kwanbix

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my email is kwanbix at gmail but tell if you write to me as I don't check it much

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5 gün öncediscuss

I mean, XBOX has been doing replaceable batteries in joysticks since forever.

I have both a PS5 and an XBOX Series X. Whenever I am playing if I get out of battery on the XBOX, I just change them. In the PS5 is not possible.

I don't get what the advantage is.

16 gün öncediscuss

Thanks AI!

16 gün öncediscuss

There are artist in 3rd world countries that make that in a month.

20 gün öncediscuss

You don't know why I went to the place, yet, you still comment instead of asking. An no, my review was not removed.

25 gün öncediscuss

I sadly did the same as I didn't know best. The Google speakers started to have issues identifying the orders, so we bought some alexas, which we also use as speakers for our tvs.

Do you have a better recommendation of a smart speaker that can play spotify, youtube music, or tidal?

29 gün öncediscuss

I liked GTK and WIn11.

geçen aydiscuss

That is in practice not true. If you leave a fake but glowing 5-star review, no business will challenge it. But if you leave a 1, 2, 3, or even 4-star review, suddenly you're asked to provide proof. Of course, they can legally challenge a 5-star review as well. But in reality they conveniently don't seem to care about those.

Anyway, Germany is probably one of the few places where this happens. The issue isn't necessarily that reviews can be challenged. The issue is that users aren't informed when they leave a review that they may later be required to provide proof of their visit.

I once left a negative review of a very popular touristy business in Germany after a genuinely terrible experience. I included photos and detailed information, yet they still challenged the review, claiming I had never been a customer. Google then required me to provide additional evidence to prove that I had actually visited the place.

What made it even more frustrating is that they challenged the review two years in a row. After the second challenge, I wrote to them that if they continued contesting the review, I would consider it harassment and pursue legal action. After that, they stopped.

What I find pretty shady is that most businesses seem to wait a year or two before contesting reviews. By that point, most people no longer have receipts, invoices, or other documentation. If they challenged reviews immediately, customers would be much more likely to still have that evidence available. In my case, I take photos frequently, so Google accepted my proof and kept the review online.

Ironically, after going through this process myself, I've come to believe that some form of verification should probably be standard worldwide. Requiring reviewers to provide evidence that they were actually customers could help reduce fake reviews. But if that's going to be the standard, it should be clearly communicated upfront, before people submit their reviews.

Another related issue I have with Google Maps is that, at least in my home country, some places have reviews disabled because Google considers them too prone to polarization or controversy. Schools are one example.

Personally, I think that's a terrible idea. I'd rather be able to read the reviews and make up my own mind. Instead, Google, in its infinite wisdom, decides that certain topics are too contentious for users to see feedback at all.

I find that to be one of the worst decisions made by the Google Maps team. Hiding reviews doesn't eliminate disagreement or bias, it just removes information that users could otherwise evaluate for themselves.

geçen aydiscuss

Before Meta aquisition, I paid 1 dollar per year for WhatsApp. Now it iwl be 35.88.

2 ay öncediscuss

> The first is our duty to the global poor. There is a real possibility that AI will displace human labor at very large scale. If that happens, supporting those displaced will be a moral imperative of historic proportions.

We already have poors that are really suffering, and the "elite" (or oligarchs depending on your point of view) have done very little to help them.

Why should we trust them they will do anything for us if we are all displaced by AI?

2 ay öncediscuss

Targeting kids is good. But what about adults?

2 ay öncediscuss

VISA an MasterCard have Credit Cards. Pix is just a way to transfer money you have in your bank account. In europe we can do that with IBAN. It goes from one account to another. In Argentina we have something similar in all banks. What is unike from VISA and MasteCard, at least untill now, is the Credit part of it.

2 ay öncediscuss

"AI-native pods: We’ll be concentrating around AI-native talent who can manage fleets of agents to drive outsized impact. We’ll also be experimenting with reduced pod sizes, including “one person teams” with engineers, designers, and product managers all in one role."

Terrifying.

2 ay öncediscuss

Yeah, as a former dev turned into PdM, if you need to do a tour, your are doing the UX wrong.

2 ay öncediscuss

Never had a problem like you describe.

3 ay öncediscuss

Porkbum or Gandi or name.com

3 ay öncediscuss

> Lee is one of the most competent IT guys I know.

And yet he uses GoDaddy?

3 ay öncediscuss

I never understood the appeal of instagram over Flicker.

3 ay öncediscuss

Why would you out of nowhere spoil a book like that?

3 ay öncediscuss

I allway say it: it is the defaults, stupid (paraphrasign).

The Defaults have to be the most sensitive ones.

If you are a supposed super secure app, this should be the default.

3 ay öncediscuss

He is saving 4 keystrokes out of ~400 by typing LNX instead of Linux.