timicin

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[–] timicin@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Tesla is a driving force for both the automotive industry electrifying and worsening worker rights, safety, pay, and labor practices.

Only the bougie and the rich focus on the first part even though the second part has much bigger consequences for humanity.

[–] timicin@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I always thought that arch was more difficult to get started w due to my experience with it from 2003/2004; it was MUCH more difficult to install and use than red hat or Debian at the time because both only required an installation cd and the ability to click on "ok"

It's nice to know it's gotten better, but I'm an old fart now and you'll have to pry Debian out of my cold dead hands before I'll consider anything else. Lol

[–] timicin@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You should add this at the beginning so that we can understand within one second:

In the 60s and 70s, some 4,500 young Inuit had IUDs inserted without their consent or that of their families

[–] timicin@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

multiple clones have been available for almost 2 decades but grindr dominates so much that it's larger than all of the clones combined because of name recognition; even straight people know what grindr is and, thus, new gays will only hear of grindr unless they dig into sources that aren't mainstream (eg reddit niches and word of mouth from other gays who know about the clones).

[–] timicin@lemmygrad.ml 34 points 2 years ago (4 children)

not good, this is what grindr's owners wanted; let grindr run on autopilot to squeeze out as much $$$ as possible.

it'll eventually mean that grindr will fail; but short term profits are always more important to investors.

[–] timicin@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Ah. Well if I’m not mistaken Lemmy is mostly Android / FOSS biased so I’m not surprised some people might have the “Apple bad” mindset. Honestly why do people care what products other people use? I read a comment the other day about an Android user despairing that some feature Google is implementing (don’t remember which) might make some Android users jump ship to Apple… Ok who cares? Why so much emotional investment in something so trivial? It sounds just as crazy when you flip it, “Oh no some of my Apple friends are switching to Android or PC” …. A phone is an everyday appliance. Do you care what brand your neighbor’s kitchen appliances are? That’s how you should feel about phones IMHO.

iphones are status symbols so they get to be ascribed w the same emotional irrationality that other status symbols get like cars and clothes.

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