Giblet2708

@Giblet2708@lemmy.sdf.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What Trump’s H-1B crackdown means for Big Tech workers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Or perhaps it presumes a shortage of domestic workers that are both qualified and also fit into the pay scales that US employers wish to pay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Analog an illusion? Yes.

  Tactile effectiveness an illusion? No.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, there can be challenges about where to put the batteries, and some vehicles are certainly easier than others. But that hasn’t stopped a LOT of people from doing it anyways.

  30 seconds of internet searching will show plenty of retrofits. One guy retrofitted a 1980s Delorean with a Chevy Bolt electric powertrain, and now it accelerates twice as fast as it ever did with gasoline.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My 2015 Nissan Leaf asks every few weeks if I want to allow the telematics to phone home. When you say no, it obeys. (I also removed the SIM card anyways.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI adoption rate is declining among large companies — US Census Bureau claims fewer businesses are using AI tools⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, English is terrible. Don’t forget dollar, pillar, cougar, burglar, doctor, actor, or aviator. Yet, oddly enough, somehow most people deal with them, and life goes on.

  Go read about The Great Vowel Shift; it’s pretty informative.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨House Republicans Investigate Wikipedia Over Alleged Bias⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d have to say pre-Nixon