WhipTheLlama @ WhipTheLlama @lemmy.world

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To be completely fair, Netflix basically invented the successful tv replacement streaming business model and it's not their fault that every media ruined it by starting their own. Media companies screwed us, not tech companies.

how do you value the work of others? It used to be done by bartering. Or perhaps people did it because they were good at it, and didn’t mind helping out. People worked together.

You're romanticizing an era that never existed. Even if we can build such an economy, it's absurdly impractical in a modern, complex world. Sure, if we only had to build homes, hunt, and make babies that's fine, but too many modern necessities, such as sanitation, require a reward beyond being good at it or helping out.

An early meme in a more modern format is this one.

I don't think getting seals out of your home is part of marine biologist training. He might be better-equipped to identify the species of seal and lecture on its mating habits.

I have a recurring service appointment every two weeks where I drop off the car and throw a stack of money at them.

Actually, it's a reliable car, but the previous owner ignored a few big service items. Now that those are done, it's cheaper to maintain than you might think.

I hope the Chinese do a better job at it than the Vietnamese have. Vinfast cars are awful.

Communists should take a long, hard look at how well communism has worked elsewhere. Capitalism has many problems, and wealth inequality is one of them, but it's the economic system that has worked best so far. The fact is that my surgeon should earn a lot more than my gardener.

That's why I bought an 18-year-old Porsche. I'm a sly one.

People already pay double, and more, for business and first class. They get a much better experience than economy fliers. The problem with flying economy is that it's a race for the cheapest ticket, so they'll keep cutting service and comfort as long as people still buy tickets.

If people stopped buying economy tickets because the experience isn't acceptable, then it would improve.

Japanese style toilet seats

That's what most people in the USA mean when they say bidet. They're bidet toilet seats or washlets.

Lots of cars have electronic door releases, and they all have manual handles as well. Tesla's are not difficult to find or use.

Ah, old Red Hat. What memories. When I tell people my first distro was RedHat 5.2 I need to explain that I don't mean RHEL.

I'm more interested in its gums, which look like they belong in a sarlacc pit.

Besides user count, the number of federated instances, posts, and comments will also increase server costs. Its possible that federating from many instances has a larger performance penalty than having a high user count.