More people shopped by phone than by computer over the holidays.

Fuck me. We are doomed. Smartphones are diabolical and we should just ban them altogether. Of course, I know we never will. They are inescapable now. I have one and hate it. Smartphones are so much more amenable to control (as the article aptly demonstrates) and tracking. Which is the whole point of them of course.

What evil little rectangles.

It’s sad to me when people side with companies who claim they are taking away features and reducing functionality for “security” and “for your own good.” People really buy into that, because they have been propagandized so very much to believe it. I saw it with Firefox, with many Linux distros and of course with Windows. And it continues.

This comment said it best though:

As with Firefox removing all customization, this has absolutely nothing to do with security. That’s just a lie to bamboozle witless rubes who in fact readily fall for it. What this is about in all cases is control. If they can serve you up and force you to use a minimally-featured, maximally-surveilled canned crapplication that you cannot alter or inspect, then they can hoover up all your data and other info with no recourse.

That’s what’s happening. Ain’t a fucking bit of it for “security” or “for your own good.” Believe that and beclown yourself. Which I know most of you will, given the evidence.

What is the quickest way you’ve seen a friend fuck up his life?

Meth meth methity meth.

Was not a close friend, but he went from owning a house, a decent car, having a girlfriend to no car, no house, no girlfriend and mostly roaming the streets and getting arrested a lot. Then he was killed in a burglary gone bad. He thought it was an empty house. It was not. And this is North Florida where everyone — even the kids — have guns.

Happened over the course of 6-8 months. Don’t do meth, people. It is not worth it at all.

Such weird long dreams last night. I didn’t sleep well but my dreams seemed realtime. I was killin’ bullies, readin’ books, doing all sorts of drawn-out stuff.

Need more sleep, though.