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ephex posted:Starvation-as-a-Service Workinginthefoodserviceindustry.txt
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Mister Facetious posted:Workinginthefoodserviceindustry.txt
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Jun 28, 2021 12:34
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My smart TV was pretty neat in that it had apps for the streaming services I used loaded onto it, and then the TV got too old and the apps self-deleted themselves. And then comcast put all the apps on their cablebox anyways so really the smart tv lost it's niche. I've since unplugged it from the internet and it lets me know on boot periodically that it would like an internet connection and I kindly remind it that it should have asked before deleting the services I use.
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Jun 28, 2021 12:54
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How does one clean they’re teef w that thing
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Jun 28, 2021 13:37
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LibCrusher posted:How does one clean they’re teef w that thing When your teeth fall out you have to buy replacements.
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Jun 28, 2021 13:44
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HootTheOwl posted:When your teeth fall out you have to buy replacements. Humies really got it bad. (Really, I'd buy Ork appliances. Reliable as long as you believe in them, durable, easy to repair)
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Jun 28, 2021 13:54
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My startup idea is a service to jailbreak your teeth.
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Jun 28, 2021 14:23
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Are you sure this isn't a screengrab from the newest Saw movie?
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Jun 28, 2021 15:28
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I got a smart TV and fortunately never had to connect it to the Internet, and just use in as extra monitor to put videos on a big screen from my PC, and it does a pretty good job of that. It's a Westinghouse Roku one if you're looking for a TV that doesn't harass you or require an Internet connection.
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Jun 28, 2021 15:29
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ephex posted:Startup idea: A rare miss from the... Wait, this isn't a satire site? What the everloving gently caress is wrong with people?
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Jun 28, 2021 15:49
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https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/big-techs-car-obsession-is-all-about-taking-eyes-off-the-road/quote:Big Tech’s car obsession is all about taking eyes off the road Love to see the industry experts just saying the quiet part loud: the real goal of all things autonomous-car is to create a space where drivers are as distracted as possible (sorry, pedestrians, the algorithm doesn’t recognize “person pushing a baby carriage” so you deserved to die), and to invade a space where people might be paying attention to things that aren’t ads.
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Jun 28, 2021 15:55
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ephex posted:Startup idea: "The practice of surgically wiring people’s jaws shut became popular in the 1980s, but it came with risks; vomiting brought with it the risk of choking and after 9 to 12 months the patients developed gum disease. In some cases, there were continuing issues with restriction of jaw movement and some developed acute psychiatric conditions." But they tested it for 2 weeks on selected patients and they all seemed fine. 
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Jun 28, 2021 16:01
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I physically removed the WiFi/Bluetooth module from my LG smart TV because of the absolutely insane number and types of issues it caused.
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Jun 28, 2021 16:37
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Because of China cracking down on Bitcoin miners (rightfully so) they are moving.... .....to Texas. A state whose power grid could be described as less than adequate for even its current demand https://twitter.com/notbind/status/1409532427047899139?s=20
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Jun 28, 2021 16:44
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CommieGIR posted:Because of China cracking down on Bitcoin miners (rightfully so) they are moving.... But... JOBS?
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Jun 28, 2021 17:10
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Dirk the Average posted:A rare miss from the... Big Tech wants to disrupt... sanity. It's well known that people make more purchases when they aren't thinking rationally. what if that was all the time
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Jun 28, 2021 18:27
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Space Gopher posted:https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/big-techs-car-obsession-is-all-about-taking-eyes-off-the-road/ why dont they just promote higher taxes and local spending on public transite so-hahahahahhdhgasdfhgsdfkhgksdhgfkjsdh
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Jun 28, 2021 18:45
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Space Gopher posted:https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/big-techs-car-obsession-is-all-about-taking-eyes-off-the-road/ Oh god it's the marble economy all over again
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Jun 28, 2021 18:53
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Space Gopher posted:https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/big-techs-car-obsession-is-all-about-taking-eyes-off-the-road/ quote:What’s at stake, essentially, is something even more valuable than profitability: the last unclaimed corner of consumers’ attention during their waking hours. And we all know where this is headed.
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Jun 28, 2021 20:33
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CommieGIR posted:Because of China cracking down on Bitcoin miners (rightfully so) they are moving.... Excited to see how this plays out when they see how affordable and durable electricity from Texas' power grid is.
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Jun 28, 2021 21:20
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It's fine, residential areas really should get used to a future of necessary brownouts by essential industries. 
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Jun 28, 2021 21:22
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Blue Footed Booby posted:And we all know where this is headed. I'm pretty sure the tobacco companies already managed that, it's been ages since I've smoked cigarettes but I still have the occasional pack of Marlboros when dreaming...
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Jun 28, 2021 21:29
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LibCrusher posted:How does one clean they’re teef w that thing You don't have to brush your teeth if you don't eat I guess. Also, yeah, how long until the self driving cars make us listen to/watch commercials on our center console screen like most gas pumps do now? Mercury_Storm posted:looking for a TV that doesn't harass you. Decent thread title
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Jun 28, 2021 23:12
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BiggerBoat posted:Also, yeah, how long until the self driving cars make us listen to/watch commercials on our center console screen like most gas pumps do now? They've already got attention-sensing tech to make sure your eyes are on the road, they can repurpose it so the cars will pull over if your eyes aren't watching the screen.
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Jun 29, 2021 01:09
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The Lone Badger posted:They've already got attention-sensing tech to make sure your eyes are on the road, they can repurpose it so the cars will pull over if your eyes aren't watching the screen. Holy moly.
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Jun 29, 2021 01:13
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The Lone Badger posted:They've already got attention-sensing tech to make sure your eyes are on the road, they can repurpose it so the cars will pull over if your eyes aren't watching the screen. DING! "Please watch the ad to continue on the optimal navigation route."
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Jun 29, 2021 01:14
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i hate that that's probably gonna happen someday, because i really don't want to become a deranged hermit living off the grid and figuring out how to handle chemical toilets or whatever
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Jun 29, 2021 01:20
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The Lone Badger posted:They've already got attention-sensing tech to make sure your eyes are on the road, they can repurpose it so the cars will pull over if your eyes aren't watching the screen. McDonald's!
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Jun 29, 2021 01:33
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Staluigi posted:i hate that that's probably gonna happen someday, because i really don't want to become a deranged hermit living off the grid and figuring out how to handle chemical toilets or whatever composting toilets are really good. no chemicals needed.
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Jun 29, 2021 02:17
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And it's even funnier because monopolizing the attention of people on roads to serve ads has been the point of advertisement on vehicles, billboards, radios, store signs, and god knows what else for hundreds of years. It's not a new idea, and yet here we have morons trying to reinvent the wheel and selling it as a new groundbreaking innovation.
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Jun 29, 2021 03:25
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Dirk the Average posted:trying to reinvent the wheel
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Jun 29, 2021 07:20
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Sagacity posted:i hadn't realized it but car manufacturers are literally trying to reinvent it. we've gone full circle Well, three-quarters and a bit ovoid anyway...
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Jun 29, 2021 08:16
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Mister Facetious posted:Well, three-quarters and a bit ovoid anyway... Close enough. Ship it!
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Jun 29, 2021 08:23
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The Lone Badger posted:They've already got attention-sensing tech to make sure your eyes are on the road, they can repurpose it so the cars will pull over if your eyes aren't watching the screen. New adblock just dropped: 
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Jun 29, 2021 08:39
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Mister Facetious posted:Big Tech wants to disrupt... Jokerfication but monetized
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Jun 29, 2021 09:36
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Irony.or.Death posted:Coherent position number 2 for you: many of these "minor conveniences" are in fact more actively annoying than they are convenient, and it sucks that it has become difficult to avoid them. The entirety of the impact on my life from having a smart TV is: it takes longer to turn on, has to update its firmware sometimes, and can show me ads whenever it gets left on the wrong input. None of these things are convenient or positively impact the user experience in any way. They suck and everything it theoretically has to offer (streaming, I guess?) is done better by dedicated devices. Also if they decide to EOL the smart tv bits, you now have a dumb TV with a bunch of broken crap rather than just a dumb TV. My old Firestick was getting laggy and rebooting, so I replaced it. It's just hanging there off the TV. If the Smarty bits in the TV die, that's it, no more smarty bits.
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Jun 29, 2021 20:35
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The Lone Badger posted:They've already got attention-sensing tech to make sure your eyes are on the road, they can repurpose it so the cars will pull over if your eyes aren't watching the screen. I seem to remember Microsoft having patents involving tracking position and eye motion to figure out what ads people looking at, and speculation that this was the real driver of the xbone originally requiring the Kinect to be connected even when voice control is disabled. I wasn't expecting to find a more odious use for that tech, but I realize that was a lack of imagination on my part. Dirk the Average posted:And it's even funnier because monopolizing the attention of people on roads to serve ads has been the point of advertisement on vehicles, billboards, radios, store signs, and god knows what else for hundreds of years. It's not a new idea, and yet here we have morons trying to reinvent the wheel and selling it as a new groundbreaking innovation. People have stopped listening to the radio and many areas ban billboards.  Wonder how many people, if this tech becomes common, will end up rooting their car. And if cars will allow ads to override volume settings or the off switch. Blue Footed Booby fucked around with this message at 21:18 on Jun 29, 2021 |
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Jun 29, 2021 21:15
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We bought a brand new Samsung Smart TV, and not only was the SmartTV portion slower than molasses, I noticed it was dumping traffic on my IoT VLAN, lots of advertising and trackers. Not really scary, but very noisy and not ideal.
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Jun 29, 2021 21:27
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Neo Rasa posted:Excited to see how this plays out when they see how affordable and durable electricity from Texas' power grid is. So what they will do is optimize their plan to take advantage of the lowest possible consumer prices available at whatever their plan specifies. Thats the thing with the Texas power plan market, you can choose among 300+ different ponzi schemes of power savings, I would think you could write a super restrictive one for certain times a day and piggy back them off each other with a pretty straight forward service switch gear. Remember, all Bitcoin miners are trying to do is just break even on power to mining op. Everything else is added cost. They deserve Texas.
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The Chinese mining farms had the advantage that you can pay for miners and electricity in RMB (which can't easily be used to buy stuff overseas due to China's strict currency controls), and then sell your bit corns for USD that you can do whatever you please with. So Chinese miners may have been willing to run even at a loss, since the business worked as a form of legal money laundering. Meanwhile Texas miners have to actually pay for electricity in USD, the same currency that you're selling the buttcoins for, so their business has to basically shut down if electricity prices temporarily rise too high relative to profits.
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