Comment Users: You have a rule and people problem (Score 1) 32
Users: Your problems are these specific rules, and that some of the people are assholes.
Developers: We should modernize the UI. That will solve our problems.
Comment Re: Time to address the real problem (Score 1) 341
I do not understand why people see the concept of costs being passed on to consumers as controversial. If a corporation ceases to make a profit, it ceases to exist. If a corporation is taxed into oblivion and cannot meet the payroll, people stop working there and it stops creating goods and services. Their only existential option is to pass new costs onto consumers.Why is this difficult for people to understand?
It's not controversial, but it's also not that simple.
If they could just raise prices without consequences they would already do that. But higher prices means less items sold. This is also true when they are just passing costs along.
Sometimes the most profitable option is to pass along some of the increased cost, and eat part of it; because passing along all of it would lead to a dramatic loss in sales.
Comment Re:Explain (Score 2) 170
It does not.
The summary makes it pretty clear that heated seats is (for now) not going to have monthly fees.
But there will be other features that require a subscription.
Comment Re: Or, hear me out... (Score 1) 98
I would rather have it longer than split into a SECOND PART movie that is released a year or something later.
That sucks for sure. But if it gets longer than maybe 3 hours or so, then I think they should just release it as a tv mini series instead. Or at least have chapters that indicate good points to take a break, so I can tell the streaming app "pause at the next chapter".
Comment Re:Dating apps are likely on their way out (Score 1) 30
"Hey, this is a mutual friend that just happens to be of the gender you're attracted to"
It does let you match with mutual friends, but that is just by accident. Mainly it's like all other dating apps that pair you up with anyone.
Comment Re:How's that again? (Score 2) 36
. But I can't say I ever hear anyone say "gosh, there just isn't enough time available for me to watch everything I want to watch!"
No, what I hear is - "why are these streaming services putting out so much absolute crapola nowadays?"
Both those things can be true at the same time.
There is an insane amount of content generated. Most of it is crap. It's amazing what garbage the streaming services try to convince me to watch. But there is also a lot of good stuff created. Books, articles, movies, TV shows, documentaries, music, podcasts.
There is absolutely not enough time to consume everything good that gets produced. I could probably see all TV shows I'd like to see, if I would skip everything else, but that is hardly a reasonable bar. Nobody should consume ONLY TV.
So I think it's fair to say "There is not enough time to watch everything I want to watch".
Comment Re:Clever (Score 1) 53
Doesn't this ignore that Microsoft also has a cost accounting wise when they give away access to the servers?
It's described as Microsoft is creating a revenue increase. But they also have a debt of the same size.
Comment Finding is usually harder than verifying (Score 1) 96
Figuring out what places are worth going to on a trip can be a significant amount of work.
Verifying that a museum, restaurant, lake or mountain top exists and actually seems interesting is usually very easy.
Comment Re:Gee why? (Score 1) 212
NYT Editor, in an interview on NPR in June 2016: "We have to set aside journalistic objectivity sometimes"
Do you have a source for that?
Neither Google nor ChatGPT come up with anything like that.
Comment Re:It's way under priced (Score 1) 70
This is why I have zero for-pay streaming services. Until they offer something compelling for a price I can accept, I nope out. Too many seem to think these are necessary for survival, or at least talk as if they think they are, and they just aren't.
There is quite a lot of room in between not getting it, and "thinking it is necessary for survival".
Most people just think "it is something compelling for a price they can accept". They just have different opinions than you of what is compelling and what is a price they can accept.
A month of ad free TV costs about the same as two beers at a pub around here, and less than a movie ticket. For a lot of people it probably don't need to be super compelling before that is a price they can accept.
Comment Re:Bloat (Score 1) 44
The whole point of podcasting is that it's lean and efficient. You don't need expensive equipment and a dozen people.
That's definitely not "the point of podcasting". That is like saying "The point of online news is to be lean and efficient. You don't need investigative reporters and editors."
Or that the point of YouTube videos is to be cheap and done by a single guy with the camera on his phone. You can put such content on YouTube, but you can also put expensive productions there.
Podcasting is just a medium that you can put whatever content you want in. You can produce cheap content, with just a guy talking whatever comes to his mind, or you can produce expensive content that require hard work and long preparations.
Just because it is audio only, doesn't mean it's only meant for cheap content.
Comment Re:Every time Firefox added new features (Score 1) 107
The most asked question is : "How to turn it off?"
Don't Firefox devs ever thought why is that?
What else are people supposed to ask?
The people that like the feature are not going to ask any questions about how to keep the feature.
Comment Re:For how many years? (Score 1) 57
I would guess that the people getting those bonuses will almost certainly have a passion for their work, and will want to continue working in the same area.
Google To Fund Development of Three Nuclear Power Sites 114
Google has partnered with Elementl Power to develop at least 600 MW of nuclear capacity at each of three planned sites. It's unknown where the three proposed sites will be located or how much Google is investing. World Nuclear News reports: The two companies will work "with utility and regulated power partners to identify and advance new projects" and Elementl "will continue the evaluation of potential technology, engineering, procurement and construction, and other project partners, while prioritising specific sites for accelerated development."
Elementl Power, founded in 2022, describes itself as a technology-agnostic advanced nuclear project developer which aims to provide "turn-key development, financing and ownership solutions for customers that want access to clean baseload power but may not want to own or operate nuclear power assets." It says its mission is to "to deploy over 10 gigawatts of next-generation nuclear power in the US by 2035."
It is not Google's first nuclear power deal -- in October 2024 the company signed an agreement with Kairos Power to purchase power from its fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature small modular reactors, with a fleet of up to 500 MW of capacity by 2035. The aim of the power purchase agreement was to facilitate Kairos Power to develop, construct, and operate plants and sell energy, ancillary services, and environmental attributes to Google. At the time of that announcement Google said that it would help it achieve net-zero emissions across all of its operations and value chain by 2030. Further reading: Google tries to greenwash massive AI energy consumption with another vague nuclear deal (The Register)
Elementl Power, founded in 2022, describes itself as a technology-agnostic advanced nuclear project developer which aims to provide "turn-key development, financing and ownership solutions for customers that want access to clean baseload power but may not want to own or operate nuclear power assets." It says its mission is to "to deploy over 10 gigawatts of next-generation nuclear power in the US by 2035."
It is not Google's first nuclear power deal -- in October 2024 the company signed an agreement with Kairos Power to purchase power from its fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature small modular reactors, with a fleet of up to 500 MW of capacity by 2035. The aim of the power purchase agreement was to facilitate Kairos Power to develop, construct, and operate plants and sell energy, ancillary services, and environmental attributes to Google. At the time of that announcement Google said that it would help it achieve net-zero emissions across all of its operations and value chain by 2030. Further reading: Google tries to greenwash massive AI energy consumption with another vague nuclear deal (The Register)
Comment Re:Burner phones?? (Score 1) 163
Like I said before, it's for free publicity. They needed cheap phones to give away because it gives publicity. You can't sign anyone up for a contract in this scenario, so they need to buy prepaid phones. The anonymity is a side effect.
You do not believe tech CEOs already had the ability to buy themselves burner phones, in case they wanted to call the governor anonymously?
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