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According to Elon Musk’s own math, the company formerly known as Twitter has lost 90% of its value and could be worth just $4 billion
  • No, Musk is just a moron. You just need to look at his interactions with former staff to realize it was his ego and inability to admit being wrong that ran the company into the ground.

    He's been behaving like a bratty child, except he's the owner of the company so any tantrums he throws have direct influence.

  • Todd Howard asked on-air why Bethesda didn't optimise Starfield for PC: 'We did [...] you may need to upgrade your PC'
  • ID tech is nowhere near flexible enough for something like Starfield or even Skyrim. It's partially the reason why it's so efficient. It simply isn't fit for the task.

    And the Bethesda developers are intimately familiar with Creation Engine, achieving the same level of productivity with something new will take a long time. Switching the engine is not an easy thing.

    Not to say that Creation Engine isn't a cumbersome mess. It has pretty awful performance, stability and is full of bugs, but on the other hand it's extremely flexible which has allowed its games to have massive mod communities.

  • Researching alcohol interventions for a friend. I’ve seen more ads for alcohol than ever in my life
  • It should be noted that setting Adguard as your DNS will allow Adguard to track the domains you visit. The latest info I can find is that a lot of their team is still located in Russia, which makes them susceptible to government demands regardless of their intentions.

    DNS adblocking should be the last resort. On Android there are many ways to do system wide local adblocking (with and without root). Don't know about iOS. Alternatively you can do network level blocking with something like a pi-hole.

  • Anon buys a new phone
  • I'll bet my left nut that you don't have a male USB-A to female USB-C adapter that can support fast charging. So you'll still end up ordering one from Amazon - a local store is unlikely to carry one.

    USB-A to USB-C is the current standard. I am convinced they include a USB-C to USB-C cable because most people don't have those chargers, so they'll be more likely to order one with their phone.

  • Leaked Email Shows Elon Musk Demanding "Sub 10 Micron Accuracy​” Cybertruck Parts
  • The leaked email has his name on it and the leak claims it was an email from Elon to employees. Can't really tell if the leak is real or fake, but if it's real then Elon is definitely the one who wrote it.

    Based on his proclivity to say dumb shit and his inability to keep his mouth shut, I'm inclined to believe it's a real leak.

  • Central Moscow building hit by drone in latest attack on Russian capital
  • they do more to mobilize the population.

    Mobilize the population?

    Most of the population doesn't give a fuck about their country invading Ukraine because they have their heads comfortably in the sand. Those who aren't ignoring it, either already fully support it or are fully against it.

    "This is affecting me now. I don't like it" is the more likely response you'd see from the majority. They just want things to be how they were, and them going to the front is the exact opposite of it.

    This "it could anger and provoke the Russians" rhetoric is not rooted in reality.

  • ​Canada likely sitting on the largest housing bubble of all time: Strategist - BNN Bloomberg
  • Regular people already can't afford housing. Almost anyone owning a house is a millionaire, or has borrowed a million from the bank as a mortgage.

    The former will survive just fine. The latter took a tremendous risk by borrowing a million dollars to buy properly in an overheated market. If it works out then they can enjoy the fruits of their high risk play. If it doesn't work out, then they should suffer the consequences. That's how all risks work.

  • ​Canada likely sitting on the largest housing bubble of all time: Strategist - BNN Bloomberg
  • Not the same at all. The previous housing bubble was a result of widespread fraud by the banks. Now, people know very well to look out for that exact thing happening, and it isn't.

    If there is a bubble right now, which there probably is, it is a speculative bubble. People believe that housing will forever quickly grow in price, so they are willing to pay above reasonable price to not miss out on the opportunity. Which in turn increases the prices further. It's a self-sustaining cycle, but at some point there won't be enough capital to sustain it any longer. Can happen in a year, can happen in a decade, can happen tomorrow.

  • ‘You’re Telling Me in 2023, You Still Have a ’Droid?’ Why Teens Hate Android Phones / A recent survey of teens found that 87% have iPhones, and don’t plan to switch
  • You don’t need direct file access and prevents a third party device from potentially transferring malware to it.

    What malware lol. ClickForFreeMoney.apk? Even then, the applications are sandboxed pretty well. Even if you install "malware" it won't be able to do much unless you also grant it permissions to access personal data.

    As for trusting ad blockers, unless you are downloading and building each update yourself. You are still susceptible to a supply chain attack or bad actor even by using open source.

    Most adblockers (all the good ones) don't require frequent updates. They frequently update filter lists, which don't execute any code and therefore can't do anything malicious. And what you said applies to every application ever. Anyone can have their credentials stolen and used to publish a modified application.

    I’m just trying to make the argument that iPhone isn’t inferior to android and vice versa

    I don't disagree, Androids and iPhones are pretty much at feature and quality parity nowadays. But it sounds like you're starting from a conclusion and working backwards, which is not a good way to think.

  • ‘You’re Telling Me in 2023, You Still Have a ’Droid?’ Why Teens Hate Android Phones / A recent survey of teens found that 87% have iPhones, and don’t plan to switch
  • After getting an iPhone for my mom, and running into multiple issues just setting up the account, including an apparently rare known UI bug*, I can't say I am convinced by the "It just works" slogan.

    I really don't see the difference in experience for an average person buying any big brand android phone vs an iPhone.

    *something about an old account re-setup not working on the phone and apparently some steps had to be done in the web interface. The phone UI was just giving an unspecified error and I had to dig deep into Google to find out wtf is wrong. A non-tech person would have no chance of solving it on their own.

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