dynamojoe

@dynamojoe@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Wars Outlaws' $110 and $130 editions prompt a collective sigh from potential players tired of season passes and ill-advised early access periods⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I keep telling myself “I want an x-box” and the news keeps telling me “no you fucking don’t”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla scraps its plan for a $25,000 Model 2 EV⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is an easy test. If Reuters is lying, that means the Model 2 is still in development. Prove that Reuters is lying, Elon. you are uniquely positioned to be able to do that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s such a weird passage. I can’t be understanding this correctly. God tells David to count the people. David sends his generals to count the people. They report the count back to David, who apologizes and says he sinned for doing what God told him to do? IDGI

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roku disables TVs and streaming devices until users consent to new terms⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My kid consented. I think. Can she make binding contracts that she doesn’t tell me about because she’s looking for Blues Clues, or am I responsible for every OK she checks when I’m not present?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Musk says Tesla will hold shareholder vote ‘immediately’ to move company’s incorporation to Texas⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Si. I’m a buy-and-hold investor and so far, so good. I wish I had bought more. I’m up about 700% (it was much more at the beginning of the year). I’ve informed my decision on this as moving stakes to TX may open Tesla to significant legal liability and it’s being done solely in order to overpay the CEO, who is prone to making bad decisions. Overall I’m less than a drop in the bucket but I’m against it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Musk says Tesla will hold shareholder vote ‘immediately’ to move company’s incorporation to Texas⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My paltry few shares will vote No.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla shares slide after judge voids Elon Musk's $56 billion compensation⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ve been sliding all month. $249->$188 so far.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tik Tok responds to Universal Music Group's statement: "TikTok has been able to reach 'artist- first' agreements with every other label and publisher."⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  let_them_fight.gif

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit seeks to launch IPO in March⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He can buy in but he can’t buy all of Reddit. According to the article the IPO will only be for 10% of the company. If he goes in, that’s only going to drive up the price.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk demands another huge payday from Tesla⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I look forward to voting against that proposal, if it ever comes up before the shareholders. If he spins off companies to compete against Tesla while still working for it, he’d get sued to pieces.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple to Remove Blood-Oxygen Sensor From Watch to Avoid U.S. Ban⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That will end up as a class action lawsuit with some merit. There will be a race to file this one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why were online subscriptions once rare, but now they are everywhere?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  or they make it a giant pain in the ass to unsubscribe

  Which is why I’ll never subscribe to SiriusXM again. I won’t even take it for free. You can sign up for whatever plan you want online, but to cancel you have to call (and it’s not 24/7) and listen to ten minutes of “but what if I offered you X service for $ per month? and gave you a month free? Don’t you enjoy the service we provide? Let me put my supervisor on the phone so he can try to convince you not to quit us.”

  I think in California there’s a law that if you can sign up online you must be able to cancel online, which pisses me off even more because Sirius could do this for the whole country but they’d rather drag and guilt people to get them to stay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Instagram finds that AI Mr beast scams do not go against community guidelines.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So basically they’re saying it’s the user’s fault for not having a better ad algorithm. That’s amazingly poor thinking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vulcan rocket's debut brings long-awaited challenge to SpaceX dominance⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s probably going to be more like the Expanse but more violent, oppressive, and jingoistic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RIP Microsoft WordPad. You Will Be Missed⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  WordPad is what MS Word should be. It’s most of what everyone needs in a word processor and it’s lightweight. MS Word is becoming a bloated nightmare of toolbars and creeping featuritis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube demonetizes public domain 'Steamboat Willie' video after copyright claim⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just as significant (and I suppose still pending) is whether YouTube has re-monetized the video. Systems fail and shit happens, and I’m glad to see that this was quickly un-struck, but it’s not all the way corrected until he’s making his $.0003 per view or whatever the payout is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Notorious Airbnb Host Charged with Allegedly Running $8.5M Nationwide Scam | Shray Goel is charged with running an Airbnb scam across 100 U.S. properties.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  for allegedly masterminding a nationwide scam that systematically double-booked guests to rake in profits.

  Goel would set up separate listings for the same property at different prices, according to the indictment, then cancel the lower-priced rental with excuses about bad plumbing…If Goel is convicted, the government could force him to forfeit all of the properties, according to the indictment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Comcast says hackers stole data of close to 36 million Xfinity customers⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was wondering why they just forced a password change.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could X go bankrupt under Elon Musk?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a better guideline than Betteridge’s Law. My reflex when I see such a headline is “Why are you asking me?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re saying that a customer can’t sue companies that don’t have a physical presence in their state, but because they sell their product though an unrelated third party I can sue them? I’m not a lawyer but that sounds like bullshit.

  The real reason for the continued existence of car dealerships is lobbyist money. The NADA is very politically spendy to maintain their members’ legally required middleman status. And it’s bullshit. I can buy a laptop directly from Apple. I can buy a bicycle directly from Cannondale. I legally CANNOT buy a truck directly from Ford. I can configure it etc online but the order is then sent to a local dealership for processing and they can add whatever “fuck you because we can” fees they want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X sues Media Matters to silence moderation criticism⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He could keep up the facade because it’s easier to fool people than to get them to admit they’ve been fooled.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft won’t let you close OneDrive on Windows until you explain yourself⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re training an internal AI on documents in OneDrive, I bet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Escapist murica-fires Editor-in-Chief - loses Yahtzee Croshaw and entire video team in hours⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  brb adding the escapist to the blocklist

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Fortnite' maker Epic Games is battling Google in court over app-store fees 2 years after largely losing a similar case against Apple⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  …and sideloading. That’s a thing on Android, right? Can’t Epic just make their own store for Android anyway?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This sign says it all.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That has real sovcit vibes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The EV transition trips over its own cord⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Where are the spreadsheets showing eery detail of both?

  The questions you have to answer to build such a spreadsheet decide the result, not the data. How many kinds of cars are out there? What’s their cost vs. comfort, cost vs. performance, cost vs. efficiency or cost vs. reliability? Not even considering powertrain you’re already drowning in data, and that’s assuming customers are rational. If they were, the “correct” car, SUV, and truck would already be decided.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bungie Longtime Composer Michael Salvatori Is Laid Off⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Marathon was a blast (and Halo incorporated many elements of it).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok Lemmy Rorschach test time. Tell me what you see.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The two wolves inside me aren’t speaking to each other again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why host your own files when someone else can do it for you⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t it appropriate to change the file to something offensive to prevent the leeching?