ramblinguy

@ramblinguy@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ugh well hopefully there will come a point when there’s not actually enough people to layoff anymore. Then maybe the game of follow the leader will stop. Or maybe another one starts up where they start over hiring again, who knows

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Music Piracy Is Back, Baby⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At first I was confused about the books comment, since most books are just black text on white paper, but then I realized you were probably including comic books and manga in that too (and probably textbooks that include a lot of graphics)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon’s Twitch to Cut 500 Employees, About 35% of Staff⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel ya man, I don’t work at Amazon but at a fintech startup, and I’ve survived through so many rounds of layoffs, demotions, and “restructurings” that I’m kinda numb to it all and just waiting for my turn too haha

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The 'Effective Accelerationism' movement doesn't care if humans are replaced by AI as long as they're there to make money from it⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A frog that is slowly boiled will jump out. However, if it’s dropped in boiling water, it’ll die because it doesn’t have time to jump out before the proteins in its body get destroyed. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog

  Relevant because I don’t think slow change is as irreversible as fast change, and might actually be more manageable

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit updates look after rough 6 months and ahead of reported IPO⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe they should have spent some of the money they used on this questionable design update on improving their app or working with third party app developers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Companies With Flexible Remote Work Policies Outperform On Revenue Growth⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn… I still prefer that over going into the office at least, since I don’t have to commute

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intel bets big against ChatGPT's OpenAI, invests heavily in Stability AI, makers of Stable Diffusion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn’t OpenAI start getting massive investments from Microsoft and then became ClosedAI?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon's drone delivery program is the joke it always sounded like.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah this sounds like a great use for drones- take photos of high up places that is dangerous to climb to

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DoorDash now warns you that your food might get cold if you don’t tip⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I always heard tips started as “To Insure Prompt Service” or something. Which is basically what you’re doing here with Door dash, so we’ve gone back to the root of tips.

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

  There’s another threads too that my company used to use for internal posts (referenced in the article): threads.com

  Interesting that they managed to keep the .com name

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘It’s quite soul-destroying’: how we fell out of love with dating apps⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow we’re like the same person… Maybe I should give this lifetime Bumble a try

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Pause Ads’ Creep Onto Hulu, Peacock and Max as Streamers Seek New Revenue⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That reminds me of that one episode of black mirror where he can’t turn away from the ad: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_Million_Merits

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roblox tells employees they have to come to office three days a week or take severance package⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Gaming these days, at least multiplayer or those “games as a service” games, just seems so shitty. With all of the “gacha” aspects of lootboxes, or battle passes where you have to pay to play the game, or just plain predatory psychology manipulation to get you to buy random stuff… Games nowadays feel like you’re basically working a second job, or you can pay money so that you don’t have to work the second job because it’s not fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube intensifies fight against ad blockers showing pop-ups, and users are frustrated | Blocking ad-block users⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I have never gotten a adblock popup using Firefox and ublock origin while my friend has gotten several on Chrome. I wonder if I’m just lucky that I’m not in the adblock block rollout on YouTube or if Firefox+ublock is working

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Meta glassholes have arrived⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I already look dumb as hell in public, what’s a little bit more dumbness anyways

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe one day I’ll see something that says the opposite happened, which will truly be news to me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finding a Tech Job Is Still a Nightmare⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  2 pages is fine, most resumes I see is two pages, especially if you have 10+ years of relevant experience to cover

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ad blocker Cause Invalid Traffic For Content Creator on Youtube⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If it’s only food, it’s definitely possible. Rice and beans is probably less than 50 cents a day. Then you can get some cheap chicken thighs for like 1.50 a pound. Then get some carrots, broccoli, and onions. It should cover the majority of your nutrient needs for $4 dollars a day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After decades of climate deception, Shell uses Fortnite to court demographic most concerned about climate change⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that’s fine. Since when did streamers become paragons of virtue anyways? Back when I started watching someone like HotshotGG, they were always thought of as degens living in their mom’s basement

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨San Francisco says tiny sleeping 'pods,' which cost $700 a month and became a big hit with tech workers, are not up to code⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What happens to bodies that can’t pay burial or cremation costs? Do they just get thrown into a compost bin?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok ran a deepfake ad of an AI MrBeast hawking iPhones for $2 — and it's the 'tip of the iceberg'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh TIL that the average age of the Senate and the House has steadily increased over time: nbcnews.com/…/118th-congress-age-third-oldest-178…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US government issues first-ever space debris penalty to Dish Network⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This should be an ongoing 150k a month until the satellite is decommissioned in order for it to be anywhere near meaningful

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla misses estimates for quarterly deliveries; shares fall⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Not only can I not download a car, but now I can’t even download inside my car?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study reveals some teens receive 5,000 notifications daily, most spend almost two hours on TikTok | Kids officially don't like Facebook⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah same here, if they don’t say anything after “hey”, then I’m not going to put in additional effort to get more work dumped on me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study reveals some teens receive 5,000 notifications daily, most spend almost two hours on TikTok | Kids officially don't like Facebook⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Buzzkill is the first thing I installed on my OnePlus 11. I don’t remember exactly, but I couldn’t get some notifications to come through as vibrate only, and the ones that did vibrated for too long. Buzzkill let’s me not only create custom vibrate notifications but also set the strength and duration. Game changer for sure

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Streaming giants have banded together for lobbying power⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  On a tangent, and nothing to do with you, but I don’t like how these streaming companies are being called “streamers”. Streamers are those people streaming on twitch, not a company like Netflix damnit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit’s new Contributor Program will let you cash out gold given to your posts by other users in real money.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m suddenly reminded of when people used to give out doge coins as a meme

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly 500 smartphone brands have left the market since 2017⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The only LG phone I ever had, it just randomly decided to not boot one day. Apparently it was a common issue, and they were not giving any refunds, at least when I asked. I swore off of LG then, and I wouldn’t be surprised if many other people did as well.

  I think the phone was the LG G4: …m.wikipedia.org/…/LG_smartphone_bootloop_issues

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Over $600 Million Later, Star Citizen Is Now at the Alpha 3.20 Stage⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Hold on, I’m not familiar with Star citizen, but do you have to spend real money to get ships in this game?

  The MISC Hull C added with the Alpha 3.20 update costs an eye-watering $500

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SpaceX Might Have Lost 200+ Starlink Satellites In Just 2 Months Shows Data⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Even as someone living on the east coast of the US, I’m always surprised when I visit the Midwest and Central US to see just how much “nothing” there is. At least compared to the relative density of driving up and down the northeast corridor