:D

2 seems to be the magic limit for me too. If I go to the grocery store for 3 or more things, 1 or more things will not be procured.

Sounds about right, except I think with ADHD you’re probably struggling to hold one or maybe two things in your head.

Consumers tend to pay what the market will bear. It’s not impossible for food prices to come down but it isn’t a 1:1 relationship of tariff to price increase/decrease.

Part of why I still hate it at work; work knows almost everything about me. People with poor understanding of PII have my personal information, and use MS products. Microsoft knows all of that, and everything that I type, the notes I make, the phrases I use, inferences on my interests, and can combine that with other profiles. It helps put together a much more complete picture and profile of me and why I interface with. And I can’t opt out, can’t use Linux, and can’t just go somewhere else to avoid it.

Have you seen conservative commentary?

Given the context of discussion, not really talking about art, more the trajectory of IT corporations since tech bubble crash. Even that, thankfully, is somewhat hyperbole given Linux and other open software movements and projects.

The online independent art platforms are also facing a lot of pressure in that direction too, between AI and corporate consolidation and fuck up of things like Etsy and patreon. They are trying very hard to control all “consumption”.

Im another 10 or 15 years we’re going to be trying to explain how it was possible to create things just for enjoyment to be part of something, and people will think we’re conspiracy wack jobs for suggesting anything was functional before Googazon made everything we interact with.

It really does say something about the audience they’re targeting

How does geo engineering dim the sun?

geo-

word-forming element meaning “earth, the Earth,” ultimately from Greek geo-, combining form of Attic and Ionic gē “the earth, land, a land or country”

There is literally one rule for this community. One. There’s even a meme that explains the rule. Refer to the rule:

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/4051762

• Turn off your porch lights. Fireflies are incredibly sensitive to artificial light and it can confuse them.
• Ditch the manicured lawn and embrace native plants. In addition to being easier to care for, they suit the local environment and conserve water.
• Leave some leaves behind when you rake in the fall. They’re a great place for fireflies to find food, stay cool, and lay eggs.
• Plant shrubs, tufting grasses, and other, large plants. These can shelter fireflies during rainstorms and other severe weather.
• If you spot fireflies, jot down when and where you saw them and add your observations to citizen science databases like iNaturalist, Firefly Watch or Firefly Atlas to help scientists collect data.

Good article, but the bit about airline customers being only slightly less likely to use the airline they hate is hardly something you can blame on customers.

If the alternatives either don’t exist (e.g., United is the only feasible route between city A and City B), or they are both shitty (Delta is just as shitty as United, so the fact that United breaks guitars doesn’t mean I’m more likely to pick Delta), then poor customer service is just the cost of existing.

Same situation as price gouging, or Apple vs Google, Ford vs Chevy, or Samsung vs LG. Yeah, you have options, but none of them respect you. So you can not travel, not communicate, and not be entertained, or you can “voluntarily” participate in what society has become.

When did selling a product instead of a subscription become a bad business model?

Edit: I have a lot of trouble believing that a product that could theoretically have value to every person on the planet for current and every future generations, that can’t be passed along used or resold, couldn’t develop a successful sustainable business model.

Note it’s the second part, but they’re both interesting.

Do you have a source we can reference for that particular bit of shitbaggery?

Edit: congressional report on the shit bags in question:

https://www.classaction.org/media/hartz-v-taxact-inc-congressional-report.pdf

Certainly isn’t closed but it’s a great step.

Good point, should have the cluster size from #3, just offset.

The best kind of regulation.

Free reign for the oligarchs to fuck shit up and permanently establish industry, then add just enough to box out potential competition.

Were the replies on Reddit from AI bots?

Bigoted Animus?

Sounds like the next big conservative influencer.