abigscaryhobo

@abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta has suspended several Threads and Instagram accounts that track the private jets of celebrities such as Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian, and Donald Trump⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They don’t care to do anything about those

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kroger’s plans to roll out facial recognition at its grocery stores is attracting criticism from lawmakers, who warn it could lead to surge pricing and put customers’ personal data at risk⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah that explains it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kroger’s plans to roll out facial recognition at its grocery stores is attracting criticism from lawmakers, who warn it could lead to surge pricing and put customers’ personal data at risk⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t there a whole big deal about Fred Meyer merging with them and some anti monopoly bs going on?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kroger’s plans to roll out facial recognition at its grocery stores is attracting criticism from lawmakers, who warn it could lead to surge pricing and put customers’ personal data at risk⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah see it’s not surge pricing! We actually lower prices whentheresnobodyintheaisle so that the discounts are passed on to you! Also we lost the lowered price in the ads and apps so when you come in you can be surprised by power of our tech! and the updated price

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon's Monopoly of the tech industry is ruining the US economy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to mention a lot of eggs in one basket. They’ve built in a lot more redundancies now yeah, but all it takes is a hit to AWS and a shitload of the internet is just DOA. Yeah you can argue about protections and data centers or whatever, but still. It’s one big nest in control of one company, no matter how well they guard it, it’s still a risk, technical, ethical, or whatever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EE warns parents against giving children under 11 a smartphone⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The thing I tell people is that as a parent, you are going to put maybe a few hours into blocking them from getting to stuff. They are then going to spend as much time as they want trying to get through it. You can dig through concrete with a spoon if you’re patient enough.

  Educate them, and give them access when they’re responsible enough

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peloton announces $95 “used equipment activation fee”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean it was already overpriced for what it was, and it was only really good/popular during covid. A lot of people now will either go to the gym for classes or just get a bike without a $12-$49 monthly fee. I just can’t wait to see how long until they lock the wheels without a subscription

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Home maintenance⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In universe I want to guess they added pressure to the back side of the system to balance out the water vs air pressure since it’s part of the training system. That said, it was probably just movie magic bs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Leaker shares mounting Nintendo Switch Mini or Switch Pocket evidence, offers up release date and price predictions⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A smaller switch would be a terrible idea. They’re already pushing so hard to have mainstream games on the console, and those games have UI elements that can only get so small before they’re useless. You’d have to develop your UI around being used on these tiny screens, which either takes extra work or leaves big screen users screwed.

  A smaller screen switch would basically be relegated to phone games, and all other games would lose a lot of detail to size

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Literally the reason I started regularly using Firefox

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #2841: Sign Combo⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You are completely correct. The “happy path” or what to do if everything goes right is fairly straightforward for autonomous cars. It’s when it gets into exceptions or unexpected scenarios like this that it becomes a problem. It’s a car so you can’t just stop it in the middle of the road, but you cant tell it to ignore road signs either

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Common loot⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Linen cloth, time to start making bandages again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I prefer “affective managers” as in “that managers attitude has affected employees desire to work here”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some alternatives to bars that stay open late for folks that don't drink alcohol?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  In my experience it depends on the bar. I have a local that I like that is very laid back and relaxed bar scene, you still get some rowdy groups, but it’s not like fighting for the bartenders attention or blasting music. Perfectly easy to go in alone or with friends, sit down and shoot the shit for a few hours. Doesn’t really matter what’s in your glass.