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Hey! I some of us run Mint because we hope to know what we’re doing someday!

How do you think used cars exist if there aren’t people that buy new ones?

And… owning a home? Huh?

Sorry, I don’t mean to accuse you of anything. I should’ve made it more clear that most people just won’t try new things no matter how easy you make it for them. They will literally turn their brain off if it’s outside of their comfort zone no matter if it’s just the tiniest of steps.

Your mistake was telling them something scary and leaving, the very first pixel out of place and they gave up. People don’t want you to give them projects, they want you to fix their problems.

If it’s a system you’re sure of the use case then set it up to be a Windows clone like you planned and tell them you found a (locked down and lightweight) long service life distro based on Windows 8 or something. Yes, it’s a lie. Nobody will care as long as it works generally like they’re used to, I promise. But if you have to explain caveats to their normal workflow like you’re giving a tutorial then you might as well not bother.

We really need to stop throwing away useful terms and concepts because their progenitors don’t turn out to be role models. Knowledge doesn’t always come from perfect sources. “Tragedy of the Commons” has no basis in race as a concept as I understand it, I don’t see why the guy who coined the term being a racist POS means I should take a moral stance on it.

… but, you know, fuck that guy.

There are 4 models of minivan being sold currently. Anyone trying to fit 3 car seats or 7 people into a vehicle and looking for a new car pretty much gets those 4 options and that’s it.

Generally you’re right but Logic 101 and Obi wan Kenobi should’ve taught us by now that absolute statements like yours are bogus.

You’re 100% right, both of these technologies are absolutely stained by the people pushing them for their own benefit. I think they could be extremely useful technologies and I’m hoping this era of overhype doesn’t push the timeframe of that usefulness back because a bunch of billionaires were trying to buy their 4th yacht.

I’m just really tired of the parroted and reactionary “blockchain/AI bad” comments because they often have no nuance. It’s not the implementation that’s “bad”, it’s seemingly that they used the tech at all.

I mean, yeah.

But also, goddamn, are we not allowed to discuss projects with it with interest because a bunch of other assholes talked about it too much a few years back? (btw I fully expect to be having this exact conversation about genAI in about a decade)

Because of economies of scale and supply and demand.

Most people don’t want manuals and small trucks originated from Japan before they eventually faded away due to the emissions regulations.

Exactly. Can’t pull blood from a stone.

Luigi had ‘em signing off on thousands of medical procedures they never would have otherwise because they were literally scared for their lives.

I guarantee you any one of the companies involved would’ve immediately traded that guy’s life for 200mil, and technically had been for years.

A dozen or so more incidents like this and maybe they’ll start to ken why things like unions and protestors were ultimately the workers being polite.

In addition to the curtain being torn away “cultural events” like GoT would require people to feel connected and everyone in charge seems to be doing their level best to tear us all apart.

Get the positive reviews out there at one price point and then change it, classic bait and switch.

They should’ve listened when people were on their soap boxes. Seems like someone got tired of seeing this guy ignoring them lol.

You know how many times I’ve tapped “bookmark this page” or the “tabs” button instead of the “Saved Bookmarks” button that I’m trying to hit?

Or the fact that I can’t open a bookmark from a “new” tab on mobile, I have to navigate to a random site first before I can access them (unless it’s a “pinned favorite” too).

Considering he gets to read Deliverence Lost twice but then has to sit through Outcast Dead and Age of Darkness both three times it’s no wonder he didn’t like the series.

It’s your fault for not seeing it coming really.

I’m average. I will.

Quit thinking like everything has to be 100% successful the first time or it’s a failure. We have been propagandized and beaten down over the course of years to get where we are now, of course it’s going to take more than one try to get this thing together.

I’ve switched to a lot of foreign media tbh. Irish television is killing it right now for example.

I always wonder… what’s sort of big ideas do you have for mobilizing a nation of disparate people?

I doubt you’ve ever successfully wrangled 3 mates to get a pizza order together, much less a nationwide protest.