James R Kirk @ Kirk @startrek.website

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Happy to see that it's getting downvoted.

"Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent"

So the automation is triggered if the power draw is above a certain amount? I assume there is a smart plug? Or is it a dishwasher with Wifi? Forgive me still learning how these things work.

Modern controller design has truly missed the mark

Yeah exactly, well said. I think for a lot of people the advent of paywalls felt like taking away a free thing, instead of a return to the norm. Personally when it comes to journalism I prefer a paywall to advertiser-supported.

Bummer that the site that this talks about is down: https://www.alltext.nyc/

The argument that paywalls somehow ruin the open parts of the Web always fell flat for me. It is trivial to contribute to the Web for free if one wishes. Nobody is forced to paywall their content.

Yeah, nine times out of ten someone who wants "free speech" on the web means they want to force others to listen.

The nice thing about Fedi is that slur-loving people can have their space that allows slurs, but people who don't want slurs can de-federate.

Looks great, can old Google location data be imported?

John Oliver did a deep dive into her recently. It's not good. She brands herself as a moderate but is essentially in lockstep with most MAGA views. The owners of CBS are gutting everything that's left of the storied CBS brand to enrich themselves.

I'm only seeing information about ChatGPT, Sora, Claude and Gemini... Where is the news about AI?

It is lol the dead giveaway is there's no watermark or artist credit

EDIT: Unrelated but a reverse image search turned up this amazing LinkedinLunatic

Their modlog is public FYI: https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=All&userId=115941

Looks like they have rules against racism?

The ultimate brainrot comes being rich enough to insulate yourself from ever being intellectually challenged. It's like the sycophantic chatgpt mode that just yes-ands every idea.

Good read that got me thinking. Donation supported journalism works well for NPR.

I can imagine an ecosystem in which enough people give their $50/month streaming subscriptions directly to artists and journalists.

I hope you ate this with your hands!

I've been impressed with F-Droid's press releases. If they have a snowball's chance in hell of stopping this, they are certainly giving it a clear and concise effort.

"Grokpedia" is so dumb, it's just page after page of LLM slop. I find it hard to believe even the most bad-faith arguer will treat it as an authority.

At the risk of sounding like a conservative, most people do find meaning in doing work and would not be content to lay around eating and watching TikTok forever. Just because someone does not find meaning in laboring to make their bosses wealthy does not mean they don't find meaning in the work itself.

For example I think a lot of "low level" jobs would be quite enjoyable and rewarding if we weren't forced to do them in order to survive. I'm thinking things like carpentry, running a small grocery store or even waiting tables.

So to answer your question, yes, the Earth can provide far more than every person needs to live a fulfilling life because all we need is food, shelter, community and freedom to find how we can best contribute. Those things are not expensive or resource intensive. But they are kept from us and replaced with plastic things we don't need in order to further enrich a small few.