It is actually sad that customers are so abused by these companies, that one feels loyalty after having their warranty fulfilled.

A company that complies with the terms of the sale is acting appropriately. Those who do not are thieves committing fraud.

I understand why in this climate this made the news, its just sad that we are at that point.

A reminder not to let your rights and expectations slowly be chipped away. I’m glad the customer got their replacement.

I didn’t know pasta was on the lemonade stand’s menu!

Speaking of pasta, Italy has such a vibrant food culture don’t they? Speaking of Italy, wasn’t Luigi Mangione an Italian American citizen? Boy, what he did sure was a shame… But these streets, they’re just too full of criminals these days…

“on a rare up day”

It’s sad but I know exactly what you mean. My friend, enjoy those rare up days when they come! If you’re able to let it all go for a day here and there then you’ve more than fucking earned it.

Also, quick scroll through the posts like you said, eyes were drawn to “if you’re kinky”. I am! I am kinky! Kinky and proud ⛓️‍💥 👹

Made me chuckle, I didn’t think of that haha …

I guess I’m just at the point now where I don’t care what government is in place either federally or provincially or locally - if myself and the people around me aren’t feeling any improvements in our quality of life, then I don’t give a fuck what they claim.

Actions speak so much louder than words and the government is proving that their actions ≠ their words in any meaningful way.

Canada needs radical reform. Sorry I can’t help but go off like this nowadays.

Lmao judging by those photos he filed a request to blur his property on Google street view. How incredibly ironic.

However I’m sure there are many photos of the street with the public toilet elsewhere if you want to see it in all its shit-covered glory.

Edit: oh perhaps I am mistaken. The Flock CEO’s name is Garret Langley, but my maps app says the address of 2588 Winslow Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30305, United States is actually Jeff’s Lemonade Shop.

I would love to go try some lemonade!

I wish I could shake this man’s hand. We need somebody to do this in Canada as well. But our politicians are equally as spineless as the rest of them, just with a fresh coat of paint covering their faces like the clowns they are.

I’m sure there’s a non-zero chance that at least one person with a net worth of ~$100 million+ is browsing Lemmy communities happens upon posts like this. At least one, if not by accident.

If you fit that description, you’re the problem. The majority here certainly dislike you. Grow a backbone and do something you fucking coward.

(Yes I know, old man yells at clouds. But old man is tired and angry)

I shine bright like a diamond, but that requires sunlight

Every three letter agency can suck my tiny little cock

The article says it seems to have been an organized group. I wonder how one gets into such a group?

Like, do they just send somebody a private message on a decentralized platform with a link to some sort of encrypted messaging app or something?

Unrelated, my inbox is open to anyone wanting to just say hi!

No I am not kidding.

I want to get off Mr. Bones’ Wild Ride.

Sorry, I did mince words when I labelled social democracy as socialism. Sometimes I find myself simplifying things because I feel like describing idealogies and systems of government can get confusing for those who aren’t too familiar with all the terminology yet.

I will check out Red Pen, thank you. I’m also still on Lemmy and all of my words still stand in case anyone else is reading.

I appreciate your recommendations.

I am consistently in favour of socialist policies, so I think calling myself a socialist is absolutely apt. Capitalism as I know it has completely beat me down. I’m sure I’m not alone in that.

Socialist countries consistently score highest on citizen happiness indexes. Their taxes are high because they are going towards policies that make measurable differences for all citizens. Why is it that those entrenched in capitalism so often dream of escape from their lives? Maybe they aren’t the problem, maybe the system is.

I am in Canada, but the organization needs to spread across borders to anybody who feels that this resonates with them.

You’re right that we need to get organized. I hear this so often and I never see anything truly being done. The alternative political parties I’ve seen have never succeeded in hooking people. We need a way to organize for the new age.

I am open to all ideas. We are the majority, we are brothers and sisters of the working class.

Please, people, I understand being a lurker online and being tired as hell. Not every day will we have the fight in us, but together we can make the fight persistent and strong. For all of us.

How should we organize online in a way that will be effective, and that won’t be censored or flooded with propaganda? I suggested Signal and SimpleX to start, but what do we all really want?

Guys, I don’t even know what to say anymore. So much of this shit isn’t worthy of being dignified as based in reality.

I’m really, really, super fucking really tired of just reading and arguing. I’m tired of years of regression being sold to us as progress that we’re just too simple to understand the realities of.

I want class solidarity with my fellow humans who feel the same way. I want to take actions that will actually change things or at least stand a chance or even just get people talking more.

Lemmy is fantastic, it’s doing what it set out to achieve, I would say. But I want to start thinking about something more, and I nor any of us can do that alone.

Perhaps a group chat? Signal or SimpleX?

One person is enough for me to start it.

Class solidarity. Power to the people. Representative government. Social safety nets. Corporate reform.

Nvidia will prioritize AI and more than likely know when to bail before the bubble bursts. They will have made boatloads for shareholders while leaving so many others in financial ruin. Whether those caught in the bubble burst should have known better… I guess it’s a case by case basis.

Part of what ruins games for me are the massive publishers behind them. EA, Ubisoft, Rockstar.

The games may be great. The developers may be great. The studios (by and large) interfere in the process of development, the monetization, the end-of-life plan…

For me, when I have the chance to play games, I’ve found myself opting for smaller studios or indie games.

Also I want to shout out Ross Scott of Accursed Farms. He covers so many cool and obscure games. He has worked incredibly hard towards enacting pro-consumer business practices in the gaming world. He’s a very smart and pragmatic guy. I would highly recommend anyone who’s into gaming to check out his site and content.

To me, he’s been an inspiration in his uphill battle of the Stop Killing Games initiative. He’s been working through the apathy, the negativity, the doubt. It’s actually incredible what he’s achieved. A man with passion and a plan, who happens to also make some damn good game related videos.

Ok I realize this just turned into a love letter for Ross Scott. I’m okay with that.

Self-hosted is a great way to go for those who can afford the initial cost and can get the setup done. I’d love to see more of it but I also know that most people won’t do that, and I get it because if I asked my mom to self-host right now I think her brain would explode.

Second best we can do is start using and promoting alternatives. Us nerds tend to be some of the earlier adopters. If enough users flock to the right platform, and if the platform is easy for non-nerds to sign up, then the shift may happen. Now is a climate where the desire for change is higher than normal.

No company is too big to dominate the landscape, the momentum and desire just needs to grow. And we should be careful of jumping from one pirate ship to another pirate ship. TikTok to Reels, Twitter/X to Threads, these are not the kind of changes we need to encourage.

But I’m not one for social media overall, so I can’t do much except inform my family and friends in a way that doesn’t drive them crazy. To anyone reading: don’t be that guy either, because if you pester too hard you’re likely to breed resentment and cause people to become further entrenched in their current habits.

When it comes to LLM AI usage, there’s definitely a few things you can consider.

I’ll reference OpenAI as you mentioned but it can apply to others as well to varying degrees

First is that the OpenAI has the goal of making a profit, but the market is getting more saturated, the costs to run data centres increases with model complexity and user base increases.

Funding is being pumped into them by investors, government in the US and other non-AI companies are banking on AI to bolster the economy and profits respectively. For things like ChatGPT they offer paid plans for consumers but this is a small fraction of their revenue.

The stats show they are losing money quickly. Investors want profits, the company wants dominance, the government seems to be approaching it from a “too big to fail approach”.

So we’re slowly seeing shifts; in the US, ads are being experimented with in ChatGPT, models are being chosen that use less tokens and less computing power, etc.

There have also been studies showing the diminishing returns of the thinking that “a bigger model is better”.

There’s also the question of how much they care about correct answers. They are surely aware that most don’t understand how an LLM AI works, that most will not do much research to fact-check answers, that most will consider convenience to be king.

Their token system is a huge balancing act and I’m not fully convinced they know what works and what doesn’t.

AI is being propped up, it shows signs of a bubble. Not to say AI is going anywhere, but when the pop inevitably happens, the LLM AI landscape will leave behind a lot of failure and monetary loss, and a few winners. Think dot com bubble for reference but in a whole new era of computing.

The circular economy going on and the investment from private and US government entities can only keep this train on the tracks for so long.

If I were to subjectively answer your question in a phrase: I don’t think they really do care too much at the moment.

Data sovereignty and social media sovereignty is something I’d love to see worked on more. I mean, the shift is already happening to a larger degree as you know if you’re reading this comment.

It’s a sad state of affairs when the average Joe needs to consider these things - or maybe it’s a wake up call to our relative complacency over the past decades?

I prefer to keep my data outside of the US. Canada for some, specific EU countries for others. But bills like Chat Control are even threatening other nations’ long-standing privacy norms. The burn-out will be real for some, those who didn’t care may not until it directly affects them. Others will hopefully find a balance they believe suits them.

The floor is lava! Have to keep jumping around!

Microsoft has really messed up quite spectacularly. 5 years ago I would never have even considered switching to another OS (especially for a daily driver).

Yet here I am, using LINUX! My experience with Linux has gone from the perception of it as a scary figure, a ghost looming around me that I was trying to ignore. But now, I’m realizing that Linux is more like Casper. Linux is a friendly ghost. So while I still may not know how to totally deal with cohabitating with a ghost, at least it’s friendly, in theory.

But in less obtuse terms: my experience with Linux has definitely had it’s terminal moments and learning to de-Windowsify my tasking, but it’s come to the point where the cons of Windows make it a non-starter.

Maybe it’s not the year of the Linux desktop, but the years of the Linux desktop. Reaching a wider audience and finding a way to make choosing a distro is going to be a task.

I will say that while I’ve never bought one of their systems, System76 is a company I regularly check up on because I think it’s very cool that they’re PC building from the ground up with Linux (and their own Linux distro as well). It’s a trend in the right direction, at least.