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European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls in c/technology

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It’s the rotary shifter knobs and the AC controls buried in touchscreen menus that kill me

the best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It helps that they are supported by a majority of those in power or with wealth or influence

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

Yeah but neither is Epic - I think the key is that Gave isn’t driven by some technofascist plan to have everyone live in the metaverse or play games using brain implants or whatever

Sam Altman Says AI Using Too Much Energy, Will Require Breakthrough Energy Source in c/technology

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

FOSS Neuralink

What is the thing that resembles a camera shoe under the handset holder found on telephones with a handset used for? in c/nostupidquestions

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Are you talking about the attachment point for a shoulder rest?

Nightmare Scenario in c/retrogaming

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This feeling is the mood of Zac Gorman’s Magical Game Time webcomics

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Epic is also private though I agree with your sentiment 100%

WCGW doing pull-ups in a bathroom stall in c/whatcouldgowrong

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

THIS is what girls have been doing in the bathroom together?

Lib infestation on Lemmy in c/[email protected]

Isn't it weird that we have exactly five fingers and five toes on each hand and foot. in c/showerthoughts

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

It’s because God had five fingers on each hand, and five toes on each foot, and he had to use all twenty to create the world. Humans have yet to unlock this potential.

‘Poolman’ Review: Chris Pine’s Noir-Drenched L.A. Comedy Is a Shrill Misfire in c/[email protected]

Ramaswamy says he’d deport children of undocumented immigrants, calls 14th Amendment ‘contested’ in c/politics

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

I think he and his advisors are severely underestimating the entrenched racism of their base, especially the far right wing that he is trying to court. Oh yeah, and he’s also a Harvard and Yale educated lawyer who attended school on scholarship from a Soros. And he’s Hindu, and a vegetarian.