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Comment · 4 days ago
Buy any TV you like, never connect it to the internet.

Get a cheap open source media box and attach it to the TV.

Comment · 10 days ago
So, how long until Trump decides that he dislikes Lula and removes him by force?
Comment · 2 months ago
Who is surprised by this?

what surprises me is that flock has not started a commercial service, where you can have the system surveillance anybody for a daily fee and have it compile a need report for you.

Use cases: stalk woman, collect evidence against your enemies, collect dirt for blackmail, etc. Maybe flock is already offering this, but only for the Enterprise customers and 0.1% ....

Comment · 2 months ago
Comment · 5 months ago
Compare the UX of any Macbook with the most cutting edge “overpowered” Windows Machine and you get the same shitty experience we have since forever:

The UI is sometimes laggy, buggy and simply sucks.

Fresh installation of Windows 11 on a 2026 high-end machine: you open a File Explorer for local SSD and there is a delay in the UI. Oh, and of course, the UI is more ad invested then a cheap p0rn page from russia. WTF Microsoft?

Comment · 7 months ago
The much more interesting projects from Europe are created by https://schwarz-digits.de/en

3 Reasons: - a significant investment from the Schwarz Group - not just a marketing stunt, but a company with a long term vision to compete with big US tech - clearly targeted at B2B with strong ties into EU politics

Comment · 1 year ago
The real issue is that you can´t disable this CRAP.

Why can´t Apple allow for a setting to 100% disable this bad idea of an UI/UX experience? How much drugs do you need to consume, in order to assume that people who use a computer for professional work want this interface?

What was the user requirement for it? "lets waste as much UI as possible and make it very, very hard to work on Mac OS!"

Who approves this kind of bad UI/UX?

Comment · 1 year ago
What did people expect to happen? Nobody seems to ask the question why military is being deployed to US cities. What would be your assumption if the same happens in Africa or South America? Seriously, how stupid can people be ...

I have many friends who already left the US or prepared to leave at a moments notice. None of them are actually political, but they are aware that 1984 is already fully implemented and at any point in time it could get very, very ugly very quickly.

Comment · 1 year ago
Just to be clear: Russia has invaded Ukraine, has declared that the country has no right to exist and ukraine people will be exterminated, but it is NATO that is the aggressor?

This is textbook russian propaganda.

Comment · 1 year ago
I am sorry, but this question shows how deep you are in the bubble.

People don´t care, never did.

Example: after Jamal Khashoggi was murdered, people still suck up to MbS. Money rules the world.

After what we learned about Guantanamo Bay, nobody should be allowed to call the US a democratic country. But we all decided to ignore the facts, as watching Netflix is way to nice.

Comment · 2 years ago
This is standard practice in basically every country. Try to cross a border with a pile of cash and see what happens. Police finds a box of cash in your car? You better explain where it came from and why you drive it around.

There is so much weird hate for the government in the comments, but please provide a single sane scenario where you need to send cash instead of a bank transfer that is not about avoiding laws/taxes.

There are NONE. You send the cash because you did something against the law.

So by all means, the police should keep the money until you simple prove the non-existing totally legit reason why you could not use a bank transfer. I understand the problem with this, but you don´t prove that you are innocent; but large amounts of cash are usually connected to crime and it is your job to explain why not.

Comment · 2 years ago
There is a simple solution for this problem: increase the payout for people who are affected by overweight vehicles.

Have a law, define a target weight + speed and then make it REALLY expensive to insure or kill people with your car.

Also in the law: if you drive around without insurance, the car is instantly taken away from you, as it is a weapon to conduct a crime :-)

Still people will drive big cars around, but the market will limit the number of people who can pay for it. And of course: new cars only and when ownership is transferred. No additional tax for existing owners.

The market would solve this problem VERY VERY quickly.

Comment · 2 years ago
The article has a clickbait title. It is also wrong.

NOT every company should give stock options to its employees, because ... it only makes sense if long term success of the company can be significant influenced by its employees. Also, those stock options can be a barrier to growth and become a liability if needed adjustments are blocked in order to protect "stockholder"

NOT all employees should get stock options, specially not the ones who contribute very little to the value generated.

NOT all employees want stock options, as people just want to take the actual money and be free to switch companies. The stock options are a way to control employees.

employee stock options are interesting when the allow to vote on the board. THIS is amazing - and almost nobody does it, because it would actually shift power to the employees.

In most companies, giving stock options is almost a scam; you save actual money for salaries, pretend to share revenues (you don´t) and lock-in high value employees. Also you spread your stocks so you are more protected against hostile takeovers.

Stock options are a great way for the actual owners to save money and actually become more powerful.

Comment · 2 years ago
We should all support this law, just with one addition:

All data shared by politicians, public servants and all of their family members within the EU has to be shared, analysed for corruption + stored forever.

If we are all considered pedophiles, then all politicians are criminals.

Yes, a few people will be wrongly accused and we all loose our freedom.

HOWEVER, with every election we will get a small chance that the previous administration will get audited and corruption and other crimes will get uncovered.

Seems to be worth it.

Comment · 2 years ago
One feedback on the webpage: it is impossible to find any spec on the device. It is pure emotion and marketing bull$hit, zero information.

If you want to copy Apple & Co on this, please remember to also bring the tech specs.

Like: Operation System, Ram, Storage, Battery Life, Format Factor, Weight, I/O.

My assumption: you have a less crappy display with a outdated compute unit, made from leftover Shenzhen parts.

Sorry, but every year hundreds of startups fail with a "big promise bad product" strategy.

It is nothing against this product, i just have trust issues if a company cannot even create a basic webpage that delivers relevant information.

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