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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine voting for someone that wants to get rid of the department of education.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I imagine just trying to cut government spending, since the Argentinian government has been printing money like no tomorrow. Their economy is in shambles and inflation is up like 400% or something.

  This guy is an absolute nut job but after the establishment left and establishment right failed to fix anything, you can kind of see why he won by 11%.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seriously???⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh shit, have not heard about this book and need one for my upcoming vacation. Gonna look into this!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seriously???⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, kind of.

  They showed the interior of the earth with other megafauna, but how exactly Godzilla or Kong are getting their caloric intake satisfied on a regular basis is somewhat of a question regardless.

  Godzilla especially… feeds on radiation? But not just like, consuming uranium ore. He can take a full thermonuclear blast to the face and seemingly heals bodily injury. Maybe makes him feel really full too?

  It’s handwaved at best, which is fine. Trying to figure out how Kaiju work is like trying to explain The Force with physics. It’s just magic, don’t worry about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Presumably people who bought NFTs. If you’re going to trick yourself into thinking your dumb, AI-generated piece of shitty “art” was a worthwhile investment, you might as well enjoy the perks of being in such an exclusive, stupid club.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  In my experience, ad personalization is still so bad it has no impact, like in your last example. But at least now I’m not seeing random shit. I don’t really bother to try and counter targeted ads, but the vast majority of the ads I get are for products I actually already bought or never intended to buy but was researching for other purposes. Yes, Google, knows I spent a lot of time researching drills, but guess what, Home Depot isn’t telling them I bought a drill, so I’ll get drill ads for a month. And yeah, I looked at a bunch of luxury sail yachts, private jets, and cars, but it’s not because I suddenly make more money. It’s because I’m interested in design and engineering. But Google just stupidly assumes I became a billionaire overnight and gives me 100’ yacht ads.

  I’d honestly be more worried about a random ad getting lucky and pre-emptively catching my interest. Targeted ads are so reactive it’s not a problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit’s blockchain-based “Community Points” rewards crash after sunsetting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly! And it’s not like crossover content doesn’t happen between publishers already without blockchain. Look at Fortnite. All it takes is a promo code.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit’s blockchain-based “Community Points” rewards crash after sunsetting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The belief amongst some is that reddit basically did a rug pull. People could and would buy these crypto points with real money, so reddit likely made money. Odds are it just was not successful outside of niche subreddits, hence:

  Its newer Contributor Program, which rewards users with actual money from the Reddit gold and karma they accrue, is one such example. “Part of why we’re moving past this product is that we’ve already launched, or are actively investing in, several products that accomplish what the Community Points program was trying to accomplish, while being easier to adopt and understand,” Reddit’s director of consumer and product communications, Tim Rathschmidt, told TechCrunch.

  Crypto also hopefully seems to be on the decline, and it’s possible Reddit did not want to appear to be behind the times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ebay Could Owe $1.9 Billion in Fines for Allowing Sale of 343,000 Emissions Defeat Devices⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  And where these are most popular, the police would choose not to do anything anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bye biiiittttchhhh⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There are absolutely incentives - tax credits and rebates - for buying electric bikes in some areas. My state is offering $500 off any ebike purchase.

  The auto industry is not being subsidized by consumer incentives. The auto industry is being subsidized by tax credits whenever they build a new facility, which is still arguably dumb. Consumer incentives are designed to get the average citizen to buy an EV over an ICE vehicle. The consumer is gonna buy a car anyway - someone in the market for a car isn’t going to buy a bike, even an ebike, based off of price. They’re buying a mode of transportation based off of lifestyle. Many simply can’t commute to work via bike or public transportation, and if a credit gets them to buy an EV over an ICE vehicle, this is a net benefit.

  The solution to public transportation is not to attempt to disincentivize or punish car drivers, then build mass transit. Gotta build the mass transit first. The financial incentives for people taking mass transit are the fact that the most expensive mass transit in the US costs ~$1,500/year. The cost of owning an operating the average car in the US is ~$10,700/year. Yes, build more mass transit to free us from being slaved to expensive automobiles! But until then, preventing incentives for greener vehicles that would be purchased by those who have no choice is just shooting yourself in the foot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everything to keep disguise⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I wanna know if they all applied those sentiments to all pets.

  There isn’t a single domesticated animal that isn’t “gross” and has to be cleaned up after constantly. Dogs will shit on the floor when you don’t let them outside to shit in nature, but a cat doing what it’s supposed to do will shit in a box you have to empty regularly and shreds your furniture for fun. At least dogs only lick their balls, cats have the flexibility to straight up lick their assholes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon Prime Video is able to remove a video from your library after purchase.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I just bought a big ass TV, and I’ve just started buying discs for movies I truly want to own for a few reasons.

  1. You own it, period.

  2. Even if you trust Amazon, do you trust your ISP to stream 4K reliably on demand? I don’t. Fuck Comcast.

  3. A physical collection just kind of looks nice, especially if you fork out for Steelbooks and only buy your favorites. Steelbooks on eBay are like ~$30.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactors⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what happens when you don’t teach your kids the Laws of Thermodynamics in school…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactors⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the joke. The Wachowskis both ended up being trans sometime after they made The Matrix.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactors⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Why are you saying this as if the AI would have control over the reactor.

  It’s unlikely they’d even be in the same building, or even the same campus. We have these crazy things called “wires” that let us transmit a lot of power over distances, so your small nuclear reactor can be remote, safe and secure and your AI lab can just be on your main campus.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactors⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a funny name for a toilet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Smartphone sales down 22 percent in Q2, the worst performance in a decade⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Since the Pixel 1 I’ve been buying a new phone every four years. Honestly I prefer it that way. Saves money and the upgrades feel more meaningful. As long as the battery is good, you still get security updates, and the hardware is intact, what is the reason to upgrade beyond being told to consume?

  Looking forward to the Pixel 8 next month, since my 4 is actually starting to show it’s age.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Smartphone sales down 22 percent in Q2, the worst performance in a decade⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, but even rich people don’t buy more than two phones, if they have one for personal and one for business.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tinder Launches $499 USD-Per-Month "Tinder Select" Membership⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Lots of states have casinos, this country loves to gamble. My understanding though is the brothels are highly limited in Nevada. Like, they are severely limited to where they can operate. There’s not actually any in Las Vegas, for instance.

  It’s hardly the model we should be copying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgrades⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, the thing with phones is they’re used every single day, and see a lot more wear and tear than say, a Kindle or a laptop. Not everyone wants to fork out for an OtterBox or some other ultra tanky case.

  I try and go four years between updates, but for my Pixel 4 that meant a warranty replacement on year two due to a charging defect, and buying another used Pixel 4 off a coworker three months ago when mine got water damaged. The replacement just shuts itself off randomly multiple times a day, and that’s fine for a couple months but I’m really looking forward to upgrading to the Pixel 8.

  We probably shouldn’t treat phones like leading cars, upgrading every year because something shiny and new came out, but upgrading regularly just due to wear and tear makes a lot of sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tinder Launches $499 USD-Per-Month "Tinder Select" Membership⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  In most countries it still is and basically always was illegal. I wouldn’t hold your breath for the US any time soon, since half the states still can’t get their shit together to legalize a harmless plant, and the puritanical pushback from the federal level if a state attempted to legalize prostitution, especially with a conservative administration, would probably be swift and immediate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tinder Launches $499 USD-Per-Month "Tinder Select" Membership⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Because in 2016 it was a huge deal when they introduced a $5 monthly subscription for a few perks.

  Now a $500 subscription triggers about the same level of response because we’ve all been worn down by subscription fatigue so much, so no one is really surprised, but we feel like we should still be really indignant and mad about this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tinder Launches $499 USD-Per-Month "Tinder Select" Membership⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m kind of surprised that not a single state has yet.

  Like the states that legalized weed have made a bonkers amount of tax money while the others continue to lose out to other states or the black market. And oh look, suddenly way less drug crime.

  Legalize it, regulate it, then tax it. The Netherlands figured it out. Kind of surprised Nevada hasn’t taken their shot. A state could legalize it and watch their tourist and tax revenues skyrocket while likely lowering human trafficking to boot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Escalating scandal grips airlines including American and Southwest, as nearly 100 planes find fake parts from company with fake employees that vanished overnight⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Earlier this year a bunch of people got stuck on a 4 hour Amtrak ride for like 18+ hours, without power, toilets or water. Were told they couldn’t leave and not allowed/able to transfer to another train.

  I’d rather just die in an incredibly rare plane crash than trust AmTrak to get me across the country in days versus a flight which can get me there in hours.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Escalating scandal grips airlines including American and Southwest, as nearly 100 planes find fake parts from company with fake employees that vanished overnight⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Glad I fly Delta, even with the typically higher cost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla review of 25 car brands finds they're "a privacy nightmare"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Best way to sell a browser and software services built on privacy is to do a lot of consumer reports emphasizing the value of privacy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla review of 25 car brands finds they're "a privacy nightmare"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on the OEM, but generally late-2010s is when it became more ubiquitous.

  Any car with an infotainment system is probably a “risk,” but especially '20s cars with features tied to apps are the real vulnerability here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Her wiki page is probably better credentials, but honestly anyone who’s been in this hobby more than a few years should know of her reputation. She helped design the CR-30 if nothing else.

  I’m hoping it’s just people knew to the hobby and not her being silenced taking a toll on her presence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tipping 'nudges' are now popping up on DoorDash. If you don't leave a gratuity, you'll hear about it.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why restaurants seal their to-go bags now.

  Haven’t had a thing go missing since the pandemic, when that practice became common place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finished building the MK4 kit and placed it in the enclosure, first few prints have been great.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you know how it compare to the MK3S+?

  I have one and want another Prusa, and not sure if the upgrades are worth it, or if it’s better to just get another 3S+ just for the parity and simplicity. Plus 3S+'s are cheaper now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s going good so far 🤞🤞⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The gatekeeping is especially ironic because they didn’t use this meme template properly, lol. You know, like a “normie”.