Gather ‘round kids, time for a story. The year was 2003, and TiVo had defined the category of DVRs and instantly become indispensable. People loved that they could fast-forward through commercials, much to the chagrin of networks and advertisers.

But a new competitor entered the scene: ReplayTV, a product that did everything TiVo did with one major added benefit: it automatically detected and skipped commercials without having to press a button. It was glorious. So naturally, like all things which improve the life of a consumer, the powers-that-be took umbrage. Funded by TiVo lobbying, the FCC decided that not having to press a button on a remote was a bridge too far. ReplayTV was crushed by a heavy fine and ban, relegating them to the tech scrap heap. Thus TiVo maintained their position as market leader, despite having an inferior experience.

All this to say: fuck you TiVo, you wasted your brand clout and position by getting into bed with the same lawmakers who fomented your demise when the HD era was legislated to ban commercial-skipping mechanisms.

I’m so glad I don’t waste my money on that shit

Same goes for getting over other fears. That huge roller coaster is a feat of engineering and thousands upon thousands of people before you rode it just fine. Going to that strange country is easy; so many people live there just fine.

ngl that looks like a pretty amazing place to live. Love that look

I just think it’s a hilarious illustration of how dumb trump is and use it to remind people of that.

They used to refuse access to people’s private when the govt/law enforcement requested it unnecessarily. They are supposed to be the customer-centric company who doesn’t have government contracts. Steve famously contributed to progressive causes.

Well my point is, they could use this as a battle line against the fascists. Help galvanize support against them by showing us that they aren’t putting up with his shit.

Good point. Sigh.

Picture looks like it’s from 1957

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_cliff

Don’t forget the dozens of federal felony convictions

What is this? Did Bert dump Ernie and move in with a chick?

/c/disenshittify@lemmy.cafe

Looks dormant though.

This is a deadly ignorant take. If every home has 2 EVs to charge, it won’t make enough of a difference to matter. It’s like leaving on extra lights. Residential solar panels are cheap and only getting cheaper.

Meanwhile, data centers have to build diesel turbines because the grid can’t handle their massive draw. But by all means blame the EVs.

If the robots could really replace the people, you’d see the robots smoking weed by the dumpster on their break. But you don’t, and that proves they won’t be able to make a good pizza.

Camacho, played to unhinged perfection by Terry Crews

… who is now starring in commercials for Ram trucks which bear an eerie resemblance to Camacho in the movie.

Do we really need more users though? Lemmy is like original Reddit right now which is much better IMO.

Yeah give me a good opportunity and I’ll do it. As long as it’s not in vain though.

I just use wheels that will others have built and call it my car 😎

You’re taking my comment a little too seriously. I just know that what I do is essentially playing with other people’s legos, to make a CRUD app, to show my industry’s equivalent of cat pictures. I leave the heavy math and theory to the real computer scientists.