MrVilliam

@MrVilliam@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOGE Reportedly Cuts FDA Employees Investigating Neuralink⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This, starlink regarding Russia invading Ukraine, and I’m gonna guess spacex regarding government contracts? Idk about that 3rd one being investigated but it’s definitely one of the many conflicts of interest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Carbon capture more costly than switching to renewables, researchers find⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but stupid people are plentiful and overly confident that they can spitball a better idea for solving the problem than literal experts with decades of expertise can because “they’re too close to the problem” or “they’re paid off by big [fill in the blank] to gum up any progress” or whatever. They just don’t believe in complicated solutions or complicated problems because most people aren’t doing anything particularly complicated with their lives. Incurious people aren’t interested in any explanations or nuance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbucks Baristas Aren't Writing Messages On Your Cup By Choice⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You get to know regulars. Sometimes teachers sit in and grade. When it’s slower, you can make small talk. I’m not sure if it’s a thing with Starbucks but I know a lot of places offer teacher discounts if they show school ID, so maybe that’s another avenue for it.

  My best friend and a few other friends used to be teachers but they all quit because it’s such a shitty, thankless job. Just like with nurses, the fact that they care so much gets exploited by way of paying much less and demanding more hours out of them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbucks Baristas Aren't Writing Messages On Your Cup By Choice⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My spouse is a Starbucks barista. “You are special” goes on 90% of the cups she hands out. She puts actual effort into it for the people who are underappreciated workers like nurses and teachers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says | Reddit executives also discussed how they might introduce more ads into the social media platform⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. I had even paid for the paid tier of my 3rd party app because it was such a good value to me that I wanted the devs to have some of my money. Thanks to that app, I was on the site more and pretty much never via computer anymore.

  I think it was for the best though. Quality over quantity here. I find it to be far less toxic on Lemmy overall. It’s like how people tend to be nicer in a small town because you know you’re gonna run into these people over and over again, but the big city you came from had more variety in stuff to check out. Definitely a trade-off, but I think it’s worth it to have this much more pleasant space that isn’t so packed with content as to be addictive. Good vibes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just put a spray tan over it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Now we know the answer to “why is Gamora?”