very funny, very stupid

Well, their work is half done already!

For sure.

I’m a licensed electrician. I’m curious what my job prospects are going to look like in the coming months.

Trump was already elected before and quickly became irrelevant after his 4 years.

And who is going to be the next US President?

And who is nominating a Russian asset to be DNI?

And who is nominating a child sex trafficker to be AG?

Not to mention that the construction industry- particularly housing- just stops.

They don’t meet even the most basic crash safety standards.

Well that’s just incorrect.

We actually have no idea what crash safety standards they meet because Tesla hasn’t submitted them for any testing at all, and as we all know from Elon’s new BFF, if you don’t test for it, you won’t have to worry about it.

Ford, Chevrolet, and Dodge each sold over 700k half-ton pickup trucks last year, while Toyota sold only 130k Tundras. I suppose it’s possible that there are a quarter million suckers out there.

Following the publication of this story, X owner Elon Musk reshared a screenshot of it, saying it’s “important to allow people to like posts without getting attacked for doing so!”

Thin-skinned Nazis don’t like being called Nazis for liking other Nazi content.

A few weeks ago, X’s director of engineering, Haofei Wang, said the upcoming change is meant to protect users’ public image — because “many people feel discouraged” to like “edgy” content.

That’s the fucking point, Wang. Nazis should be discouraged from liking other Nazi content. Society shouldn’t tolerate bigots, much less embolden them- the way you and your boss want to do.

The point was to be able to send clips from your games directly to social media.

Oh look, this asshole is trying to start shit with Apple again.

Elon Musk claims Apple has threatened to remove the Twitter app

Bigots will use anything to justify their bigotry.

Wait, a system where the government provides a service subsidized by taxes, and where if the citizens don’t like it they can get a private option, and the existence of the government option would force the private options to be innovative and competitive if they wanted to continue existing?

Man, what a healthy approach to industry. I wonder in what other ways we could carefully apply this method?

From the article:

they don’t just think they’re the smartest people in the world, they think that everyone else is stupid.

And that sums up techbros in one sentence.

Actually, that’s probably the one excuse that wouldn’t fly. The only company that cancels more stuff randomly and with no reason than Netflix is Google.

… But you’re right that it is often considered the cause of many of their problems: Valve’s unusual corporate structure causes its problems, report suggests

If you look at the list of games developed by Valve it kinda becomes apparent that the only reason Valve is still around (or operates in such a free-flow manner) is because Steam is so profitable. Their release of notable titles is spotty, at best:

• CS 2, 2023
• HL:Alyx, 2020
• DOTA: Underlords 2020
• Artifact (RIP) 2018
• DOTA 2 2013

After we’ve tried literally everything else. And even then it’ll just be the government paying insurers instead of paying the hospitals directly.

Batteries, being containers for chemical reactions, are subject to the core concepts of chemistry. Namely, that increased surface area increases the speed of the reaction. You could make one enormous battery instead of multiple smaller cells, but you’d never get it to discharge fast enough to make it functionally useful.

Hardly anybody needs an EV with more than 200 miles of range if they’re plugging in each night.

Speaking of big IFs. Not everybody lives where a charger is convenient or can have one installed in their residence.

removing features is innovation courage.

So bots pay to continue what they’re doing, but Musky now gets money for it?

Ray Charles could see what’s going on here.

Whenever I see someone say they “did the research” I just automatically assume they meant they watched Rumble while taking a shit.