I hate those things!

I think X led the way in robotic hellscape innovation that's now being adopted by Reddit.

https://housefresh.com/david-vs-digital-goliaths/

Great article, thanks for mentioning it!

Oh cool, I did not know about this

https://redact.dev/services/reddit

I'm glad I deleted my content on the way out.

You are so right.

This is a big help! Thanks!

I did that spontaneously almost a decade ago. Alcohol is overrated and I do not regret the decision. If one misses the flavor or other aspects, be advised there are now many excellent non-alcoholic drinks available (beer, wine, and even liquor approximations). Increasingly, I'm finding them available at restaurants and bars.

To the supreme court they go... I think we can predict the voting there down to the individual justice.

It's a serious problem. Saint-Gobain significantly polluted the groundwater in southern New Hampshire. Job done, they are exiting the state looking for greener pastures to pollute.

I generally hate them in consumer-targeted apps. Theoretically, there's nothing wrong with the model. Devs have to keep the lights on, especially if there is a cloud service behind the app. It's all about what pricing model they set. However, pricing is hard. A lot of companies really screw this up right at the start. I also think a lot of businesses cannot resist the temptation to boil the frog and ask for more and more over time, until their pricing is way out of alignment with value delivery.

This one really surprised me.

Imagine another Trump term with these abuses unleashed and amplified.

example: https://www.adblockpodcast.com/

I think it's because privacy is less an issue with podcasts (ads don't have as many options to track) and enshitification of the experience has been on a slower roll than, say, youtube. Lately some solutions are out there in the form of commercial apps but they are limited and who knows if their biz model will survive. I'd like to see an open source solution but I haven't found one.

NPR New Music Friday is helpful a lot of the time

It’s all a bit of an arms race (to the bottom). If my competition is freely allowed to obscure the true cost, I’m at a disadvantage not to do the same. Government intervention is needed.

Cost of doing business. This is a rounding error somewhere.

Welcome to the club! Now let's sign our "old school" member cards with a quill.

I think old Coleman white gas stoves are not as popular these days as the propane ones.

I don't attribute it to an organized plan but they are stumbling and shuffling their way towards a dark future, one step at a time.

They are laying the groundwork for an autocratic government. With the right measures in place, it could happen fast.

Thats's gonna leave a mark.

This is not good. Thanks for highlighting this. I flagged this for my company’s enterprise risk management committee to consider and act upon.

It's a good idea to try to wait for the full renovation. Have a look at this, it might inspire a stopgap measure.

very cool

Yeah, they aren't great machines. I switched to Bosch.

Indeed it does, but I still found it an interesting read.

That looks fabulous. I'm going to give that a try for certain. Thanks for posting.

class act

When you ask it to summarize, add "in one paragraph" to your prompt.

"This article discusses the decline of fish and chip shops, particularly in the East Neuk of Fife in Scotland. The closures are attributed to various factors including rising prices of ingredients due to geopolitical and economic factors like the war in Ukraine and complications from Brexit, as well as increasing energy costs. The article explores the challenges faced by fish and chip shop owners and the impact of closures on local communities. It also highlights the cultural significance of fish and chips in the UK and the nostalgic attachment people have to this traditional meal."

They will find something to moan about, probably several somethings. Most of it will be made up bullshit non-issues or things they do themselves when they are in power. This is the Party of Grievance.

A lot of so-called low code can be a trap. I'm less afraid of SaaS so long as there exists an equivalent on-prem option. SaaS has a place for sure. SaaS-only is a concern, I agree. I agree with a lot of the assertions of this article, except I would probably first recommend Camunda 7 or 8 over SWF. Camunda is developer friendly, open source and has more mature offerings. A large part of the value of adopting process orchestration tools is the ability to support a model -> run -> monitor & optimize type of closed loop cycle. Camunda does this very well.

Sheer dangerous idiocy. Don't just moan about this. Act! EFF makes it easy at that link and it really does make a difference.

I had no idea this was on the way. Thanks for posting!

100%

The final product is dried and harvested, with minimized water, land and energy use, Galy says.

That's why. Cotton is notoriously bad in all of those categories. To that I would add the most cotton grown commercially is paired with a lot of pesticides as well.

It's at best minimally entertaining. Obviously, they have used the books to inspire a completely different story.