Gatsby

Gatsby , 2 months ago to technology in Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal - The Verge

You understand that recalls for minor non life-threatening issues were a thing before cars were even capable of receiving software updates right?

This is not a new practice. This is what a recall entails. The term isn’t being arbitrarily applied. It’s a recall.

Gatsby , 10 months ago to technology in X/Twitter has updated its Terms of Service to let it use Posts for AI training

NazAI, if you will.

Gatsby , 10 months ago to technology in X wants permission to start collecting your biometric data and employment history

Lol eat shit Elon. I deleted my account and moved to Mastodon the day he walked into Twitter HQ with that stupid fucking sink.

Gatsby , 10 months ago to news in Florida Governor Ron Desantis booed at vigil as hundreds mourn more racist killings

Oh look, whataboutism. Neato.

Gatsby , 10 months ago to news in Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin 'on board' crashed Russian plane

Two months to the day after the coup attempt. His number was up the second he stopped advancing on Moscow.

Gatsby , 10 months ago to fediverse in There is a drop in monthly active Lemmy users (from 65k to 57k)

duplicates or otherwise non engaging accounts.

Yeah, I wouldn’t be surprised if duplicate accounts are a part of this but that seems like it would be a natural part of growing pains for lemmy. The way the fediverse is built would suggest that people who are serious about long-term participation may bounce around a bit. For example, I joined in June but in that time I still managed to test out two other instances before settling on a third that seemed to strike the ideal balance between admin policies and reliable uptime to suit my needs.

Gatsby , 10 months ago to fediverse in There is a drop in monthly active Lemmy users (from 65k to 57k)

Hmm… I think we need to conduct some exit interviews to gather data before we start making any assumptions.

“Hello, you have selected ‘Delete Account’ is this because you are a Nazi?”

Y/N (circle one)

“You have selected ‘no’ and yet you still wish to delete your account? Why are you lying about not being a Nazi then?”