b3an

b3an, 7 hours ago

Honestly I hope this bites them hard. They’ve done way way worse to small businesses and competition for decades now.

b3an, 1 day ago

And that money then went to the employees right? Or there were fines issued to companies for that right? Neither of those are in the article from what I saw.

b3an, 1 day ago (edited 1 day ago)

The article doesn’t say that… And it also makes a weird segue into if communism is the answer. This article is weird tbh.

b3an, 2 days ago

He’s done a great job nosediving Google too. I have relied on them in the past but they stopped being competitive or improving. Search results, literally their origin… Is so shit now. I’ve moved to other tools. I pulled the plug on we hosting after they neutered ‘unlimited’ storage, even if I was in the percent which probably used the least storage. I just liked having the option. You can’t call them on the phone. They don’t protect email privacy. Their translate used to be my go to also. It’s not improved in years despite people crowdsourcing improved translation. It’s just a pile of enshittified crap. Worse than it was before.

b3an, 5 days ago

“You thought we were hard the first time? Get. HARDER.”

b3an, 5 days ago

They won’t answer you because it’s a baseless troll statement they made. Muhbothsides! 🤣🤣 love it

b3an, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago)

Fuck Broadcom. I liked VMware and their products and actually paid for them as a consumer. Broadcom is a ham-fisted money grabber and cares little about anything else. This will not end well for any businesses they serve to. Why? *Maya Angelou: ‘When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.’*They’re focused on milking the cow dry, not spending money on anything (despite their R&D claims). They have a history and have straight up said who they are before, and said who they’re planning to continue to be. Flee while you can.

b3an, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago)

Companies need to stop using TWITTER for anything. They’re walling up the garden we built, and it’s a cesspool of bots and run by a megalomaniac charlatan.

b3an, 7 days ago

Yeah, not like the working classes aren’t starved of actual cost of living wages and have to scale back everything in the ‘age of subscription fees’. This also isn’t limited to NL.🥲

b3an, 7 days ago

I too would like to change from Alexa echos to something else. But I don’t know what devices are readily with omni-directional mics and easy to migrate to. I use Alexa for simplicity but would gladly fill the gap with Home assistant and recommendations on good replacement mic/speakers.

b3an, 7 days ago

Agreed. I can’t seem to find something that I can migrate to which doesn’t require a huge reprogramming effort. I would love local control but don’t want to spend my Saturdays and freetime struggling to figure out why it’s suddenly not working. Alexa is shitty and doesn’t have tons of flexible control, but it’s ‘uptime’ is very good, and does well for playing audio for the fam. self note… Get away from Spotify while I’m at it 😭

b3an, 7 days ago

Don’t take it personally. It’s just a few trolls who think they’re superior. Your question is valid and I’m also interested in alternatives too. I have home assistant, but it’s another thing entirely to more easily swap out Alexa for some equally well supported mic/speaker hardware. I’m sure this will change with people being motivated not to give Amazon subscription fees and ‘to finally’ cut the online requirements. I would love local voice control so that I’m not reliant on phone apps if the internet goes out.

b3an, 7 days ago (edited 7 days ago)

Yeaaaah they were not calling out you specifically… xD They’re saying: “Why would Biden do this?”

b3an, 8 days ago

This is disheartening because it’s true. 😭

b3an, 8 days ago

Throw in Turkey too.

How Turkey became Putin’s ‘pit stop’ for selling camouflaged fuel to the EU

Moscow bagged €3 billion through a sanctions loophole that allows Turkey to relabel Russian oil and ship it to the EU.

b3an, 8 days ago

Correct. While there is little to no progress on it, officially I believe they are still trying to be. That said, I was definitely thinking about NATO when I wrote that. Apologies for the mistake.

b3an, 8 days ago

I agree that they need to better explain what the hell happened without making the fucking media break it down for us:

Apple says iOS 17.5.1 fixes ‘rare’ bug that caused deleted photos to return

It is notable how quickly Apple pushed this fix out. But more detail and addressing consumer concerns would go a longer way than this single explanation they provided:

This update provides important bug fixes and addresses a rare issue where photos that experienced database corruption could reappear in the Photos library even if they were deleted.

b3an, 8 days ago

It’s like Bernie Sanders said:

“But please, do not insult the intelligence of the American people by attempting to distract us from the immoral and illegal policies of your extremist and racist government. … It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable for your actions.”

Sanders hits back at Netanyahu: ‘It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable’

b3an, 8 days ago

Honest question, what do we do that we are now living longer, and have better quality of life and medical advancements? With AI progressing exponentially, this will likely increase average lifespans in developed countries. You might be arguing against your own comments here when you hit 65 and realize you still maintain mental acuity and are thriving.

Personally, I feel like we should be spending our time and focus on fixing a number of other issues. Namely lobbying, special interest groups tied to anti-consumer companies, ‘slap on the wrist’ fines for billion dollar companies, predatory lending, student loans. I mean the list goes on. These things aren’t an age problem, it’s a corruption problem.

b3an, 8 days ago (edited 2 days ago)

Then you are not apprised of history.

In 1900, the average life expectancy of a newborn was 32 years. By 2021 this had more than doubled to 71 years.

But life expectancy has increased at all ages. Infants, children, adults, and the elderly are all less likely to die than in the past, and death is being delayed.

This remarkable shift results from advances in medicine, public health, and living standards. Along with it, many predictions of the ‘limit’ of life expectancy have been broken.

I’m not saying we’ll be doubling lifespans, but if you looked at the big picture, we’ve made HUGE strides and advances in a very short period of time. Especially if you consider how long humans have been around. Now we have CRISPR gene editing for example, and very obviously artifical intelligence/machine learning will grow exponentially fast.

This is not “magical thinking” about “far-off technological” theory. This is modern day and recent history, and already we expect global life expectancy to increase by nearly 5 years by 2050 despite geopolitical, metabolic, and environmental threats.

I also didn’t say anything about ignoring policy in lieu of science, and pointed out several areas I personally feel could use attention. However that is my own opinion… Just like you on running/not for office.

It is also clear that some aged people are ‘sharp’ to the end, just as some can be debilitated earlier to disease and age. Sensible policy is also welcome. I just don’t think we should lump everyone together using an arbitrary metric.

b3an, 9 days ago

Once they have everything, then what happens next? If there is nobody to buy things

b3an, 10 days ago

Why is Turkey in NATO? 😒

b3an, 10 days ago

Stain blocking ceiling paint? lol what. My only thought is from cigars. Man this guy is such a little weasel. I thought he was broke af too. I’m glad they keep on him, especially in Arizona

b3an, 10 days ago

Reminder: there are other great search engines. Nobody is forcing you to use Google search. Kagi! Kagi!

b3an, 10 days ago

I totally understand! Speaking of my own use, it’s particularly nice because I get more relevant returns and there is the lens feature. also I use the summarization for a lot of things. Very useful