[-] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 week ago

There was a viral YouTube video of doing exactly this a few years back.

https://youtu.be/LHFhnnTWMgI

[-] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 92 points 1 month ago

Going from Biden to a campaign with actual energy behind it is incredibly refreshing.

[-] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 30 points 3 months ago

Exactly this. The only annoying part is that it then doesn't count toward your deductable and out of pocket maximum. It's crazy how nominally $1k+ medicines become like $30 when you pay without insurance.

[-] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 27 points 5 months ago

Notably this post gets it wrong too, missing the S. It's "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog".

[-] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 27 points 7 months ago

If they hadn't applied the same charges to legitimate 3rd party applications they could still do this and have avoided the massive community backlash.

Considering their horrible track record with advertising and selling Reddit premium this should be the single best way for them to finally monetize their platform. They didn't need to destroy what little credibility they had remaining to their users to get to this point, but for whatever reason they did.

[-] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 40 points 8 months ago

I'd argue we're at the point where that would be a good business move too. It wouldn't fix my main issue of but allowing 3rd party repairs so I wouldn't buy one, but I know several people who have bought other brands due to Elon.

[-] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 117 points 8 months ago

By far replaceable batteries. You used to be able to purchase physically larger and higher capacity batteries to get insane battery life, but because they would include a larger rear plastic for the phone it would still look normal. Now we have to waste space and lose efficiency with external power banks.

[-] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 36 points 8 months ago

I visit China frequently for work and feel that the impression most older Americans have of China is incredibly out of touch. The traditional media portrayal of the country is definitely a part of this. Yes, it's certainly an authoritarian state, but this doesn't change whether the people are nice or what they want in life.

[-] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 19 points 10 months ago

Lurkers using third party apps were in many ways worse impacted by the API changes than those actively participating. The high cost of API access is only worth as much value as the service is to you, and if lurking that's going to be lower and less likely to be worthwhile in the few third party apps switching to the subscription model.

[-] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 32 points 10 months ago

Vehicles classified as light duty trucks in the US are also not subject to such strict emissions standards. Many crossovers are classified as light trucks despite being the same platforms as sedans, but because the classification is different the crossover can cut costs the sedan can't at the expense of emissions. And because of this for a while now "light trucks" have composed the majority of vehicle sales in the US.

It's confusing that vehicles get favorable treatment from the EPA simply for being taller. Sounds like industry lobbying happened to me since SUVs are conveniently also well known for having the best profit margins.

[-] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 33 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Depending on the environment you grew up in this isn't necessarily the case, high school and college particularly can be very high pressure and consume tons of time when you're not actively "at school". The pressure in college was so much higher than in a real job for me. Weekends used to be for homework and studying only. Weekdays after 5? Also homework. The stress and self inflicted pressure before finals and exams which determine 20%+ of your grade was unreal. Summers were for internships and those weekends were nice. But still not as nice as doing the same thing and getting paid 4x as much.

[-] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 18 points 11 months ago

Although vaping is far more popular and at least better than smoking, it's still actively bad for health. I'd be interested to see how a similar policy to ban vapes would go over in the west like they're trying in Taiwan.

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