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rigatti , 22 days ago to Mildly Infuriating in For free for 11.99$

This is Kumail Nanjiani's best work.

rigatti , 1 month ago to Technology in 20 Years of Blogging on my own website

In the early days, most of them.

rigatti , 2 months ago to Technology in What a TikTok Ban Would Mean for the U.S. Defense of an Open Internet

The US and China maintain a good economic relationship but aren't exactly buddies when it comes to geopolitical issues and have very different viewpoints on things like human rights and democracy.

rigatti , 2 months ago to Technology in Tesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car wash

There's a few things wrong here. First, it's made of steel, which is iron and not aluminum. Second, neither of those is as mineral. Third, aluminum has pretty good corrosion resistance in terms of metals.

None of that is to say that Tesla had any idea what they were doing when designing this monstrosity.

rigatti , 2 months ago to Technology in The Man Who Killed Google Search

Really weird to stumble onto a blog written by someone you vaguely knew in college almost 20 years ago... Anyway, nice job, Ed Zitron.

rigatti , 2 months ago to Technology in Why making pretend people with AGI is a waste of energy

Play-Doh

Edit:
And candy!

rigatti , 3 months ago to Technology in Google to delete records from Incognito tracking

Now this is a solid April Fools joke.

rigatti , 3 months ago to Technology in Enshittification Continues: Discord to begin showing advertisements on it's free platform

Same, however, I keep my phone on vibrate so I never actually hear it.

rigatti , 3 months ago to Technology in Enshittification Continues: Discord to begin showing advertisements on it's free platform

Uh oh!

rigatti , 3 months ago to Technology in Enshittification Continues: Discord to begin showing advertisements on it's free platform

Has Discord ever been remotely profitable though? I can't imagine enough people put money into it that they haven't just been bleeding cash for 10 years. It's hard for me to exactly call it greed if they're just trying to get back to even. I could imagine it being completely enshittified in the name of profit in the future though.

rigatti , 3 months ago to Technology in Video Shows First Neuralink Patient Playing Mario Kart With His Mind

I think mainly people are upset about the animal abuse occurring because of the research at the company.

rigatti , 3 months ago to Technology in OpenAI Said to Court Hollywood in Meetings With Film Studios, Directors

I can't wait to sip on some Hubris Haze with my bros, the Hubris Heroes.

rigatti , 4 months ago to Technology in You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes | Airplane mode hasn't been necessary for nearly 20 years, but the myth persists.

Now the charge you a premium for wifi.

rigatti , 4 months ago to Technology in Remember when Spez said it was "It's time we grow up and behave like an adult company"? Apparently, that means paying himself $193 million and single-handedly tanking Reddit's profitability right b...

Uhh what

rigatti , 4 months ago to Technology in OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it

Trillion.