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Comment on Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges in ~tech
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Comment on Paramount settles with California, other states over Warner Bros merger in ~movies
Akir Link ParentI am so fucking pissed off that we have two fucking voter initiatives on the ballot this years specifically put in place just to invalidate the billionaire tax - the one that's actually a...I am so fucking pissed off that we have two fucking voter initiatives on the ballot this years specifically put in place just to invalidate the billionaire tax - the one that's actually a grassroots effort. And they're going to have much longer effects that will hobble the California legislature, potentially forever.
"Eat the rich" might actually be too kind of a sentiment at this point. They are poisonously evil.
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Comment on Paramount settles with California, other states over Warner Bros merger in ~movies
Akir Link ParentThe US isn't really much better anymore. The telcos keep buying eachother with very little consequence. I'm literally right between two of the most densely populated counties in California and yet...The US isn't really much better anymore. The telcos keep buying eachother with very little consequence. I'm literally right between two of the most densely populated counties in California and yet there is only a single terrestrial (read: non-wireless) internet provider who can service my address. According to Claude, at least, high speed internet seems to be notably cheaper in Canada than in the US!
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Comment on Amazon plans drone expansion as top exec projects one million deliveries in ~tech
Akir LinkDoes anyone live in an area serviced by a drone delivery service - Amazon or otherwise? It seems somewhat… optimistic. Amazon seems to have been pushing this idea for a very long time and I have...Does anyone live in an area serviced by a drone delivery service - Amazon or otherwise? It seems somewhat… optimistic. Amazon seems to have been pushing this idea for a very long time and I have yet to see anything come of it anywhere in my major metropolitan area.
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Comment on Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges in ~tech
Akir Link ParentI will bet you a nonzero amount of money that in order to use the features of the fridge users were forced to click through a terms of use agreement which included a binding arbitration and class...I will bet you a nonzero amount of money that in order to use the features of the fridge users were forced to click through a terms of use agreement which included a binding arbitration and class action waiver clauses.
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Comment on Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges in ~tech
Akir (edited )Link ParentIIRC both Westinghouse and whirlpool are both completely defunct in the United States and are both just brands licensed to Haier, a Chinese appliance manufacturer. Edit: actually maybe they don’t...IIRC both Westinghouse and whirlpool are both completely defunct in the United States and are both just brands licensed to Haier, a Chinese appliance manufacturer.
I have a lot of respect for Haier these days. They don’t try to reinvent the wheel and they aren’t trying to make everything controllable only through apps or AI, most of the time.Edit: actually maybe they don’t do that last part.
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Comment on Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges in ~tech
Akir Link ParentWe own an LG refrigerator. I really didn't want to buy one because they already have a bad name for their fridges. It has their "ThinQ" AI technology and I have already told my husband I will...We own an LG refrigerator. I really didn't want to buy one because they already have a bad name for their fridges. It has their "ThinQ" AI technology and I have already told my husband I will murder him if he ever enables it, especially considering that LG is a company who really really likes spying on it's customers.
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Comment on Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges in ~tech
Akir Link ParentTheir TVs were not that great either. Tizen was very buggy. It takes talent to make Linux unreliable. Honestly when it comes to phones I came to the conclusion that it was less of a function of...Their TVs were not that great either. Tizen was very buggy. It takes talent to make Linux unreliable.
Honestly when it comes to phones I came to the conclusion that it was less of a function of Samsung being good and more of a function of everyone else being terrible in comparison.
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Comment on In fighting for every black child, did I forget my own? in ~life
Akir Link Parent100,000 times more negativity is still 100,000 times more negativity.100,000 times more negativity is still 100,000 times more negativity.
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Comment on In fighting for every black child, did I forget my own? in ~life
Akir Link ParentI suppose so. It’s just the overwhelming volume.I suppose so. It’s just the overwhelming volume.
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Comment on Googlebook revealed and ready for pre-order in ~tech
Akir Link ParentI’m of much the same opinion as you. I’m still very much pissed off at Google for promising that my device would get access to the Play Store and simply never delivering it. Beyond that, simply...I’m of much the same opinion as you. I’m still very much pissed off at Google for promising that my device would get access to the Play Store and simply never delivering it. Beyond that, simply chrooting the device to install Firefox on early ChromeOS gave massive performance boosts because Chrome was and still is a massive memory hog and doesn’t really make sense for devices of the caliber that they put them on (which can still have as little as 4GB). Which I guess is fine for Googlebooks?
Pretty much everything Google has done since roughly the year 2008 has been to burn any and all of the goodwill they had built with me in the years before, and my trust has long burnt out. That play store thing is probably the thing that did it; they just stayed silent about the issue and the support period has ended so it’s just never going to happen.
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Comment on Mindful posting in ~society
Akir Link ParentI have yet to ever login to bluesky, but let me give you this quick thought experiment. You are a politician and you are trying to gather popular sentiment on an issue quickly. You go online and...I have yet to ever login to bluesky, but let me give you this quick thought experiment. You are a politician and you are trying to gather popular sentiment on an issue quickly. You go online and find 20 well reasoned takes for one side. On the other you find one or two well reasoned takes… and 20,000 poorly reasoned ones. Which one do you support?
You don’t even have to be a politician for this to be important. People take sides by repetition of ideas. This is often how right wing ideology spreads even when the ideas are harmful.
As a human being you need to advocate for yourself, even if you are bad at it! It’s the only way to get things done. Yes, you should try to get better at it. But you know how you get better at it? Trying.
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Comment on I'm not sure disinfo campaigns on X still work in ~tech
Akir Link ParentWhere do you see this happen, seriously? I am pretty selective about which news sources I consume but the only time I see X being cited is when the story involves groups that congregate on the...Where do you see this happen, seriously?
I am pretty selective about which news sources I consume but the only time I see X being cited is when the story involves groups that congregate on the platform.
If you are seeing stories citing random nobodies you should seriously not only be rejecting the story, but the entire outlet. Clearly there is something wrong with their editorial standards.
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Comment on Mindful posting in ~society
Akir LinkHonestly this might be the single most misguided piece of writing that I have ever seen. Let’s not advocate for ourselves on social media because… we’re no good at it? In fact we are so bad at it...Honestly this might be the single most misguided piece of writing that I have ever seen. Let’s not advocate for ourselves on social media because… we’re no good at it? In fact we are so bad at it we might get people to do the opposite of what we want! Spooky!
Honestly it seems to me like the kind of psychotic thing that only the influencer type would be able to write: the author talks about “followers” instead of friends. They aren’t writing for you and me - people who are posting to their social media to communicate with people and communities they care about - they are writing for the influenzati, the people wrestling for attention and clout and brand deals and advertising dollars. At least that’s the impression that I get.
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Comment on In fighting for every black child, did I forget my own? in ~life
Akir Link ParentI can’t get back in there right now because there is a service outage where I am and I refuse to log in on my phone, but do you not see people dogpiling on the author for not prioritizing her...I can’t get back in there right now because there is a service outage where I am and I refuse to log in on my phone, but do you not see people dogpiling on the author for not prioritizing her daughter over her ideals, shaming her for narcissism for publicizing her daughter’s struggles, and ideas from the narrative being taken out of context and being misrepresented?
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Comment on Xbox: continuing our reset [update on Xbox game studio closures] in ~games
Akir Link ParentThere’s a part of me hoping that Microsoft is planning on having Obsidian take over Bethesda from the inside.There’s a part of me hoping that Microsoft is planning on having Obsidian take over Bethesda from the inside.
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Comment on In fighting for every black child, did I forget my own? in ~life
Akir LinkJust as an aside to this, I occasionally peruse through r/truereddit and came across this article there, where they did not like it very much. And let that be another reminder of why not to go to...Just as an aside to this, I occasionally peruse through r/truereddit and came across this article there, where they did not like it very much.
And let that be another reminder of why not to go to that website.
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Comment on AI abundance requires a four-hour workweek in ~tech
Akir LinkWhat's the point about framing this around AI? This is a problem around capital in general. What the author is looking for is communism, or at the very least some form of socialism. They are...What's the point about framing this around AI? This is a problem around capital in general. What the author is looking for is communism, or at the very least some form of socialism. They are fundamentally talking about wealth redistribution!
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Comment on These cookies are 3D-printed and made of recycled plastic in ~science
Akir Link ParentProbably because of space. Fluid behaves weird in space and so it probably needs to be deposited a bit at a time in order for it to form properly. As far as I'm concerned, the real failure is that...Probably because of space. Fluid behaves weird in space and so it probably needs to be deposited a bit at a time in order for it to form properly.
“µBites” (pronounced “microbites”)
As far as I'm concerned, the real failure is that it's not pronounced "moobites" ("mu-bites").
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Comment on I want an RPG with reverse leveling in ~games
Akir Link ParentIronically that is something I love about FFVIII. Most RPGs are too focused on being games and are lost that they should be role playing games. The game’s level scaling means that you don’t have...Ironically that is something I love about FFVIII. Most RPGs are too focused on being games and are lost that they should be role playing games. The game’s level scaling means that you don’t have to focus on fighting every single enemy and finding every single item and the game actually becomes more challenging if you do that, providing a difficult experience for maximalists and an easy experience for casual players who just want to experience the story and actually role-play.
The reason why I don’t fuck with RPGs these days is because they’re basically all unfinished in my perspective. They all become punishingly difficult at the end because they want you to go into the boring largely irrelevant side content, or worse - they just want you to suddenly master an element of the combat system that wasn’t terribly relevant until just now, or to just fucking grind because numbers must go up! I’ll give you that it’s terribly difficult to make a satisfying RPG ending because it must be difficult in order for it to be satisfying - but it’s a balance that designers almost universally push into difficulty rather than into ease.
It’s obvious isn’t it? If you are on vacation and your roommate drinks your milk, your refrigerator can log it and you can then choose to reverse the loop, heating the contents and destroying all the food and maybe even their medications. That’s gonna teach them their lesson!