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[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (5 children)

100% the other way around for me. My phone is the one thing I own, I use the most. To have a more fluid experience is worth a couple of hundred dollars. The hourly price difference is minuscule.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Honestly though, that does not seem far away from most diets. That’s the thing, it’s somewhat easy to lose weight. But to stick it out long term? Close to impossible for most. An absurd amount gain all of it back sooner or later.

By far and the best way not to struggle with obesity is not to get obese. Because when you’re there, the rest of your life will be a struggle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

“Save the planet” is too broad. Electric cars can help with global warming. But may be worse in other areas.

Thing is, global warming is by far and away the largest environmental threat today. So it’s likely very much beneficial to lessen the burden there, while other areas suffer.

But you’re very much right in that it won’t do shit as long as we’re producing electricity through fossil fuel among others. With that said, the same people pushing for electric cars are also pushing for green energy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I can take your word for it, or I can consider the fact that basically every major company in the world does it. Somehow I don’t think it’s totally useless.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

I doubt Joe Rogan and Barcelona has only caused grief. There’s a reason huge companies throw absurd amounts of money on advertising and right deals. It’s often lucrative and worth it.

As we don’t have the numbers we can only speculate in what return they got on those deals. But it was most definitely not 0.

Tour deals, merch and independent artists are great, but you do not reach critical mass when it comes to a general audience that way. It’s basically like trying to advertise on the Fediverse versus advertising on Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Altman went to Microsoft within 48 hours, does anything else really need to be said? Add to that, the fact that basically every news outlet has reported - with difference sources - that he was pushing in exactly in that way. There’s very little to support the fact that reality is different.

[–] [email protected] 316 points 11 months ago (34 children)

It’s rather interesting here that the board, consisting of a fairly strong scientific presence, and not so much a commercial one, is getting such hate.

People are quick to jump on for profit companies that do everything in their power to earn a buck. Well, here you have a company that fires their CEO for going too much in the direction of earning money.

Yet every one is all up in arms over it. We can’t have the cake and eat it folks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Not nearly this bad. Go read the article. It’s much easier to spread crap nowadays, even though you could before.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Genuine question: in what ways do Apple track iOS users (that cannot be turned off)?

I’m of the viewpoint that most tracking can be rather easily be turned off, and that android plays in a totally other ballpark here. But I might very well be wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If that’s the reason WFH should be the new normal in a couple of years when leases are up. That won’t happen though.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s actually a more costly process to make non alcoholic beer, than with alcohol.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having been paid very good, and today less good due to a career change. I’ll happily tell you payment gave absolutely zero impact on feeling engaged at work. If the job sucks, it’ll suck with good pay as well.

Sure, it might be easier to push through. But it will not make it more engaging. Co workers and a supporting environment sure will though.

Not to say I don’t want compensation to be higher across the board, but we should have both.

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