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atzanteol , to news in Hawaii cannot ban guns on beaches, US judge rules

Can I carry one into the court where the justices meet? Or is safety just something the “little people” need to work about?

atzanteol , to news in Disapproval of Elon Musk is top reason Tesla owners are selling, survey says

Maybe they’re just sick of answering “you support Elon Musk” questions. These are luxuryish cars[1] to begin with, these sort of people can probably afford to change cars based on “I don’t like the CEO.” Musk always acted like the “Steve Jobs” of the automotive world and sold Tesla as an Apple-like high-end brand. The risk you take is that if you’re an asshole instead of a black turtleneck-wearing hipster then your customers will turn on you.

[1] yes yes, I know about the model 3.

atzanteol , to news in Disapproval of Elon Musk is top reason Tesla owners are selling, survey says

Completely aside but I find this interesting:

Consumer Reports‘ annual reliability rankings have been released, and with data from 24 brands and over 300,000 vehicles, Tesla fell near the bottom (19/24) along with Mercedes-Benz, Jeep, Volkswagen, GMC, and Chevrolet. Electric vehicles overall also placed poorly, being the second least reliable category of vehicles. Hybrids/plugin hybrids, especially those from Toyota, were found to be the most reliable.

I’m surprised hybrids have better reliability given their overall increase in complexity compared to either electric or ICE cars. Though frankly I’m not surprised Toyota does them well…

atzanteol , to news in Disapproval of Elon Musk is top reason Tesla owners are selling, survey says

That’s the risk when your brand is a “status symbol” and the company is closely linked with your personality.

Steve Jobs knew how to do this well. Elon is no Steve Jobs…

atzanteol , to technology in Slack Vs Microsoft Teams — Which App Is Better For Your Privacy & Security? [Mozilla Foundation]

The UX is all over the place, likely because of the feature creep forcing a lot of dev departments to collaborate.

“I created a spreadsheet with that info.”

“where is it?”

“It’s in my ‘recently used files’ in teams…”

“Yes but where can I share that document?”

“I think it’s in my OneDrive? I don’t see it there.”

“Let me check Sharepoint - I don’t see it there…”

“I’ll just email you a screenshot.”

atzanteol , to technology in Saudi Arabia mandates all electronic devices to use USB-C charging ports from 2025

So how is it an improvement to have the same myriad of different charging standards but also multiple different port configurations?

If you think that’s my argument then you, and a dozen or so others, have sorely misunderstood anything I’m saying.

The purpose for these laws is ostensibly to “reduce e-waste” which is complete BS. And I know it’s BS because practically everyone arguing with me is NOT making that argument. It’s all about personal conveniences which is an abuse of state power and often has unintended consequences.

atzanteol , to news in Lebanon, Kuwait Poised to Ban ‘Barbie’ for Promoting Homosexuality

Translation: Ken makes me feel funny “down there” and I don’t like it.

atzanteol , to technology in Saudi Arabia mandates all electronic devices to use USB-C charging ports from 2025

Is there anything funnier than the “nobody cares what you say but I’m going to spend a lot of time responding to you” reply?

And by “funny” I mean “pathetic”.

atzanteol , to technology in Saudi Arabia mandates all electronic devices to use USB-C charging ports from 2025

Honey, you were so close from realizing what utter bullshit you’re talking when you moved from „tHeY jUsT sTaNdArDiZeD a CoNnEcToR“ to „it’s a collection of standards!“

You realize USB has more than one protocol for power delivery right? In what way do you think those two statements are contradictory? And within those standards are a range of viable voltages and power outputs. Not every USB charger can deliver the power to a laptop. Most can’t.

I don’t want multiple standards - I’m just saying it’s idiotic to pass a law requiring one connector.

The purported purpose of this law is to “reduce e-waste” and I believe it will do no such thing. 240W USB adapters are expensive so people will continue to buy the low-cost cables and chargers for, e.g. charging their phone on their desk at work.

atzanteol , to technology in Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S.

Most people willingly migrated to LEDs when the circumstances shifted in their favor. There was absolutely no law required. The fact that most people are using LEDs before this was even enforced kinda proves my point. The number of holdouts is small enough to be ignored.

atzanteol , to technology in Saudi Arabia mandates all electronic devices to use USB-C charging ports from 2025

Like, I remember the time when you had to carry around a fucking proprietary charger for every single fucking device?

Oh yes - we refer to those days as “the dark days”. I’m still scarred for life for having to have multiple chargers.

You can have “a preferred state” without “passing a law enforcing it.” The world is marching towards USB as it is. Passing a law for this was stupid and useless.

atzanteol , to technology in Saudi Arabia mandates all electronic devices to use USB-C charging ports from 2025

So then what problem has been solved? Ostensibly this was to reduce the number of chargers and cables. But that situation will still exist with this law. You may have some more convenience but… Is that worth passing a law over?

atzanteol , to technology in Saudi Arabia mandates all electronic devices to use USB-C charging ports from 2025

So we’re just passing laws for convenience then?

In your world there are multiple operating systems. It’s a pain for me so I think there should be only one.

atzanteol , to technology in Saudi Arabia mandates all electronic devices to use USB-C charging ports from 2025

What is the law solving then? You still have many chargers with different support for power, voltage, etc. You just have one “shape” now. And I’ll still have multiple adapters since I’m not shelling out 240W prices to have a charger in my car for my phone.

It’s just standardization for the sake of standardization.

atzanteol , to technology in Saudi Arabia mandates all electronic devices to use USB-C charging ports from 2025

Can you currently buy anything that would power a 3080 laptop from Walgreens? Not sure what point you’re trying to make. They’re standardizing the port not the chargers or the cables.

This is my point. They haven’t standardized anything but the shape of the plug. It’s a stupid law. USB is NOT a standard. It is many standards. USB-C and do 5V, 9V, 12V, 20V. And USB cables are not all capable of the different voltages and current either.

So what problem has been solved? There will still be myriad chargers and combinations of things that do and don’t work. The shape of the adapter will just be the same. Groovy.

You also can’t use a $20 USB-C charger to power a refrigerator, but are you upset that they both use the same wall socket?

That wall socket puts out a reasonably standard voltage (depending on country) and a reasonably standard amperage.

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