DingoBilly

DingoBilly , 6 months ago to Technology in Neuralink implants brain chip in first human, Musk says

Oops, looks like we had a security flaw and some malware has removed all your memories!

Sorry about that, we've given you free subscription to our Neuralink AI software for 1 year to make up for it.

DingoBilly , 6 months ago to Technology in Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too

Honestly, I've tried switching but can't find a browser that works as well. I found Kiwi Browser on Android which is still chromium based but at least it's something, but still need to use Chrome from time to time as websites won't work on Kiwi.

Firefox just doesn't perform as well comparatively, lacks features and then as you go down the list of alternatives it gets worse and worse.

So not from lack of trying, but at least for me it is the best browser particularly if you can install enough extensions to remove a lot of garbage.

DingoBilly , 6 months ago to Antiwork in Gaslight me harder, please.

To be fair, all of those activities sound like shit.

If I'm retiring I'm playing games, reading, hiking etc.

DingoBilly , 6 months ago to Technology in Apple plans to charge fees for sideloading

Because it's a brand and people are morons who need external validation. Same reason for most brands - you pay a lot more for the same thing so you can seem cool or like you have money.

DingoBilly , 6 months ago to Technology in Masimo — the company that got the Apple Watch banned — has unveiled its new smartwatch

A patent troll is considered to be a company that just sits on patents and hopes to sue companies for profit primarily without having actual products.

Mossimo makes a tonne of products and has over a billion in revenue. It's not a patent troll.

DingoBilly , 6 months ago to Technology in Masimo — the company that got the Apple Watch banned — has unveiled its new smartwatch

Yes I can see how the company suing another company that has stolen its tech, stolen its high level employees and then refuses to admit any fault or issue has absolutely no base to sue on.

I agree in general with your statement, but it's completely wrong here. There is definitely a giant greedy asshole corporation here, and with the history that Apple was going to license it from them and didn't have an issue previously I know which one it is.

DingoBilly , 6 months ago to Technology in Masimo — the company that got the Apple Watch banned — has unveiled its new smartwatch

You make it sound like they're being assholes to Apple when in reality, Apple is the bad guy here. Apple was going to license the technology but instead tried to hire all the engineers and people who developed it and then make their own version in house. Genuinely just thought they could steal the tech and then out lawyer the smaller company.

In this case Apple clearly is in the wrong and is now fucking customers over because of its shitty practices.

DingoBilly , 6 months ago to Technology in Masimo — the company that got the Apple Watch banned — has unveiled its new smartwatch

Apple can easily pay to license the technology and utilise it, and has had multiple chances to over the years at reasonable prices.

This result is only because Apple is run by some absolute morons who were happy to try and steal the tech but got caught with their pants down.

As for making it available to upper middle class, there's plenty of devices out there already for monitoring blood oxygenation for under $100.

DingoBilly , 6 months ago to Technology in RTX 4070 Super launch day sales are rumored to be a ‘disaster’ – what’s going on with Nvidia’s new GPU?

What's going on? It's overpriced and completely unnecessary for most people. There's also a cost of living crisis.

I play every game I want to on high graphics with my old 1070. Unless you're working on very graphically intensive apps or you're a pc master race moron then there's no need for new cards.

DingoBilly , 6 months ago to Technology in Elizabeth Holmes barred from federal health programs for 90 years

You don't understand investing if this is your view.

Investors like these make 100s of these investments, and expect at least 50%-75% of them to fail. If theranos was successful they'd make 100x their money back, and that's the whole point. You only need 1 or 2 of those out of 100 and you're making absolute bank.

Otherwise you think some kid walking in saying they're going to disrupt taxis and take over the ride share industry worldwide would be successful? That some kid who dropped out of Harvard has made some magic social platform that everyone will be using? All of these ideas sound stupid/unrealistic and like bad investments, but if they work they make billionaires.

DingoBilly , 6 months ago to Technology in Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’

What a garbage article. I assume this is a bit reporting, otherwise please don't post crap like this from bad news sources.

DingoBilly , 8 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in Why do all the new TVs expect me to have a platform AS WIDE as the fucking thing?? Fucking shit!! God awful absolutely dumb thoughtless design choice

I looked up the shittiest TV brand available at my local electronics store and yeah, they do list the width with and without stands.

And if you plan on putting your TV on a table that is way too small, then I'd double check where the stands sit exactly, because it's not a design problem but a you problem.

People need to stop blaming their shitty planning on "bad design". It's the most common sense design that will work in most cases.

Next you'll have the guy who puts their TV on two separate chairs complain about the bad design of TV's that only have a single stand in the middle ffs.

DingoBilly , 8 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in Why do all the new TVs expect me to have a platform AS WIDE as the fucking thing?? Fucking shit!! God awful absolutely dumb thoughtless design choice

This is not bad design, it's just common sense.

People are way too entitled is the problem and assume that their bad planning/thinking automatically means something is badly designed. Blame anyone but themselves.

DingoBilly , 8 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in Why do all the new TVs expect me to have a platform AS WIDE as the fucking thing?? Fucking shit!! God awful absolutely dumb thoughtless design choice

This is not bad design, it's just common sense.

People are way too entitled is the problem and assume that their bad planning/thinking automatically means something is badly designed. Blame anyone but themselves.

DingoBilly , 8 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in Why do all the new TVs expect me to have a platform AS WIDE as the fucking thing?? Fucking shit!! God awful absolutely dumb thoughtless design choice

OP blaming their shitty decisions on others. Why are you buying something without knowing its dimensions?

Fuck I hate people like this. The answer btw is pretty obvious. From a weight distribution perspective it's easiest to have two feet as wide apart as possible.