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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You're not alone: This email from Google's Gemini team is concerning⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess my next phone is going to run NixOS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ahh so they'll use this to eliminate bots and multi-account trolls right?

  right??????!!?!?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Patreon plans to consolidate its Pro and Premium plans starting August 5, taking a 10% commission, rather than the current 8% for Pro and 12% for Premium users⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, have at it, the barrier to entry on taking some payments and distributing it to people is so high that no one else can possibly get in that market...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Convinced HP's Board to Buy Palm for $1.2B. Then I Watched Them Kill It in 49 Days⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  IMO, Nokia's bread and butter was the hardware and the simplicity. The phone apps were just Java.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The "standard" car charger is usually overkill—but your electrician might not know that [32:26]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You might not need 50 amps now. But that line is a 1 time cost and maybe you'll want to weld one day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong Amount⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not where I was going for that, more like museum pieces. He's really done a bunch of shit we absolutely should NOT have allowed. A president, releasing a phone, while in office for a grift. Our great grandkids (hopefully) will be walking through the Smithsonian going what the FUCK was going on in the 20's, and one of these e-waste POS will be sitting there staring back at them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Founder of 23andMe buys back company out of bankruptcy auction⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  heh fair, gender bias for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong Amount⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Youtubers going for content.

  Conceptually, it'll make one f of a collectors item one day there's no way enough will sell to make them common.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Founder of 23andMe buys back company out of bankruptcy auction⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Debts are gone AND now he can sell the user data with impunity! No NO, that was that OTHER GUY

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta rolled back protections. Now hate is surging.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  "Honey, We got a letter from the HOA, they've revoked our pool privileges, you wouldn't know anything about that you'd you?"

  [insert Krumbobulous Michael here I go killing again meme]

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump May Launch Wireless Phone Brand⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Competitors severely penalized in 3...2...

  The great wireless firewall of America.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft accidentally swapped Windows 11’s startup sound with Vista’s⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I bet the did it internally for April fools and it's just getting out to the public.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta rolled back protections. Now hate is surging.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My #$%^ HOA only socializes through FB groups. Been trying to drum up interest in a defederated Frendica or something, but can't get any traction :( I've unliked all the stuff and unfollowed everything else, but I can't GTFO of it any further without being unable to deal with my neighbors civilly

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Tests Removing Its Name From Bing Search Box⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the link. God we do this all the time at work. I didn't know it had a name.

  Everyone wants to contribute. Big things are scary and have the attention of the most senior staff. When a small thing hits the table, everyone has input and isn't afraid of looking stupid or getting called out when they feel ways about, say, the look of a company directory.

  When big issues are on the table, they wait for the subject matter experts to chime in and contribute little for fear of getting getting called out for being trivial.

  Always felt like there was middle ground there that was never tread.