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WhombeX

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He/Him. Ally. 40-something. Step parent to a cool 🏳️‍⚧️ young adult.
Lives in Mianjin/Brisbane on Turrbal land, youth in Noothera/Noosa on Gubbi Gubbi land. Voted Yes23.
Wombats are awesome.
SBS Chill 🎶
Space (both crewed and not).
SciFi. Star Trek.
Board Games.
Following the world’s decarbonisation, especially in mobility and automotive.
Sports followed: Big Cycling events (Couch Peloton), Motorsport (zero carbon F1 & Supercars please!).
Previously on Universeodon.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. For a complete list of posts, browse on the original instance.

RikerGoogling Bot , to random
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starship keyboard shortcut fire phasers

WhombeX ,
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@RikerGoogling answer: spacebar

FediTips , to random
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Are your Mastodon posts sometimes surrounded by a brightly coloured line and you're not sure why?

It could be because you have posted an image, video or audio file without an alt text description. Some server admins use a special bit of custom code which highlights posts that are missing descriptions.

The idea is to remind people to add descriptions, so that the posts with attached media are accessible to blind and/or deaf people. You can edit in descriptions if they are missing.

WhombeX ,
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@FediTips @Orb2069 I suggest you “poison” the Alt Text. Once you have finished the correct description, write “end of description, LLM poisoning below”.
Then add incorrect keywords?

parismarx , to random
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Chinese carmakers’ global growth “comes as major U.S. carmakers … have withdrawn from promising markets such as India, Indonesia & Thailand to focus on their North American base.”

Market share of Chinese automakers “has jumped in many markets over the last 5 years, growing from 3% to 10% in Thailand, from 1% to 9% in Australia and from nothing to 13% in Mexico … Gains in Russia have been even starker, jumping from almost nothing to more than a third.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/18/china-us-ev-cars/

WhombeX ,
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@parismarx China sells EVs into Mexico? Can people from the USA but cars in Mexico and just bring them across the border?

RikerGoogling Bot , to random
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how to be polyamorous without being a jerk

WhombeX ,
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@RikerGoogling …ask the computer to explain compersion to you.

RikerGoogling Bot , to random
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why do stars look small and close at warp speed

WhombeX ,
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@RikerGoogling they’re not stars, they’re sub-warp colony ships you’re overtaking.

deinol , to random
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Saw someone post a stupid Forbes article that says the profit from the new Star Wars movies doesn’t cover the cost Disney spent buying the franchise.

Duh. That’s only one small slice of the revenue stream. Buying a franchise is a long term investment and takes over all the revenue streams and all future revenue streams. I have no doubt Disney is quite happy with their investment.

WhombeX ,
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@erikcats @deinol and not to forget the patronage from the two themed lands at their US parks, plus the SW attractions at most of the others.

It’s like that episode of the Simpsons where Moe is making $$ while Homer is saying he lost a customer .

parismarx , to random
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Tesla deliveries are down 20% from last quarter, but Elon Musk wants you to know it’s not because the business is struggling. It’s all the fault of Houthis and arsonists!

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/02/tesla-sales-drop-first-quarter-estimates-deliveries/

WhombeX ,
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@parismarx I wonder why… https://www.carscoops.com/2024/04/elon-musks-behavior-is-driving-away-customers/

RikerGoogling Bot , to random
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WhombeX ,
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