MadBigote
@MadBigote@lemmy.world
- Comment on Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’ 2 weeks ago:
We lived more than a decade of those decisions, when borrowing money was cheap, and VC was investing in startups selling juice machines.
- Comment on Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops 1 month ago:
Better yet: don’t use biometrics. My phone has face recognition for unlocking, but I better stick to a PIN/PASSWORD.
- Comment on Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure | Proton 2 months ago:
Are you me? Lol I feel the same about tuta, yet I such with them. I am waiting for my wife to care for her privacy and switch to a family bundle with tuta.
Got my own NAS and a Bit warden server for PW. I changed Mullvad over AirVPN once they stopped supporting port forwarding, though.
- Comment on The Google antitrust ruling could be an existential threat to the future of Firefox | Financials show 86% of Mozilla's revenue came from the agreement keeping Google as Firefox's default search engine 2 months ago:
Exchange rate is a bitch, but id chime in and do my part as well.
- Comment on Kami 4 months ago:
I find fun to learn Japanese. It’s the fourth language I study, and so far it’s been both different and intuitive, but I fear the moment where I need to go deeper into kanji, given the limitations you mention.
It’s also a slower process than learning any major language, as it took us a few weeks to get to review their letters. Its been fulfilling so far, but I don’t know how invested one can be once you reach a certain point of increased complexity.
- Comment on US to impose tariffs on Chinese EVs next week 5 months ago:
Cuz China is well known for subsidizing production (well the US kinda does it too for some productos anyway). I personally wouldn’t buy a Chinese vehicle out of security and quality concerns, regardless of it being Ev or not.
- Comment on US to impose tariffs on Chinese EVs next week 5 months ago:
What tech are you talking about? I’m talking about the grid not being able to serve everyone switching to EVs anytime soon. Also people don’t factor the batteries needing replacement after some years like any other appliance running on batteries, and those can be quite expensive to replace.
- Comment on US to impose tariffs on Chinese EVs next week 5 months ago:
Sure thing, but most people into EVs feel greener while driving EVs, and think that’s all they need to do. A state in Mexico bought electric busses for public transportation and results they charge them with diesel generators, so EVs are now just a gimmick of being environmentally friendly, it’s so dumb.
I’m all for changing from fossil fuels to renewable energy, but EVs are in no way a factor for the general public to adopt alternative energies. EVs replacing fossil fuel vehicles won’t happen as fast as needed for it to make a change in people’s minds that solar or nuclear are needed.
- Comment on US to impose tariffs on Chinese EVs next week 5 months ago:
The tech for EVs is not quite there yet. Most technologies/services star as a luxury ok this cases where the manufacturing costs are still too high. For example Uber, which started as a luxury service before being widespread with the shitty service they became.
That’s one of the reasons why I hope my country sets restrictions on these Chinese EVs, as there is not enough infrastructure in Mexico for EVs to even existe, and we can’t produce enough energy for them to be a viable solution for transportation. Heck, I’m even with Toyota and believe EVs are not a tech we should be investing in, and the world will not move to EVs as a widespread mode of transportation. i certainly hope so, because people buying EVs thinking they are the most green solution are not seeing the elephant in the room.
- Comment on US to impose tariffs on Chinese EVs next week 5 months ago:
Chinese vehicles suck. Here in mexico they’re all over the place, and their quality is questionable. MGs are a joke now. Good for the US to block these imports.
- Comment on Done, what's next? 6 months ago:
For a Peso my best bet is getting a chicle motita, if those still exist.
- Comment on Done, what's next? 6 months ago:
Get rid of the pets. Those 1300 buy my wife and I a week and a half worth of groceries. Feels good living near a Gran Bodega.
- Comment on YouTube stops recommending videos when signed out of Google 8 months ago:
Except the algorithm has been horrible for, like…, five years maybe?
- Comment on Microsoft sneaks ads into the new Outlook for Windows 9 months ago:
I saw an add just last week asking me to install Outlook on my phone. I use Outlook for work too, so I just dismissed it.
- Comment on Asking ChatGPT to Repeat Words ‘Forever’ Is Now a Terms of Service Violation 11 months ago:
You can go to your closest library and do the exact same thing: copy all books by hand, or whatever. Of you then use that information to make a product you sell, then you’re in trouble, as the books are still protected by copyright, even when they’re publicly available.
- Comment on [Louis Rossmann] Piracy is COMPLETELY justified: Louis tries NetFlix and remembers why 11 months ago:
There’s definitely people only looking for free content, but others like me pay a fair amount of money for the services needed to get going a Plex server, for example. I pay for a VPN to stream outside my network, I pay for JDownloader, a MediaFire account, a Plex subscription, etc…
It’s cheaper to just stick to Netflix and their horrible catalog and practices than to run my server the way I do, but it’s not just about the money.
- Comment on We No Longer Need a Big Carrier’s Wireless Plan. Discount Ones Are the Way. 11 months ago:
Isn’t that called a Cartel?
- Comment on Uber is testing a service that lets you hire drivers for chores 11 months ago:
Uber was cheaper because they were burning VC, like every other startup. Uber service declined A LOT soon after that. At least in my country Uber drivers vehicles are complete trash, almost falling apart because Uber cannot afford to limit themselves to drivers with mint vehicles anymore.
- Comment on Consumers are paying more than ever for streaming TV each month and analysts say there’s no reason for the companies to stop raising prices 1 year ago:
I’d say piracy is not even free, if some right. I mean, you may want to support JDownloader, MediaFire, Mega, your VPN, and whatnot.
I’m not into piracy (wink), but if I did, I’d pay my monthly Plex subscription, MediaFire account, and tip JDownloader monthly for their effort.
- Comment on The average car purchased in 2023 emits higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) than its 2013 equivalent. This is due to the large proportion of SUVs in the mix, which tend to be bigger and heavier. 1 year ago:
That has to be the case only in the US.
- Comment on ‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google 1 year ago:
I just learned last month about Kagi and I’m never going back to Google.
- Comment on Best Buy to end DVD & Blu-ray disc sales 1 year ago:
So, Grindr basically.
- Comment on Meta wants to charge EU users $14 a month if they don't agree to personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram 1 year ago:
I was one of the suckers that actually paid for Whatsapp back in 2014. Back then it was just a way to support the devs. They’ll never be able to charge for Whatsapp, with all these different free options like Telegram.
- Comment on Netflix is planning to raise prices… again 1 year ago:
Imagine if people set up a Plex/Jellyfin after visiting those sites to have their own streaming service setup. Pure madness!