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New comment by mimikatz in "Google Hates You"

mimikatz — Thu, 28 May 2026 19:56:10 +0000

You don't anthropomorphize your lawnmower, the lawnmower just mows the lawn, you stick your hand in there and it'll chop it off, the end. You don't think 'oh, the lawnmower hates me' -- lawnmower doesn't give a shit about you, lawnmower can't hate you. Don't anthropomorphize the lawnmower.

New comment by mimikatz in "I'm drowning in AI features I never asked for and I hate it"

mimikatz — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 02:06:09 +0000

My nest to Google Home got "updated". I just to ask hey google what is the thermostat set to and it would tell me 70-whatever degrees. Now after the update it tells me it is set to cool. Not that helpful, I have to ask, hey google what temperature is the thermostat set to, which is longer and I find annoying specific

New comment by mimikatz in "Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over"

mimikatz — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:15:54 +0000

Let nurses do more, let them write some prescriptions, let them open up a shop that puts casts on people with broken bones and minor things which they mostly do anyways.

New comment by mimikatz in "Teaching a new way to prevent outages at Google"

mimikatz — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 06:53:26 +0000

Thanks to all the people here pointing out how bloated, overly broad and useless this is. I went to read it thinking I would pick up something applicable and it was written in such a overwrought humanless style that I gave up learning nothing and thought the problem was me. I am glad to learn I am not alone.

New comment by mimikatz in "AirPods Pro 2 adds 'clinical grade' hearing aid feature"

mimikatz — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:19:28 +0000

Yes, this is a clear example of how regulation was harming people (not all regulation is bad, but some of it is, usually the kind that gets between safe things and users)

New comment by mimikatz in "Microsoft to delay release of Recall AI feature on security concerns"

mimikatz — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:56:10 +0000

It isn't there are large real world implications and difference in what each does and what risk it exposes to the end user.

New comment by mimikatz in "Tesla recalls all cybertrucks for faulty accelerator pedals"

mimikatz — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:05:41 +0000

This exact same thing was seen a Boeing, which isn't a model of good manufacturing, but it is semi-commmonplace for the line to have unapproved fixes.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/faa-found-staff-boeings-supplier-0...

New comment by mimikatz in "Caltech restores standardized test requirement for undergraduate admission"

mimikatz — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:48:54 +0000

It is just those are objective measures and lead to minority groups being discriminated against (notably Asians) having data to prove it.

New comment by mimikatz in "Spotify CFO cashes in £7.2M in shares after value surges on news of job cuts"

mimikatz — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:41:07 +0000

Executives aren't able to time their sales of stock to events and they shouldn't be able to as it would lead to more manipulation. It is likely the sale of stock was planned ahead of the layoff announcement timing.

New comment by mimikatz in "[dead]"

mimikatz — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:17:48 +0000

The time value money math seems pretty light here. The win condition is that you have a single person using up a table.

New comment by mimikatz in "Google confirms they will disable uBlock Origin in Chrome in 2024"

mimikatz — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 03:50:33 +0000

This is actually the best chance Microsoft has to bring Edge back from the dead and make people support using it.

New comment by mimikatz in "Oregon decriminalized hard drugs – it isn't working"

mimikatz — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 05:38:32 +0000

It also forces them to get clean and give them another shot at sobriety.

New comment by mimikatz in "Oregon decriminalized hard drugs – it isn't working"

mimikatz — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 05:37:39 +0000

We need to not treat all drugs the same. Heroin, Fentanyl, Meth are absolutely destructive forces and possession should force people into rehab or jail (their choice). Weed, acid, maybe coke should just be tickets and you can't do it/carry it around publically, openly sell it, etc.

New comment by mimikatz in "Auto industry executives admit electric vehicle plans are in jeopardy"

mimikatz — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 05:57:19 +0000

Sure you could. it is better to just make a better product people prefer.

New comment by mimikatz in "U.S. Deficit, Pegged at $1.7T, Effectively Doubled in 2023"

mimikatz — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 11:48:56 +0000

You can run a moderate amount of deficit without anything bad happening, and governments can do it indefinitely. HOWEVER, the amount you can run is not unlimited and can collapse the system if it gets too high. So you should be very careful with how much debt you are actually carrying and how much you add to it. Also you need to be careful because the amount it costs to carry your debt can fluctuate.

The same is somewhat true for corporations as well.

New comment by mimikatz in "Ad-free Facebook, Instagram access planned for $14 per month in Europe"

mimikatz — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 14:37:46 +0000

I actually feel the same way. Facebook actually has relevant ads to local events (some of which I am even interested in). As opposed to Google which is trying to drive my purchasing behavior. or Twitter which is borderline useless. It is really the local part the others I missing and where value is provided.

I wonder if that is an ease of use facebook thing for small marketers, better location data, or lower ad costs making it more worthwhile

New comment by mimikatz in "California needs real math education, not gimmicks"

mimikatz — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 01:34:28 +0000

More and more I get the feeling California doesn't care about the homelessness, undocumented immigrants, and Medicare. There are just a ton of grifters who make a lot of noise on the topics, but don't push for policies that would actually improve things. Or push for them in a way that is just more red tape that hinders actual results. Education is in the same bucket. Lots of noise from lots of people with bad ideas or bad implementations of ok ideas.

New comment by mimikatz in "US public debt projected to reach 181% of economic activity in 30 years"

mimikatz — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 22:43:38 +0000

Just because they don't care now doesn't mean they won't in the future and like you said it is a potential disaster if they do. Because it will come at the worst time because that is when these things happen. I think a reasonable amount of debt is healthy and fine, but people want to spend and think that the bill doesn't ever come due. Sometimes inflation eats it and it was good that you spent the money, sometimes your face will get ripped off and you need to be careful.

New comment by mimikatz in "Apple’s fight against iPhone sideloading was pointless at best, harmful at worst"

mimikatz — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 18:25:42 +0000

Because the people in my life who aren't as technical as me and I support will be taken advantage. Sideloading would make their lives noticeably worse as scammers, hackers, and thieves trick them into doing dangerous things. Not giving them the options makes their phone a safer place, which is why people want it applied to others.

Smart tech users do lose out in the trade off, but it is a trade off.

New comment by mimikatz in "Farmers Can’t Keep Hogging the Water in Parched Southwest"

mimikatz — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 05:11:32 +0000

That's exactly how you would fix it, the interests who control things don't want to pay market price. People in general hate paying what something costs when they have been paying the subsidized rate.