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They have a right to feel smug in c/memes@sopuli.xyz

[–] DSTGU@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 month ago

Economy of scale magic

What would stop you from switching to a flip phone (or dumbphone) in 2025? in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] DSTGU@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I am actively avoiding calls and noone writes to me. If I were to give up a smartphone flip phone would be nearly useless to me

Amtrak launches new 160mph Acela trains — but they take just as long as the old ones in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

[–] DSTGU@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What? In US the right of way is decided by the trains, not infrastructure dispatchers? What you described sound like the freight trains just commonly run through the stop signal which is a BIG NO-NO.

Speaking of AI product logos, a treatise in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] DSTGU@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

Yea, Manifesto would be a better name

Trump has not been seen in public for several days . . . in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] DSTGU@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The disappointment would be Trump kicking the bucket before he can see the dildo of consequences and someone else taking the blame

Random IDF soldier in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] DSTGU@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

In my country there is a party led by a guy famous mostly for putting out Hannukah candles in parliment using a fire extinguisher. His party is above the electoral threshold (5%) and he got 4th in presidential elections. Other parties think it is a good idea to try to appeal to his voters. I don't have much hope left for... Anything related to politics

Random IDF soldier in c/memes@lemmy.ml

Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] DSTGU@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

No social media was created to manipulate people. (Most) social media is a business, optimised to make money. You make money by showing people ads. You can show more ads to people if they stay on the platform longer. You can make people stay longer by engaging them emotionally. End of conspiracy...

Net neutrality advocates won’t appeal loss, say they don’t trust Supreme Court in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] DSTGU@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 months ago

I believe above user was subtly referencing other causes for personnel vacancies like being greeted by Luigi's of this world.

This is a lovely gesture, but also it's pretty sad (and very North American?) that if your car dies at the store you can't get home without relying on the tenuous kindness of strangers in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

[–] DSTGU@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Living in Wroclaw, PL. Closest grocery store is 100m from where I live. Closest discount store is 350m. Closest hypermarket is 850m. Closest mall is 600m. Closest bakery is 50m. Closest restaurant is 250m, 300 for kebab, 450 for mexican, chinese, thai, korean, and italian, 600m for sushi Closest pharmacy is 300m. Closest clinic is 450m. Closest hospital is 1,3km. Closest bank is 100m.

Very not city centre btw. When your apartment is closer to things you need than the distance between free parking spot and the shop in US the car becomes pretty useless

This is a lovely gesture, but also it's pretty sad (and very North American?) that if your car dies at the store you can't get home without relying on the tenuous kindness of strangers in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

[–] DSTGU@sopuli.xyz 11 points 4 months ago

Do you have any idea how little it narrows it down?

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[–] DSTGU@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can assume a roughly 10-100x slowdown on pretty much everything. It also does not feature type safety, so while it is easier to code in it it is also easier to make mistakes. Other than that... Just a simple scripting language