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Cake day: August 5th, 2023

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  • I think you are on the right track with the idea that some work places (and industries) are more prone to use it, but I wonder what subset of the population work in those places/industries.

    And I don’t care if farms are factory or not. I think most people could care less. What they want is convenience, environmental protections, regulations etc.

    I think the people screaming about factory farms don’t know anything about farming and they think factory farms are forcing regular farmers out of business. What they don’t realize is the vast majority of regular farmers are well off. When you or I file for bankruptcy chances are we lose everything. A farm files for bankruptcy will more often than not continue operating.



  • It may depend on the iteration you had. I remember very clearly that the touch interface was pretty good for a resistive touch screen, but I found icons and the interface to be made for ants and that was back when I had better than 20/20 vision. I also do remember that apps were pretty sparse.

    I think the interface was better than Palms interface and Blackberry’s but the iPhone in particular had a better easier to navigate UI, and android (even though they took a little bit to catch up), also generally had a better interface.

    I feel like if you were a windows user it was fine. Other than that it just wasn’t that great. But they didn’t even try to compete once they got actual competition.

    Edit: My experience with Windows phone was from the Windows phone 5 interface (back when it was similar to the desktop client before they did their tile touch iteration to make it more like windows 8).

    So in fairness, it did get a little better but that was pretty much right before MS gave up on it entirely.




  • The problem right now is they were sold and prices such that they were less expensive than a high end gaming PC. Now they’re getting into the price of a gaming PC (with the recent increases) at a time when people have less disposable income. They were always for people who could afford their price point. Right now those same people likely can’t afford their price point (PS5 launch price was $500) and usually at this point in their life cycle they get discounted. Instead they have gone up in price at a time when people just don’t have the money for them. The game prices have been increasing as well (PS5 now retails at $100 more than launch price halfway through what’s assumed to be a 10 year life cycle).

    These prices will likely continue to rise (because consoles are manufactured and sold on such thin profit margins) as the components to keep manufacturing them continue to get more expensive.

    If/when the bubble pops we’ll see if they stay at high prices or get discounted but as of right now the article is correct. It’s hard to be relevant when you’re pricing your users out of buying your product because you’re being priced out on the component end.


  • The thing is, it isn’t an app strictly for what the article says some people use it for. Plus there’s a lot of differences between what is “street legal” vs what is race track legal. I know people who buy cars specifically to track them. They may change the tune on their car as a result. Doesn’t necessarily mean they are removing parts or doing anything illegal.

    Hell. You can use this app if you happen to build a kit car.

    I understand that you’re upset about the potential impact on the environment. But this is a fishing expedition.

    It’d make more sense to subpoena companies selling deletion kits (and outlaw the sale of those in the US).