reddig33
@reddig33@lemmy.world
- Comment on Netflix is garbage 1 day ago:
Considering how many streamers are encouraging people to sign up for the ad-supported plans, I think they’re making more money from the ads. Of course, they’re double-dipping just like the cable companies used to do. Charging for a subscription, and then making even more money by showing you ads.
- Comment on Netflix is garbage 1 day ago:
Just one reason their stock price is down. They no longer report subscriber numbers — you can probably guess why. It’s strange to me that a public company can just hide data from investors that might reveal when a company isn’t doing so hot.
- Comment on Man Sets Off Explosive Device Outside Federal Building in Manhattan 1 week ago:
Sets off fireworks. Media: “Explosive device!!!”
- Comment on Feels like someone's podcasts are being heavily promoted 2 weeks ago:
Reminds me of ebook/audiobook recommendations in the major ebook stores. You can even tell it “I’m not interested in this author” and the same book will still show up five times as you scroll through recommendations. Gotta be some marketing incentives going on to push certain titles this hard.
- Comment on Eric Metaxas denounces air quality alert triggered by the Canadian wildfires 2 weeks ago:
I wonder if he’s buying it in bulk to drive up his ranking? It’s been known to happen.
- Comment on I took this today in San Francisco 2 weeks ago:
Hire her to erase all of your important data.
- Comment on Prince Harry loses lawsuit against Mail publisher over phone-hacking claims 3 weeks ago:
Surprising.
- Comment on ‘British food will disappear’: trade deal after Brexit is hitting UK farmers hard 4 weeks ago:
I wonder how many of those UK farmers voted “leave”?
- Comment on I feel like this could have been a smaller package 5 weeks ago:
Except they are paying to ship 50% air. Those calculations were probably made before gas prices went up.
- Comment on 20 Jobs that people once thought were irreplaceable are now just memories 1 month ago:
“Lector” sounds extremely annoying. Milkmen need to make a comeback.
- Comment on Local news did an entire segment featuring a guy who's mad about having to drive more carefully. 1 month ago:
If they are comcerned about speeding, they could install speed bumps or speed cameras. Those actually work.
- Comment on Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior 1 month ago:
This particular NYT story just has the stench of a “swift boat veterans” operation.
en.wikipedia.org/…/Swift_Vets_and_POWs_for_Truth
People’s personal lives are, personal. If he had been shown to have raped someone, or was a pedo, or was demonstratively a massive hypocrite, I’d be more concerned. But I don’t care if someone had an affair or was a messy boyfriend twenty years ago or whatever. I’m more concerned of how they are going to do their job.
I do have concerns this dude could turn out to be another Fetterman. But so far it looks like a risk worth taking because Susan Collins has a horrible voting record.
- Comment on The disaster of Brexit is a warning against simple solutions to hard problems 2 months ago:
Joining the EU _was _the simple solution.
- Comment on Energy bills set to rise as millions struggle with cost of living 2 months ago:
Newsflash — battery banks work just as well as gas leaker plants. And they’re currently cheaper.
- Comment on Energy bills set to rise as millions struggle with cost of living 2 months ago:
Solar and Wind provide more cheap electricity than ever, so energy bills set to rise. What a grift.
- Comment on "Top Movies" in Amazon Prime is full of series 2 months ago:
The whole app is a mess.
- You can tell it you don’t like something, and it will continue to suggest it under “We think you’ll like”.
- You can hide a series or a movie, and it will pop up again a day later in suggestions a if you didn’t do a damned thing.
- Comment on Nigel Farage bought £1.4m property after receiving £5m gift from British crypto billionaire 2 months ago:
“Gift”
- Comment on UK firefighters called to one lithium-ion battery fire every five hours 2 months ago:
Reminds me of the “hoverboard” craze where the electric skateboards with cheap batteries were flooding the market.
- Comment on UK firefighters called to one lithium-ion battery fire every five hours 2 months ago:
Looks like the bulk of these is caused by cheap poorly made ebikes, and improper disposal of lithium ion batteries from smaller devices.
“researchers found that ebike fires made up nearly a third of all lithium-ion battery fires nationally and noted that retrofitted and converted ebikes appeared to be disproportionately involved compared with certified models.”
- Comment on Wylfa power station can begin that promises 8,000 new jobs 3 months ago:
How does a power station create 8000 jobs? That sounds like ten times or more manpower it ordinarily takes to run a nuclear power station. Even the nei lobbying website says, “Each nuclear power plant employs 500 to 800 workers.”
- Comment on Someone has publicly leaked an exploit kit that can hack millions of iPhones 3 months ago:
Well well well. Lookie here…
- Comment on Someone has publicly leaked an exploit kit that can hack millions of iPhones 4 months ago:
You’re being downvoted, but you’re correct. Apple is probably risking a lawsuit by not shipping an already available security update for all users of iOS 18.
- Comment on Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years 4 months ago:
Another reminder that naming schools and streets after famous people might not be such a great idea.
- Comment on 4 months ago:
Are we supposed to believe this poll? I mean the US has the “Log Cabin” republicans, but they are a small minority of the gay/bi population. Why would the UK be the opposite?
- Comment on Most Reform UK members believe non-white British citizens should be forced or encouraged to leave, poll finds 4 months ago:
Don’t get complacent. Vote. Make sure your friends vote. Looked at what’s happening in the US.
- Comment on Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs | Federal policies under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that are hostile to vaccines have “sent a chill through the entire industry,” one scientist said. 5 months ago:
As I posted in a similar thread…
The USA isn’t the vaccine industry’s only market. I don’t get why our (hopefully temporary) insanity would cause companies to act like they have to cancel vaccine development.
- Comment on Kate Mulgrew Defends ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ And Captain Ake From “Disrespectful” Online Attacks 5 months ago:
Just pointing out that the crew often goes flying around the bridge quite often in Star Trek, despite the “inertial dampeners” and I think someone sitting sideways in a chair probably wouldn’t fare too well in that situation. And that the slick mop-n-glo floors probably won’t help either. Thought used to go into the design of these ships, but now it’s all about “make it shiny and futuristic looking!” But honestly I think it would build some character into the show if it actually happened and Hunter’s captain had a good laugh about it.
- Comment on Kate Mulgrew Defends ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ And Captain Ake From “Disrespectful” Online Attacks 5 months ago:
Whoosh.
- Comment on Kate Mulgrew Defends ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ And Captain Ake From “Disrespectful” Online Attacks 5 months ago:
- Comment on Kate Mulgrew Defends ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ And Captain Ake From “Disrespectful” Online Attacks 5 months ago:
