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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Todd Howard Reaffirms Bethesda Is Currently Developing The Elder Scrolls 6⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  On the back of a wagon? More like back of a 🐉 we are dragonborn not some Falkreath yokel. Into 6 we go riding in style!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US stock markets fall again as Trump calls Fed chair ‘a major loser’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah he’s speaking the language the masses have been conditioned to respond to. 30 years of fox news Pavlov training. Manchurian electorate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Airbnb will now show users the total cost of their stay right away⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Roll against your wisdom to not cast lvl 3 conjure gas line

  If you fail your wisdom check You’ll need dex of 18 to not start a fire.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Donald Trump vs Mr Market⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Have a non-paywalled link?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla odometer uses “predictive algorithms” to void warranty, lawsuit claims⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I just closed the agency investigating my company so there is no enforcement mechanism. Legal alludes to a system I now own and control because it’s better for me that way. Going to pass a few joke statues or pardon myself if there are any teeth left. Thanks fucking peasant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump administration decides to fund CVE cybersecurity tracker after all⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Clown shows can be funny. This is like watching pallbearers drop caskets at a children’s hospital funeral.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China has stopped exporting rare earths to everyone, not just the U.S., cutting off critical materials for tech, autos, aerospace, and defense⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not necessarily you getting older; there is a fundamental difference in goals, aims and quality of software now. 99% of major software is either funded by VC or incumbent monopolists who are interested in extractions primarily and establishing moats, barriers to free and fair use, and any way possible to monetize an interaction. This is why those of us who lived through the actual innovation stages aren’t excited anymore as it’s clear this is not “progress” and the warning flags are there from the first marketing pitch.

  This entire timeline though was part of the plan, it was never going to be free/cheap, functional and easily accessible forever. We are in the frog boiling phase now that doesn’t end until we take back some of what has been lost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ISPs and robocallers love the FCC plan to “delete” as many rules as possible⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Who doesn’t want 800 versions of “it’s fucking connected” for home Internet like we have for cell phones? Innovation! Think of the unnecessary choices, gotchas, customer service queues, class action lawsuits that are much more difficult thanks to the supreme Court a few years back… what’s not to love?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla (TSLA) has to replace computer in ~4 million cars or compensate their owners⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  G-14

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Commerce Secretary Lutnick says tariff exemptions for electronics are only temporary: Lutnick said "semiconductor tariffs" will likely come in "a month or two.".⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone learned about those in grammar, don’t insult the man’s intelligence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Lobby to get rid of government bureaucracy like Theil so you can have your delivery boy get you the info so you can sell it. Ideal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vizio Shows What Happens When U.S. Fascism And TV Enshittification Meet⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Shouldn’t be too long until Walmart realizes they should just build houses. Take tons of tax credits, install the “screen” as the wall itself, not have an off switch like audio on low-class Mexican busses so you have to listen to their ads and you’ve arrived at Fahrenheit 451

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump’s DOJ will no longer prosecute most cryptocurrency fraud cases⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So you’re assuming that no one in Trump’s circle made any trades in advance of yesterday’s tariff pause cancellation? Do you know the exponential return you could get on a short-term option when the underlying moves 20% in a day?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Call it the billionaire boomerang: The ultrawealthy are turning on Trump over tariffs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Businesses and billionaires need “certainty” in the boardroom. It’s why they support Republican candidates who focus on “the economy”.

  I hope they choke in the absolute certainty they’re being delivered. Such a classic golden goose allegory.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s tariff ultimatum: tribute for access to America’s empire⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is good to connect the technogarchy and trade policy annihilation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Retirees 'stunned' as market turmoil over tariffs shrinks their 401(k)s⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Our country has been looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike,” Trump said recently.

  Imagine being a convicted rapist and using “raped” in a public statement talking about alleged behaviors of others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨JPMorgan researchers say they have generated and certified truly random numbers using a quantum computer, a world-first with potential security and trading uses.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mine said 42. I guess the only thing left I’m wondering is what was the question?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump threatens 'far larger' tariffs if EU and Canada unite to do 'economic harm' to the U.S.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Every time he escalates you know you’re on the right track.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intel report says China aims to displace U.S. as top AI power by 2030.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Translation; “were out of ideas and gave been in a long time, better dump some money to us.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple barred from Google antitrust trial, putting $20 billion search deal on the line⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The google annual cost to have Google as default search on iPhone is north of 20b, hence the number in the article headline. They also pay lots to Mozilla and others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla’s Europe sales drop nearly 45% amid row over Musk’s Trump links⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US retailers haggle with suppliers after Trump tariffs⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Right, but that’s the whole catch-22; bring able to go somewhere to get what you need without learning a new site, assessing rules, product, credibility, learning their interface, etc. is part of the value Amazon provides(and I despise Bezos and Amazon). You wouldn’t “go directly to the supplier” for every purchase given time and mechanics above, so at some point you go to a bigger name that will do some of the legwork of aggregating suppliers into a useful, repeatable interface. By the time and "independent, new, direct purchased place gets big enough to be useful to many people you will then say it’s "just open of the big retailers/etailers”.

  In 2025 we’re probably well into a cohort that never had to learn how to search the internet in earnest and probably well on our way back to people who may visit 1-3 retailers before purchasing online. We’re basically back to “you’ve got mail” days when most people didn’t know the difference between AOL’s platform and an Internet browser and just took what was presented to them without any effort on their part. Human nature to a degree with path of least resistance I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gmail Is Now Using AI to Sort 'More Relevant' Results, But You Can Turn It Off⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The feature no one asked for in Outlook chapter 1. “Relevant” section out right at the top of the chronological list in case you didn’t want to immediately see the keywords you searched for in descending order but instead preferred completely unrelated attachments from Janice in Finance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is killing OneNote for Windows 10⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to be confused with SharePoint groups

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DoorDash will let users buy now, pay later for fast food, a possible worrying sign for the economy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One that gets me is the federal minimum of $7.25 wage hasn’t been increased since 2009. It’s the inverse of the atomic test clock at Hiroshima that is reset whenever a nuclear weapon is tested or used; the clock it portends doom whenever it’s count of days is low, the federal minimum wage’s punishing condemnation to poverty of tens of millions of citizens exponentially increases in pain each year it doesn’t change while other goods and services have exploded in cost even in the last 5 years let alone since the great recession when it last went up.

  In reality the federal minimum wage is often far more than employees receive so things are worse than $7.25 per hour. Many southern/red states lobbied and passed “tip credit” laws that allows them to steal their employees tips if they make more than $7.25 per hour to reduce their earnings to the federal amount. The actual minimum wage that employers may cost a tipped employee after stealing their tips is $2.13 per hour.

  The restaurant and lodging association are a huge lobbying arm that will pivot nicely into the Sharecroppers Management Association where once you go into debt with Doordash they’ll help “place” you in a restaurant where you can repay your “burrito debt”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI-driven weather prediction breakthrough reported - The Guardian⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “make the technology available to developing nations around the world…”

  –including the United States that just had it’s president “cancel” the NOAA and our ability to predict, respond and plan for weather events as a nation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can request removal, though it’s probably all been scraped by 60 companies so it’ll always be somewhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Delete your content when you leave

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DoorDash Partners with Klarna for Deferred Payments—in Case You Need a Loan to Pay for Your Burrito⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So like even the bnpl industry, u mean it’s all hot potato, in an exploding debt class with no resources and layoffs at any time that unsecured debt is just a time bomb.

  US cc debt is highest it’s ever been and far surpassed great recession.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Automakers urge Trump administration to clear way for self-driving cars⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The triangle shirtwaist apparel by Gap. Travel the high seas on the Carnival Cruise Line Titanic. Discover employment opportunities and exciting diseases like pneumoniultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis in resurgent US coal industry. Enjoy being fired for not showing up for work because you got food poisoning since companies don’t have FDA oversight anymore–and sick time was nationally forbidden. The future is bright, join now!