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[–] Steve 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Treating high speed wired internet as a required utility, like phone and electricity.

Wireless is convenient, and cheep to implement. But nothing is as reliable, or as fast, as direct connection.
Right now that would be a fiber-optic line to every home in the country. Just like was mandated for phone and electric lines in the past.

[–] Steve 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You and @Rookwood@lemmy.world are both right.
On one side, helping small business get started is good.
The other side, breaking up monopolies and market manipulators is also needed.

[–] Steve 1 points 2 months ago

That's thinking of the charger as a separate business from the location its installed at.
The charger could be owned and operated by the local business instead.
I honestly loath the current app based "charging network" model. It's nothing more than another way to collect data and track people.

[–] Steve 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

There's also the idea of a Loss Leader.
People need to stop and charge. While they're there, you can also sell food, beverages, and all sorts of anything really.
Not everything needs to make a profit on it's own. Many stations couldn't survive only on fuel sales.

[–] Steve 52 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Basically, RSS as you said, is a one way street. There is no feedback. It's not so much communication, but broadcasting.

[–] Steve 4 points 2 months ago

Hypocritical for sure.
Not really unexpected, so not ironic.

[–] Steve 0 points 2 months ago

I would liken the Democrats to Megamind, and the Republicans to Hal Stewart.

[–] Steve 56 points 2 months ago (3 children)

they say giving their biometric data to an unaccountable company crosses a line.

The company is unaccountable‽
That's some projection.

[–] Steve 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It probably lost 20+% of it's max charge in that time. That's what I'm talking about.

[–] Steve 8 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Don't use these super fast charging rates. They aren't good for your battery.

I got an ASUS ROG phone because you can set it to charge slower, and stop at 80%. The battery longevity will be better.

[–] Steve 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I'm surprised there aren't any publishers who intentionally break that.

"Titanic Strikes Iceburg! Did the Unsinkable Sink? Did Anyone Survive?"

I know I would.

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