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- Comment on Desperate TikTok lobbying effort backfires on Capitol Hill 2 months ago:
Yeah I completely derped on who this backfired on… That explains my confusion 😂
- Comment on Desperate TikTok lobbying effort backfires on Capitol Hill 2 months ago:
The BBC should settle down lol, it didn’t backfire. Some group of aides took 900 calls, probably tallied it up on a few sticky notes, and passed them to a rep who tossed it in a bin.
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it unanimously passed committee (!!!)
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it’s practically certain to pass the house
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it’s practically certain to pass the senate
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it’s guaranteed to be signed by biden
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- Comment on Tidal’s subscription is getting simpler and cheaper — yes, you read that right 2 months ago:
The Verge is a site focusing on tech products and services.
I cannot believe anyone would find it surprising that they talk about tech products and services.
- Comment on Tidal’s subscription is getting simpler and cheaper — yes, you read that right 2 months ago:
Some of y’all just like basking in depression and misery. Upset when prices go up, upset when a company lowers prices.
Tidal is generally very highly regarded among those who seeking a music streaming service that’s higher quality and pays out to artists.
Considering this was written by a reviewer, a person paid to give opinions…
- Comment on Cable can't compete with 5G home internet, so it's cheating 2 months ago:
I am disappointed in the carelessness of your reply lol.
Right now this is like refusing an amenity fee because you don’t use the pool. You can disconnect the service, but the $60/mo or whatever charge is still being billed to you.
The FCC is fine with it as long as the landlord bundles the service with your lease and the service provider isn’t blocking other providers.
Is it right or fair in my opinion? Absolutely not.
Sure, you could probably find a lawyer but that’ll only work up till the point a judge goes “well, the state doesn’t block these fees and this is outside of the purview of the FCC”.
…and can’t forget the gamble of paying $300/hr+ for a lawyer.
- Comment on Cable can't compete with 5G home internet, so it's cheating 2 months ago:
This isn’t strictly limited to cable companies, telecom wants their pound of flesh too.
Verizon seems to be doing this now, too. My former apartment complex used to let you choose between Comcast or FiOS and now it’s locked to FiOS only.
Now before the foamy-dweeb parade of “omg who wants Comcast” rolls around, do note: Verizon is limited to 1000/1000 (well more like 950/950), and I could rarely get more than 600mbit both ways. Comcast recently introduced 2000/200 in my area but is intending to go faster, and they’re farther along in their plans than Verizon’s multi-gig strategy.
- Comment on Bluesky and Mastodon users are having a fight that could shape the next generation of social media 2 months ago:
5 million on a currently-centralized platform is still doing significantly better than Mastodon.
The constant whininess of Mastodon/ActivityPub-services users is a fantastic reason to completely steer clear of it.
- Comment on Bluesky and Mastodon users are having a fight that could shape the next generation of social media 2 months ago:
What do you mean “underperforming”? That’s just head-in-sand nonsense.
Basically 3/4th of the number of active Mastodon users signed up for Bluesky within the last few days.
- Comment on Tear Down Walls, and Build Bridges 2 months ago:
Anything remotely useful to connect to other people gets shouted down rather quickly and irrationally.
Look at the foam-mouthed Threads opponents.
I get the feeling the vocal people don’t actually want ActivityPub-based social media to be adopted by anyone, or desperately need a hobby outside of complaint generation.
- Comment on ‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr... 2 months ago:
I take it that writing a thought-out civil comment was out of the question.
If you wish to reply in a manner conducive to discussion, rephrase your comment to be more productive.
- Comment on ‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr... 2 months ago:
Where are you getting that from, that’s not on their site.
www.tesla.com/model3/design#overview
Scroll down to the feature add-ons.
Full Self-Driving Capability
$12,000 Your car will be able to drive itself almost anywhere with minimal driver intervention and will continuously improve
All functionality of Basic Autopilot and Enhanced Autopilot Autosteer on city streets Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control
***The currently enabled features require active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous. ***The activation and use of these features are dependent on achieving reliability far in excess of human drivers as demonstrated by billions of miles of experience, as well as regulatory approval, which may take longer in some jurisdictions. As these self-driving features evolve, your car will be continuously upgraded through over-the-air software updates.
I’ve highlighted the appropriate section for you.
- Comment on ‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr... 2 months ago:
Source?
- Comment on ‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr... 2 months ago:
Which is already abusing the feature. These are driver assist features, not driver replacement.
- Comment on ‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr... 2 months ago:
So Tesla hasn’t used lidar, and have disabled the front-radar for a while now. Though lately they decided to drop ultrasonic sensors and I think it’s crap for parking right now. I suspect the cameras were not laid out to handle this use.
If you have a hard requirement on tight parking, I’d strongly recommend looking elsewhere or trying it with a trial first…
- Comment on ‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr... 2 months ago:
Hey, I recognize the system has its faults but a number of people simply base opinions on bad faith arguments and articles soliciting clicks.
I’m sorry you disagree with what I’m presenting.
- Comment on ‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr... 2 months ago:
Sure, but having actually driven one instead of commenting on the internet, the issues that have come up with AP/FSD have seem to be more data related (speed limits causing slowdowns).
When there are vision issues the car complains and it’s up to you as the driver to take control. I don’t care how many sensors are on/not on the car, if it tells you it can’t handle the situation safely, that’s now on you as the driver.
- Comment on ‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr... 2 months ago:
That’s fair and is a reasonable line of “usefulness”. Of driver assist tech, good lane centering + adaptive cruise control are the biggest, most useful features that I think everyone would see big benefits from, and there’s been a lot of improvement in this area over the years.
Tesla’s AP+FSD has been incredibly rock solid on that front, to the point where most roads feel like you’re on a rail track.
- Comment on ‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr... 2 months ago:
They aren’t stupid, I’m saying they should try out a product that uses the tech before passing judgement on the efficacy of it.
- Comment on ‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr... 2 months ago:
Their loss, heh.
Having to barely put in work to drive is incredible. Road-trips aren’t exhausting, bumper-to-bumper traffic is a breeze.
For a technology forum, it is incredibly disappointing to see how close-minded people are.
- Comment on ‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr... 2 months ago:
It works surprisingly well. You should try it before belting out under-educated comments.
When it’s rainy and such, it’ll warn you, tell you it’s a dumb idea, then limit its speed. And really, with any driver assist program, the driver should still be paying attention.
- Comment on Mozilla CEO quits, pushes pivot to data privacy champion... but what about Firefox? 3 months ago:
Firefox has been on a very obvious fade to irrelevance. Plugging our ears simply doesn’t change it and almost nobody cares what Google does with Chrome.
This isn’t 2008 where Firefox ran so much better than IE.
Unlike the opinion author’s take, I’m optimistic that their renewed focus on privacy might be their best near-term shot at increasing revenue. At least it beats their Pocket acquisition……
- Comment on Diagon Lemmy - A Queer-friendly, Harry Potter-themed Lemmy Server is now live (before you block me instantly, please hear me out) 3 months ago:
theme
noun
ˈthēm
1a: a subject or topic of discourse or of artistic representation guilt and punishment is the theme of the story
b: a specific and distinctive quality, characteristic, or concern
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theme
I’m not sure who soured your milk today but “theme” is being correctly used here.
- Comment on Russia is using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite devices in Ukraine, sources say 3 months ago:
But think of the clicks and blind outrage comments!
- Comment on Diagon Lemmy - A Queer-friendly, Harry Potter-themed Lemmy Server is now live (before you block me instantly, please hear me out) 3 months ago:
Oh how I miss the free time I had in high school.
- Comment on Diagon Lemmy - A Queer-friendly, Harry Potter-themed Lemmy Server is now live (before you block me instantly, please hear me out) 3 months ago:
Don’t let the comments here discourage you. A lot of people on Lemmy like finding reasons to get mad at the world.
You’re not hosting a Tucker Carlson server or anything, you’re hosting a server for a very popular and sentimental franchise.
Have fun with it, hopefully it takes off. If it doesn’t, then hey you tried.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Lemmy is nowhere big enough for any serious company to care about astroturfing here. Someone would probably get fired for suggesting it because of how low-reach Lemmy is right now.
A lot of people are tech or tech-adjacent here. For American devs in HCOL areas, a $3500 device can be completely within their budget.
- Comment on Music Piracy Is Back, Baby 3 months ago:
Fun info on the SiriusXM thing: if you cancel and wait a few months, now they’ll give you an offer for a multi-year plan for $5/mo. If you are a current customer and you have a history of threatening to cancel to get promos, supposedly they’re just giving up and locking people into the same $5-6 plan for life.
If they did this normally (or at least let you bundle radios for dirt cheap), I would’ve happily subscribed for the last 15 years.
$6/mo is solidly in “cheap enough to forget to cancel” territory. I’m not hurting financially, but after something costs more than $10/mo I start thinking “do I need this?”
- Comment on Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’ 3 months ago:
So you’re a fan of continuing to support an occupation that has a high incidence rate of RSI because you want to stick it to the man and make someone swipe your bag of chips.
You do you.
- Comment on Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’ 3 months ago:
You do realize that price gouging is a completely different problem than showing/honoring correct prices?
- Comment on Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’ 3 months ago:
I think people are far more invested in trying to find some conspiracy instead of accepting that mistakes happen, be it in code, pricing, whatever.
The closest thing to a fix is ensuring your local consumer laws say the sticker price prevails and call it out to a supervisor if you find an issue.
I don’t get the weirdness of the spike of self-checkout hate lately. There’s a lot of “I deserve to have a human scan items” takes that are bafflingly stupid.