draughtcyclist

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[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

I saw so much of this. The same thing with Intel marketing dollars over AMD. Or Nvidia marketing dollars over AMD. Or Microsoft over Linux offerings for laptops. I'm surprised it's not public knowledge at this point.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 51 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Jim Farley has been quite open about EVs - and he's been conducting hands-on market research. He's done podcasts on the topic.

I don't know why everyone grabs their pitchforks for this - they're trying to address competition to modernize their offerings.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

Please levy the largest fine imaginable for this spyware without consent. Because I know my country won't fucking do it.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I feel like the power consumption is worth considering as well.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I grew up with games so I get it - but is your other shit handled? I.e. chores, homework and other responsibilities?

My kids are lazy AF and would probably agree with this.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Either that or a bot operating on his behalf. 13 day old account with 500+ comments - either a bot or some fuckin' loser with nothing better to do than lick boot.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I believe these chip restrictions were delayed between the time this article was published (yesterday) and now.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Ginger lime diet coke is an abomination and I'm here for it.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

He's Canadian and we have our own problems at the moment, thank you.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Isn't that wombats?

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Correct - but having seen them in action, well planned ones are executed from multiple countries at once so they can't just be geoip blocked.

My money is on Elon not understanding how it works, lying, or both. Much more history of that happening than the other.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

He's claimed DDoS before right after the purge. I'm pretty sure it was just the platform being crushed by normal traffic. I'm skeptical this isn't just operating as funded.

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