Semi_Hemi_Demigod
@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world
I’m just this guy, you know. Except on Lemmy.
- Comment on Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking, and color-coding of employees 1 hour ago:
Folks, has corporate culture become a cancer on society?
Become?
- Comment on Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause 2 days ago:
I do the same with a bunch of content. It’s amazing how I’m able to run a streaming service from my basement that’s better than Disney or Amazon.
- Comment on China’s booming EV companies eye U.S. competitors they see as ‘not ready’ 2 days ago:
Just like in the 70s and 80s when the Big 3 couldn’t make a reliable small car and the Japanese drank their milkshake.
Plus ça change, n’est pas?
- Comment on AI Computing on Pace to Consume More Energy Than India, Arm Says 2 days ago:
So 72-TWh of energy spent on Ads, Surveillance, Subscriptions, and Ads.
Capitalism truly does end up with the most efficient distribution of resources
- Comment on Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption 3 days ago:
Interestingly, I lived in a small town of 3,000 people and up until the 1950s it had a trolley to the nearest small city, which then had trains that took you to the big city, and from there you could go anywhere.
But now the trolley sits in the town square as a monument, mocking everyone as they drive by.
- Comment on Stack Overflow and OpenAI Partner 3 days ago:
“ChatGPT, how do I use a Java SQL connector?”
“Duplicate question, closed”
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 4 days ago:
Half of the beef in America is eaten by just 12% of the population, mainly men between 50-65.
- Comment on "PSN isn't supported in my country. What do I do?" Arrowhead CEO: "I don't know" 4 days ago:
The most depressing thing I’ve seen related to this topic. A small team that worked incredibly hard were lucky enough to achieve the impossible, and now they watch without any control as it is taken from them, for no other reason than greed.
KSP’s original team must feel the same way
- Comment on "PSN isn't supported in my country. What do I do?" Arrowhead CEO: "I don't know" 4 days ago:
Take Two interactive is really lucky this happened right after they sacked the KSP2 team, otherwise people would be talking about that instead.
- Comment on Humans share the web equally with bots, report warns amid fears of ‘dead internet’ 4 days ago:
It’s a bit like Kessler Syndrome. The more bots on the net the more crap we have to filter through, until eventually we can’t use it because there’s too much crap.
- Comment on We can dream right 6 days ago:
Also: Starship Troopers is not just about killing bugs
- Comment on We can dream right 1 week ago:
Yeah, it’s not a-political like real sci fi like Star Trek
- Comment on If everyone had access to healthcare the net benefit of treating the mental illness and other disabilities holding them back would easily cover the cost of the healthcare itself. 1 week ago:
I bet the benefit of free school lunches would also pay for itself. And there’s been studies that show that funding early childhood education has a huge ROI.
But that’s not how things work here.
- Comment on Take-Two Interactive shuts down the Studios behind Kerbal Space Program and Rollerdrome 1 week ago:
The fact that they released a game with wobbly rockets and then charged $50 for it shows they didn’t know what the hell they were doing. It should have been free for early access with a simple way to report bugs. I’m not gonna pay that much to do QA work for them.
- Comment on Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads 1 week ago:
Those mining trucks don’t have to deal with Altimas.
- Comment on checkmate, big geology!! 1 week ago:
They did manage to use a modified battleship cannon to fire things into orbit. I think the main problem is not knowing how much explosive power you’ll get for a given eruption.
- Comment on Tesla Lays Off Employee Who Slept In Car To Work Longer Hours 1 week ago:
A good pinewood derby car has looks nothing like a Cybertruck. You want the weight in the back for maximum potential energy
- Comment on 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok 1 week ago:
I think it has a lot more to do with social media than smart phones. I remember kids being bullied through tombstone messages on Oregon Trail floppies.
- Comment on Tomorrow 1 week ago:
- Comment on Geography is neat 1 week ago:
It would be awesome if it was a big monument to peace and cooperation
- Comment on 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok 1 week ago:
People have been claiming that new media will destroy society at least since we invented writing, and probably before.
- Comment on ByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the US 1 week ago:
14 year olds aren’t the only people who use Tik Tok
- Comment on ByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the US 1 week ago:
If the Chinese government is behind this, it’s a great play. Having Joe Biden be “the guy who banned tik tok” would severely undermine his election chances.
- Comment on Biden expected to sign the TikTok ban on Wed. 2 weeks ago:
Totally agree. Which is why I truly despise nation-states and the people who make me pretend to believe in them.
- Comment on Biden expected to sign the TikTok ban on Wed. 2 weeks ago:
My local dispensary had “write your congressman to support legal weed.” Is that a threat? Or is it just encouraging people who use your app to participate in politics? It’s not like they’re encouraging their users to march on Washington or commit violence. They’re just telling folks to do what every civics teacher has told them: Write your congressman about things you care about.
If Congress takes that as a threat that says a lot more about Congress than it does about Tik Tok.
There’s a reason western apps are banned in China. Why should a Chinese company not expect action in the west?
I thought that reason was because we post about events that didn’t happen and countries that don’t exist, not that it was a threat to China’s government. We didn’t ban apps here because we’re the free good guys, and their the authoritarians.
But I guess both countries are dickweeds now. So it goes…
- Comment on FCC restores net neutrality rules that ban blocking and throttling in 3-2 vote 2 weeks ago:
Obligatory “Fuck Ajit Pai”
- Comment on Biden expected to sign the TikTok ban on Wed. 2 weeks ago:
Except Facebook and Twitter are being used to attack the US and spread disinformation and the government isn’t doing anything.
But I guess that’s what I should expect from a government that cares more about national security than the privacy of its citizens.
- Comment on Biden expected to sign the TikTok ban on Wed. 2 weeks ago:
They largely don’t write the legislation. Lobby groups draft the materials and if we’re lucky, the congressional aides make a pass and clean things up.
Yes but they should at least be able to explain why they voted a certain way on that legislation, right?
I agree that social media is dangerous for all the reasons mentioned, but I don’t see why Zuckerberg and Musk still get to do all those things.
- Comment on Biden expected to sign the TikTok ban on Wed. 2 weeks ago:
Why assume they know what they’re talking about for every single topic?
Because I would hope they know what they’re talking about when they write the legislation. Or at least can explain their reasoning for voting a certain way. Especially when nobody has made the case that TikTok is any less dangerous than Facebook or Twitter.
- Comment on Biden expected to sign the TikTok ban on Wed. 2 weeks ago:
So they can’t talk to people about it because they’re not technical experts, but they also have the authority to make decisions despite not being experts.