geissi

@geissi@feddit.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Checks out to me.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Plants are green because the sun is green, duh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google layoffs: Sundar Pichai-led company fires entire Python team for ‘cheaper labour’⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Employers in Germany have to bear half of the mandatory social security contributions.
  This is on top of gross salary and includes mandatory health insurance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple’s iMessage is not a “core platform” in EU, so it can stay walled off⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “we’re OK with what you’re doing with messaging right now, but only just barely”. If Apple does something the EU doesn’t like, new legislation can be written.

  Because of the “only just barely” part, new legislation might not even be necessary.
  If Apple only narrowly avoided falling under the core platform definition, just a change in market share might be enough for that to change under the existing rules.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Millions can no longer afford their rent⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  it’s not incentivised to care about collective sustainability.

  Not only collective. Most companies don’t even care about their own sustainability.
  CEOs working there for some years try to inflate short term ‘shareholder value’ to maximize their bonuses.
  The shareholders no longer see themselves as owners who collect dividends but as investors who can just sell their stocks if the price increases.
  What happens to the company 5 or 10 years down the road doesn’t matter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur’s Gate 3 boss says gamers don’t want mass subscriptions⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Baldur’s Gate 3 boss

  Wow, Larian really breaking the 4th wall in this game.
  One of those boss fights where you really regret having to fight him because he actually has a good point.
  Probably still evil though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨By letting the capitalistic class write the laws we let them dictate the morality of the country.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a difference for missing a payment and completely refusing to pay what is owed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨By letting the capitalistic class write the laws we let them dictate the morality of the country.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To paraphrase my favorite author:

  THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF [LAW], ONE MOLECULE OF [CRIME]…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨By letting the capitalistic class write the laws we let them dictate the morality of the country.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The law is also a social construct.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microplastic overdose⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been told that the stuff isn’t actually plastic,

  Some even claim this stuff is cheese

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Peasant Life⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There is quite the difference between 150/365 and 300/365.
  One is about 3/7 the other 6/7 and now look at today when most of us work 5/7 on a normal workweek.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨$6.2B in profit wasn't enough: Nvidia hikes GeForce Now prices for Canada and Europe⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Products are priced based on their cost/value

  Ah, yes and the world is full of rational actors with perfect information.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon reportedly used a secret algorithm to jack up prices — A new report details Amazon’s Project Nessie pricing algorithm⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Breaking news! Company tries to find optimal price point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Looking to Use Nuclear Reactors to Power Its Data Centers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  companies like Microsoft are always considering novel methods for powering (and cooling) their data centers

  If they are near population centers, they could use the excess heat from both for remote heating.
  But mostly adding a nuclear power plant to a data center will require additional cooling.