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TheOctonaut

@TheOctonaut@mander.xyz

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TheOctonaut , to Technology in India to mandate USB-C connectors on smartphones and laptops by 2026

Some of us live in functioning democracies where "switch to USB-D" won't come with an "it's illegal to give your son a name that wasn't previous a job title" attachment.

TheOctonaut , to solarpunk memes in Move Stonehenge to Tuvalu to Protect it from the Effects of Climate Change Activism

The stones of Stonehenge have been there for millennia, yes, but they are only in their modern configuration since the 1950s, as a best guess reconstruction of something that had been lost long ago.

stonehenge

The Bamyan statues were much younger, but were largely intact as they had been for 1,400 years. And, y'know, got blown up rather than doused with a bit of colour (which frankly was probably a better recreation of what happened at the real Stonehenge than the LARPing the faux druids do).

TheOctonaut , to solarpunk memes in Move Stonehenge to Tuvalu to Protect it from the Effects of Climate Change Activism

Do you understand the difference between blowing up ancient statues with dynamite, and throwing some chalk on stones that have been in place since the 1950s?

TheOctonaut , to Memes in Never forget what they took from us...

I just hate the pathetic effort they put into the quotes. Sean Bean was a weird choice anyway ("what do people universally and forever like? Game Of Thrones I suppose!") but then they had him read quotes from literal blogs and often quotes that shat all over the technology you'd just researched. Oh! I completed a wonder! I definitely want to hear a quote about how it's obsolete now and its abandonment caused immense poverty in the Ruhr valley.

That and the movement towards nations instead of, yknow, Civilizations. Sorry Australia, you are not a Civilisation. Nor is Canada. Nor Scotland. How do we have Scotland - an independent country for less than 300 years - and not the fucking Celts.

TheOctonaut , to Technology in Microsoft shot real lasers through a window to make Windows 10's wallpaper — surprisingly the iconic art wasn't computer generated

I mean they fucking advertised it as such when I bought it

TheOctonaut , to Memes in Union Strong

"Please sir, may I resist?"

TheOctonaut , to Memes in Union Strong

The fuck does "won their union" mean?

TheOctonaut , to Technology in Dell warns of data breach, 49 million customers allegedly affected

lol no

TheOctonaut , to solarpunk memes in save this to repost next year. and the next year, and the next year, and the next year

Fun fact! While there is a meteorological standard, in day to day usage the seasons are culturally defined.

In Ireland for example, it's been summer since May 1st.

https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2022/0428/1046589-bealtaine-summer-ireland/

Other places also define seasons differently or indeed have completely different seasons, eg the wet season, hot season, cool season in Thailand.

TheOctonaut , to Technology in AI Computing on Pace to Consume More Energy Than India, Arm Says

This is a future prediction, not a current observation.

I'm not saying it's correct as a prediction, but "where are the extra power plants" is not good counter-argument.

TheOctonaut , to Technology in Here’s How That Disney 360° Treadmill Works

It was 3.6 years after? And it was pretty dead at that point. Like it was popular with a core group who were making Niantic and TPC tons of money, but the phenomenon was dead by the anniversary.

TheOctonaut , to Technology in Catholic 'media ministry' defrocks AWOL AI priest after it told faithful you can baptise babies in Gatorade and that, sure, it can totally perform your wedding

It's not just any water, it's holy water. If a priest has cast Ceremony to create the holy water on whatever, sure. But why when you probably have liquid water tk hand? God might wonder if it's very sincere if you're just basically doing it for a laugh. Might take away your spell slots.

TheOctonaut , to Technology in Generative AI could soon decimate the call center industry, says CEO

Do you understand that providing some examples of the opposite doesn't show "all"? Your goal is supposed to be proving the examples I gave wrong, not adding new examples, because I'm not the one that said "all". So what we've learned today is that different companies are doing different things and that blanket uninformed statements don't contribute to anything. Cool. You good?

Oh and if you want to use the ampersand for etc you don't need the t. Ampersand is "e" and "t" together! I hope I've helped whatever goal you had in choosing to write "&tc".

TheOctonaut , to Technology in Generative AI could soon decimate the call center industry, says CEO

How you react to information that challenges your assumptions is a very good indicator of your ability to contribute to society in general.

https://liveops.com/contact-center-industry/companies-onshoring-customer-service/

https://newsroom.bt.com/bt-completes-100-onshoring-of-customer-service-calls-to-the-uk-and-ireland-to-deliver-personal-and-local-customer-service/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/03/13/vodafone-bring-thousands-call-centre-jobs-back-uk-soil/

https://www.cio.com/article/238869/why-outsourced-call-center-roles-are-coming-back-onshore.html

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2020/03/covid-19-virgin-media-onshoring-brings-500-jobs-back-to-uk.html

TheOctonaut , to Technology in Generative AI could soon decimate the call center industry, says CEO

> makes a series of confident critical statements

> hasn't used one in over a decade

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