Overzeetop

@Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm 99% sure it's not real⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I fix others people’s problems using math and a bit of physics. I keep people from dying. As long as those two things hold true I get shelter, food, and other necessities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What even is the point of delivery anymore⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Questionable whether it’s actually better for the environment as the truck runs every day.

  Albert Heijn makes me think Netherlands, and tall building probably means big city (Amsterdam or maybe Brussels in Belgium…i think AH is big there too) so there’s a good chance it may be a cyclist / cargo bike delivering the food. It flips the American shop-bulk-and-store method on its head.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey, does this drink taste like quaaludes to you?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a NoahGetTheBoat moment.

  (Yes, of course I laughed - I’m going to hell and I expect to see you all there, too)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you tried sunning you perineum?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t you be doing Jen and Kira dirty like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Florida restaurant chain says boosting pay and offering better benefits helped it end its labor shortage⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought it might be an Onion headline.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weird 🤔⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It may depend on your politics or maybe just where you hang out. I know that Beehaw gets a lot of shit for their pre-emptive defederation but it may be the nicest general online community I’ve encountered in a long time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Women in Iceland including the prime minister go on strike for equal pay and an end to violence⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I accidentally ended up in the middle of this, and there was genuinely a huge turnout. It was good to see, and quite uplifting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rethinking care: With the population set to age further in the decades to come, the ever-expanding marketisation of care must be replaced by a system based on solidarity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “Did you vote for Brexit?”
  “Yes”. “Ahh, good. Here’s a pamphlet in eldercare and the free market. Have a nice day, and good luck.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No one really understands our struggle⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel so bad for mine I’ve raised the amount I tip them every month from ~12% to 20%. You should, too - they struggle so hard.

  (Lol)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU votes to mandate removable batteries in smartphones in a landslide; no more glued together junk!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It won’t happen. You might end up with a “basic” model which, for them, is a zero profit vehicle - possibly even sold at a slight loss. But everything will be installed and cryptographically keyed to your car (like Apple dies with their screens and cameras, “for security”). All the waste will be baked into the car- extra materials you can’t sell, extra weight that reduces efficiency, extra expense should something break or be damaged.

  You’ll get a car with a 100kWh battery, ABS, Traction control 4 wheel drive, autopilot (actually it will be 4 levels of cruise control), auto braking, cameras, side air bags, heated and cooled seats, mini fridge, swivel chairs, ac, heat, heads up display, 24” touch screen, battery heaters, dual charging, home-power, solar charging, regenerative braking, the works. You’ll have single, slow charging, 20kWk, no regen braking and no amenities except the minimum required by law in your are (ie backup cam but not front or side, driver/pass airbags but no side) But just adding ac, heat, and terrestrial radio (controlled using a 7” area of the 24” screen) will be 100% profit and only accessible by monthly subscription. And when you sell the car, it will have zero fuctions and require new payments.

  I’m calling out car makers, but tech is front and center. Why not sell one, sealed Xbox with a 2TB drive, but charge a monthly fee to unlock all but 500GB. Or 10Gbit wired and 6EWi-Fi, but throttled to 100mb. . Or limited to 2.4G, with 5G being $2.99 and 6G channels bring $3.99. 1GB hardwire is $2.99, 10G is $3.99. For 5.99/mo you can unlock their MaxNet service with 10G and 6E Wi-Fi.

  Oculus might sell one SKU of headset with 512GB storage, but 256/512 are $50/100 price tiers. Apple might do the same on phones and iPads.

  Laptops might go to soldered ram, discrete gpu, SSD and get you to pay once or monthly for activation of anything more than the minimum. Batteries migh be the same. Or even a 4K screen that is limited to 1080p without a paid unlock.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU votes to mandate removable batteries in smartphones in a landslide; no more glued together junk!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Next: I would like them to prohibit software limitations on hardware shipped in products so that if you ship a product with a hardware which is enabled on any device, you may not disable that hardware on different models. Ex - putting a 60kWh battery pack in all of your cars but limiting the usage in software based on pricing, or installing heaters which are enabled in some models but not in others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The people have spoken, and they want to speak to real live humans, not a rail ticket self-service app | Gaby Hinsliff⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  A century ago, in America, the largest retailer - Sears & Roebuck - tried shifting from handwritten letters to typed to their customers. There was a huge backlash because the typed letters came across as cold and impersonal. The company (temporarily) went back to handwritten letters, at greater expense, until the practice was more widespread.