zbyte64
@zbyte64@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- Comment on Elon Tusk 7 months ago:
And we still have nuclear Armageddon to worry about, it just got buried under the pile of things to worry about.
- Comment on Elon Tusk 7 months ago:
Renewables won’t stop the oil companies from selling their product. But I’m optimistic for different reasons; ol Zuck is making sure he’s the tastiest billionaire on the menu with his wagyu diet.
- Comment on Elon Tusk 7 months ago:
Don’t worry, we’re banning abortion so you don’t have to be selfish to have kids.
- Comment on Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025 8 months ago:
Last update will spam the user to upgrade their computer. If they could brick it and get away with it they would.
- Comment on Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025 8 months ago:
people refuse to educate themselves
This is a thought terminating cliche.
- Comment on Music Piracy Is Back, Baby 9 months ago:
Just what I’ve been looking for, it supports offline playing!
- Comment on Fujitsu bugs that sent innocent people to prison were known “from the start” 9 months ago:
Proprietary software makers: our software is more secure than open source because the public can’t go looking for bugs to exploit.
Proprietary software:
- Comment on Maker Naomi Wu is Silenced by Chinese Authorities (And Why I Blame Elon Musk) 9 months ago:
Actually “because I feel like it” is a good enough reason to give a stranger.
- Comment on Elon Musk demands another huge payday from Tesla 9 months ago:
Guy is probably getting scared of his board members and is wanting to secure himself from being outed. There’s a reason why we are now hearing about his drug problem, and those stories are coming from his board members.
- Comment on YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave 9 months ago:
I don’t always click on a YouTube ad, but when I do it’s a UI failure because it’s an accidental click. How much do you want to bet this crackdown is a distraction from the fact their ad system doesn’t perform as well as advertised?
- Comment on It is essential to stop using Chrome. Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware. 10 months ago:
It’s like oil dependency, we could blame the individual but that really doesn’t help the situation. Unless of course we’re talking about individual executives, those bastards are totally culpable.
- Comment on VRBO commercials are like the beginning of horror movies 10 months ago:
They low key tell you that the reason you’re not closer to your family is because you’re too close to society. The sort of person that appeals to has a very fearful psyche, perfect for the lead role in a cabin horror film.
- Comment on The EU common charger : USB-C 10 months ago:
My pixel phone had a wave of salt water from the ocean get into the USB-C port. The phone detected the moisture and disabled the port until it was clean and dry. The port still works.
- Comment on ‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit 10 months ago:
What’s the saying? “You can’t control what you can’t measure.”
- Comment on 40% of US electricity is now emissions-free 10 months ago:
Yes the Environmental Protection Agency. The Heritage foundation is taking applications and they vet by looking at whether their social media accounts supports Trump: www.project2025.org
Last time Trump did their best to push responsible people out of government jobs, but that was just a test run. This time around it would be a speed run.
- Comment on 40% of US electricity is now emissions-free 10 months ago:
That’s what tanking the EPA is for. Without any oversight of externalities, dirty energy becomes cheaper.
- Comment on What did it cost 10 months ago:
It’s important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It’s not only life of babies, but it’s life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet.
- George
- Comment on While everyone is watching the world stage and some are predicting WWIII, isn't there a good chance that the USA is getting close to some kind of civil war? 10 months ago:
Imagine the libs actually taking up arms. I can’t.
- Comment on While everyone is watching the world stage and some are predicting WWIII, isn't there a good chance that the USA is getting close to some kind of civil war? 10 months ago:
This. Another Jan 6th is the best we can hope for at this point. If Trump wins, it will be much worse than the first time. If he loses, but wins the coupe, then we get a civil war. I don’t like how 2 of the 3 options are a national shit show as opposed to a failed insurrection (best scenario at this point).
- Comment on Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" 11 months ago:
Working on it
- Comment on Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" 11 months ago:
Wait, instead of metaphor you meant a literal example? Offs…
- Comment on Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" 11 months ago:
Yes, that’s the definition of a service. Just not sure what your point is about talking about prostitutes as if one was steeling a service when they get raped.
- Comment on Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" 11 months ago:
Sex is a fleeting service.
I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here.
- Comment on Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" 11 months ago:
Prostitutes can’t have a romantic life? This is such a bizarre metaphor, let’s see where it leads 🍿
- Comment on Not mocking cobol devs but yall are severely underpaid for keeping fintech alive 11 months ago:
If you labor there’s only two ways you get paid your full worth: you own the means of your production or your boss is a chump. However much the job pays, you are going to have a larger impact than your salary (hopefully).
- Comment on Sony Steals Customers' Purchased Content - Piracy is COMPLETELY JUSTIFIED! 11 months ago:
I would have more sympathy for that argument if the same was applied to the government regulating land and taxes. It ain’t your land or your money, you have it on lease from the government so stop bitching and render unto Caesar.
- Comment on Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies. 11 months ago:
Because YouTube doesn’t want you to skip ads? If the ad was just another part of the show, you would just fast forward past the ad.
- Comment on Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies. 11 months ago:
We’re going to relearn this lesson with LLMs. Open source is a maximalist approach to productivity.
- Comment on Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police 11 months ago:
Sat on jury duty. We literally said not guilty because the officer was supposed to follow a process for line ups and they didn’t even do the bare minimum. They were like we got out guy
- Comment on Broadcom lays off many VMware employees after closing its $69 billion acquisition of the company 11 months ago:
It’s “polite” and therefore right. The angry people are the ones being unreasonable and are thus wrong. They instead should write a calm sounding letter, submit it to the media that is totally not owned be the same shareholders that wronged them. /s