People don’t want the Fediverse. They want Twitter before Elon. They don’t care that Meta owns Threads.
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zhunk@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Some subreddits could be paywalled, hints Reddit CEO - 9to5Mac3·9 months agoThere are private/paywalled Discord servers and forums out there, too, so this could replace some of those. I think the Reddit format is better than a lot of alternatives, so I don’t actually hate this idea.
zhunk@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•US Email Providers - Other then Google, MS, Apple, ...3·9 months agoI’m not really into the idea of moving everything to a baby Google, even if they’re currently good about privacy. They just added an AI tool to email and a crypto wallet, which could be either awful or great signs depending on your perspective.
zhunk@beehaw.orgto Gaming@beehaw.org•Here’s how much Valve pays its staff — and how few people it employs9·10 months agoSo does Valve?
zhunk@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News2·11 months agoI was kind of hoping for Impulse Space, but they’re probably too unproven.
zhunk@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News4·11 months agoOne of Starship’s engines on the lowest setting would tear the station apart. Regardless of whether they make this based on Starship instead of something more reasonably sized like a Dragon or Falcon 2nd stage, it’ll still need either a new engine design or a big cluster of Dracos. It’ll be something custom.
Regarding their Artemis work- the payments are milestone based, so they get money as they pass milestones. Engine relights and ship to ship prop transfer are some of the next ones.
Regarding their other customers- the Starship manifest includes another moon cruise, several satellite launches, and a lot of Starlinks.
zhunk@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News9·11 months agoSerious answer- SpaceX is building the deorbit vehicle then turning it over to NASA, who will have full control over it.
zhunk@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News4·11 months agoThere’s no way Russia builds a new station. The timeline for them getting Nauka to orbit basically proves that it’s impossible. They’ve been trying to buddy up with China to visit theirs, though.
zhunk@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results15·1 year agoAnd it will hallucinate and give wrong answers
zhunk@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•How Google is killing independent sites like ours17·1 year agoWirecutter and RTINGS both do a lot of testing and reviews, including for headphones.
zhunk@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Cable can't compete with 5G home internet, so it's cheating1·1 year agoI set my phone to auto download playlists and podcasts on WiFi, so it isn’t really a problem. I think there was one month when I had to buy extra data so far, and that still ends up being cheaper than being on a plan with more data.
zhunk@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•HP CEO says customers who don't use the company's supplies are "bad investments"2·1 year agoI got mine a little over 4 years ago and am still on the original toner. It gives low toner warnings but just keeps on printing.
zhunk@beehaw.orgto Gaming@beehaw.org•10 Days Into 2024 And 2300+ Video Game Layoffs Have Been Announced11·1 year agoTwitch having 1400ish employees before the layoffs doesn’t seem too crazy, right? Cutting 35% is insane, though.
zhunk@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Google settles $5bn lawsuit for 'private mode' tracking2·1 year agoI used Edge a bit at work because it feels like Office365 stuff runs better on it, but that might be placebo.
zhunk@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Google settles $5bn lawsuit for 'private mode' tracking9·1 year agoSame. The tab sync from desktop to mobile is also really cool.
zhunk@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Tesla worker injured [in 2021] by robot that 'pinned' him to wall with its claws at car company's Texas factory3·1 year agoThis is kind of tangential, but white noise backup alarms are neat.
zhunk@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Google wants to use your photos and searches to build an AI storyteller12·1 year agoMaybe this is a better question for [email protected], but:
What’s a good way to get off Google Photos and Drive on my phone? It looks like Proton seems like the right fit, but compared to Google One for $20/year, Proton for $120 seems like a bit much. I guess you’re paying to not be the product? Although, shoot, my VPN auto-renewed for $100 a year, so I guess I’m already paying $120…
I liked Deep Rock. I started playing it during the pandemic with some friends instead of doing in-person board games (and Jackbox and boardgame simulators got old). I definitely ended up playing more single player than multiplayer. Buuut I probably haven’t played it in a year? It just got really samey after getting through a lot of leveling up and unlocks.
I have a friend who won’t put his kids in the back of his Tesla because of this.