@Salvo@aussie.zone cover
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Salvo

@Salvo@aussie.zone

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. View on remote instance

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

What is the break point where purchasing the games is cheaper than resubscribing.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

I will purchase and play one game to 100%, or until my RSI starts flaring up. Sometimes, my RSI is so bad that I can’t play a game for several months.

I still have the 1 year of GamePass voucher from when I purchased my XBox One X. The way it is appreciating in value, I could sell it and buy a house!

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

People want companies to stop trying to exploit them in every little way.

We can be satisfied by respecting us and treating us as customers, even when advertisers are throwing money at them.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

It’s not about the current state of their OS, it is about the corporate attitude to users.

Microsoft are treating users not as valued customers purchasing a product, but as a resource to be manipulated and sold off to the cheapest bidder.

They may have backflipped on actual ads in the Start Menu, purely due to user backlash, but they still have game/app/bullshit recommendations and reinstalled garbage, unless you are a windows sysadmin and know jo to use a Profile Editor.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

This explains why the religious nutbags in the ruling class are attempting to bring The End Times,

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Some of the technic wing parts are weird to look at, and difficult to differentiate or even figure out which way up.
It is a good thing that they are numbered, but even then…

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Considering that Ethnic Palestinians are the original Semites, and most of the Zionist are “repatriated” jewish people from all around the world, I find it ironic that they claim any sleight against them to be antisemitic.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

I think you a both right.
Historically, Semites referred to a large cultural group.

Over time, it has become a nonsense word because those cultural groups have become so dilute and diverse that you can’t point at someone and say they are part of that group.

More recently, the label has become misappropriated by some sort of whacky religious nutbaggery so they can oppress other people.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

I blame their mothers.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

There are legitimate uses for vehicle telemetry being stored by the vehicle and uploaded to the manufacturer.

Identifying unexpected behaviour under certain driving conditions and being able to contact emergency services in an accident are two important examples. Remote diagnosis in the case of a breakdown is another.

None of these uses include selling the data to third parties or using the data to create a profile of the vehicle owner.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

There is a difference between destroying looms, corrupting LLMs by feeding bad data and causing an uprising like the Butlerian Jihad of Dune or the Second Renaissance of The Matrix.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/9922439

WizardBeard has advised how to get rid of the nagging without any RegEdit or Profile Editing.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Some people think that Google is trustworthy.
They still believe that the motto “Do No Evil” was ever relevant.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Probably one of the most honest policy changes they’ve made.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

https://zirk.us/@colo_lee/112255086696380103

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

The British Brexiters are not as stupid at Contemporary American Republicans, but they do come close.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

At least half of everyone is below average.
The problem is that the bell curve is flattening and the stupid people are able to network and create their own little groups. They become unaware of their own ignorance because they keep getting positive feedback to fuel their negativity.

We all gave to be aware of this and not let it happen to us. The old saying, “keep an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out”.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Thankyou, you are correct.

Average is an ambiguous term; mean, modal or median is much more precise.
Unfortunately, those who are at or below the median are ignorant of the distinction.

It is however, a term that a Brexiter can understand.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

This would actually make sense if it was biopic about Elizabeth Magie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord%27s_Game

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

They “acquired” the concept from Elizabeth Magie, basically making an unlicensed version of The Landlords Game.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord%27s_Game

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

When Christian Selig announced his independent Apple Vision YouTube App, I thought twice about actually getting one, just so I would’t have to use YouTubes ridiculous Application and Web UIs.

@christianselig

Then I decided that it would be silly to spend any money on a 1st Gen Apple Vision.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Considering all the Bloatware that Microsoft has been pumping out lately (don’t get me started or Outlook), this may be a good excuse to get a Radeon Graphics Card.

If I can be guaranteed that installing this software will prevent having to deal with CoPilot, I would jump on that straight away.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Mine had a 3-speed crash box with an unusual shift-pattern that basically made the theft-proof.
It also ran on both LPG and Petrol so I could drive it everywhere without having to refill.

Petrol was reasonably priced back then and LPG was even cheaper.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Passing on the left in regions with LH traffic (RHD)

Since it is the opposite of Overtaking, it is typically called undertaking, especially if you try to undertake a large truck with limited visibility on the passenger side.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Owning shares when you are an elected official with jurisdiction over the industry you own shares in.

Also, any political figure owning shares in a media organisation, regardless of whether it is traditional media or “new media”.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

https://www.flickr.com/photos/goosmurf/3922088826

Passing Side ➡️

⬅️Suicide

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Please don’t call them AI. They are “Language Learning Models” (or “Spicy Autocorrect” if you want to be cheeky).

Copilot is no more “intelligent” than Clippy from Microsoft Bob in 1995. It just appears to be to people who also have low intelligence.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

‘Data Detectors’ in MacOS are just as bad. Just like how sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, sometimes a string of numerals is just a string of numerals.

It is not a phone number or a flight number or a ticket number, it is just a string of text that happen to all be numerals.

I asked Apple Support how to disable data detectors in Preview (MacOS’s native PDF and image viewer) so I could highlight some part numbers without MacOS trying to make a FaceTime call and they told me to use Adobe Acrobat instead! The problem is that Acrobat is worse.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

This is why they are doing it.
They fear that Linux/MacOS/ChromeOS is eating their lunch. The problem is that their approach to preventing anyone else from eating their lunch is to make Shit Sandwiches.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Step one: start Chroming.
Eventually you get so high (kill enough brain cells) that you chrome with blue paint instead. That is called Edging.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

https://mastodon.social/@sdw/112203918268779518

Actually Indians.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

They all do.
Google search is one big primitive Digital Assistant.
Apple’s Siri is less functional than its predecessor Voice Control.
Amazon’s product recommendation algorithm and Alexa are also successful digital assistants.

Meanwhile the YouTube algorithm, Netflix, and Metas recommendations are notoriously frustrating, pumping out irrelevant recommendations and obfuscating constant that you actually want to consume.

Microsoft haven’t had any effective Digital Assistants to date and must they feel like they are being left behind. Their attempts to emulate successful product from other companies are either unnoticeably irrelevant or laughably bad. Even the terrible content recommendations of Netflix and YouTube keep people hooked.

TIL Mitsubishi made a Jeep CJ until 1998. ( en.m.wikipedia.org )

While picking up my daughter from school today, I noticed an old jeep in the parking lot, but did not think much of it until I saw the tri-spoked Mitsubishi logo above the grill and did quite the double-take. Apparently a number of foreign companies were licensed to produce them after WW2.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Mahindra&Mahindra also had a perpetual licence.
They can still manufacture and sell the Roxor and Thar, but can not export them to Western country’s for on-road use.
You can purchase Roxors in the US, but you can’t register them.

Thars look an awful lot like Wranglers but are only available in country’s where Jeep do not have a commercial presence.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

That would just be silly.
Cable ties!

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

It is absolutely atrocious to use and constantly tries to ram Algorithmic crap down your through.
The thing is, most normies are there and for every person who is Internet savvy enough to see the benefit of Mastodon and Lemmy (and Pixelfed, etc) there are a dozen normies who don’t and can’t be bothered finding out.

I would not say that Facebook is popular, but I will say that it is common. It is literally the Lowest Common Denominator for port of social interaction on the Internet.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

In related news, the DoJ are suing Apple because car manufacturers can’t extract Tracking data out of people’s iPhones.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Dragging around a Ton of extra weight for no reason kinda defeats the purpose of going electric.
Actually, dragging around the extra ton in the Broncos body kinda defeats the purpose of going electric too.

Just catch a bus!

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

CarPlay access is also included in the Lawsuit.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/21/24107976/apple-carplay-doj-lawsuit-anticompetitive-digital-key

GM are discontinuing CarPlay integration because they couldn’t reach an agreement with Apple over user data.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/03/gm-confirms-its-dropping-apple-carplay-and-android-auto-from-2024-evs/

GM have been busted selling OnStar data to insurance companies for money.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/technology/gm-onstar-driver-data.html

Tracking individuals and selling their data is very lucrative and Automotive Manufacturers are trying to find income streams to subsidise EV sales.
Apple and (to a lesser extent) Google have been protecting users data.

Porsche recently allowed Android Auto on their CarPlay-compatible headunits after negotiating with Google over owners privacy concerns.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

“Real drivers” prefer lightweight cars that are more responsive and can corner, take off and stop on a dime.

Track racing, off-road racing and even Motorkhana and technical rock-crawling is more fun in a vehicle that is the bare minimum.

The only reason any driver would want something with superfluous extra weight is in Monster Trucks for stability, and then only if they are a shit driver.

Even Tractor pulls (where the object is to pull a heavy weight) need the right balance of power:weight and ballast to have sufficient traction to offset the dead weight of the load.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Some sponges reproduce asexually.
Others are hermaphrodites.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponge

Scrub Mommy either has lots of little Scrub Daughters or Scrub Mommy is also Scrub Daddy and is “special friends” with another Scrub Mommy/Daddy.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

With Blackjack!
And Hookers!

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Actually, forget the nuclear reactor and Blackjack!

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Lasers.
It will be powering their orbital laser platform.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

He really should stop objectifying himself.
He will end up as part of his own Me Two Too movement.

Paris votes to crack down on SUVs | Non-Parisians will be charged almost $20 per hour to park large gas or hybrid vehicles within the city center in a bid to address pedestrian safety and air pollu... ( www.theverge.com )

Paris votes to crack down on SUVs | Non-Parisians will be charged almost $20 per hour to park large gas or hybrid vehicles within the city center in a bid to address pedestrian safety and air pollu...::Parisians have voted to increase parking charges for out-of-town SUV drivers as part of the city’s efforts to address road...

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

Oversized vehicles are just as destructive to the environment, regardless of whether they are EV or not.
In order to move that much mass, they require exponentially more electricity, which results in increased battery size and therefore more mass.

This isn’t a flaw EVs per se, it is a flaw of obnoxiously obese vehicles.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

That bloke purchasing the the iron looks familiar;

https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/blt3db4cbf6995374dd/21325_alt9.jpg

https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/blt8811a819ea2465d9/31120_alt13.jpg

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

There are a lot of Easter-eggs like that in the Icons sets.
The Blacksmith and Soldiers in the Blacksmith Cottage 21325 are the same individuals as those in the 3in1 creator castle 31120 (except older).
There is also a Couple in some of the City sets with baby who go camping with their son in the 3in1 Creator Caravan 31108.

Salvo ,
@Salvo@aussie.zone avatar

I love it that in TT Games Lego Jurassic Park, the superpower for Dr Ellie Sattler is that she doesn’t get disgusted with smelly obstacles.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • news
  • random
  • movies
  • leopardsatemyface
  • stillalive
  • ServerNonsense
  • istillthinkofyou
  • oneorangebraincell
  • MBBS
  • All magazines
    •