reddig33
@reddig33@lemmy.world
- Comment on Streaming is cable now | Seventeen years after Netflix and Hulu kicked off a streaming revolution, it’s looking more like cable than ever. 4 days ago:
It’ll be cable when they start making you contact customer retention in order to cancel.
- Comment on BASIC for the Masses 6 days ago:
10 GOTO 10
- Comment on Jack Dorsey says he’s no longer on the Bluesky board 1 week ago:
Changed well known Square branding to “Block”. Killed Vine just before TikTok took off. Sold Twitter to Elon Musk. Now kicked off the board of Bluesky. What a genius!
- Comment on That time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unit 1 week ago:
It should’ve ended well. Someone at the top made a huge bugle of it all windows phone 7 and 8 were some of the best phones I’ve owned.
- Comment on That time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unit 1 week ago:
Idiots.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Studios shouldn’t be allowed to own the channels. It’s a problem similar to when studios owned the movie theaters.
- Comment on [Serious] Any high-quality right-wing media, books, explainers? 1 week ago:
Gingrich’s “Contract With America” book was such word salad. Every other page contradicted the others.
- Comment on China unveils video of its moon base plans, which weirdly includes a NASA space shuttle 1 week ago:
Does it also contain footage of a nuclear waste dump?
- Comment on Nevada put big battery energy storage where a coal plant used to be 1 week ago:
🤷♂️. Like technicians aren’t already driving around servicing transformers and downed power lines. It’s not like a battery pack requires daily maintenance.
- Comment on Nevada put big battery energy storage where a coal plant used to be 2 weeks ago:
I’d like to see these spread through neighborhoods, rather than at one central location. It would cut down on power outages due to storms/downed lines.
- Comment on Peacock is getting a $2 price increase 2 weeks ago:
Brave move from a channel next to no one watches.
- Comment on 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok 2 weeks ago:
Jack Dorsey was just a year or too early with Vine it seems.
- Comment on Ever notice mammals never seem to come in green? 2 weeks ago:
You’d think evolutionary, there would be at least some green mammals to help them blend into the plant life around them. Like bunnies hiding in bushes, or monkeys in trees. I suppose shades of brown work similarly in the same situations.
I know some predators don’t see color the same way humans do — could the lack of green and dominance of brown have something to do with seeing motion, or heat, or something else we don’t see?
- Comment on Xbox Console Sales Are Tanking 2 weeks ago:
They’ve made a lot of good peripherals like keyboards, mice, joysticks. Xbox one used to support Kinect and TV timers which was nice.
The surface line has been interesting, and I’d be tempted to buy one if they didn’t come with Windows 11 (I need to look up if you can install Win 10 on the newer ones).
They came out with some wild stuff during the Sidekick phone days like Microsoft Kin and Zune. But honestly current management doesn’t seem to be interested in anything but boring but profitable software services (like Xbox game pass) that they can charge a subscription for.
- Comment on Xbox Console Sales Are Tanking 2 weeks ago:
Someone at Microsoft thinks they can sell the expensive razor blades without selling razors. Probably why they purchased Activision.
It’s a shame because Microsoft made some interesting hardware for a while.
- Comment on WTF Happened In 1971? 2 weeks ago:
I’m not a libertarian, but something did go awry around that time. You can see it when you watch reruns of game shows like the price is right. Automobile prices double after a year, and then keep doubling.
- Comment on Finally got my server to work properly. (Routing with custom local domain instead of ports) 2 weeks ago:
That’s a lovely desktop picture.
- Comment on Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving linked to hundreds of crashes, dozens of deaths 2 weeks ago:
“But one reason that pilots will opt to turn the system on much sooner after taking off is if it’s stormy out or there is bad weather. During storms and heavy fog, pilots will often turn autopilot on as soon as possible.
This is because the autopilot system can take over much of the flying while allowing the pilot to concentrate on other things, such as avoiding the storms as much as possible. Autopilot can also be extremely helpful when there is heavy fog and it’s difficult to see, since the system does not require eyesight like humans do.”
Does that sound like something Tesla’s autopilot can do?
- Comment on Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving linked to hundreds of crashes, dozens of deaths 2 weeks ago:
As is “autopilot”. There’s no automatic pilot. You’re still expected to keep your hands on the wheel and your eyes on the road.
- Comment on The Man Who Killed Google Search 2 weeks ago:
I keep wondering who’s gonna hire away Ben Gomes after they read this.
- Comment on Why is Windows 11 so annoying? 2 weeks ago:
Because the current CEO of Microsoft is a beancounter who is interested in that sweet sweet enterprise services money. He’s not focused on improving consumer Windows quality — just ways to wring more money out of its users.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
But by all means, let’s give Elon that huge bonus he’s asking for! 🙄
- Comment on If you’ve got an EV, Google Maps is about to become much more valuable | New updates address one of Americans’ top concerns about owning an electric car: finding a place to charge 3 weeks ago:
Sorry. I assumed it was one of the other announcement articles I saw today mentioning AI.
- Comment on If you’ve got an EV, Google Maps is about to become much more valuable | New updates address one of Americans’ top concerns about owning an electric car: finding a place to charge 3 weeks ago:
I don’t understand why if need AI to find a charger on a map. It’s not like the charger has legs where it gets up and moves to a new location every other week.
- Comment on Telecoms To Get $45 Billion In Taxpayer Broadband Subsidies, But Are Whining Because They Might Have To Deliver Affordable Broadband To A Few Poor People 3 weeks ago:
This is in addition to the last two times we gave them billions to build out internet infrastructure.
- Comment on Does New York's 'rooftop solar gap' leave low-income residents behind? 4 weeks ago:
Rooftop solar drives down energy prices. So no, it doesn’t leave low income people behind (especially ones who are already enrolled in low income discount programs for electricity).
- Comment on Microsoft is trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade with full-screen prompts 4 weeks ago:
This goes well with the recently posted “Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu.”
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
I really enjoyed the live action cameos the two cast members did on SNW. Hopefully there will be more Trek work for them.
- Comment on Finance guru Dave Ramsey slams 'awful' Gen Zers and millennials who live with their parents: 'They suck. They can't buy a house because they don't work' 4 weeks ago:
“Slams!” Everyone take a drink.
- Comment on 96% of US Hospital Websites Share Visitor Data with Google, Meta, Data Brokers, and Other Third Parties, Study Finds 4 weeks ago:
Welcome to for-profit healthcare.