“[Artificial] life, uh, finds a way”

This but it’s not just tech companies, it’s all companies and a feature of our lovely system 🙃

They do because why not. Its their hardware and software. You chose to be bound when you purchased and agreed to their Terms & conditions.

If I purchased it it’s mine, especially the hardware

I’ve interacted with way too many developers that would struggle with this, you’re giving them too much credit as a whole

I’d like to change timelines please and thank you

Forcing someone to disclose information about themselves (age or age bracket) is compelled speech

Still a 1st Amendment violation, no? Compelling speach

What industry is your company in?

ಠ_ಠ

Get off my lawn search engine!

Anecdotal, but I just replaced my favorite pair of Pumas, which were at least 12 years old. Granted I didn’t wear them every single day, but at least 2 or 3 days a week for 12 years is pretty good in my book. I’ve had to replace Adidas sooner than that with less wear, but they still last pretty long and I’ll confidently buy both brands. I’d never buy Nike (and wouldn’t wear most Nikes either honestly, just not my personal taste in style)

For some reference, here’s a picture of maybe 2/3 of my shoes, many of which are Pumas. There’s also a couple pairs of Keds in there, but they’re more recent and I don’t know yet how they hold up long term comparatively

You’re right, though games are also “media” 😋

Super fair, I’m neurodivergent (though generally mask very well) and tend to notice small details like that (while forgetting that my perspective is often in the minority in that regard)

A computer hooked up to a TV is considered a media center PC, or an HTPC, not a console

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_theater_PC

I know, I just take (very very slight) issue with your choice of “can’t” rather than “won’t”

It’s more of a spectrum with hyper- and a- phantasia being the extremes on each end

(Prophantasia is considered the ability to project imagined images into your physical field of view)

If you really want to blow your mind (heh), you should check out SDAM (Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory), which is thought to be linked to aphantasia

The current people of the ruling class can’t do anything about it

They absolutely could do something about it as proven by how the current (US) administration has made things markedly worse than the previous admin. (If they can make it worse then they can also make it better)

The car’s exterior eliminated the traditional hood, removing the need for drivers to open it for routine maintenance. Instead, a service center would handle all checks and adjustments, and the car’s onboard system would notify owners when servicing was due.

Honestly surprised some auto manufacturer hasn’t tried this in a production vehicle

I wouldn’t be surprised if what the Dems got was certain names redacted from the about-to-be-released Epstein files in exchange for ending the shutdown

The tooltips are often a smaller font though, which is an issue for some (many?) of us

Also not so great for mobile

But can it run crysis?