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Odd…

They tried to solve the problem using AI, got AI slop, but didn’t understand why it wouldn’t help.

It has been an interesting experience telling people who only say hello that they’re being rude.

Incompetence isn’t treason.

It’s not a high bar to clear

The problem with freezing water is the material expansion.

That’s a really great application. I wonder if a thermal battery could be used for both heating and cooling.

I git my name put onto a credit card as a kid to help do things like buy groceries. After I went to college, parents had financial issues and the credit card that my name was on didn’t get paid. My credit was great except for non payment on that credit card.

So, yeah. It can be better if the parent doesn’t have to open a credit card so that a kid can buy things which require a tap and cash isn’t accepted.

How is this more expensive than the Slate?

Yeah, but when Brian McManus from Real Engineering made a video which somewhat defends Kurzgesagt in their issue with YouTube, it shows that the filter issue isn’t just a problem with Kurzgesagt.

I’m talking about kids texting each other.

You would need to make them dumber/more controlled. A dumb phone with unlimited texting is still going to be a distraction.

It will be like Android. You have to use their app store to install new programs.

So nothing improved but everything became worse?

The problem that the current Reddit leadership had was that they didn’t want to share power with the stakeholders it had previously relied on to generate growth. Reddit was getting free content, moderation, and even some dev resources. There was a path in which Reddit could have maintained its ecosystem while still being profitable, but spez chose to be like every other social network.

Ellen Pao was such a better CEO.

UEFA can and should fight the privitizaton of the World Cup, but trying to force leagues outside of its purview to follow its rules is just asking for trouble.

As you said, there was already one attempt to create a Champions League rival. An American style league structure is going to be tempting and an independent MLS & Liga MX is going to cause issues for talent retention. I could see the Saudi and Qatari leagues pulling away as well, further fueling a bidding war for talent.

It has been there for a while. You’ve got an organization that makes deals worth billions and filled with people from countries where corruption is more tolerated. Some of it can be outright bribes, others can be gifts to the home country in their name.

What will probably happen is that Google will finish incorporating Fitbit to the Android/Google ecosystem and kill the independent brand. The Fitbit app has already been rebranded to Google and Google has stopped selling high end Fitbit watches while incorporating the tech to new Google watches.

I don’t see why Google would renew. The current content is AI slop.