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Comment · 4 days ago
Pardon me. The future is cognitively diverse.
Comment · 4 days ago
Yup. If I enable "privacy mode" in my Nissan Leaf I can't turn on the heater remotely.

I requested a copy of the data they harvest. They log EVERYTHING. GPS of course, but also when I turn on the wipers, turn signal... basically the total state of the car at all times.

And all I want is remote heating. Checking the battery is nice for monitoring charge progress, but I could do without it.

So what I do now is drive in privacy mode, and when I park I have to remember to disable privacy mode if I think I might need heating tomorrow morning.

The future is fucking retarded.

Comment · 4 days ago
>meaningless aesthetic choice that serves no function whatsoever

"And we’re just getting started."

It is an Apple machine, yes.

Comment · 5 days ago
>implying that Apple cares about what users want
Comment · 5 days ago
Zero. Ignoring that Apple prices are already inflated beyond all reason, a larger battery would add a single digit dollar amount to the BOM.
Comment · 5 days ago
>resilient to drops

I would be content if they'd stop making phones slippier than a wet bar of soap. My Pixel 8a is ridiculous, I don't know how they do it. If you have dry hands, it's nearly impossible to hold on to.

Comment · 5 days ago
Nobody cares if a tablet has a shit camera.
Comment · 7 days ago
No I specifically said (quoted) "and infectious particles" and compared it to an 18th century city, which predates indoor plumbing.

I guess that's too subtle for HN. In the future I will be sure to emphasise when my ANDs are boolean.

Comment · 7 days ago
I work in the public sector in Denmark. Office 365 is the bane of my work day. I only have access to the web versions of the apps, but they feel like toys. It seems impossible to do anything even moderately complex with them. Especially form design. I've installed Linux+LibreOffice on a spare machine at work that I use occasionally, to keep from tearing my hair out.

As much as I despise Microsoft, I admit that their Office suite is pretty good. Or at least it used to be - the last version I used was 2010 I think. I can't belive that 365 has regressed so much. Seems like shoehorning an Office suite into a webbrowser wasn't a great idea.

Comment · 7 days ago
Me neither, and that's why I asked, but it apparently offended the HN commentariat.
Comment · 8 days ago
Infectious particles? In most of USA and Canada? I don't believe you.
Comment · 8 days ago
I've considered an air purifier for allergy reasons, but...

>removes smoke and infectious particles

Where do people live that they need to remove such things, 18th century London?

Comment · 10 days ago
No public votes, and mods that aren't insane is what keeps HN quality reasonable.

I was active on Reddit up to 2018 or so, and at that point it was already sliding full speed towards the cesspit it is today. Public votes destroy dissenting views, and moderators treat the site as their personal fiefdom. There aren't a lot of danish communities left on the internet, but r/denmark was getting unbearable because of constant tone policing, finger wagging and micro management by the mods. That, and constant low effort meme spam. And that subreddit was far from being the worst case.

I miss the dk.* Usenet days.

Comment · 10 days ago
>holds a very conservative viewpoint

Can't have that on Reddit. Honestly, getting your account deleted is them doing you a favour.

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