AClassyGentleman

@AClassyGentleman@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Curious how it’ll perform in real world conditions. Sodium batteries are supposed to have much better charging times and don’t degrade the way lithium batteries do, both of which would be huge. Fingers crossed they live up to expectations.

  (Also obligatory “expand and improve public transit damnit!”)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“Rumblr”⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yakuza/Like a Dragon sidequest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bro, I have no fucking idea⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly this is one of the things I appreciate about Trek. Things don’t just automatically get better and better throughout human history. But in both Trek and real life, people want things to get better and will fight to make them better if given a chance. Past Tense might be my favorite episode of TV in general because while things might still get worse before they get better, the Bell Riots are one of the things that spurs people into action.

  I think there’s a lot to be hopeful for in that respect. We’re seeing a resurgence of unions and labor action after they collapsed in the 90s, the development of an incredibly large anti war movement, and people are realizing things only change if we force them to.

  Anyways, there will always be bad things happening in a capitalist society, but there will always be people fighting to make things better, and right now a lot of people are realizing they want to be a part of that group.

  So yeah, shit sucks but there will always be people who want to fix things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL that Jordie directed some episodes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Lots of cast members ended up directing over the years. 90’s Trek had a reputation for being a factory for directorial debuts. It’s really neat, it brought a lot of variety in personality to the episodes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unity rushes to clarify price increase plan, as game developers fume⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Capitalism defines success as profits increasing at an ever-increasing rate. During the height of the pandemic, tech companies tended to fare better than other industries because they were better able to handle the switch to remote work. This wasn’t lost on investors, who smelled money in the water, and went all in on tech. Like, seriously, colossal amounts of money, and they expect returns on those investments. Problem is, we’ve hit the point where the easy profit sources for these companies have more or less dried up, and now they’re having to squeeze whatever they can out. This is why we’ve seen massive layoffs, quick money making schemes, and things like this that will be disastrous in the long run, but stand to make some short-term profits.

  It’s a boneheaded move, but when all you care about is pleasing the investors right now, it’s the logical way to operate.