Bazzatron

@Bazzatron@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨:\⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Fun fact - those are not entirely unrelated entities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you easily communicate in your country (business/private life) without being involuntarily forced to use whatsapp?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Basically the same here. WhatsApp is basically “dial-a-boomer” on my phone.

  Little sad that Signal dropped SMS support, but I get it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars — For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, wit...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never had a car with a touch screen or whatever fancy centre panel - but I have scrapped old cars because the ECU decided that there was an airbag fault which was not resolved with a new airbag. I’m a full time sysadmin/developer - my car does not need a computer to go, and if it must have one, it shouldn’t be a brick covered in epoxy.

  I somewhat long to return to dumb electromechanical components like distributors, rather than unimaginably expensive, irreparable, interdependent systems.

  #RightToRepair

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wearing exoskeletons to increase work efficiency⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  😑🖐️ “increase productivity”

  😎👉 “Protect workers from harm associated with repetitive physica labour”