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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HP adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This is just layoffs with more steps. People aren’t this patient, so forcing a minimum wait allows HP to have less contact center staff. Irony is it’s far cheaper for this type of worker than it is for the C-suite making these awful decisions in the first place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Something like Sonarr but for Youtube?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  YoutubeDL-Material would fit the bill

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chinese EV leader BYD to offer ‘God’s Eye’ self-driving system on all models⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So not full self driving

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chinese EV leader BYD to offer ‘God’s Eye’ self-driving system on all models⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  FSD isn’t even real, too, so if BYD’s is, they already won even without the price tag difference.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am required to pay taxes to the US government, not elon musk running a fraudulent government agency, why should I pay?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Most employers don’t give you that option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Californians Say X Blocked Them From Viewing Amber Alert About Missing 14-Year-Old⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The mobile carriers and device OEM’s already participate directly in the Amber alert program. Why is X even part of this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I think we might be leaving the "boring" part of this dystopia⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I know forced sterilization is bad, but people that come up with opinions this psychotic…should not be allowed to procreate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Huge win for Internet freedom: Google must sell its Chrome browser⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Misleading headline. They have asked a court to force it, not triggered anything real, yet. Google will fight it hard because its one of their most powerful surveillance tools.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump’s likely FCC chair wrote Project 2025 chapter on how he’d run the agency⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope, fees just get passed to the customer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TSMC suspended shipments to China firm after chip found on Huawei processor, sources say⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The US is the primary military force protecting Taiwan, by treaty. That’s likely why.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A court blocks a couple from suing Uber over a crash, citing terms and conditions⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m like 80% sure they were being sarcastic in that comment. I hope so anyways.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If it can feed back to the grid, it can be a safety issue for electrical workers. Having them know about this stuff before they mess with lines is the safe way to do it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dozens from UK take up Putin’s offer to ditch ‘woke’ West and move to Russia⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if/how many of them will be unwillingly forced to the front lines in Ukraine within a year…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come LED Light Bulbs only last for about 2-3 Years?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve had sets of LED under-cabinet lights powered on 24/7 for about 14 years. I think one bulb went bad, out of 12.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube has found a new way to load ads | AdGuard Blog⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you don’t pay for something, you are not a customer, you are the product. If you pay for Youtube, you don’t see the ads, but you are also still their product. Lose /Lose

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ford Patents In-Car System That Eavesdrops So It Can Play You Ads⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is there really anybody who thinks they would like that?

  Auto companies don’t care what people like, only what level of BS people would put up with before going to a different brand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FTC finalizes rule banning fake reviews, including those made with AI⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  According to the final rule, the maximum civil penalty for fake reviews is $51,744 per violation. However, the courts could impose lower penalties depending on the specific case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Patreon: adding Apple’s 30 percent tax is the price of staying in the App Store⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So if I read that correctly, Apple wants a cut from Patreon’s iOS app, not all Patreon creetors that have iOS apps. People still have the option of contributing to Patreon directly via their website, or even their mobile website.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slack is now using all content, including DMs, to train LLMs⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Teams is doing the same thing. I can’t go anywhere close to anything Microsoft without some Copilot I didn’t ask for getting jammed in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is This the End of Plastic? Visa's New Technology Could Replace Physical Cards⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was referring to services like Apple Pay

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is This the End of Plastic? Visa's New Technology Could Replace Physical Cards⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “AI” is the new “cloud”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is This the End of Plastic? Visa's New Technology Could Replace Physical Cards⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Until you get hit by a card skimmer. Encrypted NFC is safer than a physical card.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Duty to report’ child abuse laws will not apply to doctors, teachers or nurses⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’d collide with their 5th Amendment rights, in the US, anyways. Not /s, f the church.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors [using generative AI]⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Or when playing a station, ans saying “Siri, I dislike this song”. Instead of disliking the song, it just restarts the station, and some times, it’ll even play the dame damned song again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla to protect Firefox users from bounce trackers - Stack Diary⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My guess would be JavaScript

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big Tech passkey implementations are a trap | Proton⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah my point is it does not protect the local device well. It does protect well from remote compromise though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big Tech passkey implementations are a trap | Proton⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If I’m on my laptop, and the 2fa code shows on that same laptop, it defeats the purpose of it. The point is sortation of security privileges, ask this just adds more work while providing no less security to the device. It does protect you from remote compromise, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big Tech passkey implementations are a trap | Proton⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, Apple 2FA is infuriating, especially since you can do all factors from the same device. Kind of defeats the purpose of traditional 2FA/MFA. Also, companies that decide you 2FA experience has to use their app, instead of a standards-compliant TOTP app of your choosing…ugh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why bag the hydrant?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cheaper to do bags than re-paint off-schedule. Usually cities have a schedule for maintenance, and the bag, in this case, is preventative for rust without being off-schedule for painting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Broadcom execs say VMware price, subscription complaints are unwarranted⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Government intervention would only happen if VMware was deemed critical to national security. Capitalism is gonna capitalism, otherwise. Broadcom is interested in retaining a smaller set of higher-dollar enterprise customers to manage, not the whole ecosystem of VMware customers of smaller sized deployments.