418_im_a_teapot
@418_im_a_teapot@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car 1 week ago:
Is it a level playing field? In China workers rights are pretty non-existent and there’s no OSHA equivalent, at least not to the degree we have in the US. Then add in government subsidies, lower worker pay, reduced R&D costs because they pilfered the engineering from a US company, and you end up with a very lopsided market.
To be clear, I am in no way defending the US auto industry. They have little customer loyalty for a reason – low quality, overpriced, subscription dependent vehicles with terrible warranties, expensive service requirements, and invasive telemetry. They need more competition to force them to make more consumer-friendly decisions, but China is hardly a fair competitor.
- Comment on Breaking the generational barriers 1 week ago:
Fuck. It’s 2am and I’m so high. Why did I have to read this‽
- Comment on Breaking the generational barriers 1 week ago:
Oh fuck off.
- Comment on Breaking the generational barriers 1 week ago:
I’m not blowing smoke here … that’s great writing. It works well if you imagine voice growing frantic and speaking faster as it goes.
- Comment on 413524 Gang, rise up! 2 weeks ago:
You monster
- Comment on 413524 Gang, rise up! 2 weeks ago:
True (and happy cake day) but the star looks most like an A to me, which I think is why I write it the same way.
- Comment on 413524 Gang, rise up! 2 weeks ago:
I think of a capital A, which is why I’m in the 4135 camp.
- Comment on 413524 Gang, rise up! 2 weeks ago:
I think we are in a teeny tiny minority.
- Comment on 413524 Gang, rise up! 2 weeks ago:
Out of curiosity, how do you write a capital letter A?
- Comment on 413524 Gang, rise up! 2 weeks ago:
Do you write a capital A starting at the top?
- Comment on Always there 3 weeks ago:
You forgot “Sticks and Stones” which is the better title for WWIV
- Comment on ! Mastodon new ToS from July 1has a binding abbreviation wave !!r 4 weeks ago:
This entire exchange is refreshingly wholesome.
- Comment on Who did this 😂😂😂 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Project resource management? Gantt charts, timelines, etc 1 month ago:
plane.so is great. Just be aware that sel-hosted is not the same as free. It’s still $6/user.
- Comment on It's bad man 1 month ago:
I think I just took longer to mature. At 28 I was still working on my temper and impulse control.
- Comment on 7 for me 1 month ago:
- Comment on It's bad man 1 month ago:
I have a family that lives an adventurous life with me. They don’t hold me back. Kids are so malleable. They don’t hold you back unless that’s the life you create (obvious exceptions for special needs kids may apply).
And “recklessness” is part of my youth I was happy to leave behind.
- Comment on It's bad man 1 month ago:
~ 35 is definitely golden era … at least for men. Old enough to be in control of your body and emotions, but still young enough to have spontaneous energy.
- Comment on 7 for me 1 month ago:
16-21. As long as there’s no top. I will get so twisted up and then it feels claustrophobic.
- Comment on Thats fair 2 months ago:
Fuck. I felt seen/attacked by that on both counts.
- Comment on Do it 2 months ago:
Get down in my ass. (Nas)
- Comment on Which actor did not have a single bad film? 3 months ago:
What do you mean? They were both acquitted of their crimes.
- Comment on Which actor did not have a single bad film? 3 months ago:
Prime example: Oscar (1991)
It got bad reviews (I loved it) but Curry’s performance was amazing.
- Comment on Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity promote scientific racism in AI search results 8 months ago:
I have to admit you got me with that first sentence.
- Comment on Cable companies ask 5th Circuit to block FTC’s click-to-cancel rule | Cable companies worry rule will make it hard to talk customers out of canceling 8 months ago:
Friendly reminder that under Obama internet service providers we were classified as utilities under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934.
Trump appointed Shit Pie, who reversed that rule as well as the net neutrality rule.
People, if you haven’t already, please vote.
- Comment on REPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tablets 8 months ago:
By that logic every company would just run on linux. Free to use ≠ free to implement and support.
