Promethiel

Promethiel , 14 days ago

What is the problem they're so pragmatically a part of? And how do you pin both the content creators needing to eat and the reasonable take of that commenter on the poor Marketing executives who care about neither but just want--actually what do they (end goal of marketing, literally, semantically) want, in your eyes while you're at it? It is their (the marketing execs) side I take it you're on, since the commenter you replied to is part of the problem and the creators do "an ad is an ad" things?

Challenge; remember capitalism exists in the world as it must as the beginning of your answer (but if you can make it vanish and it all works out by the end of the answer, that's cool too as lots of us are looking for that one).

How is that other commenter part of the problem, actually part of the problem suspect?

Promethiel , 16 days ago

There actually is an asterisk and most of us can see. Does this happen in your life often?

Promethiel , 29 days ago

The fuck?

Promethiel , 1 month ago

You haven't experienced slow until you try to take Firefox through Google Cloud Console or Search Tools. 15 seconds in Chrome, somehow turns into 3 minutes in Firefox, funny how it does that.

Promethiel , 1 month ago

You're like a rogue, misunderstood Guru on a journey of 'I know leave me alone, I was describing the meta-woes of seeming to carry a dearth of knowledge, not the lack itself'.

Just pointing out from a passing ship; yeah, I see the semantic headaches and agree it's a silly maritime tradition.

Promethiel , 1 month ago

These totally normal human beings you sound like you deify...are you their psychiatrist, psychologist, therapist, counselor? Short of those professions or a former tutor who happened to treat all three...

Well, interesting thing to devote anecdotal brain power to, I'll tell you that.

Promethiel , 1 month ago

I can't get over it.

You're one neat backpack and a decent repurpose-able display tablet with a kickstand away from a dream nomad set up.

How big is this power brick that it features so strongly in the 'cons' column!?

Promethiel , 1 month ago

This is simply because of how batteries work. We're focusing on lithium ion batteries, the most common in computing at our current point in time, and these are simplifications and not electrical engineering down to the exactest detail.

They can only hold the max charge when brand new. As they are used (charged and discharged), literal physical wear is happening within the battery (really, series of battery cells, it is not one chunk that fails at once). The capacity for the ions to "stay" on the desired side of the anode-cathode pair diminishes over time.

This is why batteries are advertised as maintaining x amount (usually 80%) after x cycles (usually 500) and why a device having a good Battery Management System (BMS) can be as important as how many mAH units a battery is rated as having.

As to why a plugged in battery suffers the same fate? Physics is cruel. A charge cycle is just defined as using an amount equal to 100% of your battery. Nothing says it has to be all at once.

A plugged-in lithium-ion battery still undergoes wear because it experiences minor discharges and recharges, contributing to charge cycles. Heat from constant charging and chemical aging also degrade the battery over time, leading to shorter battery life when eventually used unplugged.

Promethiel , 1 month ago

Pedals...Holy shit, yes, foot buttons. Wow. This is not sarcasm, I forgot pedals are just foot input, not limited to a specific purpose like music making or whatever. I don't need more hand buttons I need pedals.

Promethiel , 1 month ago

For some, a temporary lack of self growth; for others, certain mental illnesses. It's as awful as it sounds if you really sit and imagine. The self awareness needed to rise above some of that? Many will live and die never having reached it.

The misguided brain can hang itself up on nearly anything, and for many it's the semblance of validation. There is quantifiable pain behind the need to interact for some people.

Promethiel , 2 months ago

Of course not. Why would I risk limiting our market share that way?

I demonstrate synergy and the ability to run an agile ship by instead outsourcing development of an app charging 1,000,000,000 people $15 monthly for the privilege of pressing the button and posting that they weren't it this month.

Then I press it, because we must make sure our actions align with increasing shareholder value.

Promethiel , 2 months ago

Funny way of saying "desperately holding on to mortal sanity amidst the true reality of non-linear time and its cosmic horror worthy implications" there, but I agree.

Promethiel , 2 months ago

Because it can't recognize my face to give me my special tissues for my special face, duh? Do you think I can just use the non-machine learning enhanced custom* oil soaking face tissues?

*Feature only works with an online connection to a server in Slovenia owned by a shell company in Brazil whose parent is based out of Switzerland.

Promethiel , 2 months ago

Fool me one, shame on you, fool me 35 times shame on... that's really the stance you want to take? Seems sus alright, but trust and verify is for cold war movies.

Promethiel , 2 months ago

You want agitation... without nuance? What use are you? There's enough shit sticks. Have the backbone to say you didn't think the meme through.

Promethiel , 2 months ago

Thank you. The one arena where the fault really does lie in few enough hands they fit around a biggish table, and the Internet instead makes a nebulous boogeyman out of "marketing" (don't get it twisted either y'all, I condone zero of the bullshit marketing practices we all hate, but that's also the same table of people) instead of the board.

It's not even secret information. The decision came from the minds of these folks (as they understood what they asked to be measured and think to steer to measure higher numbers of whatever they're measuring):

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/corporate-governance/board-of-directors.aspx

Promethiel , 2 months ago

Young fellas; as a not so young fella who some say used to fuck: Don't be a dick while thinking with your dick.

It's that easy. You be you, be whatever you're interested in, and just use your goddamn eye balls to read if the person is uncomfortable. If they are, smile and fuck off king. Keep it going; don't be a dick and watch that aura work and that dick get wet.

But remember, you have to genuinely not be a dick. Be yourself, be assertive or not, there's someone (many someones even) for everyone and never mind the bullshit rules 1 and 2 you self-deluded fucks.

Don't. Be. A. Dick.

You'll be happier, the people around you will be happier, and you will fuck and feel good about it while making others feel good about it. Simple secret.

Don't. Be. A. Dick.

Promethiel , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Mild electric shock and a vandalism charge if caught. Worth it? I don't know but I'm getting sick of the fucking ads

Edit: So stab then pump, instead of the other way around to avoid boom boom?

Promethiel , 3 months ago

Its name is Whimsy and it cares for all of us.

Sometimes just to laugh at, sometimes just to cry at.

It's the pique that separates us thinking star stuff from the hydrogen atoms; the wiggle in the n-th dimensional that wraps back into the 1D point that spawned it all.

It's simply nothing more than life, when it's allowed to vibe and be before 'thoughts of should' come in.

When you hear it, listen a bit. You may be surprised at what you find.

Promethiel , 3 months ago

Then it just looks like you're trying to give a competitive edge to US evil social media.

This is not just probable but certain; the whole thing is a very long way of saying this. In a world where the US worked for its citizens, this is a national security no-brainer. But we don't live in a world where the spirit of things is followed when you can enrich yourself skirting the letter. Shit sucks, but this not a secret conspiracy; it's realpolitik.

and preventing youth from learning about the situation in Palestine.

This one is more subjective...and also still probable for the same fucking reasons and good luck sharing the fact that you can act in a so called 'security' driven purpose and this is the perfect time to do sneaky shit. As if all of History wasn't rife with examples with the Patriot Act being the first USA centric coming to mind amongst fuck what, hundreds?

That is also realpolitik, and all the players know it. Shit sucks.

Promethiel , 3 months ago

Power. Your fantasy assumes the weight of mere knowing outweighs the power wielded against the citizenry. No revolution started with the whole citizenry waking up. You know why. If not, read more and be less disingenuous.

Promethiel , 3 months ago

I like how some people are claiming americans are aware of this lol

What every revolution has had is people informing others about what the issue is

If most americans were sufficiently aware and organizing against it accordingly

The vast majority of successful revolutions are only those that had organized revolutionaries.

OK. I see your messaging is at odds with itself and you understand the assignment.

You got top spot on this here memetic sharing of ideas. Which message for the Americans at home who by virtue of reading you on Lemmy are closer to you than not?

Promethiel , 3 months ago

Besides magic or the possibility you erred however. On a purely theoretical and divorced from your situation to be perfectly clear: How?

If you truly did all you did and re-built how did they still peg you as Theseus after you rebuilt your ship do you reckon?

Promethiel , 3 months ago

Love the vibe and energy against pretense for pretense sakes, but your source makes you seem demented as it literally repeats exactly what they said if you read it.

Promethiel , 4 months ago

I have no idea how to best present all that you said at the right time and places to capture enough grassroots attention to actually take off, but man. That really does all read like the perfect "disruption (pardon the tech bro term) to Match's model.

Promethiel , 4 months ago

A bit late now, but perhaps people--governments, regulators, leaders, the parties who had the freedom from the fields to sit about and draft corporate structures--should have thought about the interplay right in your statement which delivers us our current modern world.

I.e, the below points are in my sincere opinion, fundamentally mutually exclusive:

the corporation SHOULDN'T be considering such issues, they should only attempt to further their own goals

and

It's the role of government to align corporate goals with reality, or with societal values.

The former empowers the more agile structure of a singular corporation to devote all it can regardless of morality to ensure it controls the latter--Government, regulations, public opinion,"ownership" of natural resources--such as to maximize it's own goals.

The goal of any single corporation taken to absurdity is often touted as absurd because but is it really?

What mechanisms does a corporation have to not grow until all the world is simply 'Megacorp Branded' ruins whose asset holdings trend to infinite on the last running quarterly report spreadsheet within a planet devoid of both investors and consumers?

There are no brakes built into the most common corporate structures by short sighted design, and humans suck at exponentials.

It hasn't even been fifteen human generations since the advent of the Industrial Revolution bringing the impetus for ever speeding greed.

If the rich were any less short sighted than the poor and money granted the wisdom they think it does, they would be pushing for corporate reform that doesn't risk a period of "blink and both our profits and the world are gone".

That selfish-altruism isn't common sense even as they all clamor for anti-aging just shows cash doesn't provide wisdom, only opportunity to get your head out of your ass and insulation from consequence until it's too late otherwise.

Promethiel , 5 months ago

It's data, that's all that's needed. That you or I can't think of a reason or use case (well, outside of authoritarian nation state business that is) that makes it valuable just means we aren't likely ghoulish enough.

But you can't change your genetic data, so it's a bundle of "anonymous" data that will forever remain just waiting for the right link to irreparably link it to someone.

Cheap data point now, but who knows how useful or valuable it could be if the cyberpunk Dystopia of Tech Bro Billionaire's wet dreams come to pass?

Promethiel , 5 months ago

There's a thin line between anguished despair and nihilistic optimism.

A thin, intentional line.

It can be alluded to, highlighted, charted, and otherwise discussed ad-infinitum, but it's damn near impossible to lead another to.

Only have one comment to read (and I'm sorry how much it cost) but it looks like you're at peace indeed.

Kudos to you, but remember you can backslide in acceptance and working back out is okay too!

Promethiel , 5 months ago

Even crazy new Dragons get the "Respect the #1 rule of Dragon Club; do nothing to threaten the viability of the existence of Dragons" speech, I reckon.

Promethiel , 5 months ago

Now keep in mind we have to be reasonable people and not driving our people beyond reasonableness.

Ditch your suite, and go into executive exclusive consultancy.

Just paraphrase the quoted section for each individual thick skull, and maybe teach them that softening the skin around your eyes and giving the beleaguered high performers bringing feedback a knowing look doesn't violate business needs.

Then you won't have to worry about posts starting with "as an executive" going wrong.

Well, no not really, but I know a board that needs to internalize that sentiment.

Promethiel , 6 months ago

Man. Every time I see it again spelled out, how smooth these disingenuous decrepit assholes had it when they were my age, I start wishing for a claymore and a stump.