CompactFlax
@CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on BMW’s in-car Spider-Man ad is a warning sign: we were promised a transport revolution, instead we got cars tracking us and serving us ads 2 days ago:
Connectivity and telemetry starts off about improving the product and ends up with subscription features and selling your behaviour.
- Comment on BMW’s in-car Spider-Man ad is a warning sign: we were promised a transport revolution, instead we got cars tracking us and serving us ads 2 days ago:
I still need to look at it to hit the target.
- Comment on BMW’s in-car Spider-Man ad is a warning sign: we were promised a transport revolution, instead we got cars tracking us and serving us ads 2 days ago:
The marvel series is USA propaganda.
- Comment on Nah nuh nah nah nuh nuh nuh nah nah nuh nuh 5 days ago:
I’m certain this is an acquired taste.
- Comment on MoreThanTV (MTV) is dead 6 days ago:
RIP
- Comment on "It's not work" - Austrian Chancellor Stocker declares that in his view caring for children isn't work 1 week ago:
The next generation supports the current adult generations.
Investing in the next generation is vital to ensure the continued success of the nation.
Early child development is incredibly important to long term success.
Understanding this is beyond the capability of many politicians.
- Comment on Ecosystem services 1 week ago:
Fun fact: rats can’t vomit.
- Comment on Hey jackass, this is why trucks with large tires are supposed to have mud flaps. 2 weeks ago:
It’s awful for the steering geometry to have the wheels offset so far from where they’re supposed to be. So not only does it eat tyres and ball joints, it also handles worse than it already would.
RIP your windshield.
- Comment on the Home Alone house then and now 2 weeks ago:
Millennial grey, because it’s important that you don’t mess up your investment by personalizing it.
- Comment on the Home Alone house then and now 2 weeks ago:
Due to a weird law, in the USA manufactured homes must be built on a permanent chassis.
Most homes in the USA are built entirely on site.
- Comment on It's becoming widely accepted that it's not safe to put pictures of your children on social media... (cont. in post) 3 weeks ago:
The social media platforms themselves are pushing age verification.
They have proven repeatedly that they never do anything that doesn’t benefit themselves, so how can I support them?
Also, the implementations of age verification are terrible.
- Comment on Nintendo says users voluntarily paid higher prices, have no right to tariff refunds 3 weeks ago:
Guess I’m not buying another Nintendo product. The Wii is fun. Fuck these guys.
- Comment on Is starlink internet worth it or shit for gaming? 3 weeks ago:
If you have a wired connection, it is highly unlikely that Starlink will be superior in any way.
Satellite internet, even Low Earth Orbit providers, should be the absolute last resort, particularly as the two constellations that are or will be available to consumers are run by billionaires.
It is not physically possible for a satellite connection to have lower latency than a fibre connection unless the fibre route is in some way excessively convoluted.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
That and layoffs. When someone is with a company for a long time and becomes senior, not only do they have immeasurable value in their institutional knowledge but they are also the “person” for their area of expertise. They know things or know the person responsible for things. When they leave or are forced out, less senior people don’t have a way to bridge the siloes (outside of dealing with layers of management), so problems go unaddressed.
- Comment on Train Surrounded by Flames in Armstrong, Ontario 4 weeks ago:
That happened 20 years ago but it doesn’t matter as long as shareholders get value.
- Comment on Can an Swedish style draft work in the US? 4 weeks ago:
Culturally, no.
- Comment on Why do bumblebees die under the tilia? 4 weeks ago:
Simple answer could be that tilia are hosting Linden Aphid which in turn attract wasps and ants who eat their excretions, and may attack the bee.
- Comment on "I'm in favor of a law that requires all telemarketers to wear shock collars that can be activated by pressing the pound (#) key." 5 weeks ago:
Fine, but only the management gets the collar.
- Comment on A lot of people who try to start a religion are seen as mentally ill. Like Jim Jones, David Koresh, the UFO guy, and L Ron Hubbard. Then could it be a safe bet that Jesus was mentally ill? 5 weeks ago:
Add to the list Joseph Smith. But I think he was possibly a sociopath rather than having eg schizophrenia.
- Comment on A lot of people who try to start a religion are seen as mentally ill. Like Jim Jones, David Koresh, the UFO guy, and L Ron Hubbard. Then could it be a safe bet that Jesus was mentally ill? 5 weeks ago:
Paul m, if I recall my Sunday school lessons, had a vision; mentally stable people don’t have visions without substances or fevers or the like. Also he was a bit of a bastard before that too.
- Comment on Apply today! 1 month ago:
Cigarettes are an unfair comparison because of sin taxes. A Big Mac is a simpler international comparison, or a loaf of bread.
- Comment on It's been a while since I was fired from my job, so here's a picture of Windows updating at the wrong time 1 month ago:
No, not on a business owned device. The updates should give warnings, of course. Some companies don’t seem to know how to supply those warnings before mandating the install, for some reason.
- Comment on When will the all white home with grey floors trend be over? 1 month ago:
Needed to buy a car several years ago and I went out of my way to try to find a car with a COLOR. It was a bit more of a hassle, but I’m glad I did.
I’m at a point where I’d take the mustard yellow Prius. At least it’s got a colour. And don’t get me started on the “we forgot to paint it” primer base colours.
- Comment on The Secret Reason Bosses Want Everyone Back in the Office, Every Day of the Week 1 month ago:
It’s great to see this in ultra mainstream NYT.
- Comment on Most 80s interior 1 month ago:
I can smell this room.
- Comment on How I mapped Britain’s hidden ‘battery cows’ 1 month ago:
Factory farms are A-OK, but look at the multitude of issues that a (relatively wealthy) landowner faces in trying to make a more traditional mixed production farm be profitable in the current environment. Harry’s Farm and Clarkson’s Farm paint a pretty dark picture; it’s less risky/more profitable to plant flowers (government guaranteed income) than it is to produce food. Consolidation of abattoirs can mean that animals need long-distance transportation for processing. Dairy market rewards only factory sized production. Etc.
- Comment on Is Britain's Plug-In Solar Revolution Really Just Months Away? 1 month ago:
I’ve got two 250w panels set up feeding a 1kwh battery box/inverter which in turn feeds my ‘fridge and works as a UPS.
Around the solstice I can run it all about 12-14hrs but even a month later it’s down to 8-10 already, never mind winter, and with current rates it’s at least a 10 year payback. I don’t really understand the financials of microsolar. It seems like something that scales better if the building management put it up rather than individuals with 400w on the balcony.
- Comment on If you work with food, how can you control yourself so you don’t eat it? 1 month ago:
There’s a fine line between over producing food and having waste and having enough food.
A wise manager ensures that there is a family meal and manages production so that waste is minimized. A stupid manager accuses kitchen staff of stealing when they’re eating food in the restaurant.
Eating off of other people’s plates is a disease vector, don’t do that.
- Comment on “Gaming is becoming unaffordable” — Xbox CEO says the industry has an accessibility crisis 1 month ago:
Everything is more expensive. Leisure activities are early budget cuts.
- Comment on How come Nurses are not bound by the same rule is a lawyer is to a defendant or a wife to a husband or a priest? If someone says something on their death bed why are we suppose to report? 1 month ago:
In a perfect world you’d have gotten this explained thoroughly for your local jurisdiction as part of your registration requirements.
Doctors, lawyers, and priests have professional expectations to keep things secret, but if there’s ongoing harm to others, or certain crimes (child molestation, murder, etc.), they will report it.