I knew WB’s HD-DVDs (remember those?) were a timebomb. I didn’t realize regular DVDs were, too.

The sad truth is that the vast majority of people WANT an algorithm to tell them what they like.

Mastodon requires you to actually have your own opinions going in, and follow material based on that.

I legitimately don’t understand why the U.S. isn’t the only locality where it shows up as “Gulf of America”.

Set the en-US string to “Gulf of America”. Leave literally every other region’s text string untouched from what it was 6 months ago.

When the next Democrat U.S. President gets sworn in and immediately Executive Orders it back to “Gulf of Mexico”, change the en-US string back to that.

This is all so stupid and melodramatic.

It was all about “fun” in the days of MySpace and Digg and early-Reddit. That damn cat wanted a damn cheeseburger and we all laughed about it.

Then it became all about politics. And people would go to any lengths to ensure that “their” politics “won” on social media. We went from people having fleets of alt accounts, to fleets of bots, to just having AI spread and upvote propaganda.

So, it’s all just gross now. I want my goddamn Geocities & Yahoo! Towers back.

Such a weird thing for everyone to fixate on and lose their shit. Let our dumbass en-US selves do whatever “official” dumbass thing we have to with the name.

Everyone else can leave it what it always was.

Next time there’s a Democrat U.S. President, the “en-US” term will be changed back to Gulf of Mexico.

This is stupid.

I do worry about Nissan’s future when they seem to be about this close to operating with zero profits.

Genuinely curious… How does Google handle other oceanic naming that isn’t agreed upon Worldwide?

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Who would’ve thought… 3DFX was apparently ahead of its time…

I love Mastodon. It’s easily my favorite & most-used social media platform right now.

But I’m also a huge damn nerd.

I honestly can’t say I’d recommend it to anyone that isn’t also a huge damn nerd, because they just won’t find stuff they want.

“You want sports? We don’t have much of that, but check out the Proxmox server in this guy’s basement!”

Okay, cool…

So, how much longer before Nvidia stops slapping a “$500-600 RTX XX70” label on a $300 RTX XX60 product with each new generation?

The thinly-veiled 75-100% price increases aren’t fun for those of us not constantly-touching-themselves over AI.

Probably true.

But until a court actually steps up to say it, it’s the Wild West out there. And as soon as this gets shot down, another executive order will get wedged back in there to keep the rigs drilling.

EDIT: Apparently the naming had nothing to do with drilling. The drilling ban was already specifically reversed in a different executive order that reversed several Biden EOs

I don’t disagree.

But recent interpretation of the use of executive order is hurtling toward the president having near-monarch authority

So, until the reach of executive orders gets reigned in… here we are.

The IHO proposes names which world nations may or may not use.

Such is the case with the “Southern Ocean” around Antarctica since the early 2000s, which is randomly recognized & not recognized by world nations.

Obama renamed Mt. McKinley to Denali by executive order. Trump is using executive order to rename it back.

Biden outlawed oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Trump used executive order to rename it so the Gulf of Mexico “doesn’t exist”. (EDIT: Actually the naming appears to be unrelated to this. The drilling ban was specifically reversed in a different executive order that reversed several Biden EOs)

It’s all questionable use of executive order. But which party is going to step up and say “the last guy did it, but our guy shouldn’t be able to ignore checks & balances anymore”?

Oh, I hear you…

Filters can make it so the Mastodon feed doesn’t force you to want to walk out into traffic.

Yep. The “big frickin’ nerd” part carries my statement pretty hard.

Homelab, videogames, Linux stuff… Content for miles.

If you follow hashtags, and you’re a big frickin’ nerd, Mastodon actually has pretty good content.

Gotta stay out of their way! They needed to coast through that light to keep the MPG above 40! 😂

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It was a BMW driver, wasn’t it?

My 2018 Honda Accord has been a nightmare, and I stubbornly refuse to replace it until it’s 10 years old. I half-wonder if the quality has already started to go downhill.

From the factory, the air conditioner dumped all of its condensation onto the passenger-seat floorboards. Since then, I’ve had to get the AC unit replaced twice.

EVERYTHING rattles in that car – the seatbelt mounts, the visors, all kinds of stuff inside the front console (maybe inside the ventilation system?), the front defroster bezel, and the trim around the back window. It drives me absolutely bonkers.

I’d actually been hoping Nissan would get their shit together in regards to their CVT transmissions… because my favorite car over the years was my 2003 Nissan Maxima.

…I guess I should see what Mazda has to offer…