Building something really expensive that the community doesn’t want is a good way to get maximally expensive arson committed against you. The bell has already been rung. The option is already on people’s minds.

A quick Google search says its on by default but you can just and have them turn it off.

That’s if you turn on the “productivity filter”. You dont have to.

Yup. That’s why we gave them all that money years ago to do it. It was cheaper then too.

Yeah. I think my car has a pretty decent build overall but the (I shit you not) 14 recalls ive had to bring it in for ranging from door handle replacements, firmware updates, back hatch issues makes me raise an eyebrow to it. I let a few stack up before I bring it in because I never notice any issue before or after, but better to get the free service than not.

Evidence strongly counters my own feelings on the matter.

Sounds like a good reason to skip buying any car warranty going forward since I’ll be attempting to void that shit almost immediately.

Bad business decisions all around.

Uh… they’re still people. They like doing good rewarding things and they like learning real skills.

In this case they aren’t ever in neighborhoods spraying down homes. These are the guys in hills cutting fire breaks to stop the fires from ever reaching homes.

None of these fire fighters are forced. Its a job that they earn privileges for doing. They’re probably not as gung-ho about it as someone who’s made a career of it but they aren’t slaves like you’re imagining.

All this also doesn’t take into account how creators gets paid.

It’s a big system, with enough moving parts that I understand the ad/pay model existing. I just wish they weren’t such prices about how they choose to operate it sometimes.

It does ruin most things doesn’t it? 😮‍💨

😆 And here I was think I wasn’t giving anyone any credit. I just proclaimed none of us could be trusted!

I think the fundamental problem with the AR glasses is something that can’t be overcome.

I think its easy to see the utility to owning a pair of glasses that look good and provide real time information as desired for what you are looking at or hearing.

HOWEVER, I think very few people will want the product these co.panies will make. This will be a method to throw ads literally in front of your eyeballs. Enshitification is too big of a thing now and so any new product is tainted by the expectation it will rapidly turn to garbage at a high price to you.

Also, while we may think we can be trusted, we dont trust anyone else having all that info, I dont like the obvious privacy implications that these can present. Filming with them is also terrifying.

Naw, it was most commonly used as a term similar to “that chinese guy” which is easy to confuse with racism at a time period where people were generally racist towards the chinese, but the term itself is not racist. There were actual slurs back then they could use if they were about that.

My Grandmother said they always bought they’re vegetables growing up from the chinaman who rolled his cart through the alleyway behind their homes. It’s not a term of hate, but it’s easy to say hateful things alongside it.