bilb

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[–] bilb@lem.monster 17 points 9 months ago

To protect her privacy, of course

[–] bilb@lem.monster 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh, that wouldn't be the same! I'll have to supplement my vehicle with incredibly smug bumper stickers.

(I don't mind being downvoted, but I think I should point out for the sake of not making someone's depressive mood worse that this and my previous comment in this thread were meant to be humorous and I'm not actually this insane. I don't expect my Bolt EUV to seriously impress anyone. I do like driving it though!)

[–] bilb@lem.monster 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I drive an EV and I always tell people not to buy one for this or that reason. The truth is that I don't want too many other EVs on the road because I bought it just to feel superior to others, and I can't do that if everyone else also drives an EV.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 5 points 9 months ago

The way I remember "discovery" working on Napster was when someone incorrectly labeled unrelated music as by an artist you searched for. Wow, new music!

[–] bilb@lem.monster 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Here's what Kagi gave me:

The passage discusses the concept of "enshittification" in the tech industry, where companies initially attract customers through innovation but then exploit them by increasing prices and fees. This phenomenon has occurred at companies like Facebook, Google, Uber and food delivery services. The term was coined by author Cory Doctorow to describe how these companies stop innovating and focus only on generating value for shareholders at the expense of customers. However, the passage notes that increased unionization among tech workers and more aggressive antitrust enforcement could help reverse these trends and encourage more competition in the industry. An interesting point highlighted is that while enshittification is not necessarily directly malicious, it can be a product of business environment pressures and lack of regulation that incentivize prioritizing profits over customers. This suggests policy changes may be needed to realign company incentives with serving users.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 25 points 10 months ago

Isn't following the local law the end user's responsibility? Like how in the US it's not lawful for me to install and use certain patented codecs without buying a license. (We all do, anyway.) Would it be "illegal software" or would it just make it easier for the end user to violate the law?

[–] bilb@lem.monster 2 points 10 months ago

I would not care if they were.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

It's kinda unusual for Saudi Arabia to stick up for Palestinians, isn't it? Am I wrong about that?

ETA: After a little reading, it seems that I am wrong about that but "it's complicated."

[–] bilb@lem.monster 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

In the US I didn't see that popup either, just that notice on the page from my other comment.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 128 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

At least they seem to be working on it. Directing Firefox users to use a different browser in the mean time, temporarily, seems reasonable even if the language on that popup is a bit imprecise.

I did try adding a shirt to the cart and yeah, it added the wrong size. I'd have to switch to chrome to successfully complete an order at the moment. It's unfortunate, but as long as they're trying to fix it I don't see any point in feeling outraged.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 37 points 10 months ago

I wonder if it has to do with the region you try to load it from. The message in the screenshot seems to indicate that it might.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As cool as I think the knapping and clay working mechanics are, I also quickly decided that they were tedious. I do mean to get back to it though since I didn't get much further than that, and I definitely missed a lot of what is there. Maybe playing solo did it no favors.

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