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tb_ , 7 months ago to technology in Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies.

That’s a big if though. Unless an actual creator-exodus happens, it’s not going to happen.

tb_ , 7 months ago to world in UN aviation meeting agrees to goal of 5% lower emissions by 2030

Oh no, it’s such a low reduction! Might as well do nothing then.

tb_ , 7 months ago to news in Mysterious woman tells school board that Scholastic book sparked porn addiction

Ah, I did not know that reference

tb_ , 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to news in Mysterious woman tells school board that Scholastic book sparked porn addiction

Emphasis

tb_ , 8 months ago to world in Paris aims to drive out large SUVs by increasing parking fees

Literally ignoring my points kthxbye

tb_ , 8 months ago to world in Paris aims to drive out large SUVs by increasing parking fees

A small city car (Kia Picanto) weighs about 900 kg (~2000 pounds), a regular Ford Mustang weighs just under twice that, a Mustang Mach E weighs over twice that and then some.

Damage done will go up.

If you take into account the amount of people a bus transports, or the “useful work” a small semi and garbage trucks do, not even a small city car can win in terms of damage done– let alone a monster of a vehicle carrying one to two persons.

tb_ , 8 months ago to world in Paris aims to drive out large SUVs by increasing parking fees

So what? When there’s a lot more cars, especially within a city, and when those cars get a lot heavier, it will do a lot more damage.

A semi isn’t going to drive over inner city roads, at least not regularly.

tb_ , 8 months ago to world in Paris aims to drive out large SUVs by increasing parking fees

Except when the amount of cars is an order or two of magnitude greater than those other two, heavy cars do take their toll on the road surface

tb_ , 8 months ago to technology in Europe Commission says Adobe's $20B buy of Figma will kill competition

I mean, yeah. A broken clock is right twice a day.

Which I know doesn’t exactly equate to the current situation, but do remember that the point of capitalism isn’t innovation: it’s earning the most amount of money.

Innovation is just a happy little coincidence thanks to competition in a fair market.
When AMD was down in the gutter, Intel was just fine making token “innovation” in the CPU market while mostly taking it easy on the RnD while raking it in. Something they, eventually, got gotten for by AMD and more recently Apple silicon. But now, let’s say, Intel was allowed to buy AMD… Maybe Apple still would’ve switched to their own designs eventually, but PC’s undoubtedly would still be stuck on 4, maybe 6 cores.

Monopolies are the anthesis of innovation, and monopolies are what corporations will move towards without adequate regulation.

tb_ , 8 months ago to technology in Europe Commission says Adobe's $20B buy of Figma will kill competition

How is that a counter example? The same 3 - 5 corporations are still in control.

tb_ , 8 months ago to technology in ChatGPT, how do I use OCR in Word?

Except when it’s closed source and on a company server somewhere

tb_ , 8 months ago to technology in So that's why Google wants you to use Chrome on your iPhone so badly

It’s a publicly traded company. They will never care as much about their users as they do about their bottom line

tb_ , 8 months ago to news in More People Are Watching Videos on Their Phones While Driving. Often, It’s Perfectly Legal.

If only there was a mode of transport where you could watch videos.

Not just that, one that would be safer for the environment and cause for less traffic jams!

tb_ , 8 months ago to technology in Google paid Samsung $8 billion to be the default search engine, app store and voice assistant

You can get Google to pay you through Play Rewards!

tb_ , 8 months ago to technology in Starlink bug frustrates users: “They don’t have tech support? Just a FAQ? WTF?”

Unnecessary cost, obviously ^/s