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- Comment on Trump May Launch Wireless Phone Brand 1 week ago:
I just imagine he has a giant carnival wheel that’s marked with all sorts of reprehensible things to do and he just spins it whenever he’s bored and proceeds to executive order whatever he lands on
- Comment on Starlink Satellites Are 'Leaking' Radio Emissions 1 week ago:
Corners were cut and mistakes were made.
This is my assumption about nearly all modern tech. We’ve reached the point where it’s nearly standard practice to release unfinished products and/or software. In many cases, it ends up being a particular person or small group of enthusiasts that end up finishing and polishing the product.
Not only that, but support for many tech products is shorter-term than ever. I was talking to a mechanic recently who was surprised to be informed by Alfa Romeo’s parts department, that they did not offer replacements for a particular part for the brake lines on a car that was less than 10 years old and referred the mechanic to find a seller on eBay who makes them. There was indeed one company making the part and selling them on eBay. That was the aftermarket support, lol!
- Comment on 'Her screams…': Horror as innocent Chilean tourist in New York snatched by NYPD, 12-year-old daughter left alone on streets 2 weeks ago:
he Trump administration has set strict quotas for arresting anyone even suspected of being in the country illegally, with Stephen Miller ordering that 3,000 people be arrested every single day, or ICE officers will face consequences
What the fuck
- Comment on Who did this 😂😂😂 2 weeks ago:
I’m old enough to remember when the Internet was this for us:Image
- Comment on Who did this 😂😂😂 2 weeks ago:
“.” ,8,1
- Comment on No looky for you! 3 weeks ago:
I remember a while back discovering GE made a clear door that could be used for diagnostic purposes on some dishwashers they had built. Never got to try one out, just thought it was cool they made em.
- Comment on Self-Driving Tesla Fails School Bus Test, Hitting Child-Size Dummies… Meanwhile, Robo-Taxis Hit the Road in 2 Weeks. 3 weeks ago:
It’s weird–Tesla at least projected some sort of ‘higher-end’ quality back when they first started coming around but as time has gone on it’s proven itself to be a very cheaply-made vehicle.
The fact they insist on using their proven-inferior tech for FSD tells you all you need to know: they aren’t looking to innovate or even bring themselves up to modern standards. They are determined to make their cars with the cheapest, shittiest tech and they’ll just grease the right palms in order to proceed as necessary.
- Comment on Uncultured 1 month ago:
A man of culture, i see!
- Comment on Uncultured 1 month ago:
- Comment on Uncultured 1 month ago:
Floogelbinders
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Well said, and i love your user name. Happy Friday 🥂
- Comment on Second US Navy jet is lost at sea from Truman aircraft carrier 1 month ago:
Isn’t that convenient, seeing how all the money DOGE has acquired will be wasted on military equipment
- Comment on The ones and zeros and tens 1 month ago:
Some of my all-time favorite music. They are a massive influence in my taste in music…It had never occurred to me that nostalgia could be induced by ‘foreign’ (unfamiliar may be the better words) music, and for a place/time that may never have even existed or may be misremembered or jumbled with other memories. It’s strange what music can do, how it can make you feel, think, see… They also showed me how ominous electronic music can sound, how much of a landscape can be painted with sound. I love all their albums, and getting to experience the release of Tomorrow’s Harvest was a treat.
This is the second time I’ve seen BoC pop up in the past 2 days. I swear, the one good thing that’s come about in the past couple years has been this place. Thank you all for being here and participating!
- Comment on You could get anything you wanted and it was FREE 1 month ago:
BoC!!! 🩵🥂
- Comment on Google is killing privacy sandbox in Chrome. 1 month ago:
As pointed out elsewhere around these comments, this looks like another classic example of enshittification. Just like everything that’s invented, it often starts out with a fairly solid design–it couldn’t succeed without that. Once the success is captured, they can start dissecting the design and figure out what parts can be made with cheaper materials (common example: replacing metal w/plastic) and/or cheaper tech. From that point it’s iterations of further cuts to material and tech until it’s the cheapest, flimsiest version that can still function well enough to outlast the warranty. I’ve been in my field long enough (appliance repair) to see generations come and go and it often runs that route. Sometimes design flaws get fixed during the process, but rarely does the product itself get better or more durable in the long run.
- Comment on When you are ruining your day ranting about something remember THIS 2 months ago:
- Comment on Anime Fans Score Big Win as Crunchyroll U-Turns on Massively Unpopular A.I. Plan 2 months ago:
Yet another fucking cringe name to add to the modern corpo lexicon
- Bytedance
- Tencent
- Xpeng
- Crunchyroll
I don’t even know that much about any of these companies or their practices but i just really dislike their names. I genuinely cringe when i read those words, lol
- Comment on Anime Fans Score Big Win as Crunchyroll U-Turns on Massively Unpopular A.I. Plan 2 months ago:
This is exactly what i predict will happen as well
- Comment on One Piece Director Megumi Ishitani Calls For Legal Action Against OpenAI: 'Can't Stand Ghibli Being Treated So Cheaply' 2 months ago:
Just reading this comment, it hit me: nearly every successful capitalist venture in recent times has been managed by cheating. It’s rarely about real ingenuity and more about finding ways to break the laws in subtle ways or attempt to outrun the legal backlash of such ventures (training AI with copyrighted works without permission, for instance).
- Comment on Google Is Helping the Trump Administration Deploy AI Along the Mexican Border 2 months ago:
It’s good enough to get that gov contract $$ though 🤹♂️
- Comment on Please choose one 2 months ago:
I hear they started off in their parents garage
- Comment on I'm not original at all but feel a bit amusing about thought somebody takes it to heart 3 months ago:
User name checks out!
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
I first thought the image on the right was Peter Thiel, lol
- Comment on YSK: Gas stoves cause cancer 3 months ago:
Guess that’s what threw me off. 240v is what our electric (non-gas) appliances use in the States, 380v sounded like it could be commercial-style equipment or something
- Comment on YSK: Gas stoves cause cancer 3 months ago:
If you have 380V 16A induction, it’s not even close.
Is that a common setup? That sounds very high-powered
- Comment on Exclusive: Microsoft is finally shutting down Skype in May 3 months ago:
Would seem almost intentional given the size and success of the company. How do you fuck something like that up so badly? Seems like one of those Embrace, Extend, Extinguish deals or similar
- Comment on Nintendo discontinuing Gold Points on the Switch eShop, ahead of Switch 2 release 4 months ago:
And millions of other people’s $2. Congrats to Nintendo on their newfound wealth ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Comment on trump puts 25% tariffs on Aussie steel and aluminium 4 months ago:
As an American, this is wacky to read–but I’m fully in support. What can i say, i think there’s some good ones here but not enough to balance out all the shite ones ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It was a good run, i guess? Lol
- Comment on Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM because its holiday list wasn’t ‘sustainable’ 4 months ago:
Yeah, i usually just shut my computer down between xmas and new years–the calendar just can’t take it
- Comment on USA | Annual ‘winners’ for most egregious US healthcare profiteering announced 5 months ago:
It’s utterly depressing to see the healthcare system (and thus people’s health) circling the drain – yet another cash cow that’s been overfed and overexploited.
In the wake, a handful of assholes have more money than they can spend while millions of people all get worse–while somehow more expensive-- healthcare. Take note of United Health taking the #2 Shkreli Award this past year, upholding their rep as the scum we know them to truly be.
I think about all the research, work, advancements, sacrifice, pain, and loss that has ultimately made medical technology so amazing and cutting-edge, yet as it’s gotten more capable it’s become less available. Inevitably it became a money game just like every other industry in existence. Compassion, humanity, care–all these things take back seat to the almighty dollar. The greed and cruelty is disgusting, and it’s only going to get worse. Nothing will change the responsible party’s minds and there are scores of self-important shits waiting to usurp any of the roles responsible for this state of affairs. Just a fucking disgrace and a real ‘fuck-you’ to all the innovators and brilliant individuals that shared their talents to give the rest of us a chance at a longer, healthier life.
