Luke Ratta

@marcoarment@mastodon.social I recently attended a very loud party thrown in an event hall. This was the second party we’d been to at this location and I was dreading having to step outside every hour or so just to give my ears some rest. Then I remembered this advice and, luckily, I had my AirPods Pro 3 in my pocket. It was a COMPLETE game changer. Thank you so much for the suggestion, Marco.

@atpfm@mastodon.social Marco defending subscriptions to use hardware that you’ve already purchased definitely wasn’t on my bingo card.

@atpfm@mastodon.social Marco: “They use the term ‘the big island’ because that’s more descriptive” I’ve always thought that “Long Island” was also fairly descriptive.

@shakil_tcs @hydropsyche @ax11 @joshmillard Math is a scam to distract from the truth that lies within predicate logic that is behind all that physical mumbo-jumbo

@_Davidsmith Did you mean to say “up to 40% MORE battery life”?

@ccgus Sounds like they’re using Kotlin, maybe.

@jackeric@beige.party @merlinwisdom@mastodon.social I find that most of my honking takes place when my car is stationary. What do you do when the car in front of you refuses to acknowledge that the light is green?

@jackeric@beige.party @merlinwisdom@mastodon.social Mostly California, but I’ve experienced this all over the US.

@jackeric@beige.party @merlinwisdom@mastodon.social Usually, though I’ve also seen people staring off into the middle distance, presumably contemplating their existence, so that’s somewhat excusable.

@krupo@infosec.exchange @jackeric@beige.party @merlinwisdom@mastodon.social Yes, mostly phones.

@merlinwisdom@mastodon.social I greatly respect the idea here, but when maintaining my employment depends on getting from Point A to Point B in a certain amount of time, and the car in front of me doesn’t move for an entire light cycle, then I can’t accept the premise.

@blazesanders@techhub.social @atpfm@mastodon.social You could still have fewer SKUs, just give everyone access to the hardware they paid for. If the hardware is physically present, charging to access it is not reducing costs, it’s just adding an artificial limitation to the product after the fact.

@blazesanders@techhub.social @atpfm@mastodon.social That’s making some pretty big assumptions about cost. Take BMW’s heated seats, for instance. They scrapped the subscription after backlash, so they’re no longer making any subscription revenue from it. Do you really think those cars suddenly stopped being profitable?