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- Comment on Airbnb will now show users the total cost of their stay right away 1 day ago:
I remember when things like Uber and Air BnB came along the media was saying it was the death of cab companies and hotels. Well enshittification marches on and they’ve both become bogged down in costs, fees, rules, etc.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
I used to work with a guy from Syria who had US/Canadian citizenship. He said every time he crossed the border he budgeted in 3 extra hours while he was detained.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
People in border towns are always on alert for people walking remote roads, hitchhikers, etc. The border strip itself is cleared and monitored with remote cameras, drones, patrols on horseback and ATVs, etc.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
“Pssst pssst, I’ve got Shaoxing wine, Three Crabs brand fish sauce…”
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
“What are you in for?” “Smuggling dark soy sauce.”
- Comment on Did you know you can track elons jet from mastodon? 4 days ago:
You can’t tolerate the intolerant
- Comment on Did you know you can track elons jet from mastodon? 4 days ago:
You won’t need to if he keeps cutting the FAA and other agencies
- Comment on British soldiers tune radio waves to fry drone swarms for pennies 6 days ago:
Imagine if they showed real physics in sci-fi movies. You’d never see any laser blasts in space, just the result of their strike.
- Comment on British soldiers tune radio waves to fry drone swarms for pennies 6 days ago:
They’ll just use EMP tech to harden drones against this
- Comment on Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government 1 week ago:
It costs money to run and admin servers though
- Comment on Uncle Sam abruptly turns off funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program 1 week ago:
- Comment on Dear Big Tech, Stop Shoving AI Into Operating Systems 1 week ago:
Execs who convinced the board that shoving huge amounts of cash into AI is a good idea have to justify having shoved huge amounts of cash into AI.
- Comment on AI slop farms are churning out fake heartwarming videos about Trump figures. 1 week ago:
Soon there will be Byzantine icons of Marjorie Greene breast feeding baby Jesus
- Comment on The US Secretary of Education referred to AI as ‘A1,’ like the steak sauce 1 week ago:
Dumb people don’t question commands.
- Comment on Microsoft has now fired the employees who publicly protested the company supplying AI tech to the Israeli military 1 week ago:
According to the state of WA dept of labor and industries these constitute retaliation:
Retaliation An employer cannot take adverse actions against an employee who exercises a protected right, files or intends to file a complaint, or who has discussed potential violations of their rights. Prohibited adverse actions may include:
- Terminating, suspending, demoting, or denying a promotion.
- Reducing hours or altering the employee’s work schedule.
- Reducing the employee’s rate of pay.
- Threatening to take, or taking action, based upon the immigration status of an employee or an employee’s family member.
- Subjecting the employee to discipline, including write-ups, verbal warnings, points, etc.
- Comment on Microsoft has now fired the employees who publicly protested the company supplying AI tech to the Israeli military 1 week ago:
Washington is an at-will employment state. Businesses may fire any employee at any time, for any or no reason, as long as they are not violating any employee protection laws. Speech is not protected.
- Comment on Why is there steam coming out of the streets in New York 2 weeks ago:
Volcanism
- Comment on Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke tells employees to prove AI can’t do the job before asking for resources. 2 weeks ago:
Can we prove AI can do the job of the CEO?
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 2 weeks ago:
Some kid tried that from a rooftop already
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 2 weeks ago:
Keep sending him burgers and fries
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 2 weeks ago:
Shitty people seem to be indestructible, like Hitler and the bunker bomb. Stalin died of a stroke (probably).
- Comment on A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy 2 weeks ago:
They are fine on their island hideouts on Martha’s Vineyard and gated forts in Florida
- Comment on A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy 2 weeks ago:
Just give us about 30 or so years
- Comment on ‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers. 2 weeks ago:
I can’t even get it to help with configurations most of the time. It gives commands that don’t exist in that OS version, etc.
- Comment on xkcd #3073: Tariffs 2 weeks ago:
Someone just wanted to slip “lidar” into the conversation
- Comment on Most Americans think AI won’t improve their lives, survey says 2 weeks ago:
I need someone to bitch at anonymously too
- Comment on Most Americans think AI won’t improve their lives, survey says 2 weeks ago:
80’s. 90’s is was cell phones
- Comment on Most Americans think AI won’t improve their lives, survey says 2 weeks ago:
I use it at work side-by-side with searches for debugging app issues.
- Comment on Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Striking Motorcyclists More Than Any Other Brand: New Analysis 3 weeks ago:
Trucks in general have gotten so big they are pedestrian deathtraps
- Comment on Massive X data leak affects over 200 million users. 3 weeks ago:
He sent his tech bros in to fix the database. Now they’ll use the same skills to fix the SS databases.