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grue,

Congratulations, you just reinvented basically the same thing (minus the “AI” buzzword) that Transmeta was doing a quarter-century ago.

grue,

No, that’s a myth. America had extensive train networks – both within cities and between them – and deliberately destroyed them because of a combination of misguided modernist city planning and corrupt lobbying from corporations from oil companies and car manufacturers.

There is nothing special about America that makes it inherently unsuitable for trains.

grue,

საქართველო, apparently

grue,

Well, of course. There hasn’t been a legitimate question on that point since 1991.

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But I don’t wanna secede, though! : (

(I’m in GA, US.)

grue,

I’m OOTL. Why is Codeberg better than GitLab?

Amazon clearly lying about "ownership" on Prime. (lemmy.world)

You all remember just a few weeks ago when Sony ripped away a bunch of movies and TV shows people “owned”? This ad is on Amazon. You can’t “own” it on Prime. You can just access it until they lose the license. How can they get away with lying like this?

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This sort of blatant violation of the First Sale Doctrine shouldn’t even require a lawsuit to stop; the FTC should prosecute companies for it proactively. We need to demand our government start doing its goddamn job again.

grue,

Holy shit.

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Boris Johnson wishes he could fuck up his hair as badly as this guy.

grue,

Why do you hate consumer protection law?

grue,

It’s fine as long as you’re not a robot made out of aluminum or something.

grue,

Depends on your location. Where I live, chicken is cheaper.

grue,

Pretty sure CNN is (willfully) misinterpreting the law. The EU is definitely not prohibiting them from just turning off the tracking without providing a choice.

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Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol

From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisencolinensinainciusol:

Both the name of the song and its lyrics are gibberish but are intended to sound like English in an American accent.

Celentano’s intention with the song was not to create a humorous novelty song but to explore communication barriers. The intent was to demonstrate how English sounds to people who do not understand the language proficiently.

grue,

J’apprends la français depuis trois ans. (Mais pas a cause de la chanson.)

grue, (edited )

Stromae - Papaoutai (I found out it existed because Pentatonix did a cover of it)

That guy’s also got some other interesting songs, with quite a bit of social commentary: carmen, Fils de joie, tous les mêmes, Santé

grue,

Features like this really do require a subscription model. This isn’t enabling remote start by pressing a key on your fob. This is sending a request to a server, which connects to a cell tower to broadcast signal saying “turn on this car”. That stuff ain’t free. Someone has to pay AT&T for the data connection.

Only because they unethically intentionally designed it that way, when they could’ve just as easily picked a different design that could’ve worked entirely locally. They are inventing excuses for rentiership.

grue,

Congratuations, you’ve fallen for the propaganda. That sentiment is nothing more than corporate astroturfing against effective regulation.

grue,

If by “nonsense” you mean “exactly correct,” sure!

grue,

^ This guy Costco hot-dogs.

grue,

I’ve wondered the same thing about the Octonauts.

grue,

If somebody doesn’t shop at Costco enough to justify the executive membership, I’m not sure the regular membership would be justified either.

grue,

…you believe the CEO feels entitled to gamers becoming OK with subscription models. What he actually feels is a hope that subscription models will take off

That sounds like a distinction without a difference to me.

grue,

Ballistic trajectories don’t count as flying.

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Being fit to be drafted is for the little people. Presidential candidates can just get out of it by claiming to have bone spurs.

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