Alto

Alto , 8 months ago to technology in X sues Media Matters to silence moderation criticism

I think anyone who has even the slightest idea of how the market works knows Tesla is grossly overvalued. Obviously it's nowhere near the whole story, but when their market cap is nearly 20× that of Ford's with ½ the revenue, something is fucky

Alto , 8 months ago to asklemmy in when will be your last time to vote for the "lesser of two evils"?

Continued complacency by people bitching about candidates not being good enough is how we're on the knifes edge of destroying our democracy here in the states.

I don't like the people I vote for, but I sure as fuck would rather live in our current neolib hellscape than the psuedotheocratic bullshit the loudest voices in the GOP so clearly want. Sitting on your ass enables exactly that

Alto , 8 months ago to asklemmy in when will be your last time to vote for the "lesser of two evils"?

That'd require there to have ever been a candidate I like. There hasn't been, at least on the federal level

Alto , 8 months ago to technology in 505 of 700 OpenAI employees tell the board to resign.

On paper, sure. They gave them $10B. They absolutely have some sort of voice here

Alto , 9 months ago to technology in ‘Energy independent’ Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months

If anything, “Sunshine and rainbows” renewables are a psyop to help entrench fossil fuels long-term.

Specifically in regards to the "if it's not perfect we shouldn't even try" crowd, that's exactly what it is. Imperfect solutions we can implement now are infinitely better than perfect solutions that come years too late

Alto , 9 months ago to technology in ‘Energy independent’ Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months

Decades and decades of fossil fuel company FUD about nuclear that they managed to get the greens to buy into a long time ago.

Alto , 9 months ago to technology in OpenAI announces leadership transition

Im pretty sure thars just because people suck

Alto , 9 months ago to news in Suicide rates in the US are highest among elderly men, and most involve guns, CDC report says

Helluva lot easier to say when you're not actively in the depths of it

Alto , 9 months ago to asklemmy in Do you prefer digital or physical books?

What do I use the most? Ebooks, by far, for all the normal reasons. There's just something nice about physical books though, especially old hardback.

Alto , 9 months ago to games in After earning $544 million in its most recent quarter, Unity says even more layoffs are 'likely'

Headline really feels like it's trying to imply unity is currently making a profit. They haven't been out of the red in a while. Businesses tend to die when they're bleeding money and there's no VC.

Alto , 9 months ago to mildlyinfuriating in Shrinkflation hits IKEA Family by removing 5% discount

Dammit lil bobby tables, not again

Alto , 9 months ago to news in Ex-NHL player Johnson dies after on-ice accident

I would be incredibly surprised if it were intentional. Every single player there knows exactly what doing that would mean.

Freak accidents happen, especially in hockey. Malarchuk had his throat slashed by a skate, Pronger took a slapshot to the chest that stopped his heart, and Peverley and Bouwmeester have randomly collapsed on the bench. Somehow all of those managed to survive, it's honestly a miracle it doesn't happen more often.

Alto , 9 months ago to news in Ex-NHL player Johnson dies after on-ice accident

(Potentially) invented by French soldiers!

Alto , 10 months ago to memes in All pollinators are important but...

Probably because of just how much death they directly cause

Alto , 10 months ago to news in Gov. Newsom vetoes bill allowing Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes in California

He's a fucking snake