flop_leash_973

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[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

I like the Nathan Fillion comment during some red carpet interview when the interviewer was trying to egg him into saying something that would get rage clicks from one side or the other of the current political trash fire.

"its just a movie guys"

Superman was not a brooding edge lord until Snyder's take outside of specific story runs, and it is obvious that a lot of people don't know that.

 

I wonder if there is something subpar about whoever Google is getting the batteries from for the A series phones.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Naturally as this kind of thing moves into use on actual people it will be used on the wealthiest and most connected among us in equal measure to us lowly plebs right.....right?

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I don't understand how someone makes the logical leaps they do in these kinds of cases. Even from a purely selfish stand point, the risk of exactly what happened and the fallout are just not worth it to make that appointment right then and there or just have the kids sit in the lobby.

I must be losing my grip on reality, trying to reason why someone that thinks this way does the things they do.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I would imagine she knew full well trying to be the CEO of X/Twitter with Musk so heavily involved was going to be a losing venture as far as her own goals from the jump. But she took the job for the huge pay day and being able to have "CEO" in her list of previous positions on her resume.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

No matter if you end up getting him a pair or not. Be sure he understands that such things as bullying people for having the “wrong” shoes is shallow clique nonsense and he should be better than that.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I often wonder these days why anyone would have any interest in working for the likes of Microsoft or the other big names. Unless I am just severely underestimating how good that comp package is it seems like knowing you will get the ax within 5 years of your start date more than likely would really dump cold water on the whole affair.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

My wife had a rental for a trip she and my daughter were going on for a gymnastics event and I got to drive it back from the rental place and it had lane assist.

Every time another car passed in the opposite lane the damn thing would try and jerk in the opposite direction of that car, sometimes almost running itself off the road into the ditch in the process.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Zip disk users rise up.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

What about all of those congress critters that get that big bad "socialized medicine" that the common people can't (funny how it is fine when it is for them isn't it.)? I bet that costs a shit ton given the average age of congress critters. How about we make some cuts there?

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I recognize that news outlets have bills to pay, and I am generally willing to pay for something when it is worth it to me. But they all need to realize that not all of them can get away with a $10-$20 a month subscription fee. That is as unsustainable as the current advertising in every square inch of free space and data broker model.

A far more healthy for the entire news ecosystem would be accounts linked to your online IDP services of choice (Google, Apple, Microsoft, whoever else has one they want to support) and things like Google Pay/Apple Pay. Then you pay some small usage fee like power/water/toll roads. Then how much you give any given outlet depends on how much of their stuff you use.

That would refocus news on being things people want to read and less on advertising influence as well as cut back on the rampant consolidation that is and will continue to come of the current models.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago

Cool I guess. But I still find Brave to be a sketchy organization with how they have done some of their schemes to make money over the years. So will continue to avoid anything they make.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

In my experience working with devs at game studios (i'm a sysadmin/infra engineer type by trade), it is rarely them that is so against open sourcing code, or giving fans of the game the tools needed to keep it going on their own once the devs move on. Most of the devs I have dealt with would like nothing more than to see the thing they created live on and be enjoyed by people, even if they are not personally getting paid for it 10 years down the line.

It is nearly always the executives looking to make sure no one manages to enjoy something the people that work for them created without the c-suite getting paid for it first that is the road block.

 

If its not more blatant ways to display ads or AI Google isn't working on anything it would seem.

 

As if those AI overviews weren't already useless enough.

 

It feels dirty to agree with an ISP on something. But even the worst corporations are on the right side of something from time to time I suppose.

 

Jesus, that is a gross way to inject advertising into turn-by-turn navigation.

Edit/update from 9to5google so this post does not spread what is apparently inaccurate information: https://9to5google.com/2024/07/08/google-maps-pop-up-quick-detour-ad/

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