LanyrdSkynrd

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[โ€“] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago

Every time someone says this, they should get the opportunity to become more resistant to public flogging

[โ€“] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

If it's a smart TV, and connected to internet, you can probably use one of those remote apps to control it.

Otherwise, a harmony remote can probably control it. You can check your model number this webpage to see if they have support for it. Harmony are discontinued, but the software still works, and there are a lot available on eBay. The harmony 650 is ~$25 and should work with any device on their compatibility list

[โ€“] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 27 points 8 months ago

It's probably never going to exist anyway. They made these 2 prototypes, but even Elon is saying they won't start manufacturing until 2026. He also prefaced it by saying he has a tendency to overpromise on dates, so they've probably not even started working on it.

[โ€“] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I didn't see the ad, but yeah he's a lib as far as I know, and sometimes gives an overly charitable view before the evidence is out.

I will say that at least he brings a lot of attention to stuff like this and he does bring civil rights actions against the police for a living.

[โ€“] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 29 points 8 months ago

Cumtown was on a list of leftists podcasts I saw before I'd ever heard of it. I got some clips of it in my YouTube feed and it was all racial jokes and jokes where the punchline is someone is gay.

[โ€“] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There were people going crazy for this in that unveiling clip I saw posted here. One dude yelled, "Fuck yeah" and another was going, "What is that?!?", like he was personally meeting Jesus. Made me sick.

[โ€“] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

As much as I'd like to see big tech die, and bazinga billionaires to lose money, I'm afraid of what a market crash would do to regular people. Lots of pension funds and retirement savings are tied up in the stock market.

The very rich always find a way to come out of market turmoil with a larger share of the wealth, even if the total wealth is smaller. That'll be another opportunity to do layoffs to "discipline the labor market" and jack up prices, and the working class will once again pay the price for the hubris of the rich.

[โ€“] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

I think the broader tech market can escape the AI crash if it abandons or significantly scales back on its investments in this garbage. If they continue on the road they're on, I can see a tech stock crash on par with the dotcom bubble popping in the early 2000s.

If the tech stocks crash like they did back then, it will cause a lot more damage to the whole economy, though. Tech companies are seen as a whole lot less speculative than they were back then, a lot more "safe" investment money is tied up in companies like Amazon and Google.

Unfortunately, I think these companies are pretty incompetent and desperate to get back that exponential growth. I think it's more likely than not that they'll try to ride AI off the cliff.

[โ€“] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 17 points 8 months ago

Insurance as a private industry is so stupid. They extract profits to protect people from catastrophic losses, but then when something catastrophic happens, the government has to step in to save the industry. We've seen it with the risk pools that states have had to create to keep health insurers from pulling out of rural areas, with last resort programs for home insurance and flood insurance, the AIG bailout, and the built in bailouts of Obamacare.

Why do they get to collect the profits if they don't cover the risks?

[โ€“] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's kind weird to have a 2 gang receptacle just for a coax cable, isn't it? It's not like an electrical box where you might need space for wiring. I'm not surprised they don't stock that on the truck. I guess they should have some of those build kits, though.

[โ€“] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 52 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I saw an article about how rich people build museums attached to their homes. They get a tax deduction from the building costs, and don't have to pay property taxes on that part. They use them for private parties, weddings, etc.

They're supposed to be open to the public, but of course nobody from the government checks into that. The reporter wasn't able to get into any of them.

I'm assuming that's what the "philanthropy wing" is about.

[โ€“] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 4 points 9 months ago

Maybe try something low in fiber, like white rice and veggies? Sautee some lower fiber veggies, like romaine lettuce, asparagus,mushrooms, green beans, or spinach. Make a sauce with soy sauce, maple syrup, garlic and ginger, thicken with cornstarch.

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