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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Campaign to Unionize Amazon Gains Momentum⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe Amazon will develop a system where Ring/Alexa will let the drivers into your house to use your bathroom, in exchange for showing fewer ads on Prime Video.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon will “ramp up” Prime Video ads in 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I paid for the ad free add-on while Rings of Power is on but after that I’ll just cancel Prime completely until there’s another show I want to watch, so they’re overall losing money from me with this decision.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The reason we don’t see exploding battery attacks more often is not because it’s technically hard, it’s because the erosion of public trust in everyday things isn’t worth it.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll never look at my phone the same way again

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The mark⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probability of a freckle on any limb is going to increase with age. I’m 4/4, maybe 8/8 if you count both sides of each limb. So yeah, pretty good chance that others born before 1990 are going to have a freckle there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wells Fargo employee found dead in cubicle 4 days after she clocked in: ‘She was just lying on her desk’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The “four days” part seems sensationalized… sounds like she clocked in on Friday and was found late Monday. So it seems like at most she wasn’t missed for one business day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all desktop users worldwide | It is Firefox’s strongest privacy protection to date, confining cookies to the site where they were created⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was also wondering that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Suddenly it all makes sense.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It seems like he is just puffing out his chest to hide his belly. Probably because he knew he was on camera.

  Source: have beer belly

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe… but in the long term advertisers aren’t going to be willing to spend as much on a platform if they know that ads are easily blocked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get in the Hilux⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There doesn’t even need to be any kind of cap, they just need to pay more taxes and be prohibited from buying politicians.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla’s Share of U.S. Electric Car Market Falls Below 50%⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The charging team thing seems like pretty standard power trip behavior from an exec, not that it’s good… seems like the plan is to hire some of those people back and continue to invest in charging infrastructure.

  What seems really braindead to me is the Cybertruck… they could have made a normal mid-size pickup and been absolutely killing it right now. I probably would have already bought one despite my opinion of Musk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A new Resident Evil is in the works⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I liked the remakes of 2 and 3, and 4.

  5 and 6 were fun to play co-op. I generally prefer third person games, which is why I haven’t played 7.

  5 was over the top, and I like how in 6, there was a marked difference between playing as Ada, Leon vs the more action heavy Chris playthrough.

  They could do another game like 6 but go harder with that concept of picking your play style.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure I’d want to be swapping my battery out like a propane tank. Not everyone would follow charging recommendations, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google layoffs: Sundar Pichai-led company fires entire Python team for ‘cheaper labour’⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe they will save money because they don’t have to offer healthcare?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla’s in its flop era⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a good point, I’m more inclined to support a unionized company. Still… my understanding is that GM and Ford (and others) all circumvent unionization by manufacturing (to some extent) in Mexico. I guess it depends on the individual car. I’m supportive of Federal and State EV incentives that prioritize made in the US, unionized manufacturing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla’s in its flop era⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, this is my dilemma. I have heard positive things about Ford and GM in regards to them making it easier to skip the dealership, do that at least addresses the convenience factor. Another factor in wanting to avoid the dealership is that I don’t trust their business model where they sell you a car that they want you to bring in regularly for maintenance. I’d rather buy from a company that doesn’t see vehicle service as a revenue opportunity. Does that apply to Tesla? I’m not sure, but I know that’s how the traditional dealership model works so it’s hard to trust those companies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla’s in its flop era⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Replies to a thread with lots of well-thought out comments with some BS and doesn’t even elaborate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla’s in its flop era⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You seem to be missing the point. Show me a car company that’s not screwing over the consumers and the workforce, and I’ll buy from them. Not every consumer has the luxury of maximizing altruism with their car purchase. At least those supposedly untrained employees are US citizens getting paid a US wage. Do you honestly think that things are better at the Mexican plants?

  Maybe Honda and Toyota or Subaru? But they’ve been too busy sucking off the oil industry with their hydrogen push, and now their EV offerings can’t compete.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla’s in its flop era⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cars and car companies suck. If I could lug all my sports shit around in an e-bike I would.

  I imagine the conditions aren’t great at all these “American” car plants which are conveniently located in Mexico for maximum abuse of labor.

  I’m not saying your wrong, there just needs to be alternatives in order for consumers to vote with their wallet on these issues.

  For something like a car which is not optional for me, it’s either an ICE from a scummy car dealer with a scummy company behind them that uses questionable labor practices, or an EV from a scummy car dealer with a scummy company behind them that uses questionable labor practices, or an EV from a company with a scummy CEO that uses questionable labor practices. At least with a Tesla you can cut out some of the scumbags? I’d be interested in Rivian too if I could afford one but they start at 70k.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla’s in its flop era⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It seems like it would be a good move to have him step down.

  I’m not sure they will though, I think the board is probably still stuck in the mindset that their company is valued highly because of Musk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla’s in its flop era⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This probably is true for some people, which is why I hope he steps down.

  Me, I’m waiting for the prices to come down (more than the recent price cuts) on the Model 3, or for a more affordable AWD EV with similar range becomes available.

  I order online from Amazon and Walmart too, it doesn’t mean I agree with their CEOs, board, or business practices. The shit those companies get away with is arguably worse than Musk’s right wing BS on X, with union busting and employees depending on benefits to survive.

  If you’re able to make a statement and buy something else, great! I support that. My requirements for a vehicle are: full EV, AWD, 300+ mile range, final cost under 40k. The access to supercharging also seems nearly essential, but I’m willing to explore my options if they meet the other requirements. I also never want to buy from a scumbag car dealer again. That really doesn’t leave me any other options that I’m aware of.

  If not, I guess I could stick it to Elon and just buy another ICE vehicle…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Picked up Talos Principle 1 and 2 for 20$. Really enjoying the first one so far. It’s like Portal but more serious, makes you feel really clever, lots of “outside the box” thinking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t seen an AWD EV more affordable than the M3 yet, and the last I checked the nearest supercharging station is only for Teslas.

  For me NOT buying from a scummy car dealership is also part of my criteria.

  So it looks like it’s basically a choice between Tesla and Rivian for me and there’s a big price difference.

  Would be interested to check out some other options though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finance guru Dave Ramsey slams 'awful' Gen Zers and millennials who live with their parents: 'They suck. They can't buy a house because they don't work'⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Although it does feel like rage bait and they’re making money off the clicks/engagement…

  If it’s true that they are

  • reporting something that he said
  • didn’t take him out of context
  • adding additional context
  • didn’t explicitly tell the reader one opinion or another

  that would be good journalism right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Boeing: Last Week Tonight⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One of the defining characteristics of Southwest is that they ONLY fly 737s (Boeing). That and their focus on domestic flights helps them offer good rates and low/non-existent fees. I guess their maintenance only has to focus on one plane. However, it seems like they got caught up in Boeing’s “737 MAX is the same plane” scam because they fly some of those too and I believe it affected their stock.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Venus by Tuesday⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If those people could read they’d be very upset.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google lays off “hundreds” more as ad division switches to AI-powered sales⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Eventually there will not be enough human workers creating training data for LLMS to hallucinate with, and they will just be training each other with more and more incorrect bullshit.

  I do find GitHub CoPilot helpful to save typing, but last night it took me longer to track down the mistakes it made than if I had just did a combination of copy/paste + regex.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamecube is the most underrated console while it was in circulation.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Spent so many hours on Smash, Wind Waker, Pikmin, Twilight Princess, RE4 (originally GC exclusive).

  Also have that Zelda OOT promo with Master Quest on one disc, as well as the one with various Zelda games on one disc including MM.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The four houses dads belong to.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  20v to house DeWalt!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Electric School Buses More Than Doubled In USA From March 2022 To June 2023⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve tried out both a battery-powered weed wacker and a battery powered lawnmower and had to get rid of both. As much as I wanted them to succeed, they were both just seriously under-powered and needed multiple batteries to complete the job.

  Probably will take another look at them when my current gas models need to be replaced maybe in 5+ years, hopefully they’ve gotten better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla again threatens to sue Cybertruck buyers who try to resell the cars⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m curious what you’ve looked at? In New England and as a snowboarder, AWD and high range are both requirements and I’m not seeing anything cheaper than the Model 3 unfortunately.