Octavio

@Octavio@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨text don't call⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If it make you feel better, I don’t think the misunderstanding was on your end. Although I agree probably the dad told the hotel that, it was actually phrased like the hotel told the dad that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Income isn't keeping up with inflation, 76% of Americans say in new CBS News poll⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yah but return on capital is. Just be rich. Sheesh. /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ultrasound can push vaccines into the body without needles⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know a guy like that too. Okay, it’s me. I have to ask the doctor to let me be lying down when I get a shot. But at least it’s not as embarrassing as passing out in the little chair and have a 115 lb. nurse trying to hold me up before I hit the floor. That has happened more than once.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Battery Crushes Tesla's Tech, Unveils A Solid-State Marvel With 300% Higher Energy Density, 15-minute Ultra-Fast Charge⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yah and cold fusion is right around the corner.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They honestly never bothered me too much but I have to say if they ever succeed in defeating the ad blockers it will be hard to go back now that I’ve seen this side.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, I never bothered to install an ad blocker before today. I just figured ads were tolerable. This move by YouTube got me to switch to firefox and install ublock origin and oh my is it glorious. I can wait 5 seconds for my video to start since I am used to ads anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know anything about UK law but in my observations, giant corporations with tons of cash and armies of lawyers solicitors do what they want. I could be wrong but it is just my cynical view, not legal advice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Gosh if only Meta hd money for lawyers, they could squish this like a bug. Oh, yeah. They do have money for lawyers. Tons of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar power expected to dominate electricity generation by 2050—even without more ambitious climate policies⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  How can it not? If you have a $40k system, you will make enough electricity to avoid paying for electricity at all. You will probably even get a small check from the power company every month. Add up the check and the old utility bill and I bet it beats bank interest on 40k by a mile. Not to mention you are probably eligible for some tax incentives.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Redditor when women⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They would never get that riddle where the surgeon turns out to be the kid’s mom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I no longer use mine for much but to control one light with an illogical switch placement. I could pretty much replace her with The Clapper™️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar power and storage prices have dropped almost 90%⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  About a third of the houses in my neighborhood have gone solar. My household was one of the first to do it about five years ago and every time I go for a walk I notice a new one that popped up. Our solar system payment is about half what our electric bill used to be and we make more electricity than we use every month of the year, even with charging a plug-in hybrid car. Far from “no one is going to do it.” I frankly don’t understand why more people don’t do it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Godot Engine hits over 50K euros per month in funding⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been waiting for this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They should build ev charging stations with a drive in theater so you can watch a movie as you're charging up to continue your road trip⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The couple I went to when I rented a polestar didn’t even have like a coffee shop or anything nearby. It seemed like such a wasted opportunity for capitalism to squeeze more money out of the traveling public. Oops I meant provide valuable services.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google spends $10 billion a year to ensure it's your go-to online search engine, DOJ says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I like to google stuff I’m not remotely interested in, just so the data they sell on me is worthless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. Doomscrolling curated content is a healthy usage pattern. Right? Right?!?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Student project consumes 17% of energy of traditional desalination plants⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  My idea was you take it to a played-out salt mine, and you just put it right back in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who haven't gotten into habit of googling stuff in the last 20 years might not get into it at all anymore because of how search engines are gamed with SEO spam tactics nowadays⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Somebody mentioned something about a thing in outer space called a dark star. It sounded interesting so I googled it and got millions of links about a Grateful Dead tribute band called the Dark Star Orchestra. I’m sure I’ll be seeing ads for that for months. 😂 ChatGPT gave me a nice summary but of course I didn’t have any way of knowing whose work I was reading.