It centralized control to a few large corporations and lowered the barrier to entry for users such that everything became a popularity contest for eyeballs. TikTok, reddit, facebook, youtube, instagram, OF, its all a brainless race for engagement
I’m their prime demographic, currently car shopping to replace my wrecked Benz, and was leaning towards a Model 3 up until reading this headline lol. I guess I could still charge at home or if the network fails it could be purchased by another company?
Or I just avoid stressing about it altogether and get a normal car
Yeah, charging is the main reason I skipped a Tesla 4-5 yrs ago and went for the Benz. Thought chargers were getting more ubiquitous and available enough for me to give it a shot this time around, but all these Tesla layoffs got me second-guessing that
Its a documentary following one of these indigenous tribes and the shit they have to go through in keeping their autonomy. Like its one thing for the government to say a certain land is theirs, but what are they supposed to do if a logging company starts cutting down their trees and the local law enforcement doesn’t care?
Was similar here in Austin - sky has been hazy/cloudy most of the day including the partial eclipse - and then conveniently cleared up for a few minutes exactly around the time of the totality
Ive been on reddit for more than a decade. Kinda bittersweet, but its not the first time I have moved on from an internet site. I just cant support reddit and sucking up all my posts for AI purposes. Feels terrible and spammy. Ive been a reddit premium holder for many many years....
Interesting, I tried a simple test with a user and it worked fine, blocked them on the first attempt. I actually had difficulty unblocking them later, though, I don’t think it “stuck” and had to refresh and/or navigate to a different page, and then unblock them and it worked
Trump Convicted on All Counts to Become America’s First Felon President (www.nytimes.com)
Dated: 2024-05-30. Added: 2024-05-30.
De-Google Your Life - Part 1 - YouTube LTT (youtu.be)
A simpler time (lemmy.world)
Being courteous [Off the Mark] (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15717415...
TIL Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi) started out doing stand-up and was mentored by Redd Foxx. Here he is doing stand-up on The Redd Foxx show in 1977. (www.youtube.com)
He also does a great Redd Foxx impersionation- www.youtube.com/watch?v=490TsUYe5f4
Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles (arstechnica.com)
Anon revisits early youtube (sh.itjust.works)
Brazil’s President Lula creates two new Indigenous territories, bringing total to 10 (www.nbcnews.com)
The American Dream™ (lemmy.world)
A Diamond-perfect Moment (lemmy.world)
We got lucky and the clouds parted just in time in my corner of Texas.
Mario Court (lemmy.world)
Finally deleted my reddit account after the AI news. What communities do you recommend on lemmy?
Ive been on reddit for more than a decade. Kinda bittersweet, but its not the first time I have moved on from an internet site. I just cant support reddit and sucking up all my posts for AI purposes. Feels terrible and spammy. Ive been a reddit premium holder for many many years....