Pyr_Pressure

@Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Well at least with phone tap there’s like a limit of $200, so maybe some company can corner a niche market where they only cover small daily purchases. No $10,000 credit balances or $2000 purchases and points and whatnot, just like $1000 balance limits and max $200 on purchases through tap.

  You wouldn’t need quite as much capital that way, and I bet that would eat a good chunk of business from visa and MasterCard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine if Amazon and all jobs out there were cooperatively owned?⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  So that was 5 years ago. Which means he could give them all a $20,000 annual raise and still be making money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like it should be super easy now for smaller competitors to pop up by just offering digital credit services using tap on mobile phones. No need to manufacture and ship out plastic cards, just a digital version people keep on the phone, until they get large enough to be able to provide physical cards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  To me having the car be able to override your actions sounds more dangerous than being to override the autopilot.

  I had one rental truck that drove me insane and scared the shit out of me because it would slam on the brakes when I tried to reverse into grass that was too tall.

  What if I were trying to avoid something dangerous, like a train or another vehicle, and the truck slammed on the brakes for me because of some tree branches in the way? Potentially deadly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony calls Tencent game ‘slavish clone’ of Horizon in new lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh, it’s unique but I don’t think that should give Sony the right to use the exclusively (looking at you Nintendo and Pokemon)

  You could have the exact same game but with flashy dinosaurs and all of a sudden it’s not a problem? And then a third company can come out with another copy with fleshy dinosaurs and there’s no issue because fleshy dinosaurs aren’t unique.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Assistant Is Basically on Life Support and Things Just Got Worse⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You can get socket extensions where the bulb goes into it and then each extension is connected to a wall mount remote switch. No wifi needed and then you have a wall switch for each bulb.

  Doesn’t fit into every light fixture though depends on the design.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Got emotional thinking about this⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You can also view older Street view images on Google maps, at least on mobile not sure about desktop

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pokemon TCG Pocket’s New Expansion Confirms the Revival of Legendary Region⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think they have since before then. It’s always 3-4 days before end of month.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨crypto investment⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If you never sell it’s a 100% loss since you can never use that money for anything ever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“You can't be expected to have a successful AI program when every single article, book or anything else that you've read or studied, you're supposed to pay for” Donald Trump said⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So why can’t I read them for free too? Only massive billion dollar companies get stuff for free?

  I would like to announce that I am pioneering a new AI program. Give me access to all of the movies for free please.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's the truth⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s great to just spice up some soup too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨sardonic soup⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What we really need is to get rid of spines and thorns in blackberry bushes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Driver who killed a father and injured his 6 year old son sent 44 Snapchat messages while driving 100km/h before fatal crash⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They shouldn’t be allowed to even own a vehicle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New paint scheme just in after Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticket in a classic price fixing scam⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice, I am cheap as fuck and really don’t care much about travel. If I convince the AI of this maybe I can a $10 plane ticket. Otherwise no sale AI, you hear me? $10 is my limit. That’s all I am willing to pay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'I can't drink the water' - life next to a US data centre⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He takes us to a creek downhill from a new construction site for a data centre being built by US firm Quality Technology Services (QTS).

  George Dietz, a local volunteer, scoops up a sample of the water into a clear plastic bag. It’s cloudy and brown.

  Well, maybe they didn’t have proper sediment control but a creek is a lot different than well water. Most people don’t drink out of creeks, sediment control is done more for the purpose of protecting fish habitat.

  Hauls buckets of water to flush her toilet

  What? You’re concern is sediment in your well water and then go haul dirty brown sediment filled water from the creek to flush your toilet instead?

  Buy a sediment filter for your well water. Even people not beside giant data centres should have one just because it keeps the system functional and running better. It is practically a requirement to have one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dams around the world hold so much water they've shifted Earth's poles, new research shows⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t say I’m convinced? There are thousands of reasons why the poles could shift. But freshwater makes up such a small fraction of a tiny percentage of the mass on earth that I can’t see it have that large of an effect, especially when only a fraction of a small percentage of the freshwater is being held by dams.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: You can make supercapacitors out of cement, water and carbon black⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if you could make a 1m thick foundation of this stuff beneath each house which works as a sort of battery for the house in case power goes out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I would much rather watch a stardew Valley movie than a Minecraft movie

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Breaking the generational barriers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Our neighbours had to get a plumber in to clear their pipes and septic tank because they would poor grease and fat down the drains all the time and ate a lot of meat.

  They were in their 60s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Genius⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  presumably, they get a salary for the work of doing the interviews

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Genius⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  presumably they get a salary and the 300 is extra just for suggesting it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨shrooms⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had the same experience but with weed. I was super disappointed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can someone please tell me what the hell this is?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As long as it’s only a drain water system as well. If it connects to sewage at some point I would be concerned of gases which may leak up into the house as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol. I have free healthcare and I played videogames every fucking chance I get because it makes me happy, but it’s pretty rare since I worked 278 hours in May.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signatures skyrocket for Stop Killing Games campaign after big youtubers take up the cause, resulting in 100k signatures in 2 days. (Details on how to help in text body of post)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And every book they don’t like the title/cover for

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signatures skyrocket for Stop Killing Games campaign after big youtubers take up the cause, resulting in 100k signatures in 2 days. (Details on how to help in text body of post)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not going to read something if the title doesn’t interest me. It’s also a great example of write headlines that are accurate and informative.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signatures skyrocket for Stop Killing Games campaign after big youtubers take up the cause, resulting in 100k signatures in 2 days. (Details on how to help in text body of post)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone was calling it “stop killing games” instead of “stop destroying games” and I literally thought it was a petition to stop games with murder and violence lol never even got farther than seeing the title.

  Definitely a good idea to switch over to stop destroying games if that wasn’t the official title already…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They are so dumb they want to piss everyone off for a lousy 15 minutes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You get mandatory 30 min paid breaks? For me it’s unpaid lol.

  Scheduled for 5 hours, no 30 minutes necessary.

  Scheduled for 5.5 hours, you get 30 minute unpaid break so you are there for longer but make the same amount of money

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why your old mobile phone may be polluting Thailand⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope, I’ve still got every phone I’ve ever had except for one that I gave away to someone who lost theirs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yes, this is what people did back then⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  With… Magazines? Shudder