WhyDoYouPersist

WhyDoYouPersist , 1 month ago to Technology in Nvidia overtakes Apple as the second most valuable company.

Fuck this stupid world we've built.

WhyDoYouPersist , 1 month ago to Technology in Tesla Cybertruck Dominated by F-150 Lightning In Sand Drag Race

Similar to, but not quite the same as the kind of man-child that buys an F-150 on the off chance they need to haul a dresser once every 4 years. Seriously though, if each one of these buyers keeping US truck bloat in style bought a motorcycle instead to cement their self-worth, traffic would be eliminated in most US cities. That's not possible due to many factors, I know, but it must be said motorcycles are just way cooler.

WhyDoYouPersist , 1 month ago to Technology in De-Google Your Life - Part 1

I imagine they're really itching to torpedo it somehow. Surprisingly long time for them not to do so.

WhyDoYouPersist , 1 month ago to Privacy in Samsung Requires Independent Repair Shops to Share Customer Data, Snitch on People Who Use Aftermarket Parts, Leaked Contract Shows

Good supplemental reading here to iFixIt's recent announcement pertaining to their relationship with Samsung moving forward.

WhyDoYouPersist , 1 month ago to 196 in puppy rule

:3

WhyDoYouPersist , 1 month ago to Technology in How Airbnb accidentally screwed the US housing market and made $100 billion

Like kudzu

WhyDoYouPersist , 2 months ago to Interesting Global News in Dozens dead after dam bursts amid torrential rain in Kenya

We collected some of the bodies held by trees and we don’t know how many are under the mud,” said Stephen Njihia Njoroge, who was involved in the emergency efforts.

What a waking nightmare.

WhyDoYouPersist , 2 months ago to Technology in Can we all agree that whatever version of predictive text we have nowadays is crap, and has been for a long time?

I'm very much a tech person and can confirm for me personally: T9-Word in combination with physical keys was a much faster, one-handed, and even eyes-off experience. Even when I upgraded to a phone with a slide out full physical keyboard (Samsung Intensity), T9 was still faster. For any word that had repeated keys back-to-back, my hand knew to press the right arrow which would move the cursor to the next position.

I'm purely talking about typing while not looking at the screen (for instance in a pocket like OP mentioned). Not sure why you brought screen resolution into it or media players. I'm not a vintage tech apologist--I'm typing this on an S22 with SwiftKey and it's fine minus a few mistakes. But there was no way I could do this blindfolded. I'd have exited the app and be typing something regrettable into Slack by now.

WhyDoYouPersist , 2 months ago to Technology in Spurred by Teen Girls, States Move to Ban Deepfake Nudes

For some reason I thought it was mainly to protect Taylor Swift, with teen girls being the afterthought.

WhyDoYouPersist , 2 months ago to Technology in Whistleblower 'would not' put family on Boeing 787 jet

I've had a lot of trouble searching for a concrete answer to this, but does anyone know what percentage of commercial jets in the US are made by Boeing? I know it's a duopoly between them and Airbus, but to what extent is Boeing's domination?