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[–] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

From the article:

“I do remember some discussion about whether we should include it, and some snarky laughter. But it was not intended as a joke. It was not inspired by any hot dog stands, and it was not included as an example of a bad interface—although it was one. It was just a garish choice, in case somebody out there liked ugly bright red and yellow.”

[–] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 36 points 4 weeks ago

This is such bullshit. Pointless manipulation of product offerings to hide the true cost, and thereby manipulate prices. I’ve been doing paper towel math like this for years and it drives me nuts. Grocery stores’ profit model is now almost entirely based on price manipulation and nothing else.

[–] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is Playing At My House

The Walkmen - We’ve Been Had

I wish I played the drums so I could play along with these. Enjoy!

[–] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is 100% the plan. It’s a ‘when’ at this point, not an ‘if’, despite the extraordinary restraint displayed when dealing with these fuckwits to date.

[–] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago

Cool. Thanks for the explanation.

[–] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is pretty cool!

Forgive my ignorance, but what/how would you use it to broadcast?

[–] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Orange boys are the best.

[–] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Interesting take. I definitely agree that the ease of “just do it in Windows” that comes with dual booting was a thing for me, in the years when I was dabbling and thinking about switching for good.

What finally motivated me was getting fed up enough with Windows and M$ to not care about possible collateral damage from switching full time to Linux. My switch was helped by the fact that I left a job with a lot of overtime work that needed to be done in Windows for corporate compatibility. Once I was free of that, my dependency on one or two critical Windows apps was gone, so it was easier to switch as well.

What I really enjoy is the freedom to keep exploring/learning/changing. I set up Home on a separate partition, so if I can distro-hop without too much downside,if and when I get bored.

[–] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Rest in piss.

[–] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Yep. Check out the ‘fuckai’ community for information on just exactly how far-fetched this scenario is.

[–] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Great talk, and very engaging on what can be a very dry subject. So many companies rushing to build AI into their products have utterly failed to consider much of this, which is one of the key factors contributing to the AI bubble.

[–] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago

In other news, Republican is a stupid fucking asshole.

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