Oh no. I won’t be part of The Zuck’s EEE plan. How terrible. /sarcasm

The HVAC industry is working on that.

*** The Dalai Lama has entered the chat.

There is a known strategy called EEE (Embrace, extend, and extinguish).

First, they embrace the open web. Millions of people who never would’ve joined the Fediverse (and, probably, don’t even know what the Fediverse is) flock to Threads and start to interact with us.

Then, they extend the open web, adding features to Threads that aren’t compatible with our servers. People on Threads don’t understand what’s wrong with our server (even though it’s Threads that’s the source of incompatibility).

Finally, they decide they’re “having trouble maintaining compatibility with third party servers” and start to break off from us, leaving us with no way to interact with our new friends. Unless, of course, we make a free Threads account…

Google Talk is perhaps the most relevant example of this. Here’s more details.

That’s not stupidity though, that’s malice, which is a whole different tub of bananas.

I have long believed that the only stupid question is the one that hasn’t been asked.

I feel it’s better to ask the question (and feel stupid for a few minutes) than to remain stupid for the rest of my life. :)

It’s already making things hard. Unless you live in a cave (and even if you do, quite probably, IDK) you’ll have noticed an increase in the frequency of what’s euphemistically called “extreme weather events”. These things are bad for us, but even worse for crops, and they’re going to keep on getting worse.

I downloaded the Amazon app a while back. The first message that popped up with a “join prime” screen. I very nearly tapped the join button because it was the only button on the screen and I wasn’t paying attention - I had to scroll to find the “maybe later” button. They seem to love their hostile UI.

I don’t like the article’s use of the word “snares” - it’s not as if it’s a trap they’re being sneaky about. There are signs everywhere, there’s painting on the road, there’s continual press coverage, and there are wide and well-signposted turning areas for private cars on either side of the bus gate. Anyone who gets “snared” by this is clearly driving while not paying attention, and deserves more than a fine IMHO.

Yeah, Gibb!

Ah! Didn’t realise stocks are regional.

I’m not sure what’s unclear? I just checked again. There are presently none available for purchase. All three models are currently out of stock.

My purchase of a dock counted, so I’m confident the deck counts too (if you managed to snag one before they sold out)

Welcome to 196. You must be new around here, low tier memes is all we’ve got. Enjoy your stay. :)

Possible solution (for now): Use a different search engine. I recommend DuckDuckGo.

You appear to be missing an arm. Here, take this one instead: \

*shakes magic 8 ball* Reply hazy, ask again later.

The customer is always right! /sarcasm

Do you think they have a problem with shitposting?

Oh yeah, I completely forgot about Chekov! Editing my comment now. Thank you!