eep_social

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Slow moving UX disaster: Passkeys are now required
9 points by eep_social 11mo ago|3 comments
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by eep_social 11mo ago
let’s start with cars. I’ve accepted that I’ll never buy a new car again which is a real shame as EVs have a ton of potential. I’d be so happy to be wrong but the trend seems to be inescapable right now.
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by eep_social 11mo ago
> confident my data is my data this attitude strikes me as remarkably naive in 2025. apple is well on its way down the slippery slope.
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by eep_social 1y ago
> always been another group to move in and take up the abandoned land Completely agree with your points, but I think it’s worth mentioning that the collapsing populations may not have been aware of this depending on their level of isolat
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by eep_social 1y ago
seems well coordinated with the recent escalation of aggression around google accounts without a cell phone number attached “to help make sure you don’t lose access to your account.” complete horseshit, but they can get away with it.
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by eep_social 1y ago
whatsapp is a different form of the same malignant cancer, or so the unremovable meta-ai overlay seems to say.
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by eep_social 1y ago
on a whim, I walked into a Lucid dealership and asked for a copy of their privacy policy as it relates to a purchased vehicle. the salesman told me “no” very firmly, so I left.
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by eep_social 1y ago
my XM app with a paid subscription now has in-app popups advertising concerts. it sucks. I will say that they’re typically concerts related to the channel I am on, but there is no world in which I want to attend live music, and of course th
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by eep_social 1y ago
> We are lighting ourselves on fire. And the majority celebrate because they feel warm.
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by eep_social 1y ago
It was unacceptable then and continues to grow more-so every time they release anything. However, as another commenter pointed out they seem content to be slightly-less-bad than their competitors which means those of us who are furious rema
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by eep_social 1y ago
Apple has trained us to expect better. I pay the premium price with those expectations in mind. I, personally, would _like_ a new laptop and am lucky to be able to afford to buy at any retail price point but I cannot justify spending on App
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by eep_social 1y ago
it wasn’t at first but I suspect they received a ton of feedback and fixed it. in my estimation the robo driver has reached a median-human level of driving skill. it still doesn’t quite know how to balance the weight of the car through turn
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by eep_social 1y ago
finance and tech or wherever the money is best
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by eep_social 1y ago
I didn’t read the whole thing but the intro seems even handed: https://hendrik-erz.de/post/lying-to-your-research-subjects-...
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by eep_social 1y ago
Good read, thanks! I was surprised that the author brushed by restrictions around marketing while concluding that limited access would be an improvement. The normalization of betting and odds via inclusion in broadcasts, celebrity endorseme
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by eep_social 1y ago
> weed, for example, is inherently addictive, gambling is not Any science on this? That’s a wild statement vs my priors.
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by eep_social 1y ago
I take this as “volatile” in the sense that it bonds easily with other molecules
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by eep_social 1y ago
> If you can't get me to care about this "privacy" issue, your narrative is screwed, because I'm in a vehemently pro-freedom libertarian demographic. your assertion of credentials is thoroughly countered by the inform
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by eep_social 1y ago
all the US domestic majors have either viasat or starlink these days.
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by eep_social 1y ago
Don’t bother switching to a better browser either, those prompts will be replaced with prompts to download chrome
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by eep_social 1y ago
I am; I seem to recall it was Chase (and I do have a Chase account) but it could have been another bank or financial institution.
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by eep_social 1y ago
My new-to-me iphone mini 13 arrived yesterday. Will be upgrading soon or when my 12 mini dies.
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by eep_social 1y ago
found today’s optimist, congrats you win one warm fuzzy feeling. the verbiage is the same.
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by eep_social 1y ago
their partnership runs pretty deep, I suspect they both view this as win-win.
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by eep_social 1y ago
Here’s a fact we know, South Koreans are eligible for the VWP. [1] [1] https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-...
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by eep_social 1y ago
Agreed, he may have left but it’s apparent no one took out the trash.
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by eep_social 1y ago
The damage Johnny Ive did to the Apple brand is going to be a historical case study in failure.
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by eep_social 1y ago
ashby links are all broken
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by eep_social 1y ago
https://archive.is/q5F1Q
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by eep_social 1y ago
> was it $20 billion more like 40, yes

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