You better believe that AI-powered toaster would only accept authorized bread from a bakery that paid top dollar to the company that makes them. To ensure the best quality possible and save you from inferior toast, of course.
TL;DR:
Most rigid panel manufacturers provide a 25 year warranty. Performance degradation ranges from 1% to 4% per year depending on the material used, with thin flexible panels being the worst.
They can try but they'll never be able to reach all instances that defederates from them. Meta and the rest of the fediverse will be like two non-overlapping ecosystems.
I was once at a kind of pawn shop and was holding a few games I was planning to buy. A shop clerk came by, asked to look at the games, took a picture of them, and went back to his counter without saying a word. I left the games back where I found them and walked out. They didn't do this with any of the other Japanese customers. Racism is definitely around, just not everywhere.
It makes sense though. Adults can buy whatever they want without hoping it would be gifted to them. Kids on the other hand aren't exactly swimming in disposable income.
I agree. Pretty much everything my wife and I receive are things we didn't want or need in the first place. The stuff we give out are also the same for their recipients. We're planning to tell our friends and family next year to skip out on presents for us and just donate the money to a good cause if they still want to gift us something. The only thing that matters to us is to spend a good time with them.
The only exception to this would be for kids of course. They deserve the joy of unwrapping toys and gadgets.
For one it has a cool name, the mods here don't cause much drama (that I know of), the users don't brigade threads like with Hexbear, and piracy is celebrated unlike other websites. Ultimately I hope you find what you're looking for even if it's not this place
EDIT: Almost forgot. /0 doesn't censor what you read like with lemmy.ml (e g. "bitch" reads as removed).
You'll have no trouble blocking AI here. This instance federated with almost all others and leaves it up to you to block them how you want. I will say db0 is my favorite instance so far.
Don't forget the flask of Scotch.