and (if cat) litter. Stash it. Don't touch it until you need it. Dry pet food is like 30% chipboard anyways, so it'll go forever. * Mountain House meals are a good holdover for weeks 1-2, but they are loaded with salt and various chemicals to preserve. Don't rely on them for long term things. * Do not drive, if you live in a snowy area, in the winter, without snowflake/mountain peak rated tires. Your rear end bout to go into the ditch. * Put $100 in twenties in the inside pocket of all your car manuals. It's the difference between a cowboy tow and sleeping in said ditch. * You'll notice i am not doing any predicted BuY A HaM RaDiO suggestions, because they're all weird racist homophobe chuds. If you want, stash some FRS walkie-talkies with your family - ones that can take the AA batteries above. COMMO is not necessary. Alright thats my immediate braindump
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I would simply just keel over and die
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echinopsis posted:I would simply just keel over and die
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echinopsis posted:I would simply just keel over and die 
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i'm going to be a nameless character that dies in the first five minutes to set the scene
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The idea isn't to survive five years in a powerless, waterless wasteland. The idea is to come out the back side of a two week city wide power outage without divorce papers
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well-read undead posted:i'm going to be a nameless character that dies in the first five minutes to set the scene this only works if it's a quick pox eclipse like a impact event or nuclear war. what if it's just a long, slow decline.
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Feb 6, 2024 02:30
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guys this thread is about smashing the machines, not being smashed by the machines
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yall real unclear about this whole luddism gig
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Feb 6, 2024 02:31
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i have a small ripi pico i think ill start with that and work my way up
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rotor posted:yall real unclear about this whole luddism gig i'm not, no.
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tbf, i also know which side my bread is buttered on. i've been doing this poo poo for like 25 years. it's a bit fickle to decide that now the machines replacing human labour are a problem. otoh, i just service the machines, so if you good folks want to start throwing sabots into the works, that's okay by me.
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Feb 6, 2024 02:35
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my spouse has a loom should i start with that? it would be more traditional to smash than a computer
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Elder Postsman posted:this only works if it's a quick pox eclipse like a impact event or nuclear war. what if it's just a long, slow decline. sounds boring. think i'll still go in the first 5, maybe just fall out a window or smth
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Jonny 290 posted:The idea isn't to survive five years in a powerless, waterless wasteland. The idea is to come out the back side of a two week city wide power outage without divorce papers I would simply just keel over and die
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Feb 6, 2024 02:59
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rotor posted:I remember we had a lil conversational fork in cjs a while back but say you wanted to destroy a website - not like an hour downtime or whatever, but like actually gently caress it up badly enough so it eventually dies completely - how would you do it? how many collaborators would you need? and no fair just saying "i would be elon musk" thats too easy i would be zuck and put in the delete order
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Feb 6, 2024 04:32
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Jonny 290 posted:Anyways realtalk: sounds good if ur not living on the 29th floor of a high rise apartment building with 2000 other ppl. cheers op
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oh, that was step one, don't do that, then do the rest or, idk, live somewhere with a functional government and infrastructure, but frankly that's asking a lot.
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Feb 6, 2024 04:44
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surviving the apocalypse is ableist
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its their apocalypse, he's supposed to die there!
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wasn't it someone here that the dr was to call a few people to start recovery? it was a neat workflow unfortunately i am the dr at work (I myself do all the red binder steps) and inexplicably it's always when the owner (my direct boss) is out of town
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fart simpson posted:sounds good if ur not living on the 29th floor of a high rise apartment building with 2000 other ppl. cheers op You don't have to worry about such things. i agree
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infernal machines posted:tbf, i also know which side my bread is buttered on. i've been doing this poo poo for like 25 years. it's a bit fickle to decide that now the machines replacing human labour are a problem. otoh, i just service the machines, so if you good folks want to start throwing sabots into the works, that's okay by me. im making the thread now but i believe my luddite views have been well-known for some many years now
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Jonny 290 posted:five years in a powerless, waterless wasteland don't threaten me with a good time
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echinopsis posted:surviving the apocalypse is ableist lol
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rotor posted:i dont really think thats true. I think itd be hard, but i think - at least with the first one - that itd be possible with a lot of thought a lil organization and just a little property damage here & there. agreed so there's a classic Terrible Bug in the CDN space which is referred to as Disneyboy, where two customers' content ended up getting misserved, so a family-friendly entertainment conglomerate ended up getting served softcore lad magazine photos this was like 20 years ago and wasn't malicious but it's damaging along at least a few axes: * makes people think "multitenancy / cloud poo poo is inherently unsafe so we'll roll our own" (impossible to get right, expensive, and requires tons of specialized engineers: a self-own in waiting) * makes people think "I have to spend $$$ on security consultants to fuzz our software" (massive redirection of resources into a giant void) * and the correct take: makes people think "well no childes ever accidentally saw boobs when they tried to watch a kids' movie on a DVD that I bought from a brick and mortar location in my local community"
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the best i can hope for is to become an environmental storytelling skeleton maybe leave an audio log with some foreshadowing
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Dijkstracula posted:agreed the three mile island of cdns
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I dusted off my photo enlarger the past weekend because I wanted to get into making darkroom prints again. all of my paper developer is expired so I need to buy more, but it feels good to be able to make art without touching a computer.
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i’ll have to get into pharming hopefully I can cure all illness with either opium or mescaline
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echinopsis posted:i’ll have to get into pharming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pDTiFkXgEE
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echinopsis posted:i’ll have to get into pharming sometime you have to mix them, for the really tough ones
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echinopsis posted:i’ll have to get into pharming i have it on good authority that you absolutely can
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what’s the ideal weapon for smashing computer? sledgehammer? baseball bat with a railroad spike? shotgun?
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HamAdams posted:what’s the ideal weapon for smashing computer? sledgehammer? baseball bat with a railroad spike? shotgun? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_-RaILKeEI
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HamAdams posted:what’s the ideal weapon for smashing computer? sledgehammer? baseball bat with a railroad spike? shotgun? pick it up about head high and throw it on concrete as hard as possible. if its too big to lift: sucks to suck i guess.
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bonus points for doing it from a second story or higher balcony
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ah. if its too big to lift spray it with flaming diesel for a bit to get all the plasticy bits going. thatll do er
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