Oh yeah, definitely this. The economics will probably never allow it to be deployed at a scale where it will make any sort of difference.

Instead, it is used as an excuse to not take any action on climate change which is actually realistic, albeit hard.

Jesus christ

Yup.

Sure, the long term productivity and quality takes a nosedive, but the shareholders don’t care about that as long as the numbers for the next quarter look better.

Good lord, have we learned nothing? At least wait until they’ve actually voted, they can still find some exotic way to block us.

Edit: We made it!

Congrats guys!

Nicely put.

Did lemmy introduce a fee per letter in the headline I wasn’t aware of?

Personally, I was fine with paying for “Premium Lite”, which was reasonably priced, removed ads, and gave channels you watched some revenue.

But youtube removed this subscription tier a few weeks ago, leaving only the twice as expensive “Premium”. Since I, and I assume most others who subscribed to “Premium Lite”, has no use for the other stuff included in the more expensive tier the cost is no longer justified for me. Back to finding increasingly exotic ways of getting around their ads I guess.

And the authoritarians keep moving up their positions.

The debate over here is fucking crazy, the post-fascist backed government is sneering at any proposed solution with any nuance or suggested preventative measures included. It’s all fucking military intervention, insane deregulation of policing, surveillance, harsher punishments, regressive drug policy, and anti immigration populism.

Do we have an uptick in violence because of a very specific ongoing gang conflict, yes. But Jesus Christ, not anywhere near the level that would excuse anything close to this.

Man I just want to actually be able to buy a Pi 4 at non-scalper rates.

Yeah, wow, this is really great if it’s accurate enough.

Runs perfect on newest GE proton in steam. Not having to mess around with lutris anymore is great.