Not only is it completely useless for all but the simplest of summary tasks, but I also don’t need it so much that some “colossal” skuM needs to build their own EPA-violating methane burning power plants to provide that uselessness to my home computer. Diminishing returns doesn’t begin to spell out how little use this is to the user.
Look up the War Powers Resolution. As long as congress is notified within 48 hours, there’s a free pass for 60 days with another 30 for withdrawal before any approval is granted.
Hire back everyone with retroactive pay, then let the leopard finish eating the execs’ faces by firing them and replacing with AI (except, don’t bother with the AI part)
I’m a contributor to some of those in-store stress tests. I’m also quite the opposite of ol’ Clark Howard “willing to pay less to get less” which is really a contributing factor to enshitification. If quality is ensured, I’m willing to value it higher. That definitely requires discipline and a willingness to go without, rather than settling. Here’s hoping maybe you can find a “they don’t make them like they used to” snowblower at an estate sale or something.
Love how they pulled the Uno reverse and gave it right back to the amateurs who likely overpaid AFS, CGI, or some other useless “provider” to do the bare minimum to implement and probably not maintain this infrastructure.
Barix would like to emphasize that its devices are secure for Broadcast use when set up correctly and protected with a strong password.
Arctic is great, but it appears to be abandonware at this point. I have occasional problems with it failing to fetch posts, now, too. Haven’t pinned down why.
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