Th4tGuyII

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It will trickle down any second now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but its profits (for 2025 at least) are <1/100th of that - so that valuation is bound to collapse very quickly...

  And of course it'll end up being the regular people who get screwed when that rug pulls.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An Apple fan says they lost '20 years of digital life' after using an Apple gift card⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean it doesn't say directly that he didn't have a backup, but its heavily implied that he either didn't have one, or that it was stored in the same place as the original copies - which is about as good as not having one.

  This apparently happened with “no explanation and no recourse,” putting “terabytes of family photos” and their entire message history out of reach, as well as preventing the ability to sync work across devices.

  If he had a copy elsewhere, why would he be worried about losing access to terabytes of family photos?

  Also, the end of the article discusses not storing all your data in one place...

  If you store your photos and files in a single place, it’s a good idea to back them up to multiple locations to protect against something going wrong. But with how integrated devices are these days, it’s hard to avoid having all your apps, purchases and media within a single ecosystem. In cases like that, there’s not a lot you can do.

  ... so I don't think its wrong to make the logical leap that the guy wasn't following the 3-2-1 rule.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An Apple fan says they lost '20 years of digital life' after using an Apple gift card⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone always learns the hard way, just the same as I did - one copy is usually as good as no copies at all.

  For data you can't afford to lose, the 3-2-1 rule is king. Original, cold local, and remote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It will trickle down any second now⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, its ironic. The richest man in the world doesn't have a single* truly profit-making venture under him.

  How the bubble around him hasn't burst yet I don't know, but it would certainly be a feast for sore eyes.

  *Edit: Forgot about SpaceX, which actually has made itself a decent chunk of money - about $15.5 billion in 2025 - but I doubt that alone is capable of propping up his nearly $500 billion personal valuation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨French far right wants to reopen brothels and put sex workers in charge⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like the sort of thing they'll propose and put to a vote...

  Only to all vote no on it, then gaslight their audience that they defeated yet another left-wing agenda

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Patients clogging up A&E with hiccups, sore throats and niggles⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  While it certainly seems like a bunch of idiots taking the piss - the reality is that our GP system is in utter shambles, and has essentially forced people into using A&E as an intermediate.

  Think about it. Besides pensioners and SAHPs, who actually has the time to sit by the phone at 8am in the morning and call the split second the GP opens for just a chance of seeing them that day at a time that is most likely going to be during your work day - meaning you'll need to get permission just to go!

  Oh, and almost no GP has an option to book appointments in advance, and those that do often have them weeks in advance.

  So what exactly are you supposed to do??
  Fight on the phone every day, possibly for multiple days on end, or wait so long for an advance booking appointment that you may very well end up needing to go to A&E anyways!

  The only other option that has recently opened up is going to your pharmacist, but they're already busy enough as is, and will likely end up buggered the same way if we don't fix our GP system first.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  All I can do is pray that my current RAM survives long enough for this stupid AI bubble to burst, like with the Crypto-Bro GPUs.

  But it is kind of horrifying how easily consumers have been priced out of the RAM market - at least for newer stuff anyways

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung reveals first tri-fold phone⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Considering everyone I know with a folding phone has had a fault with the folding part of it - I don't think its the best idea from a durability standpoint to add yet another folding part.

  If one screen or fold point breaks, you're now left with two unusable (but perfectly functioning) screens. Seems like an expensive gimmick to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ahead of her time⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  "Could" is doing about as much lifting in this article as Atlas lifting the world.

  I'm holding my reservations until something actually comes along