To be fair, if I was stuck pooping for over a year like X I would also have that set as my auto-reply 🤷
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Bird hearts are too fowl.
I said that in 1999 which was, coincidentally the year of the Linux desktop (for me).
Actually this is a pretty common thing in software development. It's become a bit of a trope. So much so that when management proposed things like KPIs tied to code (which they often do!) the devs are like, "can we get bonuses based on these KPIs? 🤑"
"If they're such a good measure clearly we should be compensated when we do fantastic job! How about $5k extra for exceeding KPIs!"
"Oh, you don't have enough trust in the system for that? Then why would you trust it for improving quality? I mean, you're the one that made them..."
"Consumers don't like self checkout"‽ Are they crazy? I love self checkout! You know what I don't like? When I have to wait for a self checkout to become available because there's not enough human checkouts.
My local Walmart has about 25% of their checkouts as self checkouts. They'll have 4 lanes open with humans and 1/3rd of the self checkouts won't be operational. This is the worst of all possible options!
If you only plan to have 4 human checkouts why do you have so few self checkouts‽ Arg! It frustrates the crap out of me every time I go there.
Another thing that pisses me off is that the human checkout lanes are designed so inefficiently. In the self checkout I can pick up the scanner and scan everything in my cart at about twice or three times the speed of a human checkout because the human lane has a horrible setup that necessitates taking everything out of the cart to get it scanned whereas with the self checkout one can scan everything while it's still in the cart.
You can scan scan scan at super speed, grab a bunch of bags, then put everything in the bags as needed in your car afterwards. You can be done in seconds!
Or be even more efficient like me and just keep your own bags in the car and skip the whole, "grab some bags" step.
This way also makes the door receipt checker person's job so much faster because they can visibly see everything in your cart; no need to peek into every bag looking for expensive items that may not have been purchased.
Let's move forward, society! Give us 100% self checkout lanes and just have people there to assist with scanning and bagging for the people that need help.
AI will help with sex trafficking by generating all the porn so humans won't need to be involved at all.
In the future the equivalent lawsuit will be from the victims of hackers who used people's PCs to generate porn.
A Linux user watching someone use (and bitch) about Windows is like watching someone right click to copy & paste.
If you know of a vast improvement, why would you keep the benefits of better things to yourself?
Think about how often Windows users bitch about Windows. Think about how many zillions of things they bitch about and how many new things they find to bitch about all the time. Think about how many Windows users say things like, "I love this OS!" or, "This OS is so cool! Look what I can do!"
Now think about how many Linux users you see bitching about Linux. Think about how many are super excited about it and how many instantly become, "fanatics" practically overnight.
There's a reason
When you think of a word processor you think of Word.
Only if you're a cretin! The only thing one should envision when thinking of a word processor is WordPerfect 1.21a for the Apple IIgs!
Envisioning Calligra Words is also acceptable.
No, "Dave" is the premium, artisan soap brand. You're thinking of:
"Dive"
Simple example every Comcast customer suffers with: Comcast services (including VoIP and streaming TV) don't count towards the monthly bandwidth cap. So if you watch 2 seasons of a show in 4k via Comcast's streaming service that doesn't count towards the cap but if you watch the very same show via Netflix it'll put you over your bandwidth cap, resulting in additional fees.
It's an egregious violation of network neutrality and, IMHO an abuse of their natural monopoly. Internet providers should not be allowed to also sell content/streaming services or own media companies! It's a huge conflict of interest that will always disfavour the consumer.
Furthermore, when Comcast streams their own services they get priority over all other traffic; even traffic going to your neighbor's Internet connections. So if your neighborhood is experiencing a bandwidth crunch and your neighbor decides to watch some 4k stream via Comcast's service the back-end routers will prioritize that traffic over any and all other traffic which will interfere with everyone's else's Internet connections. So if your video stream suddenly drops to 480p for no reason (wired connection, no bad weather) it's probably because someone in your neighborhood decided to watch something via Comcast's streaming service.
It's the real skynet. Hollywood's idea of an evil AI is one that kills all humans. We all know the truth: The most evil AI in reality is the one that maximizes profits.