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TechnoBabble

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  • Framework Sold Out of 3 Batches of Laptop 16 in Less Than 3 Hours.

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  • I thought it was insane that they take apart a fully built laptop to sell the diy version.

    It's way more work for Framework, but they charge less for the diy model.

    I wonder if user comfort with modifying internals on the diy model creates more sales in the long run, because customers can visualize what they'd be doing when installing an upgrade.

  • AAA pulls back from offering insurance in Florida, following Farmers

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  • And if the state is going to legislate that way, there's even more reason to pull coverage.

    It's half climate change related, and half their own doing.

  • Game of Thrones was nearly "destroyed" by pirates illegally streaming HBO content

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  • I can't fathom why these media companies still love to do exclusivity agreements. There's no way it's more profitable than just allowing everyone to watch your show from any service, with commissions for the number of views.

    I'd probably start paying for a streaming service again if I could watch every show in one place. But I'm not interested in playing musical subscriptions.

  • Signal president says company will not comply with U.K. ‘mass surveillance’ law

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  • Except, that's not how real life social networking works.

    So, the opposite of based, unless based now means "pandering".

  • ‘I’ve never seen heat this bad. It’s not normal’: Italy struggles as temperature tops 40C 118f

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  • I'm not saying your personal choices are bad, I'm saying if you live as sustainably as possible, you're only delaying the inevitable by a millisecond at best. Change needs to be forced, globally, or we're still in the same situation, just by 2051 with a massive "green movement" instead of 2050.

    But this talk we're having, it's all too late.

    We're entering an era of climate induced super weather that will force the hand of leaders across the globe.

    It's gotten to the point where it's becoming cheaper and more strategically significant to do something about climate change, than it is to ignore it. That's when the change happens under our system.

  • Meta Threads engagement has dropped 50% in a week

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  • A mobile only platform is pretty much destined to be the lowest quality social media site around.

    Just having a keyboard and mouse makes thoughtful expression so much easier.

    • Sent from my iPhone

  • ‘I’ve never seen heat this bad. It’s not normal’: Italy struggles as temperature tops 40C 118f

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  • That's why change needs to come from the corporate level through regulation.

    People generally just want food, shelter, health, and comfort. And most people in the world are struggling to maintain food and shelter.

    Their evironmental footprint doesn't even register as an afterthought.

  • ‘I’ve never seen heat this bad. It’s not normal’: Italy struggles as temperature tops 40C 118f

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  • For example...

    Go look at your local Walmart and it's bazillion products. They expect to sell almost everything in that store multiple times within a month. All that generates enormous waste on a scale that's literally impossible for the earth to sustain for another 100 years without total ecological collapse.

    We're living in the single most polluting decade in human history, every decade, since all of us were born. Even if the entire Lemmy user base become subsistence farming monks, the factories would just keep churning out poison unphased.

    I'm not saying it's bad for people to try and consume more responsibly. I'm just saying it doesn't make a difference over any meaningful time period until there's a radical change in how our global economy functions.

    Environmental catastrophe will continue until we literally cannot ignore it, only then will we do anything substantial about it. Unfortunately that's just how our society works.

  • Reddit enrages users again by ditching thank-you coins and awards

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  • Surely this isn't true.

  • Reddit enrages users again by ditching thank-you coins and awards

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  • I got a message saying I apparently have premium and/or coins, and to use them before they expire.

    But, even before the Reddit plague I had no way of even knowing that, because I used old Reddit and RiF.

    Anyway, my point is that this change only affects official Reddit app users, and new Reddit users.

    So Reddit found a way to take stuff away from the users who weren't directly affected by the third-party app shutdowns.

    It's a genius way to make sure everyone is pissed off all at once.

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  • The guy above definitely could have left the politics out of that comment, since there's nothing more bipartisan than rich people fucking the working class.

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  • I've been wondering why this isn't talked about more.

    All those commercial mortgages are intertwined with banks, and retirement accounts, and all sorts of "stable" investments.

    Plus it's not just the offices directly affected by pandemic remote work that aren't renewing their leases. New companies wont lease a building since it's not expected anymore, and big companies will be counting the beans to see how much they can save by reducing office space.

    This is a phase shift in commercial real estate that I don't think banks have budgeted for.

    I'm sure everyone on wall street knows it's coming, but if they can act surprised and get another bailout in a major crash, that's just going to cost you and me our futures, again.

  • Reddit kills awards and coins

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  • I agree, the "award" systems, are one of the least offensive monetization strategies I've seen.

    Keep in mind that awards don't have to behave like Reddit and Discord have implement them. I'm sure there's room to innovate in a community focused manner.

    Reddit however, has decided that they need to crush everything and go full Silicon Valley vampire in order to squeeze a lifetime of upper class earnings into a get rich quick payout scheme.

  • Reddit kills awards and coins

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  • The revenue calculations likely take gold into account.

    At least the real rev/user would.

  • Reddit kills awards and coins

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  • It also disables a lot of analytics, so you get a better experience than the paying customers, for free.

  • Reddit kills awards and coins

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  • I think they're planning to release a real-money karma system that'll revolve around awards.

    So they need to sunset the old awards, to make room for cash awards.

    It's such a terrible idea for a social network that I'm convinced Reddit is doing it.

  • Reddit kills awards and coins

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  • Hey, you know the only perk you get with Reddit Premium that isn't available through a free browser extension?

    Yeah that's going away in 60 days.

    It will be replaced with something so awful we dare not mention it while people are still pissed off about the other popular thing we killed with little notice.

    We here at the Reddit management understand you have concerns about the destruction of the global hub of collaboration, but you'll get over it.

    Peace!

  • TOTK - Should I update Yuzu and mods to latest?

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  • You're probably right.

    I reckon I'll dive back into the TotK emu scene tomorrow.

    Trying to get the experience as best it can be for my wife to start playing the game.

    So far it seems pretty stable with just the latest PinEApple build, but I've seen some of the old bugs, like the corrupted loading screen and texture flickering.

  • EU will require removable batteries from 2027

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  • The real danger behind Chat Control and similar measures, is that countries won't even have to utilize parallel construction anymore. No longer will dragnet surveillance mostly target the big guys. They'll be able to basically automate prosecution of any crime that they desire.

    Think about how many little slices have been taken out of our freedom pie over the last 10 years. How many similar dystopian laws have passed despite our outrage?

    Technology is outpacing our ability to protect ourselves, and countries will keep pushing boundaries until nothing is left sacred.

    Oppression never sleeps.