jivemasta

@jivemasta@reddthat.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft now pops up a poll asking why you'd want to use another browser when you download Chrome⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  My problem with all of it is, they’ve built that shit into the browser. That means baked into the browser, it is watching what I’m doing and doing things on its own based on what I do.

  It leaves the door open for them to bother me/phone home anytime I do something that isn’t in their interests. Are they going to add in similar things for me looking for windows, office, GitHub, or Xbox alternatives?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fahrenheit vs. Celsius vs. Kelvin⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Fahrenheit makes sense for humans. Most of your day to day climates are in the 0 to 100 scale, and every 10 degrees is a noticeable level change.

  • 100 super hot day, approaching unsafe without counter measures
  • 90 really hot day, slightly annoying and should take precautions
  • 80, hot day, more annoying than anything
  • 70, beautiful day, enjoy it
  • 60 not to bad, if it’s windy you could be slightly on the cold side
  • 50 long sleeves or maybe a hoodie
  • 40 definitely a jacket, and hat
  • 30 full on coat, scarfe, and hat
  • 20 multiple layers of out for a while, maybe double pants
  • 10 annoyingly cold, need to start thinking about the safety precautions
  • 0 and below, temperature now measured in hold long you can be outside before danger

  Celsius makes sense for science stuff because it’s derived from science stuff, so things like calories and energy work with it. But it doesn’t really apply to everyday life as well. So it actually makes sense to use both units for the things the are good at.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bye biiiittttchhhh⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You want to know how I know this isn’t true?

  Because if it were, the big car makers would be rushing the hell out of pushing for killing off ICE cars and switching to 100% EVs like yesterday.

  But yet most of them have put out a mediocre effort at best, offering maybe 2 models to attract the younger market. And even then, good luck actually getting one. You are on a wait list for at least a year, have to deal with dealerships that haven’t bothered to learn anything about them, and if they do miraculously have one on the lot, they’ve been using it as a loaner car, so it’s not even brand new. And while I was shopping around, I ran into multiple instances of the dealership taking the $7500 tax credit for themselves(because the tax credit is tied to the car, not to you buying it) and then having the gall to also mark up the sticker price, “due to high demand”.

  Then other brands have basically outright resisted making them, or will make them, but it seems like they are only doing it to say they are going green. They’ll make like 2000 of the the dopeyiest looking car they can and trickle them out, make no effort to advertise them or mass produce them in any meaningful way. Then claim, “the demand just isn’t there”.

  Like if what you said was true, we would be seeing things like dodge challengers, Ford mustangs(ones that actually look like a mustang, not just a crossover with a horse logo), dodge rams, Ford f150s(yes these exist, but they are trickleing them out, so good luck getting one), jeep Wranglers. Nobody is taking their tried and true cars and making them electric. Well VW is, but not in America with things like the golf and GTI lines.