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Ha -- (pic) - Jovian Apr 26, 13:08 [Attachment]
MC/ARS - budice Apr 26, 12:50
Musk thought he could just arbitrarily charge exorbitant amounts for the Twitter API. Instead companies are dropping it like a hot potato. Microsoft being the most recent -- (link*) - decline Apr 26, 12:48 3
- didnt musky threaten to sue Msoft for dropping the use of that API? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 26, 12:49 2
  - He did. Threaten, that is. -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 12:52 1
    - I think in this case he'd be suing OpenAI rather than MSFT. -- nm - Max Apr 26, 13:04
Voyager 2 will now tap a small reserve of power and continue on until 2026 -- (link) - Remlik Apr 26, 12:47
*sigh* school is giving my daughter shit about accepting a summer course for credit. approved the course last year. this year they're saying it has - oblique Apr 26, 12:27 11
- you can always ask the summer school if they want to change it to 5 credits from 4. -- nm* - Peglegpete Apr 26, 13:10 1
  - to clarify, she's registered for the class. hasn't taken it yet. school has to approve the class in advance -- nm - oblique Apr 26, 13:13
- Ain't no bureaucracy like a school bureaucracy. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 26, 12:56
- A certain set of skills. -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 12:53
- Nobody 2 -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 12:46
- I hated it when they tried to do it to me. eff them -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 12:36
- Make. Them. Bleed. -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:35
- Make them weep -- nm - Fuzzy Apr 26, 12:34 2
  - play some rap music -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 26, 12:40 [youtube]
  - I will also accept this. -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:35
- oh its on now -- nm - budice Apr 26, 12:28
the end of James Corden's show feels like it's been going on for a month or longer - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 12:21 3
- same with ellen -- nm - budice Apr 26, 12:22 2
  - i legit thought she quit it over a year ago -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 12:24 1
    - and now we have Drew Barrymore and KellyClarkson -- nm - budice Apr 26, 12:29
Texas continues its slide into authoritarianism -- (link) - TWuG Apr 26, 12:16 7
- Woman can no longer wear pants! -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:26 3
  - pants just make women feel like they are equal to men. hence they are bad. Just wear pajamas and stay in the kitchen. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 26, 12:32 1
    - no no. better yet. make them again wear that white cloth (forget what this was called) over their clothes to stay modest. -- nm - Jovian Apr 26, 12:35
  - We approve! -- nm - ZZ Top Apr 26, 12:27
- I'd be wearing a kilt every day. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 26, 12:25
- this heading to its school systems. Since they don't want transgender people teaching their kids - Pippy can't read Apr 26, 12:22
- That's so nebulous as to be utterly unenforceable. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 12:21
Whoa. KDB -- nm - JD Apr 26, 12:07
lol so thirsty -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 12:05 1
- Bwahahahahaha: "A kinder, gentler fascist hand." -- nm - TWuG Apr 26, 12:12
The ST Influencers: Today is evidently National Denim Day and the county domestic violence council asked us to join in support - crash davis 😺 Apr 26, 12:03 4
- neechay -- nm - JaxSean Apr 26, 12:16
- what size shirt do you wear? -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 12:11 2
  - XL. Why? Those Superman shirts you're stuck with because only fools like Superman should be sent to an African village or something. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 26, 12:15 1
    - Ha. No I might send you a Dragonball Z shirt though! -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 12:18
leave it to Detroit to do EVs completely wrong -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 11:40 23
- "This isn't shortsighted in the face of a looming recession at all." -- nm - Max Apr 26, 12:41
- It's so dumb, as it had the chance to be the Honda Civic of EVs. -- nm - Reagen Apr 26, 12:21 1
  - which has basically been their problem for 50 years (shoulda listened to DeLorean when the first oil crisis hit!) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 12:30
- I had to give up my sedan for a crossover because I'm old. Getting in and out was becoming more difficult. - Pachypodium baronii Apr 26, 12:01
- Making room in their factory for the Equinox and Blazer (unfortunately) -- (link) - oblique Apr 26, 11:45 6
  - i know why they think they have to keep the monster truck gravy train rolling but skeptical that those are the same buyers who are choosing Telsas - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 11:50 5
    - Maybe Hyundai/Kia will get their shit together and get US plants open for those sweet tax breaks. The Kona/Niro is a much better low-end car than the - oblique Apr 26, 11:52 4
      - just announced this week (thanks IRA!) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 11:55 3
        
        The Ioniq 5 is probably the closest thing to the Bolt in that list but sadly starts at $41k. It's just true, the compact car EV market is dead - oblique Apr 26, 11:58 2
        
        It's thinking like your IM that has pretty much killed the compact car in general -- nm - JD Apr 26, 12:02
        
        no it’s alive and well everywhere else. Europe and Asia ain’t gonna buy or sell that trash -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 12:01
- I did this. -- nm - Biden Sticker Apr 26, 11:43 1
  - (granted, the Bolt was the sole exception, but still) -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 11:44
- "news of the Bolt’s demise came after it delivered GM its best-ever quarter for EVs... Bolts made up the majority of GM’s EV sales in 2022" -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 11:42 9
  - At least this time GM is only stopping production and they're not literally killing their electric car -- nm - JD Apr 26, 12:06 7
    - and then when sales of the high-end shit go nowhere "well, the market just doesn't want EVs yet" -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 12:10 6
      - I'd rather GM not fail at selling EVs, but others will fill the vacuum they leave when they file for bankruptcy. - TWuG Apr 26, 12:14 5
        
        You make more selling bigger more expensive and more satisfying cars...ie: apple products - zeitgeist Apr 26, 12:31 3
        
        Apple tried making smaller, less expensive versions of its products and they didn't sell very well - JD Apr 26, 12:38
        
        more profit per sale but eventually only single-digit market share - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 12:33 1
        
        This is what Apple keeps trying to tell those who accuse them of a monopoly on their phone based services ;-) -- nm - JD Apr 26, 12:39
        
        that's Amazon-level thinking -- (edited) - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 12:22
  - I mean, they had the Bolt in two formats and....? The Hummer, I guess. - TWuG Apr 26, 11:58
Pokemon Go Fest Osaka August 4-6. Go Fest London August 4-6. Go Fest NYC August 18-20. Go Fest Global August 26-27. -- nm - ty97 Apr 26, 11:39 1
- *throws Pokémon balls* -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 11:50
A New Day for Jets fans -- (link) - budice Apr 26, 11:34 6
- 🤞🏼🤞🏼 -- nm - Krusty Apr 26, 12:04
- Aaron Rodgers blamed cell service at his house for not returning Brian Gutekunst's calls. -- nm - budice Apr 26, 11:58 1
  - LOFL -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:25
- Qanon Rogers is ready to take snaps! -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 11:37 2
  - ...or...is he? -- nm - JaxSean Apr 26, 11:40 1
    - contract says hes gotta take 65% of them! -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 12:10
A Haunting In Venice | Teaser Trailer | 20th Century Studios (September 15th) (giggity) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 26, 11:28 [youtube] 2
- I didn't realize it was (one of those) movies. I can hear JackDawson squealing from here. And I join him. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 12:28 1
  - yup, I didn't either till I watched it. hence the giggity :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 26, 12:31
Gareth Edwards’ ‘True Love’ is now titled 'The Creator' .."This movie makes Blade Runner look like child’s play in its production design." to which I say .. -- (edited) - mud ♪ Apr 26, 11:24 3
- Blade Runner was 1982. I would hope there'd be a few advances in production design since then. - Pachypodium baronii Apr 26, 11:30 2
  - "advances" -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 26, 11:39
  - not many for the better -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 11:39
"As with other dangerous trends in car design (see the steering yoke), this one can be traced back to Tesla" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 10:58 25
- I was inside a Tesla recently for the first time, and I really hated some of their design decisions. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 26, 11:45 3
  - You do you, but just sitting in the car isn't the same as driving one. - TWuG Apr 26, 12:19 1
    - That is true. - Marlowe Apr 26, 12:28
  - Not as bad as the Bolt, but, yeah. -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 11:46
- What drivers hate is poorly implemented UIs on touchscreens. - TWuG Apr 26, 11:28 6
  - or people just like buttons -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 11:44
  - and laaaaaag -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 11:28 4
    - Yep. I've never noticed lag except on choosing streaming music. - TWuG Apr 26, 11:32 3
      - Yes - I hear that Rivian's software is pretty decent as well. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 11:32 2
        
        I read last night that GM and someone are eschewing car play for native systems for which they will eventually charge a monthly fee. what crap - judge indianapolis jones Apr 26, 11:53 1
        
        -- sorry, I got here from "rivian doesn't use apple play at all." -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Apr 26, 11:54
- Ford is removing the dial from their giant tablets in newer models, which is contrary to what consumers want. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 11:04 13
  - hard control/knobs are key to safe driving. that was a huge criticism of the tesla semis - all touch panel, no way to make adjustments blind. -- nm - colin Apr 26, 11:08 12
    - This is incorrect. The scroll wheels on the steering wheel have multiple functions. Also, voice commands. - TWuG Apr 26, 11:23 4
      - in a car, sure, in a semi, not the same. -- nm - colin Apr 26, 11:29 3
        
        Why not? -- nm - TWuG Apr 26, 11:33 2
        
        semis have air systems, extra lights, and in-cab systems. - colin Apr 26, 11:41 1
        
        All of which can be controlled by voice or by tasking it to a scroll wheel - TWuG Apr 26, 12:10
    - my info panel is touchscreen only but all the necessary controls are also on the steering wheel so it's rarely an issue for me -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 11:13 3
      - is your heat/AC/butt heater on the wheel? I hate three clicks to turn on my butt heater. just give me a switch. - judge indianapolis jones Apr 26, 11:17 2
        
        “This one goes to 11” -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Apr 26, 11:26
        
        3-heat butts. it's a button down with the other AC stuff below the screen on the console pillar. but i only had to just use it for the first time on rainy days -- (edited) - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 11:20
    - I haaaaate the "volume slider."yes I could say "ok, ID turn the volume up" but it makes me feel like a giant douchebag and the voice of ok ID is so - judge indianapolis jones Apr 26, 11:12 1
      - thank you for not talking -- nm - ID Newton Apr 26, 11:13
    - It's probably pretty hard to drive blind too -- nm - decline Apr 26, 11:11
Babylon 5: JMS teasing something...this is not about the reboot -- (link) - Remlik Apr 26, 10:57 1
- One week. -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 11:46
Said Carlson: “I haven’t eaten dinner with my wife on a weeknight in seven years.” - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 10:54 7
- WHO married that troglodyte? -- nm - Pippy can't read Apr 26, 10:56 2
  - certainly not me! -- nm - Russian agent 🍺 Apr 26, 11:23
  - You did see who I married right? Same reasons. -- nm - Lara Trump Apr 26, 10:59
- He hasn't taken a vacation in seven years? -- nm - Krusty Apr 26, 10:56 3
  - That's what he tells the wife -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 11:35
  - only to Hungary -- nm - colin Apr 26, 11:02
  - interpret it how you will -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 10:57
Bluehost: Errant subdomains purged. *closes tab on alternate WordPress hosting options* -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 10:53 1
- Excellent! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 11:04
YouTube only raked in $6.69bil in advertising revenue for the first fiscal quarter of 2023 compared to the $6.87bil during the same period last year. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 10:24 1
- how will they ever stay in business at this rate? -- nm - decline Apr 26, 10:25
Um, Spawn. I think you need this -- (link) - oblique Apr 26, 10:23 1
- Oh my... Hmm, they want it with their Snap Plates due to car washes. Hmm. Will research them. -- (edited) - Spawn Apr 26, 12:39
Belgium Universal Yums box has been A freaking plus so far. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 26, 10:22
"Harmony" coming to Broadway this fall. About the Comedian Harmonists, popular in Germany in the 1930s. Written by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman. -- (link) - MDH Apr 26, 10:16 3
- I own a Comedian Harmonists cd. I used to play it for my younger brothers in the car which made them gripe because it was "so old" -- nm - Max Apr 26, 11:12 1
  - mine just hated that i played Kate Bush, The Cure, etc. on the morning drive to school. tough shit MFers! -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 11:21
- Better than about Harmony Korine. -- nm - Krusty Apr 26, 10:19
Can anyone explain what the Governor of Florida is doing in Israel? Is there nothing to do at home? -- nm - loosilu Apr 26, 10:09 12
- Wouldnt be surprised if Bibi requested him to. -- nm - Jovian Apr 26, 10:31
- He has no experience or work in foreign policy so he's trying to look like he cares about it. And going to Israel looks good to - Krusty Apr 26, 10:20 2
  - Ah yes. The evangelicals. -- nm - loosilu Apr 26, 10:21 1
    - Oddly, bibi is burning that bridge, Christians in Israel are complaining about treatment there -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 11:38
- Begging for money. -- nm - David Apr 26, 10:16
- Desantis to the Disney lawyers Today -- (link) - budice Apr 26, 10:14 2
  - 😹 -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Apr 26, 10:18
  - LOL -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 10:15
- Comparing notes with Bibi -- nm - TWuG Apr 26, 10:12
- he is totally not trying to show he can be diplomatic for any of his national office roles that he is totally not going to run for -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 26, 10:10 2
  - Who didn't pay for the trip? -- nm - loosilu Apr 26, 10:16
  - I look forward to an era of renewed peace in Israel and the Levant as a result of his efforts. - Beryllium Apr 26, 10:15
what is this about? raising taxes for legal fees? -- (link) - judge indianapolis jones Apr 26, 10:01 [Backboard] 3
- The new oversight board said they might need to raise taxes to afford legal costs to fight Disney’s neutering of the oversight board. -- (link) - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 26, 10:04 1
  - thanking u -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Apr 26, 10:11
- Florida is For Suckers -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 26, 10:03
Tubi founder and CEO Farhad Massoudi is stepping down. (Fox-owned now) -- (link) - budice Apr 26, 09:57 6
- Hmm, wonder how soon they'll want me to start paying for it? -- nm - Meg ⛵ Apr 26, 10:29 5
  - There's an interesting conversation happening about how valuable viewers are for ad-supported services (like Tubi). - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 10:31 4
    - Pluto TV is on a lot in the background at my house. -- nm - MDH Apr 26, 10:41 2
      - How much are you willing to pay to watch Knight Rider reruns 24/7? -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 26, 10:43 1
        
        It's mostly Star Trek and Iron Chef (my partner finishes work much earlier than me and just has it playing) -- nm - MDH Apr 26, 10:48
    - I heard this mentioned on STIV and it scared me to death. That was always the allure of the cable movie channels. No ads. - Pippy can't read Apr 26, 10:35

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