TheFeatureCreature

@TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony considers further price rises, as it braces for £500m tariffs impact⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what got me about the RTX 50 series cards from Nvidia. People with 4090’s getting upset at the prices and lack of supply as if they must purchase one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe Trump's Presidency Will Make Everything So Awful It Will Facilitate Actual Positive Change Nationwide⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It isn’t. Not yet, at least.

  Most Americans still have jobs, can afford food, can find food, and have their cars and homes. Some have lost some of the former, it’s true, but not enough to ignite any real change.

  Imagine a scenario of Trump enacting martial law and beginning to mass arrest and imprison US citizens in detention camps. Not immigrants, refugees, or tourists - actual US citizens taken from their homes. Imagine the US government gathering troops on the Canadian border. Imagine the government disappearing members of the Democrat party. Imagine the government enacting a China-styled internet blockade.

  Those are the things that will likely spark some kind of call for change.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what are your thoughts on Bidirectional brain-computer interfaces ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The guaranteed abuse of this technology far FAR outweighs the benefits, imo.

  A better solution to combat those disorders would be to prevent their formation in the first place with early detection and improved medical sciences and procedures.

  The human brain is one of the last places we have left that isn’t entirely owned and controlled by some corporation or state agency. I do not trust any government to regulate it properly and I do not trust a single corporation to develop it with good intentions. It would be abused instantly as shareholders pitch tents in their pants over selling it to law enforcement and advertisers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The general populace isn’t going to switch to Linux. They’re just not.

  The path of least resistance is to continue using Win10

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨List of Alternatives to Adobe Programs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Affinity Photo is an excellent Photoshop alternative. I switched a while ago and have used it for all of my major projects since.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Energy Demand Can Keep Fossil Fuels Alive, Tech Backers Promise World’s Two Biggest Oil Producers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The monster that is Infinite Growth can’t do that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss to launch ‘free speech’ social media platform⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure if you follow the paper trail enough it’ll lead back to either Russia or the Heritage Foundation from the US.

  It is yet another grifting disinformation factory.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That doesn’t sound like government efficiency.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI is building a social network⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Coolio. More technofascist-controlled social media. Nothing could possibly go wrong here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Smartphones and computers are now exempt from Trump’s latest tariffs.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Especially when he has basically admitted that it is stock market manipulation. Everyone knows the tariffs will return or potentially even something stupider.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How wil people react if Trump is right about Tariffs?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He isn’t. He can’t be; not the way he has handled them.

  Bringing industry and manufacturing back to US soil is actually not a bad idea at all but it’s a problem that needs to be tackled smartly and over a period of time so businesses can react. He is trying to force decades worth of economic migration in the span of a few months. For (hopefully) obvious reasons, that is impossible and the US economy is about to collapse.

  And considering Trump, along with Musk at DOGE, have systematically destroyed economic and social safety-net programs… the aftermath of this is going to be catastrophic. The only way Trump is “right” about these tariffs is that they are an intentional sabotage of the US economy so him and his wealthy backers can cash out as the walls come crashing down. That is the goal and it’s going according to plan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does one snap their fingers?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pushing your middle finger tightly into your thumb to build up pressure. Vary the pressure slightly and your middle finger will slip off your thumb, and due to the pressure built up, quickly slam into the base of your thumb and produce a loud sound.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung’s latest stick vac can alert you to calls and text messages⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you know how I can tell when I have an incoming call or message? My phone, which is in my pocket, makes a noise and vibrates. Why the absolute hell would I want my vacuum cleaner to notify me of a call?

  And the washer too? Do they seriously think people just sit around at home taking calls every 5 minutes that they need every appliance to be able to make/take phonecalls?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit’s 50% Plunge Fails to Entice Dip Buyers as Growth Slows.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Elizabeth Holmes comes to mind. She manoeuvred herself into a position of wealth and power by defrauding other rich people and got herself 11 years in prison for it. That’s 11 years more than most other rich scumbags get.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla is banned from Canada EV rebate program, gov freezes suspicous $43 million in rebates⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia creates gaming-centric AI chatbot that runs on your GPU, locally.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it missing ROPs too?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How effective would sanctions on US by the international community be?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on by whom and how long. The US produces a lot of things but also imports a lot of critical goods and materials as well.

  If Canada, Mexico, China, and the EU & UK all banded together for sanctions or embargoes? The US economy would be pushing daisies pretty quick.

  But the countries issuing those actions wouldn’t be in good shape either. Trade wars are a 2-way street.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do the Republicans feel about Project 2025 now?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why blaming conservatives or getting them to admit fault doesn’t work. It only makes them become more defensive and entrenched.

  A better approach is to appeal to their victim complex. IE: Instead of “Trump is ruining this country and its your fault for voting for him!” try “Dude, Trump is screwing us! This isn’t the great America we were promised!” or some variation of that. Gotta use different tactics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't there mass protests in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There are. Heaps of them.

  The US is just a big place and very spread out. And the ruling government and its media conglomerates are trying to keep them out of the media.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X is having an up and down Monday⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  trying to flush a turd but it keeps floating back up to the surface.

  also

  X competitors like Bluesky, Threads, and Mastodon have so far remained active and accessible, giving X users alternative platforms to jump to while X works on its issues.

  Why wait? Jump ship and never look back!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do spiders poop ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  😎

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do spiders poop ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes they do. Every living thing does. Even plants do in their own way.

  I keep Fish, shrimp, snails, and isopods and they all do too. Fish and shrimp actually poop quite a lot, especially the latter. I don’t think I could ever eat shrimp after seeing how many turds those things produce.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla sales crash continues in Europe, with Germany down 70%⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Beautiful news.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord in Early Talks With Bankers for Potential I.P.O.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That explains all the AI crap they’ve been chasing for a while now. They’ve been trying to juice up the value to make it look appealing to potential buyers because you can basically slap “AI” on anything and it instantly shoots up in value.

  Discord is effectively dead if this goes through.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When Lemmy got named did no one think that the "lemming" association might alienate people?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I mean…

  It’s considerably better than “Redditor”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BlackBerry may have the perfect opportunity to produce a Canadian made cellphone to compet with Apple and other America brands.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not going to happen. Not for a long time. As much as we would want it to.

  The phone market is brutally, viciously competitive and an outsider trying to jump in without Android or iOS is almost guaranteed to fail. We used to have numerous options from all kinds of companies that came with a variety of operating systems but each one fell to the duopoly.

  People are glued to their phones and social media more than ever. I would expect an attempt to get them to move to a non-American mobile operating system and phone would fail very quickly. Blackberry did used to make their own line of phones that ran BB10 and they were excellent. Nobody bought them though, or at least not enough to justify their continued production. Even fewer bought the following Android-powered BB phones and eventually Blackberry pulled out of the market. The same story for Windows mobile phones.

  There are plenty of options for non-American cellphones and I’m sure in the coming years we will see Canadian ones too. The problem is that they will almost certainly run Android which means American control over your data and feeds. Getting Canadians to accept a sacrifice in short-term phone functionality to regain digital freedom in the long run is a tall order.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨T-Mobile’s parent company is making an ‘AI Phone’ with Perplexity Assistant⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This will flop so hard. AI is largely an investor-bait thing; actual consumers are lukewarm to it at best. Especially if they have to actually pay (hundreds) for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Now that Trump is getting real chummy with Putin where does that leave China?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fixed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Now that Trump is getting real chummy with Putin where does that leave China?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Firstly, I’d imagine China is pleased to see the US becoming weaker on the world stage. At least, in the long term.

  But China has its own problems at home right now and the US, which is about to have a lot less spending power, is a huge customer of China’s. Jinping is likely going to take a “wait and see” approach and assess the shifting situation. Any amount of China and Russia getting close would likely be purely from an “enemy of my enemy is my friend” perspective and I doubt it would last. None of the major powers mingle for very long before stepping on each other’s feet.

  Jinping isn’t stupid. I’m sure he’s well aware that Putin would betray him in an instant for power and that Trump is both a Russian asset and a moron.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the exact ramifications and consequences of the recent meeting with Zelenskyy and Trump/JD?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We really don’t know right now. The US essentially broadcast to the world that they are both diplomatically weak and compromised by the Russians and cannot be trusted or relied on. The meeting with Zelenskyy and the recent trade spats has indicated that the US can and will turn on its historic allies if Putin tells them to.

  Beyond that point, everything is pure speculation. My guess? The US will continue to erode from within due to further economic and social disintegration. They are looking at a historic economic collapse which will severely impact the lives of US citizens. I can see them beginning to put increased pressure, possibly militarily, on Mexico and Canada as Trump uses the resources in said countries as a bargaining chip to placate US businesses that will start putting pressure on Trump. Once reality of the situation starts to hit the average US citizen then I think there is a very real possibility of civil revolt.

  As for the EU, my guess is they will see a burst of increased unity and solidarity much like how Canada is now. Whether that lasts or will be acted upon remains to be seen, but I think it has become obvious to the EU leaders that Russia is a hostile power on their doorstep and they are on their own; the US will not help them. They will now have to contend with meddling and interference from both Russia and the US as both seek to disrupt and cause unrest in Europe. If the EU plays its cards right they could emerge from this stronger and more prosperous than ever. de Gaulle was absolutely right about the USA.