ptz

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨T-Mobile hopes you’ll buy $30 “Home Internet Backup” for when cable goes out⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol, absolutely not.

  $30/year with 1-2 GB of data on hand and pay-as-you-go after that? Sure, let’s talk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A root-server at the Internet’s core lost touch with its peers. We still don’t know why.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe it just needed some “me” time. Don’t judge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scarlett Johansson Says She Warned OpenAI to Not Use Her Voice⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “He told me that he felt that by my voicing the system, I could bridge the gap between tech companies and creatives and help consumers to feel comfortable with the seismic shift concerning humans and Al. He said he felt that my voice would be comforting to people.”

  It’s almost like when Skynet put a Terminator in a Summer Glau suit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft’s “Copilot+” AI PC requirements are embarrassing for Intel and AMD⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, they’re demanding chips that don’t exist to support a feature that no one wants?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you say Combs?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve always pronounced it like the thing you use in your hair.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woman who threw bowl of food at Chipotle worker sentenced to work 2 months in fast food job⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Right?!

  If anyone reading this lives near there, you should find out where she works, go there to eat, and just be the worst.

  “Can I get a glass of hot water? Before you serve it to me, let it cool down to room temperature first. I just need to know that it was once hot.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Appliances with an off light.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Still seems useless. I never turn my appliances on just to see if they work. I just…use it. If it doesn’t do anything, then I know it’s broken.

  It’s also not just a single LED. In your house, yes, but multiply that by however many appliances in the wild have that same “feature” and the power wastage is much more real. It’s the same reason it’s recommended to unplug phone chargers and such when they’re not being used.

  Vampire power, I believe, is the term. It’s when millions of tiny power loads add up to a significant overall draw while performing no useful work.