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My first guess is that it would have been overpriced and deliberately incompatible with existing chargers. No loss.

What kind of fediverse search are you talking about? Provide a link. That would do much, much more than any explanations or testimonials possibly could.

Because people are dumb. If the machine knows when someone is looking at it, it can stop doing whatever it does to try and get your attention, and put itself in “sales mode”.

Still, you’re right. It seems like an overly complicated and expensive solution. Old-fashioned vending machines did the job just fine.

Don’t support corporate “personhood”. Refusing to call Twitter by the stupid name Musk has given it is 100% acceptable.

This is only a temporary “problem”. Eventually, ads will be incorporated into the story, and/or advertising companies will include clauses in their contracts. I imagine those clauses will DEMAND that websites include advertising in AI readers or not get paid for any ads they run.

Think enshittification. AI readers are only ad-free now in order to make them seem like an attractive option, and get people hooked on using them. I bet the numbers have already been calculated and decided on. Once AI readers are used by enough people, the ads will start.

Microsoft reneged on promises it made in court…

If those promises aren’t legally binding, then why take them into account in the first place?

Jesus. I always hated those ads, but even the industry’s own “self-regulatory” system thought 10G was bullshit.

Too bad, so sad

Don’t worry, I didn’t.

Don’t worry, folks. Most of the time, concept cars exist solely to look interesting and get people talking, especially when it’s from a major manufacturer. I’m sure the production model will be much more boring appealing to the masses.

I am here to profess my eternal and undying love for this description

Xitter, the steaming remains of Twitter

Probably the best line I have read in any article this month:

I drove back and forth to a bookstore job in an ancient Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais so apocalyptically derelict that when I got pulled over for a busted taillight, the lady cop fixed me with sad eyes and asked “Is everything OK with you?”

Saved my marriage.

I can’t tell if this guy is great at being sarcastic and I’m too dense to appreciate it, or if he’s genuinely clueless and thinks his complex relationship problems can be saved by a messaging app.

I don’t really care what color the bubbles are when I send messages, as long as the go through.

Amen. It’s nice being an adult isn’t it?

Now don’t bother me. I’ve got cartoons to watch.

I just remember being a stupid, petty teenager. It could be bullshit, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was true.

What it won’t solve is the color of bubbles in iMessage, which marks Android users with green messages instead of blue and has led to a rash of teen bullying.

This is both cruel and asinine, meaning it’s probably true. I’m wishing for karma in these situations.

The last paragraph of this article is right on. Don’t just tell people to buy EVs and then call it a day. Improve the infrastructure. Make buying an EV feel like less of an unsupported risk.

Nobody should want to destroy the other vehicle in the event of a crash.

For normal people like you and me, no, but rich narcissistic assholes will definitely want that. Since nothing is ever their fault, the other person must have caused the crash, so they deserve to pay the price.

Frankly, I think that kind of hateful, aggressive, “fuck you I got mine” marketing is the best way to sell this monstrosity.

Because that’s boring and doesn’t make good headlines. Not making exciting headlines means share prices stagnate. Taking your time also means that someone else might beat you to the punch. Neither of those things are good for the company’s bottom line or the CEOs business reputation.

Did we even read the same article?

A City on Mars ends with a kind of call to action. The point is that we have a tiny space station, and we have the potential to build a lot of experimental facilities on Earth where we can investigate some of the practical problems. Let’s get the biology and engineering right before we send people to Mars.

The authors aren’t against colonization. They’re against hasty, uninformed, reckless attempts.