NutWrench

NutWrench , 9 hours ago to Technology in EVs still have major quality problems, and it’s mostly about the software

Thanks to badly written software, you can literally design "planned obsolescence" into your products.

"The computer says you need to replace your 15,000 dollar battery pack."

"But my car is only six months old!"

"Yeah, but the Computer SAYS-"

NutWrench , 9 hours ago (edited 9 hours ago) to Work Reform in Most Americans have no idea how anti-worker the US supreme court has become

The end of true representative democracy in this country began the moment the courts accepted the "corporations are people / money is speech" arguments. When that happened, governments stopped representing the needs of ordinary people and only listened the needs of billionaires and their lobbyists.

It's taking decades to play out, but it's going to end badly.

NutWrench , 1 day ago to Linux in Linux market share passes 4% for first time; macOS dominance declines

Yup. Gaming was one of the few things that kept me from switching to Linux. Then, I found out about Proton on Steam.

NutWrench , 1 day ago to Linux in Linux market share passes 4% for first time; macOS dominance declines

Copilot / Recall was the last straw for me. My only relationship with Microsoft for the last 10 years has been, "how much more of Microsoft's sh*t am I willing to put up with?"

NutWrench , 1 day ago to Technology in Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising

I got the "It's time to upgrade to Windows 11" message on my Windows 10 laptop. It's getting aggravating.

NutWrench , 1 day ago to Technology in Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising

You can get laptops on Amazon now with Ubuntu pre-installed. :)

NutWrench , 1 day ago to Technology in India to mandate USB-C connectors on smartphones and laptops by 2026

Yup. With VOIP, you can spoof any phone number. If this technology were fixed, 99% of spam calls would disappear, and Caller ID would be worth something again. Our government is either too lazy or bought-off to fix this problem.

They DID enact the national Do Not Call list and created heavy fines for people who violate that list, while knowing full well that they couldn't catch the spammers in the first place (because of VOIP spoofing).

NutWrench , 1 day ago to Technology in Netflix mulls introducing free ad-supported tier. The circle is complete

"Free ad-supported" makes you no different than a hundred other garbage-tier streaming services.

NutWrench , 2 days ago to Technology in FCC hits Verizon with $1M fine for dropping 911 calls, again • The Register

Yup, the fine needs to be much higher. People could have died because of this.

The entire point of fines is that they're punitive. They're supposed to HURT. To make you change your behavior and not do the Bad Thing again.

If fines don't even make a dent in your daily profits, then laws become nothing more than suggestions. They become just a cost of doing business.

NutWrench , 3 days ago to Technology in The new Chinese owner of the popular Polyfill JS project injects malware into more than 100 thousand sites

This is probably connected to China cloning the entire GitHub website to their own servers.

NutWrench , 3 days ago to Technology in Music industry giants allege mass copyright violation by AI firms

"Let them fight."

NutWrench , 3 days ago to Technology in Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission

I finally switched to Linux Mint a few weeks ago. CoPilot/ Recall was the last straw.

NutWrench , 4 days ago to Science Memes in Leg day, bros

When you're a centipede, EVERY day is Leg Day!

NutWrench , 4 days ago to Technology in Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission

Whoever is downvoting this needs to have an encounter with the U.S. legal system, so they find out how little their precious freaking "rights" are worth.

NutWrench , 5 days ago to Technology in Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic Internet: The Future of Democratized Information

It will definitely be decentralized. The biggest blows to real representative democracy happened when the courts made the "corporations are people / money is speech" arguments.