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podperson ,

Man - that comma in the second sentence murdered my brain. Excellent synopsis though.

podperson ,

New Classic Teams for Work, Professional Edition (New)

podperson ,

We have a new manager and she is forcing us to use the calendar and planner in Teams and my productivity has plummeted because of it.

podperson ,

That would mean you would be indefinitely supporting and sending traffic to X. Why not tell your million followers "I will only be posting on Bluesky now - please check out my profile there [link]" and dump X? If you're worried about your numbers dropping moving to the other platform, then your "followers" probably don't mean much or weren't that interested in what you have to say anyway (so what's the point other than a score)? Maybe I'm just doing the old man shaking his fist at the sky routine.

podperson ,

Why not just use Strongbox? All of that’s built in and don’t have to store your vault on their cloud.

podperson ,

? Works fine for me and their site seems to be normal as well:

https://strongboxsafe.com/

podperson ,

Oh - haha. My bad I misunderstood.

podperson ,

What really baffles me is why he totally ghosted his battery swap station idea. That completely solves the range and charging time issue all in one fell swoop. Demonstrated it on stage even. Guessing it either wasn’t profitable enough for him, not s3xy enough, or he wasn’t smart enough to figure out how to scale it up.

podperson ,

I disagree. I know cross country road trips isn’t the norm for most, but at the moment, it burns an hour (at least on my car) to recharge if you need to during the middle of a trip that out-distances your car’s range. A quick battery swap would solve that and give you the same ease/downtime as filling up at a gas station. I’d think some people have a hard time swallowing having to wait an hour to fill up if they’re trying to get somewhere.

podperson ,

Wow - didn’t hear that but sounds like something he would do.

podperson ,

Exactly.

podperson ,

You’re only stuck with the old battery until the next time you swap it out though? Could also remove the need to have charging stations all over the place - just use the gas station model which has been working well for a long time - no need to charge at home or in some random mall parking lot. Just pull into a swap station, get a newly charged battery (for which there should be some safety and quality standards put in place), and leave 5 minutes later.

podperson ,

Just as long as you factor in DtF.

podperson ,

What's the offshoot going to be called, "Soup"? Not like Alphabet is operating any more as "separate organizations" than Google was previously. Nothing changes there.

podperson ,

Although it’s rare now, it’s nice to come across apps that do something very well that haven’t followed the standard big tech path of mega enshittification. Sounds like this one was decent a while back (but maybe lacked features), and then - holy shit - actually improved over time.

Good post - my heart is warmed.

podperson ,

Or for the youngsters:

https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/2975b43d-d72e-447e-978d-b76717bf7381.webp

podperson ,

Well, it’s just not supposed to happen.

podperson ,

Moss seal of approval.

podperson ,

Exactly. Example: on the Tesla Model 3, many of the panels (such as the rear quarter panel) are glued on instead of bolted/clipped on. So if you graze a stationary object and damage that (it happens), you're on the hook for a very expensive repair since you need a repair shop that specializes in how to deal with that (plus the actual time to do the repair, which is more complicated). Update the designs to make them more repair friendly and the cost of ownership comes way down.

podperson ,

I genuinely dislike TikTok (might be just old-man-shaking-his-fists-at-the-sky syndrome), but a complete ban on an app like that seems uninformed and quite the overreach. I think banning it on government devices is a good move, and I also think having everyone make informed decisions on who they give their personal information to is paramount (in this case, tin foil hat or no, you’re likely giving it to the CCP), but this seems like a clear case of a bunch of old timers making a pretty uninformed decision based on knee-jerk reactions to public opinion.

Despite Booming Economy And Record Profits Google, Amazon, Microsoft And More Lay Off Over 42,000 So Far In 2024 (finance.yahoo.com)

Despite Booming Economy And Record Profits Google, Amazon, Microsoft And More Lay Off Over 42,000 So Far In 2024::Despite a booming U.S. economy and significant advancements in the tech sector, including a robust performance by companies like Nvidia Corp. and a thriving artificial intelligence (AI) industry, tech companies have...

podperson ,

I sure am glad we get these large corporations so much in the way of legislation, relaxed regulation, and financial incentives. Surely these will guarantee loads of FUTURE hiring when it will all start trickling down.

Right? Right?

podperson ,

Connectitude

No, electric vehicle sales aren’t dropping. Here’s what’s really going on (www.cnn.com)

No, electric vehicle sales aren’t dropping. Here’s what’s really going on::Tesla has been slashing prices. Ford just cut the price of its Mustang Mach-E, too, plus it cut back production of its electric pickup. And General Motors is thinking about bringing back plug-in hybrids, arguably a step back from EVs.

podperson ,

Auto makers "slashing prices." With perhaps one or 2 small exceptions, can you actually go out and buy an EV for under 40K in the US? Didn't think so. Seems to be a whole lotta confusion about "demand" and the manufacturers actually making an electric car that normal people can afford.

podperson ,

Until this post, I had no idea Rivian even had charging stations.

podperson ,

Jay-sus. Too real. I feel bad now.

podperson ,

Shit username though

podperson ,

So uhhh, you gonna want that clear coat?

Passkeys might really kill passwords (www.theverge.com)

Passkeys: how do they work? No, like, seriously. It’s clear that the industry is increasingly betting on passkeys as a replacement for passwords, a way to use the internet that is both more secure and more user-friendly. But for all that upside, it’s not always clear how we, the normal human users, are supposed to use...

podperson ,

Since 1P switched to subscription only (which is a dealbreaker for me), I switched to Strongbox. It's based on keepass, you can store/backup/host your own vault, and it also supports both passkeys and passwords. The UX is almost as good as 1P (few little minor annoying things, but no showstoppers for me). Been great so far.

podperson ,

It’s pretty clear to me that many companies are jumping on the layoff bandwagon right now since so many others are doing it too (doesn’t look as bad if your layoffs are drowned out in the noise). Easy way to increase profitability (on paper) and not look quite as bad if “everyone else is doing it.”

podperson ,

Are people actually using ChatGPT as a search engine?

podperson ,

Interesting responses here - perhaps I’ll add it to my daily rotation as a science experiment.

podperson ,

Is this a feature that any oxygen breathing human uses? Legit question - never occurred to me that anyone wants this.

podperson ,

Mid late nineties, WC was my favorite. Felt like it had the best results.

podperson ,

Healthcare worker, chiming in:

Yes please.

podperson ,

Well that’s not typical.

podperson ,

The pandemic handed us all a super easy win on doing something about climate change by forcing a large chunk of us to (temporarily, it seems) stop sitting in our cars twice a day. Instant reduction in the amount of CO2 we're producing. It's not 100% of the solution, but it's not nothing, and a year in, most of us had adapted just fine (I'd argue, most who could WFH, prospered, seeing a lot more benefit than negative).

But nah - let's get back in our cars, waste time at the beginning and end of every day, spend more money on coffees and lunch, and breathe in the cubicle goodness because, fuck it - that's the way we've always done it.

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