Ime when it comes to the environment all tax payers really care about is saving their money. In taxes.

Nevermind the savings if we had renewable energy as the norm vs the 2.75 is saved you annual in taxes to keep denying progress to get us there.

Did I miss some detail? I get the impressions from the comments this is some really poor choice for user experience as people will often pause to check something

But in my experience pause ads are nothing new at all and they start after the device has been idle. What did I miss that makes this different?

In my opinion : The money is MUCH more lucrative now because of data mining. That’s it. That’s the real product being sold and because it isn’t encouraging innovation for innovation’s sake, but for a bottom line or goal that almost certainly depends on features that gather ad much data as possible to sell… etc etc

I love how these look like Lego pieces snapped onto a green base.

Even if all that is painted cement or something it is also just really refreshing to see architecture, especially the sort of necessity eyesore that tech architecture/engineering requires, also being mindfully the environment it will exist in to some degree. Even if it is only visual.

But did they super duper pinky promise, cross their heart, hope to die, poke a needle in their eye??

Ssssiiiimmmbaa

What makes me believe this is real is because the sign is using a fucken name tag magnet

You know what they say… Don’t stick your finger in crazy

You may have thwarted me this time technology, but you will be no match against my biscuits!

Wow and a brown cat too. Very unique!

Lol it is kinda ironic that a solid brown cat is unique though huh?

In effect, Air Canada suggests the chatbot is a separate legal entity that is responsible for its own actions

This is some corporations are people bs they are trying to get away with. This wasn’t about greed over a couple hundred bucks, it’s about precedent and boy were they trying to set a harmful one for the consumer in ANY industry that utilizes AI with customer support, perhaps other applications as well.

Dude you know they were referring to covid relief and not LOANS. “On what grounds” they said, obviously that’s not referring to paying back a loan and instead on what grounds would you have to pay back RELIEF funds.

But that’s not what you said. You preach vote with your wallet and that there weren’t many options.

And is pre owned not an option? I get it we aren’t all able to be perfect but it’s wild to be so hypocritical in one conversation.

WHOOOSH. Seriously dude you’re just preaching the ideal while making exceptions for yourself.

Same exact shit as ‘my abortion is the only moral abortion’, NIMBY, “I’m not a bad driver I just had the sun in my eyes/they came out of nowhere!”

It’s fine and human nature to make exceptions for ourselves. But it’s important to try to catch yourself, if so at the very least you don’t look like an asshole on the internet.

This shit contributes to electronic waste.

It would be a REALLY simple thing to implement for longer and get the PR boost/spin. considering there are still so many devices that are working that don’t support newer software. BRand loyalty is waning and windows is competing with chrome books. That’s the shit k-12 are getting and most basic people. Give yourself at least a bit of an edge ffs!

But nah public hasn’t made a big fuss about that so of course they won’t elect to make better choices for the environment

woah

And even then… roe v wade

Thanks. You did nail why I think it’s different and even worse. I wonder what like… cluster of 10 years would you say was your peak internet experience?

I know there is truth in that the internet I worse.

But I do wonder how much of our feeling that is worse is more based on the glamor of youth and nostalgia.

For some it’s ‘what the fuck do you mean I’m not white?!’

They take ages to adopt great features that have existed on Android devices for years, and yet are THE leader of what corners to cut in the industry.

California could pressure companies “to remove, demonetize, or deprioritize constitutionally protected speech that the state deems undesirable or harmful.”

Ah yes, demonetizing speech is also now an infringement on free speech. Or hindering it’s priority (aka visibility on social media). Man first we have been coming for their guns for at least my whole adult life and now we are also going for their free speech! All these constitutional rights being taken away golly conservatives sure have it hard. :'(

I used it for my damn resume because I didn’t have word, didn’t need office. I also liked it because when friends asked me to review a document I could open word documents with it, I would do that sometimes even when I had office because WordPad opened faster and I didn’t need perfect formatting.

I think it is safe to say that your 11 year old is factually wrong lol. But it is okay that they don’t understand how bad this is because the concept of how multiple businesses have switched to subscription based models even in places we wouldn’t expect, like a monthly subscription allowing already installed hardware in your car to actually function, cause it’s just 11 year Olds don’t have a great concept of bills and money at that level yet. I say wait for their first complaint of it as an adult and then put on your carefully choreographed and practiced “I told you so” dance

Okay kidding aside I think it is absolutely wonderful this is something you didn’t just have a conversation with your young kid about but that you had to agree to disagree, you sound like a fantastic parent who actually fosters a relationship with their kid. And probably only rarely says I told you so.

I’m so sorry and I do wanna just throw out that mamy prescriptions are affordable at cost plus drugs

Just in case you or someone reading wasn’t aware of it.