[–] 23 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Corporation: Do evil shit to achieve optimum profit, usually in 100s of millions of extra profit. Laws: Yeah this'll cost you 10 million.

I'm sure there's a name for this but I'm calling it Litigation Offset Loss. So long as the punitive cost is outweighed by the profit gained there is no incentive to act ethically. The only thing worse is corporate self regulation.

  • source
  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Even registry changes won't stop their stomping. My final straw was changing the drivers for AMD for the fifth time, despite editing the registry, sending console commands, and exiting settings. MS drivers just bulldozed right over them. I said fuck it, set up another ssd with Bazzite, dual booted, and three months ago converted the Windows drive to a VFAT, after not booting Windows for a full year. I miss Fusion 360, that is all. I do not miss the headaches. Linux took time to setup, time to learn, and time to personalize. I still think it saved me time overall with how few problems arise, however.

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    I had ONE bad update... good thing Bazzite keeps a backup. Never figured out what went wrong. Now, the Firefox bug is my nemesis. Every time it loads I go from 10Gb free to ZERO in about 10 minutes. Chromium... works. That's all I'll say about that program.

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Mine is made from 14g steel. Someone took out my last 2. Even threw eggs and canned foods at it a few times. No clue who I pissed off. Changed out the box, posted on facebook we upgraded it and installed a hidden camera, and they stopped. Funny thing is the post is 3in pvc pipe painted to kinda look like iron (I had to span 4 feet cause the box has to set over an asphalt ditch).

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    In other words, there's no way in hell we can innovate and make money right now, so you're stuck here until the AI bubble bursts. Consumer innovation is on full stop while we focus on the corpos.

  • source
  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Usually in the circumstances the EC differed from the PV it was by 1 to 2 votes, and the overall election was close in the PV. I detest the EC, but if the PV is 60% or more, I'd say the EC would match (otherwise, the US citizenry would likely rebel).

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago*

    I actually believe this. You've seen the footage of the prisons, the treatment. Knowing I'd be used to make my imprisoners more money, with shit food, torture, and no hope for release I'd go out in the most costly manner I could muster.

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  • view more: next ›