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You seem very upset that I'm pointing out a slimy marketing tactic. It's simple - people will think these things are ice cream, because they are sold in a way to intentionally make…

The point is its another phenomenon similar to the shrinkflation and quiet ingredient substitution. I'm commenting on how the not-technically-human marketing creatures try to get y…

And a lot of 'ice cream' tubs in the "ice cream" section of your grocery store are "frozen dairy desert" not ice cream. They are packaged like Ice Cream, flavored like Ice cream, a…

Some amusing data about this in the US: There's at least one[a] town/city called San Jose in at least[b] 4 US states. Not to mention other things named such (e.g. 2 different San J…

I might not want to be held liable if my car accelerates uncontrollably, but i am until i successfully sue the manufacturer for the defects. Demand ai cleaners that are capable of …

The term of "mainstream media" is just a dogwhistle for old people and indoctrinated conspiracy theorists at this point. I mean one of the biggest users of it is Fox News (the bigg…

You can watch all of these things on the internet (legally).

What a weird statement. Just like you think if something isn't the worst it must be fine, and how if someone isn't destitute they couldn't have suffered financial harm, now you're …

Of course you deem the costs acceptable because you don't have to pay them. The word deplorable means: deserving condemnation and contempt. And frankly, I can't think of anything m…

You're moving the goal posts and your true nature is leaking. You get to decide what too much suffering is for others, because you won't have to face any of it and monstrously will…

>NIMBYs often refuse to accept practically any change, regardless of the benefits. This isn't limited to data centers being sited nearby: You see it in issues as petty as new pickl…

Too busy focusing on STEM to talk about stems. (I know botany is a science but STEM has a inherent bias towards white collar job acquisition and nearly every jobs requiring plant k…

Neither I, nor any author I know has published something with the intention of it going unread. Publishing something just to ne upset that it's being read seems rather dickish to m…

Calling people with valid concerns insulting terms like nimby, and dismissing their reluctance to pay for your personal comfort is not well intentioned. A zombie is an unthinking c…

It's always fun to watch AI zombies wrestle with the idea that sometimes the real humans have different priorities than they do. Usually people are against a lot of those power pro…

I remember when building more fiber could only be good. An awful lot of it sits in the ground lost, never used because it was the wrong type or in the wrong spots, or otherwise poi…

Companies will always adopt the stances of the ruling party, its part of the core concept of limited liability ownership. Its one of the primary reasons people hate actual capitali…

Perhaps, just maybe, all the price hikes in electricity, city provided subsidies without any public meetings, and shady dealings (NDAs, encouraging city officials to arrest people …

The real problem is that humans hear terms like "always" and assume "always" means "always". The things in marketing love to take advantage of this. (see also: unlimited).

That's not "usually" the scam. It's a scam, but it's not the most common.

It's almost as if there were many people using this site, and there is no clear consensus on LLMs, so people from various camps upvote interesting stores to support their cause. An…

I'm struggling to think of any real-world networking scenario where cut-through switching for ethernet can provide any sort of benefit. Most data-center networks are involve aggreg…

The "S" in IoT stands for security!

Seemed perfectly reasonable to me. Not everything has to be written for a target audience that includes you, besides you were able to look up what you needed it seems. Another tact…