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- Comment on try fingers but hole 6 days ago:
I think it’s because it helps them manipulate objects, just like fingers on a hand.
- Comment on Caption this. 1 week ago:
Step 3. Ensure you don’t leave any evidence as you tie the body.
- Comment on Which side are you on? 1 week ago:
I don’t understand why we teach that to children, just to turn around and tell them not to do it a few years later.
- Comment on Choose your Fighter 2 weeks ago:
I see you have a bit of spitfire left over. Please sit in this cubicle over here and adult for just a little while longer.
- Comment on Online Content Is Disappearing 1 month ago:
I’ve heard the early Internet age referred to as the future dark ages. When all the work, information and content is digitized, it’s prone to being lost to history forever.
- Comment on Elon Musk laid off the Tesla Supercharger team; now he’s rehiring them 1 month ago:
Wrong button, oops. Lol #420
- Comment on Helium-3: Mining the fuel of the future on the Moon 1 month ago:
Starting an international corporate race to carve up the moon seems like a good choice.
- Comment on Am I supposed to ask stupid questions here, or *not* ask stupid questions? 1 month ago:
Yes but… the word stupid is not in the sidebar (other than the community name). I did check first! :)
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- Comment on Why is currency so essential? 1 month ago:
The first question has been answered already a few different ways. As to the sub-question:
Why do we focus solely on this one aspect of life?
It’s because we as a society lost track of other aspects of life, e.g. relationships for the sake of relationships- which if we question our basic humanity, we also need. Instead we focus on materialistic requirements, both for basic survival but also for status, security, and comfort. I would argue that second aspect (status) is an indirect (and inefficient/ineffective) means to accomplish the forgotten parts of life (relationships).
- Comment on Why is currency so essential? 1 month ago:
We can think of it as a universal language for trading. It doesn’t matter what item you eventually want, you can trade money to get it.
- Comment on Biden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVs 1 month ago:
We subsidize exports? Show me.
- Comment on Biden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVs 1 month ago:
To that end, this means we would need to lower standards, use some forced labor, and increase taxes to increase subsidies in order to compete.
Republicans would shoot down the subsidies.
- Comment on Biden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVs 1 month ago:
Then China shouldn’t subsidize its manufacturers’ exports while increasing the burden for foreign companies to compete internally. If anyone thinks China cornering the global EV market is a good long term plan, they are naive.
- Comment on Elon Musk’s Neuralink reports trouble with first human brain chip 1 month ago:
The blog is obviously targeted towards advertisers. The future looks amazing and full of possibilities. Just think about how your 8 hours of sleep alone could be turned into product placement opportunities for nestle.
- Comment on The Man Who Destroyed Google Search 1 month ago:
Probably worth the longer read, but in on my way out the door and I know I’ll forget later… I had one of the robots gen up a tldr.
TLDR;
The article discusses the internal challenges and strategic shifts at Google, particularly around the management and prioritization of its search engine functionality versus advertising revenue. It starts with a “code yellow” alert raised due to declining search revenue, a term derived humorously from the color of a tank top worn by a former VP. This crisis led to a focus shift towards maximizing revenue, often at the expense of user experience and search quality.
Ben Gomes, a foundational figure in Google Search, and others expressed concerns about the increasing influence of advertising demands over search integrity. This tension resulted in significant leadership changes, with Prabhakar Raghavan taking over as the head of Google Search. The narrative suggests that Raghavan, who had a controversial tenure at Yahoo, brought a similar growth-focused approach to Google, prioritizing revenue over product quality. This shift is portrayed as part of a broader problem in tech, where managerial focus on growth and profits undermines the quality and utility of technology products.
The author uses these events at Google as a microcosm of larger issues in Silicon Valley, critiquing the pervasive “Rot Economy” mindset that prioritizes financial metrics over genuine innovation and user satisfaction. The story serves as a cautionary tale about the consequences of allowing revenue-driven management to dictate the direction of tech companies, potentially leading to a decline in product quality and innovation.
- Comment on How do passkeys work across devices? 1 month ago:
How do you sign in on a device where you’re not allowed to install third party software?
You don’t. Passkeys are very ecosystem-centric right now. If you are in have apple, google, or Microsoft, they will all allow you to nice your passkeys around to different systems using the same basic mechanism they used for password keeping. Moving across systems is absolutely broken- or rather- has never worked.
I think there are mechanisms to allow passkeys to work via Bluetooth or even via camera, as an external authenticator essentially, but I’ve never personally tried them.
- Comment on Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production 1 month ago:
50,000 cycles
Wow, a lifetime of 137 years at one cycle per day.
- Comment on It's a trap! 1 month ago:
Math checks out.
- Comment on Extremist Militias Are Coordinating in More Than 100 Facebook Groups 1 month ago:
Paywall
- Comment on epidemiology 1 month ago:
I’ve felt this would be similar for generation ships. If our civilizations get met up again, everyone would probably die.
- Comment on A photography depicting the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza - 2565 BCE. 2 months ago:
What’s going on in the bottom left corner there? O.o
- Comment on Construction to Soon Begin on Biggest US Offshore Wind Farm 2 months ago:
72 “necessary” cookies to read an article.
- Comment on EU adopts rules requiring solar installations and zero emissions in buildings 2 months ago:
I too would appreciate zero emissions in buildings.
- Comment on Researchers unlock fiber optic connection 1.2 million times faster than broadband 2 months ago:
Note they did not say 1.2 million times faster than fiber. Instead they compared it to the broadband definition; an obvious choice of clickbait terminology.
- Comment on I bought frozen BBQ eel and the best before date says LJ349. What does this mean? 2 months ago:
This site says to use it in 1-2 months: rivieraseafoodclub.com/…/unagi-freshwater-eel
As many have said, the numerical digits probably refer to a Julian calendar date. Also to consider, some products list the pack date rather than the expiration date. So it’s possible these were packed in December and are already “expired”.
- Comment on I bought frozen BBQ eel and the best before date says LJ349. What does this mean? 2 months ago:
OP was pretty clear on not actually knowing.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Does giving to a panhandler help them or are you just enabling their lifestyle
I think this is s generalization and a direct answer isn’t possible.
- Comment on If hot air rises, why is it colder at the top of a mountain? 2 months ago:
Obviously as you go north you go up.
- Comment on What would happen if all of humanity don't need to work any more ? 3 months ago:
That movie is called Logan’s Run.