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• When did it become normalized to start passing credit card processing fees to the customer?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Affluenza is really the biggest driver between thinking the barrio/ghetto/slums is an "unsafe wasteland" vs people who are just trying to exist and survive in the framework they are given.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Given that it’s literally in the dictionary I’m using definition B. Basically the more wealthy you get, the more you think disadvantaged places are a hive of scum and villainy. And not even uber rich people. Once you hit middle class. I have so many friends and relatives that just freak out over the idea of even passing through, coworkers too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Affluenza is really the biggest driver between thinking the barrio/ghetto/slums is an "unsafe wasteland" vs people who are just trying to exist and survive in the framework they are given.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Higher yes, but people acting like it’s a complete lawless wasteland? That’s what I’m talking about. People so damn afraid that they’re going to be murdered the moment they set foot in it in broad daylight. That’s just affluenza speaking. Go through a lot of disadvantaged areas and you’ll find generally people are just trying to make it by. Thanks for proving my point.

• Affluenza is really the biggest driver between thinking the barrio/ghetto/slums is an "unsafe wasteland" vs people who are just trying to exist and survive in the framework they are given.
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You board a train, board a bus, and board a ship, but you don't board a car⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting approach, but where does that leave taxis?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I really hope they do. When a support forum says “join us on discord” I immediately nope the fuck out. I have never used discord and I don’t plan on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too weird for the normal people, too normal for the weird people...⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve tried, but the problem is I enjoy both and also apparently have commitment issues.

• Too weird for the normal people, too normal for the weird people...
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Tool Searches the Epstein Files For Your LinkedIn Contacts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  LinkedIn only uses 3 degrees. The theory you’re talking about is that mathematically people should be connected within 6 degrees, but the number of degrees you go with is arbitrary. In LinkedIns case they use them to classify people in one of three categories as it relates to you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Tool Searches the Epstein Files For Your LinkedIn Contacts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  For reference, everyone is 3rd degree at a minimum.

  • 1st - You’re directly connected with them
  • 2nd - The person is connected with a person you’re a 1st degree connection with
  • 3rd - People that are not connected to any 1st or 2nd degree connections (I.e. everyone else)
• How come decades in the 1900s look fairly well differentiated but from like 2004 on feels like a giant run on?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Waymo raises massive $16 billion round at $126 billion valuation, plans expansion to 20+ cities⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How about a peer reviewed analysis of crash data and percentage of autonomous driving vs humans?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Waymo raises massive $16 billion round at $126 billion valuation, plans expansion to 20+ cities⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen enough of these driving around that they actually feel safer being around than human drivers and mile-for-mile the stats show that they’re safer… however it feels like lately they’ve been put under a massive microscope with any mistake being played up like they’re the worst thing ever. It almost feels like a smear campaign. I’m curious who/why (Musk and his “robotaxi “ are ones that come to mind)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You’ll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There goal is to push people back to serfdom. They don’t care if the common man lives in a house or a shack. They don’t care if they can afford a car or have to walk. Their goal is to amass enough wealth (not just money), so they can bribe people to do what they want because they’ll be desperate. Robots, AI and Automation will cover the rest of it. They just need to keep a much smaller group happy who would become slightly better but still fearing they could lose everything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AMD say the Steam Machine is "on track" for an early 2026 release⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if they’re going to subsidize it with the RAM price hikes to prevent it from dying on the vine. It’s a great idea and looks to be a good bit of kit, but it’s timing couldn’t have been worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recently got a place with my boyfriend and he thinks this is perfectly fine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Omg. Thats my SO. I can use like two squares at a time, unless it’s a big shit, but i swear she uses half a roll every time she take a piss.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy.zip & Piefed.zip Server Update February 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s part of what I was looking for!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy.zip & Piefed.zip Server Update February 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you prefer Liberpay or Ko-fi?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You won: Microsoft is walking back Windows 11’s AI overload — scaling down Copilot and rethinking Recall in a major shift⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I know. I was making a joke that they would purposely obfuscate an existing acronym to try to confuse people into using it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You won: Microsoft is walking back Windows 11’s AI overload — scaling down Copilot and rethinking Recall in a major shift⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “Windows Personal Assistant Control (WPA Supplicant)” - don’t forget you need the WPA supplicant enabled to connect to the network!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK facts about renewable vs fossil, and more⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Can someone tl;dw the ending part for me. The whole “watch it to the end is just a major turn off for me”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Raspberry Pi prices are rising again by up to $60⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Except a PCIe GPIO card is bigger the the entirety of a Pi, let alone the entire computer and still suffers from power draw issues. On the software side I don’t know how well that would work as there already are a lot of GPIO SDKs a libraries specifically targeted at the Pi.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Raspberry Pi prices are rising again by up to $60⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Granted this is a gaming sub so that view makes sense, however for specialized applications where you need the GPIO pins or space/power is a large factor they’re still needed and this is gonna suck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GTA: San Andreas's Original PC Version Can Now Be Beaten in Just an Hour Thanks to the Weirdest Skip You've Ever Seen⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Speed running. It’s an entirely different type of fun for some people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Just Killed the "Cover for Me" Excuse: Microsoft 365 Now Tracks You in Real-Time⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  By default users are opted out…

  … unless your company admin overrides that choice with a policy and force enables it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chrome is also turning into an agentic browser with its newest update⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I loathe (couldn’t figure out a synonym more than that) the word agentic. It sums up everything bad and wrong about AI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It still blows my mind how ubiquitous communication is now. I just had someone message me instantly from a ship in the Mediterranean, while I'm on a flight in the US.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My point was more about instantaneous communication for civilians between a ship in the middle of the sea and an airplane half a world away.

  Even if the plane existed you’re not gonna be running a telegraph cable to that or the ship. Even if you focused on radio, a general passenger wouldn’t be able to use it on a whim.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It still blows my mind how ubiquitous communication is now. I just had someone message me instantly from a ship in the Mediterranean, while I'm on a flight in the US.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  American Airlines is offering free WiFi via AT&T. I also found out if you have WiFi calling enabled you’ll even get phone calls. But that also translates into SMS over WiFi. Baring that, iMessage, Signal, WhatsApp and Messenger all work over WiFi as they don’t need cell service, just internet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It still blows my mind how ubiquitous communication is now. I just had someone message me instantly from a ship in the Mediterranean, while I'm on a flight in the US.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I picked a longer timeframe because I knew people would have focused on non-civilian communication being possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It still blows my mind how ubiquitous communication is now. I just had someone message me instantly from a ship in the Mediterranean, while I'm on a flight in the US.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Agree with you there. I used to just tell people owl was traveling and couldn’t respond. But it’s still pretty amazing that it’s possible now.