teamonkey

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Edge can’t be anticompetitive if no one is using it

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

They couldn’t even be bothered developing their own apps for it. The mail app began to lag behind Outlook on Android, Minecraft was never ported to it when it could have been a killer exclusive app.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Labour gained 811 votes compared to the 2019 election, Conservatives lost over 20,000

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As I understand it, the efficiency of a wind turbine increases with blade size, so multiple smaller personal wind turbines are less efficient than fewer, larger turbines that serve a neighbourhood, as well as costing much more and using more overall resources.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

In a co-operative the shareholders are employees and associated members, and they elect the board.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumers%27_co-operative

Not that Unity is a co-operative, but there is another way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Since getting a 3D printer I’ve fixed loads of PoS items in my PoS house.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I’m still waiting.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honestly the one killer use case for AI is to transcribe how-to YouTube videos into a static web page with thumbnail images.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It’s an entirely intentional deception. People get the fear that they’ll not be able to pass on their 3-bed semi-detached*, a dinner table set and the last dregs of a private pension to their kids, so they vote so that rich people don’t have to redistribute wealth.

  • Usual caveat for London 🙄
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Capitalism has a definition. He’s saying that the markers that define Capitalism (as opposed to Mercentilism, Feudalism, etc.) are no longer there.

Specifically he’s saying that you can now no longer be on the top rung by privately owning the means of production, which is probably the biggest hallmark of Capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Its reputation for impartiality is also working as expected.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The government do appear to have a hand in picking board members and executives though, and it’s regulated by the govt-appointed body Ofcom.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64383742

(And yes, I’m aware of the irony of posting a BBC news link)

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