jonhendry

joined 1 year ago
[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 5 points 6 months ago

"Cathedral Central"

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 5 points 6 months ago

I hate 'edge' in its new form as pseudotechnical marketing guff. Frex, "AI-driven MCU market surge sparks innovation in global and Chinese firms for edge AI"

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 4 points 7 months ago

Depends on what liquid is in the hot tub.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 6 points 7 months ago

And then they denied that any of them had ever embraced the term, stapled tea bags to their hats, etc.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 6 points 7 months ago

Oh dear.

"The overriding gist of the DOJ’s lawsuit against Apple brought to mind, for DF reader E.G., Kurt Vonnegut’s dystopian short story Harrison Bergeron. Despite being an enormous Vonnegut fan, I couldn’t recall reading it before. It’s so apt. As E.G. quipped in his email to me, “Only in making all products, services, and experiences equally bad, will we have equality and fairness.”"

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

All you need to know about Gruber is in this claim of his about phone photography, in a critique of a NY Times tech journalist who deigned to acknowledge that readers could just use flash to get better low-light photos:

A mainstream technology columnist should be explaining to readers why they should not use flash, and how best to capture low-light photographs without it. “You could always just use flash” is technology malpractice.

In reality, a mainstream technology columnist's job isn't to encourage readers to cough up hundreds of dollars to buy the newest phone for the sake of something that might be of negligible importance to most of them.

Gruber clearly thinks his job is to always encourage readers to buy the latest Apple phone. At least when his job isn't to sniff his own farts.

Flash is also technology! Most photography and videography is done using artificial light! There aren't many people walking around with spy satellite lenses like fucking Kubrick to do natural light camera work.

Also I think he's a bit of a fancy watch douchebag.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 5 points 7 months ago

He's ensconced in Hungary nursing on Orban's teat and producing flattering nonsense.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

"Children's website launched by inmates" ought to be the end of it.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 12 points 7 months ago

Where are they going to find 500 people in India who are good at solving cold fusion and will do it for pennies.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 14 points 7 months ago

Basically he's like the dudes who left Twitter for Gab or Truth Social and found it boring because there weren't any libs to own.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It certainly gave me a clear indication of how well significant measures against climate change will be tolerated. ie, not at all.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I suspect there are people who have complicated theories about the relative whiteness rankings, and thus superiority, of natives of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.

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