r_deckard

Systemctl status > somefile.txt and examine that file, or systemctl status | more

Also, on Windows: services.msc and sort by 'startup type' also check the registry HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and the various other versions of that, HKCU, and WOW6432Node, etc

Don't forget discussing existentialism with the bomb.

And "National Lampoon"

The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel...........

We'll see. I've set the Group policy to limit feature updates to Win 10 22H2. I will be unhappy if they over-ride or reset a GPO.

IIRC that was called "20 minutes into the future"

Lots of restaurants and cafes pouring their waste cooking oil down the sink instead of paying a collection service.

It was sloped at every drive-in I went to - so you'd see over the canteen/projection room.

Half the fun was queueing for burgers, chips (fries), and/or pizza, and coke between the two features. The other half was sneaking beer in. Then the other half was...... what was I talking about?

The car radio thing only came in here (Oz) in their twilight years just as VCRs and VHS rental became a thing, but it was fabulous to hear a movie IN STEREO! with decent Bass.

Most of the ones that I used to frequent are now shopping centre carparks.

And in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and in the "The Great Escape"

Larry Niven's "Known Space" has quite a few machines, but they're generally not the point of the story. There's a lot more about how human and non-human species relate and interact, and how the machines affect their behaviour and choices.

The whole approach of Puppeteers (technically brilliant cowards) and Kzinti (foolishly rash but honourable risk-takers), taken against human approaches is well-written.

Of course, once you comprehend its size, the Ringworld itself overwhelms a lot of the rest of the stories 😲.

Niven's attitude to women and sex haven't aged well.........

But the stories are pretty good. He knows how to set multiple threads on their way and bind them up together at the end, or at least leave a decent cliff-hanger for a sequel.

Flowers for Algernon is an extraordinary piece of storytelling, without relying too much on "the machines"