I would drop insta in a heartbeat and switch to literally anything else, but unfortunately no one putting up pictures or video of my hobbies (the only thing I use insta for) uses anything else. Frustrating, but at the moment, my only option is to just quit insta and not switch to anything new since there’s no content out there. Still considering going that route though, since insta has become super annoying to use.
Been enjoying these hike and fly videos in the UK by one of the FlyBubble gang. He’s done Scottish highlands and North Wales - very chill and well produced and good mix of hiking, nature, light alpinism, and PG with light gear.
That would mean you would be indefinitely supporting and sending traffic to X. Why not tell your million followers “I will only be posting on Bluesky now - please check out my profile there [link]” and dump X? If you’re worried about your numbers dropping moving to the other platform, then your “followers” probably don’t mean much or weren’t that interested in what you have to say anyway (so what’s the point other than a score)? Maybe I’m just doing the old man shaking his fist at the sky routine.
What really baffles me is why he totally ghosted his battery swap station idea. That completely solves the range and charging time issue all in one fell swoop. Demonstrated it on stage even. Guessing it either wasn’t profitable enough for him, not s3xy enough, or he wasn’t smart enough to figure out how to scale it up.
I disagree. I know cross country road trips isn’t the norm for most, but at the moment, it burns an hour (at least on my car) to recharge if you need to during the middle of a trip that out-distances your car’s range. A quick battery swap would solve that and give you the same ease/downtime as filling up at a gas station. I’d think some people have a hard time swallowing having to wait an hour to fill up if they’re trying to get somewhere.
You’re only stuck with the old battery until the next time you swap it out though? Could also remove the need to have charging stations all over the place - just use the gas station model which has been working well for a long time - no need to charge at home or in some random mall parking lot. Just pull into a swap station, get a newly charged battery (for which there should be some safety and quality standards put in place), and leave 5 minutes later.
What’s the offshoot going to be called, “Soup”? Not like Alphabet is operating any more as “separate organizations” than Google was previously. Nothing changes there.
Although it’s rare now, it’s nice to come across apps that do something very well that haven’t followed the standard big tech path of mega enshittification. Sounds like this one was decent a while back (but maybe lacked features), and then - holy shit - actually improved over time.
Midvale school for the gifted (lemmy.world)
Instagram is testing unskippable "Ad Breaks" lasting 3-5 seconds, disrupting user browsing experience (bgr.com)
Ha, gottem (lemmy.today)
Everything on the Internet is true (lemmy.world)
You think people do that? Go on the internet and tell lies?
Hike and fly series by FlyBubble (youtu.be)
Been enjoying these hike and fly videos in the UK by one of the FlyBubble gang. He’s done Scottish highlands and North Wales - very chill and well produced and good mix of hiking, nature, light alpinism, and PG with light gear.
Describe an episode in the worst possible way
I’ll start: a naked guy complaining to his host that there’s less light than advertised.
MIT Students Stole $25 Million In Seconds By Exploiting ETH Blockchain Bug, DOJ Says (slashdot.org)
Report: Microsoft to face antitrust case over Teams (arstechnica.com)
18+ It’s not impossible for someone to have heard about assguard, looked it up, and then realized it’s “Asgard”.
Welcome to the Age of Technofeudalism - Interview with Yanis Varoufakis (www.wired.com)
Bitwarden has launched a new authenticator app (bitwarden.com)
Bitwarden Authenticator is a standalone app that is available for everyone, even non-Bitwarden customers....
Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles (arstechnica.com)
File Compression Is Awesome: A Practical Guide (popcar.bearblog.dev)
Hell yeah I got drinks for ya! A cold 30 pack in my basement! (lemmy.world)
It's a good way to start getting into the mentality. Baby steps. (lemmy.world)
Getting healthy is such a personal journey. Do what works best for you. Keep trying new things till something works.
A Judge Can Break Up Google Right Now. Will He? (www.thebignewsletter.com)
FOSS scanner app surpasses Microsoft for usability
A Personal Journey Through Enshittification...