swordgeek
@swordgeek@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Not to mom shame... 1 week ago:
Honestly, the first thing that came to mind when I saw the picture was that her son made her a crown, and she was proudly rockin’ it.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 1 month ago:
For me, it’s this subset of vegans:
Me: want a burger? V: No thanks, I’m vegan. Me: Oh, cool. Well there’s egg and cheese in the salad dressing so you’ll want to avoid that too, but I have some black bean patties in the freezer if you want. V: Do you know how bad meat is for your body? Me: Yeah I actually do, but we all make our own decisions about self-harm, don’t we? V: Factory farms are cruel and sadistic! Me: Agreed. That’s why I buy from a local butcher. V: RAISING MEAT IS DESTROYING THE PLANET! Me: Corporations are destroying the planet. Now fuck off and let me enjoy my burger in peace.
- Comment on Over 100 far-right militias are coordinating on Facebook 1 month ago:
Only if FB wants there to be.
(And they don’t. They’ve actively courted extremists since leaving campus.)
- Comment on After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat 1 month ago:
Every one of my IT colleagues over about 35 is an absolute luddite. No IoT, no smart appliances, and a hardened firewall for everything that needs access. Location tracking and biometrics disabled on our phones, no cloud services, etc.
- Comment on After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat 1 month ago:
My thermostat is original to our 1941 house, and has survived a fire. My mom just sold her 1989 house with a digital programmable thermostat - also original to the house -that functions perfectly.
No part of a house should wear out and break after 16 years, except MAYBE carpeting. Building things like shit is no excuse for things being shitty, it’s an indictment against it!
- Comment on Fisker now expects to go bankrupt within 30 days 2 months ago:
Fisker said it hired a Chief Restructuring Officer in the hopes of staving off bankruptcy.
Ah yes. No better way to reduce costs than hiring another C*O.
- Comment on Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data 3 months ago:
This is fucking garbage.
When a company gets caught with their hand in the cook jar, it’s not a punishment to put one of the cookies back.
Fines should be ten TIMES what the company made from their misbehaviour, not ten percent.
- Comment on Painful day for tech titans as EU finally sinks its regulatory teeth into them 3 months ago:
This isn’t a ‘painful day for tech titans.’
Corporations don’t feel pain. C*Os insulate themselves from it. They’re getting steadily richer, probably making more money than you’ll ever see in your life.
This is a good day for tech comsumers. That should have been the headline.