But he did now. Just like he sent bunch of free terminals to Ukraine when the war started - not to Russia. Yet people still conclude this somehow illustrates his “pro-russia” stance which never quite made any sense to me. Hell, he even offered to personally fight Putin.

No. The story I believe you’re refering to has been admitted to having been false by the very person who originated it. The correction just never stuck and people continue to spread the false version even to this day.

Did Elon Musk Turn Off Starlink Access in Crimea To Disrupt Ukrainian Attack?

It wasn’t enabled in Crimea in the first place. The author misspoke/lied about in the book and has later admitted it.

U.S. sanctions to Russia forbid the use of Starlink. This includes crimea and the occupied territories. That’s why it wasn’t enabled.

To clarify on the Starlink issue: the Ukrainians THOUGHT coverage was enabled all the way to Crimea, but it was not. They asked Musk to enable it for their drone sub attack on the Russian fleet. Musk did not enable it, because he thought, probably correctly, that would cause a major war.

And before someone points out the ‘cause major war’ things, those are Walters words, not Elon’s. Musk said “It would make SpaceX explicitly complicit in a marjor act of war and conflict escalation” He later also added that had he been contacted by the US officials and asked to enable it he would, but they didn’t.

Average user needs their computer mainly as a device to run a web browser. Mac does that the most reliably. This seems objectively true to me.

If they’re a nerd, then either Linux or Windows depending on what kind of nerd they are.

Windows for gaming.

Human living outdoors on a field 24/7 would also be much more likely to get hit by a lightning.

I guess your universal truths override my lived subjective experience then.

I was wrong. I just thought I liked MacOS better but actually it sucks donkey balls.

I switched from a gaming PC, so it’s not about performance. The PC was objectively more powerful, but the user experience on Mac was simply better thanks to the OS.

Basically, the difference felt the same as me comparing my well-kept custom-built PC to a €300 supermarket PC full of junk and bloatware that I’d have to clean up at a relative’s place.

I have an almost 10-year-old MacBook Pro, and I gotta say - of all the tech I’ve ever owned, it’s hands down the most hassle-free experience I’ve ever had. It might not be for power users, but for shitposting and watching YouTube videos it’s been absolutely fantastic. It just works, and there’s virtually never any issues with anything.

The only negative things I have to say about it have more to do with its age than it being a Mac.

I’m very intrigued by the Framework laptop, but I dunno - I might just get another Mac instead. Especially now that they’ve brought back the card reader, HDMI, and a proper keyboard.

My unpopular opinion is that social media is simply inherently incompatible with human nature. I don’t think it’s anyone’s fault per se. It’s like heroin in the sense that it doesn’t matter how you distribute it - it’s going to cause harm because hijacking our reward systems is the reason we use it in the first place. If you modify it so all that goes away, then what you’re left with is water - and nobody wants that.

I don’t know what the solution is, though. I don’t think banning it is a solution, but I’m not sure how to square the harmfulness of it. It’s not just kids it’s bad for - it’s everyone. And yeah, there are degrees to it - perhaps Lemmy is objectively better than an algorithm-based message board like Reddit, but something being better doesn’t make it good. A non-toxic heroin that you can’t OD on is also better than the alternative, but it’s still going to be harmful. It’s an arbitrary line we collectively just decide to draw somewhere - even though you could argue infinitely about nudging it one way or the other.

a nearby place to pick up package shipping if it can’t come to the door

That’s 700 meters away. The nearest bus stop is 5 meters from where my property ends. Welcome - my other neighbour is probably dying soon anyway judging by the coughing when he comes out for cigarette every 30 minutes or so.

No. I thought I would but I don’t get anything done. I’ll rather just have a time and location where to show up.

Breastmilk should be enough. Just difficult to source.

That’s basically all I’ve ever used Twitter for - and still do.

Happiness isn’t an emotion I feel all that often, but I’m hyper-aware of how much worse things could be. Objectively, everything’s fine - and aside from a recent setback, the overall direction seems to be upward.

Can only wish I had someone to share it with.

That assumes the punch-deserving party is always “upwards” from you.

If you google pictures of a replacement gas tank for your car’s make and model, the shape of it might explain something. Might also be a failing fuel level sensor.

I stand corrected. I imagined that 10% average growth on the S&P500 would make 7% a safe rate.

One million invested to the stock market gives you roughly 70k 40k returns yearly and you get to keep the million.

Could not be further from the truth.

Hershey’s isn’t very well liked outside the US, I believe. It’s an acquired taste - to many foreigners it tastes like vomit because of the butyric acid in it.

Funnily enough, it actually does.

I’ve been waiting for a suitable replacement to be left over from a customer but so far they’ve all either been in worse condition than mine or been no-name brands.