qyron

@qyron@sopuli.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Features Fall Short: 73% of iPhone Users and 87% of Samsung Users Say They Add Little or No Value⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Finally some uplifting news!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU could target ultra low-cost e-tailers like Shein and Temu with package handling fee or import tax⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not about that.

  I discovered AliExpress more than a decade back, when I could import free of taxation any item below the value of 25€ and any item above that value up to 50€ would only be liable for VAT, up to €100. This was nice but what was sold under that bar was often the worst of the crop: poorly made, bad quality junk only worthy of being tossed in the garbage.

  When it is established any item, regardless of price, will have VAT included directly in the site, many sellers disappeared as they no longer could push bad quality merchandise with no paper trail. The client got a better deal out of paying a little more.

  Shein, Temu and other upstarts on that front, are simply replicating that. Cheap clothing, I read in an article, is causing a flood of the market with bad quality items and pushing for a fast fashion trend, with a rapid colection turnover. On the electronics front I’ve seen parts that I already buy at very low price in AliExpress for a tenth of the value; I can only guess the quality.

  It’s not about being against the poor, it’s about preventing bad actors to flood the market with junk that is destined to quickly find its way to a landfill.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The future of customer service is here, and it's making customers miserable⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A bank tried this a few years back. Sunk who knows how much money into selling it to the customers. Gave it a name, created a persona for it, develop an image and face and plastered it wherever they could find a place to advertise it.

  It was such a horrible failure the bank was quick to revert it they went back to an automated menu with chopped wording sounding as if it was made in the 90’s.

  Priceless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal gets new video call features, making it a viable alternative to Zoom, Meet and Teams⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Security risk, by their own admissal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal gets new video call features, making it a viable alternative to Zoom, Meet and Teams⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Please don’t.

  I am aware what Discord is for and respect it but it’s ectic to be in a Discord room. Signal does not need it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cable TV providers ruined cable—now they’re coming for streaming⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In my country, cable providers offer streaming subscriptions bundled with their standard service since pre-CoViD.

  I knew Netflix was a thing because my provider started announcing I could add it to my service for an extra €3.

  Didn’t get it regardless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BREAKING NEWS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If necromancy was a real thing, she wouldn’t. Too many people longing for her.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I went on the dark Web out of curiosity. I immediately closed the tab and ran out of my room crying when I saw this image. Viewer discretion advised.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I wrote that? Shit. My mistake.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I went on the dark Web out of curiosity. I immediately closed the tab and ran out of my room crying when I saw this image. Viewer discretion advised.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Curious thing: the kiwi fruit came from China to New Zealand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Survive the zombie apocalypse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Which has a shelf life.

  My partner worked at a water bottling station and they kept a “dead archive” of production for quality control: dark, cool room, away from machinery and chemicals.

  Archived samples were cleared after 5 years. Out of curiosity, they decided to try the water before emptying the bottles and it was foul. Blamed on too long storage time.

  When the plant shut down, the archive was fully cleared and samples older than 6 months were drinkable but not pleasant to, older than a year tasted bad.

  Water does not stock well and even worse when exposed to sun light.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not if the lack of grammar and education gets you first...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Any lower and it will be a line on the ground, judging by the example at hand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Fast & Furious 9’ Filmmakers Fined $1M After Stuntman Suffers Brain Damage In Set Accident⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What are we waiting to see? Diesel Man? V8?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Fast & Furious 9’ Filmmakers Fined $1M After Stuntman Suffers Brain Damage In Set Accident⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This franchise is long overdue. The original is a good watch, as is the Tokyo connection. But beyond that it is wasted time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨♫♪♫♪ The Day My Waymo Said Goodbye ♫♪♫♪⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Cars can leave you today. You only need to leave it badly parked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve: don’t expect a faster Steam Deck ‘in the next couple of years’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Mind if I ask something?

  What is the origin of always wanting higher and higher definitions lately?

  It comes to a point where it makes no objective difference between resolutions for the human eye.

  And I’ve seen TVs advertised as being “sharper and brighter than real life”. The only thing the image made for me was getting my eyes sore after staring at the screen for a few seconds.

  I’m still from the time when the graphics on the cover were better than the actual graphics and that is something I don’t miss but come on… when is enough enough?