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HobbitFoot

@ HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club

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  • My Car Is Becoming a Brick: EVs are poised to age like smartphones.

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  • Other EV's have this problem too, so it isn't just a Tesla problem.

    I think the main issue is what happens when software support ends. There are tons of industrial and medical equipment with outdated software that work well today, mainly because there is an air gap between their computers and the Internet. That air gap may need to be enforced onto cars as default in the future.

  • Assuming humanity last another few hundred years; How many human languages do you think are gonna be left in 100 years? In 200 years?

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  • 100 years: The EU has made English the default language across most of the union. Small nations went first as inter Union migration obliterated the ability for these countries to teach their local languages fast enough. Far right groups tried to preserve their languages, but they've largely been demoted to secondary status in their own communities to English, like Irish Gaelic. The last internal holdout is French, Spanish, and Portuguese as there is enough external demand of the language. French language law mirrors Quebec law, Spain and Portugal aren't harsh about it.

    I don't see that much shift in the Americas except the possible loss of French. Mexico may become more English speaking as more Americans move to Mexico for lower cost of living, especially with retired populations that won't learn Spanish. Spanish in the Americas may standardize as cross-border media becomes bigger.

    I expect Africa to be in a three way struggle between English, French, and Arabic as the lingua franca.

    I expect languages to standardize in Asia, but I expect that India and Pakistan will choose non-English languages.

  • Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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  • The person is writing from a business prospective. If people are replacing their phones less often, it means that fewer phones are being purchased each year. If your company makes phones, that means adjusting to a shrinking market no matter what your company does.

  • Why is socialization so hard in the 2020s?

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  • Socialization is work that people forgot to practice. So, a lot of people became introverts and don't have the stamina to socialize like they used to.

  • what open source messaging app do YOU use?

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  • One group of friends went to signal. One group of friends stays in SMS.

    I don't really have the ability to dictate the messaging service app to others.

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    If you know a rather simple fundamental flaw in a new trillion dollar technology that everyone missed, what would you do?

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  • There are tons of technology historically that were implemented with gigantic fundamental flaws which were properly identified and later solved or mitigated. These flaws were openly published and there was a discourse in society about them.

    So, unless you can use that knowledge to immediately brick all use of that technology, that flaw is likely less severe than you think.

  • Is lemmy dying?

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  • Yeah. Lemmy's former growth came from external events which brought users to Lemmy. Without more of these shocks, I don't see Lemmy growing.

  • What's your favourite story from history that is actually false or exaggerated?

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  • The concept of work was a lot back different in the Middle Ages compared to now. There were a lot more breaks when completing work and the boss often fed you as it was generally part of your pay.

    You could make a great argument that agricultural work was likely easier than industrial work. It just happened to be that the number of agricultural workers cratered during the Industrial Revolution.

  • Is there a practical reason data centers have to sprawl outward instead of upward?

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  • There are a few skyscraper server farms, but they are usually in major metropolitan areas like Manhattan. But, as you touched on, it is usually cheaper to build out instead of up.

  • Not to get all religous but was not Jesus pissed for people making money in churches? Didn't he flip tables and everything? Then how do churches nowadays explain the collection plate?

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  • Yep. Jesus didn't have a problem with raising funds for the church, he had an issue with the church being used as a forum for private financial business.

  • You have complete control over your franchise of choice, what are you retconning?

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  • It needed better writing and directing, but the actors were very qualified for their roles.

  • You have complete control over your franchise of choice, what are you retconning?

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  • I'm deleting Homeworld 2 from existence.

  • How do VPN providers manage to stay in business?

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  • You're paying for the last mile, they probably aren't. VPN's can probably get away with servers near major Internet nodes.

  • "Whatever You Get Your Podcasts"

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  • The problem is that both creators and consumers see value in algorithmic suggestions. For RSS feeds, users have to find the feed to download the podcasts. In contrast, a walled garden provides most users with an ability to discover new podcasts which gives creators more exposure.

  • DAE in their 30s/40s/50s not really feel like an adult?

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  • I know I'm mature. I know I'm put into positions of responsibility. I still feel like a teenager.

  • Why civilians don't crowdfund bribe money for politicians?

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  • There are a lot of large PAC's that effectively do this, pulling together a sizeable voting block and donation base. AARP, an organization for retired people, is one of the larger ones. It just happens that it is hard to a large group of people to agree on policy.

  • Why is it called "male loneliness epidemic"? Dont women feel lonely too? Wtf?

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  • Because male loneliness appears to be more destabilizing to society.

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  • I knew the admin from Reddit. He's done a decent job.

  • Please help me under stand my spouse's gift and their hurt

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  • You need to have a conversation regarding the feelings surrounding this with your spouse and what each others' love language is.

    It sounds like part of your spouse's love language is gift giving, which may be why your rejection of their gifts hurts so much. You may view it as rejecting an object, they may view it as you rejecting their love.

    I expect this to be a hard conversation, in part because it is a discussion on how you love each other.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What would be interesting to bring to a home made pizza party?

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    Anyone got any recommendations for mens cargo pants?

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    How would you react if someone said they had a dream of you in it?

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    What is the Staten Island of Paris?

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    What is a story in a song that would make a good movie?

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    When I tell people I don't know the answer but where they can find it and they don't go and read where I told them to read.

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    What should I do if someone applied to a job at a company I work at without being able to legally work in my country?

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    What kind of CAPTCHA is this?

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    What parody surpassed what it was trying to parody?

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    Marketing likes to change the name of shared file folders when they get new information.

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    Is there an implemented system of automated trucks anywhere that is fully operational?

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    Could Jim Henson modified Kermit the Frog slightly to be like Lorne Michaels?

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    What are some good Christmas songs that aren't being played to death on the radio or in public?

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    How far away are we from someone using AI to create an animated TV show by themselves.

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    IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default.

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    Why am I getting spam text messages trying to confirm I live in my phone's area code?

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    Why do Orks from Warhammer 40K have nipples?

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    Has there been a depiction of fast food on a space station?

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    What a piece of media that has a surprising amount of lore/back story attached with it?

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    If all the music you listen to was shared on Napster in 1999, what do you think the affect would be on history?