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Agree. I have an S23 and I don’t want thinner bezels. It’s already at the goldilocks spot for me. Thinner wouldn’t be better.

Ethical behavior is a thing for SO many reasons. One of them is it tends to keep you on the right side of the law.

I wonder when AI will be designing its own chips. Or parts of its chip.

When it’s not an experiment:

• Do we know where it is?
• Is it mobile?

Someone with deep pockets needs to buy the super charging network.

Rebrand and keep building.

I’m pretty sure there’s a path to wealth in that idea. I have neither the means nor the skill. But some does. Just not Musk.

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My car runs and I use it infrequently. Hell, I use it so the battery doesn’t die. No lie. Where I like is imminently walkable.

So I don’t need to rush into anything. That’s not self-defeating; it’s just realism.

Oof. You think it will take that long? Very honest question.

If that’s how long it takes, I’ll be very sad. You may be right but that bums me out.

It. Doesn’t. Matter.

Yet. Eventually a USB-C will emerge. Then only logitech (backward OEMs) won’t support it.

My current ICE may be due for replacement after over a decade of use.

I want an EV with NACS that isn’t a Tesla. And so I wait. I don’t need anything complicated, but I don’t want to own a car with the “wrong” kind of port.

Edit: Or they could layoff the entire Super Charger team at a time the build out is most necessary and leave things super uncertain.

To car manufacturers: don’t trust Musk. I don’t have strong feelings about which connector “wins,” I just don’t want to be using the one no one else does. And that depresses the value of the car.

Take home or total cost?

For instance, is there a pension to be funded with costs not included in that 100k?

Cities Skylines 2 went the opposite direction.

Here’s hoping lessons are learned. Entire generations have learned to be deeply skeptical even with trusted brands.

And, yes, I hope that skepticism and relationship based, authentic(?) word of mouth brings sanity for a while.

Until businesses try to optimize that into oblivion too. We gotta put guard rails in place.

I was simply explaining why I’m bailing on them.

Google graveyard has happened. YT makes them a lot of money, so it’s not likely destined there. But, like search, they will eventually make it more about $ extraction than value for the customer.

It hasn’t happened yet. Early adopters and early leavers shape things.

There’s multiple issues with this but a lot of them come down to: it’s Google.

They will charge. They have heaps of money, they will enzhittify. They will kill and recommend a new less capable app.

They’re Google and I’m moving away from them hard.

I do use YT a lot, and for now I pay. But give me a little time and that won’t be as true.

Yeah… I’ve been evaluating moving to Plex or Jellyfin.

Kinda getting done with a lot of this smart stuff. The Monopolies are flexing and I don’t enjoy it.

S3XZY?

I haven’t received these yet. They’re in significant demand and order times are long.

When I ordered I was supposed to receive them about now. Now the order is pushed to June. According to those who have them, they work well enough. If I want, I can tie in an AI (cloud or local).

https://youtu.be/oSKBWtBJyDE?si=E7vqbO3GMFRDynTR

Home Assistant is open source, privacy oriented and working to make local non-cloud, non-Spyware) the norm.

It’s getting easier and easier to adopt and matter devices avoid cloud silliness.

I’ve ordered gizmos that will work with Home Assistant to replace my minis. I’m working my way off Gmail…

I’m seriously de-googling. Apartment uses a nest thermostat, but… I may be able to get that far.

Matter devices help in many ways. De-clouding is one.