paf0 @ paf0 @lemmy.world

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By this logic Llama should be ranting like our drunk uncles on Facebook. It doesn't though, just like Gemini won't from Reddit content.

Long live nuance.

most likely be dead

Rich people with medical care tend to live a long time, look at Jimmy Carter.

I suppose that's better than being a 'white supremacists first platform' but I bet they'll probably still do that too.

Easier said than done.

Yes, but sometimes it's nice to have someone else make it, and to hang out somewhere that's not my home office.

My local coffee scene is basically different versions of Dunkin Donuts, even the indie places have old coffee with chemical flavors. There is one place that serves a tasty espresso shot but it has inconsistent hours and is a 20 minute drive. Starbucks is closer and the app is super convenient.

We don't all live in big cities with lots of options and Starbucks fills the void.

Maybe USB, but I'd certainly not want to end up having to re-pair my Bluetooth mid turn.

And those developers get told what to do. The wheel also gets reinvented by PMs and entrepreneurs who think they can do it better. Sounds like someone is salty about their software maintenance job.

I suppose that applies more to XMPP, but not everything has to be a business, and you don't have to be an ass about it.

fwiw, XMPP/Slack/Discord/etc basically solve the same problem that IRC already solved. Software Engineers just reinvent the wheel again and again as everyone loves a green field.

That said, Meta cannot be trusted. They're going to do a year or two of embrace and extend, pretending to be good citizens. Then they will invent some crisis that causes them to want to de-federate, likely that content on other servers is not moderated to their standards or that convoluted features of their extended protocol are not being met. This take seems pretty spot on to me.

Pride

It is now but the older formats used to be more like an executable byte code. Efficient but insecure.

Right, I don't need a pickup truck, but I do need a trunk to put my groceries in to feed my entire family. I also need to do it quickly. They said 5 miles, that's a long way.

Also people who have places to go, things to carry or don't live in places friendly to bikes. Maybe even people who think writing things in all caps is lazy. Not everything is caused by the conservative boogieman. Both nuance and effective communication are important.

Yup. Samsung sold smartwatches that promised an upcoming ECG feature to have it only available when connected to a Samsung phone when it came out, but not other Android phones. They also try and force you to put their TVs on your network so they can track everything you do. Never again.

Yes, but not because I didn't try. I tried Opera and Konqueror for a time and they had some serious rendering problems. Being on the Internet all day for work I kinda just need a browser that works. Firefox is that for me now, but it wasn't always up to the task.

Systemic change is a different conversation than a new president. Personally I think that change can happen with modifications to the existing system. For instance, Ranked Choice Voting would give us a more diverse set of choices and doesn't require throwing away things that do work.

Chrome was much faster and more stable than Firefox for a time, but they're similar now.

It's tradition to go with the President if that person still wants the job. He'd have to say he no longer wants to run for the party to consider other contenders. Ideally he will remember how old he is sometime in the next couple of months and a boring centrist like Newsom will run in his place.