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DirkMcCallahan

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DirkMcCallahan ,

Another day, another moment of being thankful for my dedicated .mp3 player.

DirkMcCallahan ,

This won't affect me - seeing as I have no use for Instagram - but I do worry that some actual DECENT sites will adopt this in the near future.

DirkMcCallahan ,

The full article is well worth reading. It's good to find a lucid, logical deconstruction of why, precisely, this will be a complete disaster.

DirkMcCallahan ,

I once had a class where, day one, the professor said something like, "If you don't want to buy the book, that's fine with me. I can't tell you where to find a copy, but maybe one of your classmates can." Someone raised their hand and started rattling off a few useful websites.

DirkMcCallahan ,

Further justifying my commitment to avoiding Prime at all costs.

DirkMcCallahan ,

c/fuckcars

DirkMcCallahan ,

Sounds about right, actually.

DirkMcCallahan ,

I'd like to believe it, but based on recent evidence, the next decade is going to be defined by how incredibly apathetic the general public continues to be about matters that actually affect our lives.

mapto , to Fuck Cars
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A former manager described Musk as a “pigeon CEO”: “He comes in, shits all over us, and then leaves.”

https://electrek.co/2024/04/22/elon-musk-pigeon-ceo-former-tesla-manager/

@fuck_cars

DirkMcCallahan ,

Well, on the bright side, at least he does leave.

DirkMcCallahan ,

Good. Fuck Twitter.

DirkMcCallahan ,

You know how the right hates Taylor Swift? Perhaps this is the news that we can use to finally get them to agree to tax the rich.

DirkMcCallahan ,

Privacy isn't dead, but it will be soon because those of us who seriously care about it are the 0.001%.

DirkMcCallahan ,

Hates People

DirkMcCallahan ,

This is basically "dog bites man" territory at this point.

DirkMcCallahan ,

This hits me where I live.

DirkMcCallahan ,

The "Blocked since install" stat on uBlockOrigin is always an eye-opener.

DirkMcCallahan ,

I remember reading Stuart Little as a kid and being SO pissed off at the ending. It felt like a massive troll job.

DirkMcCallahan ,

Yes, this exactly! I still cannot fathom how Discord took off. It offers literally no advantages over forums, and introduces some massive disadvantages.

DirkMcCallahan ,

A lot of it is familiarity. I begged my parents to cancel Netflix, especially since they complain about the programming (or lack thereof); I pointed out that they could try another streaming service for a month, and then if they really hated it, then they could just go back to Netflix. But they wouldn't even entertain the possibility. They're afraid of change.

And Netflix is making bank on that.

DirkMcCallahan ,

Absolutely horrifying, but not surprising. This kind of shit is exactly what we were worried about when facial recognition tech started to take off.

DirkMcCallahan ,

They should add a Bill Gates racecar to Super Tux Kart. It could be covered with ads, and so bloated that it never actually wins a race.

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