CaptainPatent

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Speaker Mike Johnson Condemned by Far-Right for Comments on His Black Son and George Floyd: ‘Undercover Democrat?’ in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

1 Mooch?!

I bet he barely lasts a Welk!

Google sued over fatal Google Maps error after man drove off broken bridge in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For sure... the city/township/municipality responsible for repairs and upkeep should have clearly marked and coned off this route immediately.

Sure, Google should have updated the route and maybe deserves to pay a small fraction of the total payout depending on how egregious the warnings to them are and specific details of the case...

BUT, whatever entity is responsible for the bridge deserves to pay out most to all of the settlement because it should not have been possible to drive off of the bridge without plowing through a clear barrier.

Tesla under investigation for Model 3 and Model Y steering wheels that freeze up in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

They probably didn't pay for the steering wheel monthly subscription.

Each time an hour starts, there are thousands of alarms that go off to wake people up across the world. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

DOZENS of thousands!

Johnson & Johnson sues researchers who linked talc to cancer in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The only way this suit ends well for humanity is if at the end the judge has enough common sense to issue a multimillion dollar settlement back to the scientists named to absolutely chill this type of corporate behavior immediately.

It almost certainly won't happen and we're probably fucked... But hey, we can dream, right?!

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After having it stuck in my head for days, my wife finally shouted "for the love of God will you stop singing Wonderwall by Oasis?!?..." (kbin.social)
 

I said Maybe!

Are lots of websites really going downhill and/or closing or does it just seem like it to me? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For sure... Non-decentralized social media has value created by the immense number of connections and content created.

It also has the risk of abusing those connections and making the network less valuable by a centralized decision to clog it with paid content... Which alienates users and makes the experience less efficient.

Facebook did it, reddit is doing it, Twitter is trying to do it. The move is almost inevitable.

Decentralize it and it takes almost all potential greed out of the equation so the network stays most valuable to users.