Bob_Robertson_IX
@Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on Tesla's market cap sinks below $1 trillion as stock slumps more than 8% 5 days ago:
It’s almost as if the point isn’t to produce anything useful, but to move money from the tax payers to the ruling class.
- Comment on In January, billionaires amassed more wealth than the poorest third of humanity owns. 5 days ago:
It truly is a brilliant way to make bribes and under-the-table payments… just pump up a guy’s stock. You make him richer, and you could potentially get richer as well. And it’s legal.
- Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books 1 week ago:
Increasingly more often Amazon is the publisher.
- Comment on Mouse brain slices brought back to life after being frozen for a week 1 week ago:
Everyone is all impressed with the cryo part, and I’m more shocked that a sliced up brain can still function.
- Comment on Google Calendar removes Pride Month and Black History Month 2 weeks ago:
Next thing you know Facebook is going to get rid of Daughter’s Day!
- Comment on Leeds student jailed in Saudi Arabia for 34 years over tweets is released 2 weeks ago:
The headline makes it sound like she was sending tweets over 34 years ago.
- Comment on AI Will Save Dating Apps. Or Maybe Finally Kill Them 2 weeks ago:
Actually, this is something that should be an open source non-profit.
- Comment on Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt 3 weeks ago:
He’s just a toxic troll, check his comment history there’s nothing of value there. It’s real easy to block users on Lemmy, your online experience will be better off without him.
- Comment on ‘Forbidden Words’: Github Reveals How Software Engineers Are Purging Federal Databases 3 weeks ago:
No, I’m curious to know which words or phrases the last administration wasn’t allowing. My guess is that there isn’t such a list.
- Comment on ‘Forbidden Words’: Github Reveals How Software Engineers Are Purging Federal Databases 3 weeks ago:
Does anyone have a list of words that the new administration is now allowing that the previous administration had blocked?
- Comment on Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on ‘If 1.5m Germans have them there must be something in it’: how balcony solar is taking off 2 months ago:
At first I was wondering why only short Germans were putting solar panels on their balconies.
- Comment on 1 in 6 Congresswomen Targeted by AI-Generated Sexually Explicit Deepfakes 2 months ago:
1 in 6… that seems very close to the number of women in congress under the age of 45.
- Comment on Typing monkey would be unable to produce 'Hamlet' within the lifetime of the universe, study finds 3 months ago:
The whole study is trash. A chimpanzee is not a monkey.
- Comment on Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 3 months ago:
To everyone saying “this isn’t possible for Google to pay” really need to take a step back and realize that there’s always a way.
Given the amount of money we’re talking, it would only take a tiny fraction of that money for Google to deliver a series of small asteroids directly to Russia. Depending on the asteroid, and the conversion rates, Russia might consider the debt paid after a single delivery.
- Comment on Patient gamer philosophy 4 months ago:
I agree, this is why I consider myself a ‘patient gamer’… I don’t want to reward releasing half-done games, or trickling out DLC that should have been included in the original release.
I had to re-evaluate my stance on this when Baldur’s Gate 3 was released because I really wanted to play it, but was going to wait until it went on sale. Then the reviews starting coming in saying that it was a full game, no major issues, and no planned DLC. I immediately purchased it because **THAT **is the behavior I want to reward, and I’m very glad that I did.
- Comment on All Of Apple’s Foldable iPhone Prototypes Have Visible Creases, Which May Explain The Company’s Apprehension Towards A Launch 5 months ago:
I’m shocked that Apple didn’t just make the crease more obvious and consider it a design element and advertise it as something the consumer wants.
- Comment on oh shit 5 months ago:
HeShe should just leave. - Comment on Lebanon’s health minister says 8 killed, 2,750 wounded by exploding pagers 5 months ago:
Yes, it still stands… if Mossad is able to get to Hezbollah’s leadership that completely, I think they are likely more than capable of doing the same with Hamas’ leadership.
- Comment on Lebanon’s health minister says 8 killed, 2,750 wounded by exploding pagers 5 months ago:
Shit, you’re right… thanks, I’ve corrected it because my point still stands.
- Comment on Lebanon’s health minister says 8 killed, 2,750 wounded by exploding pagers 5 months ago:
This goes to show that Israel could have taken out Hezbollah leadership at any time… there was no need to raze Palestine other than to move people out so that Israelis can move in and rebuilt.
- Comment on Ford Patents In-Car System That Eavesdrops So It Can Play You Ads 5 months ago:
If they survive
And if they show the slightest sign that they might not survive then the US Gov will bail them out.
- Comment on Under Meredith Whittaker, Signal Is Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong 5 months ago:
Don’t forget, cross-platform!
- Comment on Ironing 8 months ago:
Did you even notice how many times you said ‘I’?
- Comment on ‘Duty to report’ child abuse laws will not apply to doctors, teachers or nurses 9 months ago:
This doesn’t stop doctors, nurses and teachers from reporting abuse, it just exempts them from the law that compels them to report abuse.
- Comment on [deleted] 10 months ago:
Venues have always sucked. Ticketmaster/LiveNation are trash corporations, but music venues have always been about doing things as cheaply as possible and providing the barest of minimal services.
While I do hate Ticketmaster with a passion, I have to admit that about 6 years ago I went to local venue that had been gobbled up by LiveNation and I was amazed at the transformations they had performed. Bathrooms had actual attendants, people whose job it was to keep the line moving. They would watch stalls and urinals and then tell the next person in line when one was free. Pavilion seating had wait service, so you didn’t actually have to get out of your seat to get an overpriced beer or food. The place was clean, fresh paint was on everything. I was at a concert at this venue last year and it still looked nice and these services hadn’t gone away.
I’m not saying that LiveNation should have the monopoly it has on live shows, but there has to be some kind of middle ground between keeping it fair, but also incentivizing venue owners to keep things looking nice and providing useful services.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch emulator suyu continues on from yuzu - first release is up 11 months ago:
Pronounced ‘Sue You’?
- Comment on Girl Scout troop disbands after parent chapter blocks Palestine fundraiser 11 months ago:
Except the Girl Scouts never said that they don’t participate in political activities, that was an editorialized line from the article author. Having dealt with the Girl Scouts a lot I have absolutely no doubt that they told the troop which rules they broke. In fact, it is drilled into EVERY leader of the Girl Scouts that this type of fund raising under the Girl Scouts banner is not allowed.
What we have in this article is one side of the story meant to push a narrative.
- Comment on Girl Scout troop disbands after parent chapter blocks Palestine fundraiser 11 months ago:
Except, for Ukraine the troops weren’t selling anything and weren’t sending money anywhere. They were doing a supply drive and sending supplies to Ukraine. The Girl Scouts have very explicit rules around fund raising, and those rules apply to all nonprofits that are classified the way the Girl Scouts are, and you are not allowed to sell things and send funds out. In fact, during leader training it is drilled into every leader that they cannot sell anything that isn’t an official product with prior approval - which is hardly ever given.
This troop could have collected supplies and sent those. The troop could have used their troop funds to buy supplies and send those. But they are not allowed to give money.
This isn’t about the Girl Scouts supporting one cause over the other, or shying away from a political or partisan activity, this is about a troop that broke the rules and then have tried to turn themselves into political martyrs.
- Comment on What Happens When Facebook Heats Your Home 1 year ago:
Can you elaborate on how creating heat in summer time helps save money on cooling your home?
