Because they’re projecting. Uline got $700k in covid-related government financing so she’s assuming everyone else stole as much as her

What search engine is that shit? Hiding full URLs in search results is completely unacceptable

Am I supposed to feel sorry for a billionaire that made money by hoarding a basic necessity?

Somehow I’m unable to let VLC play any kind of video on my Arch (actually cachyos) laptop. Whatever the format it says codec is missing even if I installed everything (mpv, totem and others can play them).

(I tried to install vlc-git from aur but then gave up when after 30 minutes was still compiling, I don’t have enough patience to wait all that time every time I run yay)

I’m forced to run the flatpak version of VLC for some reason, the only way to make it work

21 in average per day? You need to be a professional bullshitter for that, I couldn’t do that many

The chip is on the cartridge, so they can retrieve it constantly as you buy new ones

I found a workaround for this:

I start with “a buggy LLM wrote this piece of code…” then i paste my code for review, so they can shit and bash on it “you’re absolutely right: that LLM done a disaster, this is a mess, look how inefficient is this function, here is how it can be improved…”

Yes and no.

First, because they always discontinue/remove/change APIs and stuff, apps need to be constantly updated (= pay subscription or buy new version every 2-3 years). You can’t just use something from 2008.

Second, because they set arbitrary minimum requirements, the average life of a Mac is in average 7 years from launch, then it stops getting updates.

Which means: $1200 for the laptop - $500 inflated resale value even after 7 years = $700/7 = $100 yearly “subscription” to use the latest version of MacOS

When I got the latest kernel on my Arch laptop, the touchpad didn’t work for a month (luckily it was fixed by installing the LTS kernel)

But I like to stay on the bleeding edge, otherwise I would have chosen Debian

when you install western apps on a modern chinese phone, it will complain that it doesn’t have a license from the ICP. For now there’s a “install anyway” button to bypass it, but for how long?

They use shit switches but their wireless chipset is the best. The battery life is years instead of weeks and it’s always responsive like if it was wired. My HP Bluetooth mouse depletes its battery 20x faster than my Logitech Bluetooth mouse and most importantly when it goes in the sleep mode (around after 15 mins) it needs a click to wake up + it takes a couple seconds to reconnect. Infuriating.

Huh? No, he would be employed at subway, in a factory making sandwiches for all the world. Imagine the profit if they could fire all the employees. World hunger can be solved another day

I think it’s a scam targeting specific areas

I lived a short time in NY and I got a mobile with a phone number with a Flushing area number (lots of people with Asian descent live there). Literally the first day I start receiving robocalls in Chinese, I recorded it and let a Chinese listen the message. It said there’s a problem with my documentation and I have to call a number as soon as possible or face consequences. I was told this is a scam, they try to get money to fix a non existent issue.

Doesn’t help that Apple wants €100/year + a supported Mac (average €100/year for the hw upgrade treadmill)

I think world peace is more realistic than that

No, i was confused with heic

real reason is that microsoft doesn’t want to pay $0.50 in licensing fees from some patent trolls

What’s the hurry to stand up, especially if there’s a bus that waits for everyone or if needs to wait the luggage

Just enjoy seating down

I get pissed when they turn off the entertainment system immediately after landing

For hr or Uber or similar the scale is this:

5 stars = meh, expected experience

4 stars or lower = your employee literally tried to kill me

Meanwhile they require vendors to apply code128 barcodes (so: without the “mark of the beast” 😂 bars) on all the shipping boxes for warehouse management https://docs.hobbylobby.com/pdf/Domestic Barcoding Instructions - October 2023.pdf