TreetopPlace's comments

TreetopPlace | 11 months ago | on: Tesla deliveries down 43% in Europe while EVs are up 31%

Is anyone going to acknowledge that people are waiting for the new model to be released, and this happens even with iPhones.

If even HackerNews can't have a rational discussion about Tesla then we're all doomed!

TreetopPlace | 1 year ago | on: String of recent killings linked to Bay Area 'Zizians'

This is a wild thing to read 8O

TreetopPlace | 1 year ago | on: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

This is honestly shocking and I don't know how to process this information.

TreetopPlace | 1 year ago | on: Two upstart search engines are teaming up to take on Google

Yes, people aren't going to use a search engine that politically skews the results. It will end up as a tiny website for a very narrow niche of person, similar to eg Mastodon.

TreetopPlace | 1 year ago | on: Examples of Great URL Design (2023)

I don't think will be relevant going forward, Safari already hides the URL beyond the domain name by default, and I presume other browsers do/will too.

TreetopPlace | 1 year ago | on: Microsoft's official Minesweeper app has ads, pay-to-win, and is hundreds of MBs

This is so cheap, nasty and abhorrent. What a strange branding position for Microsoft to take.

TreetopPlace | 1 year ago | on: Apple Intelligence for iPhone, iPad, and Mac

"AI convergence is going to lay bare organizational deficiencies in a way previous revolutions didn't`'

Your quote really hit me. I trust Apple to respect my privacy when doing AI, but the thought of Microsoft or Google slurping up all my data to do remote-server AI is abhorrent. I can't see how Microsoft or Google can undo the last 10 years to fix this.

TreetopPlace | 1 year ago | on: Germany trials the four-day workweek: "Free time is invaluable"

There's something odd about the four-day week movement; they'e always unable to be honest in their headlines. Germany is not trialing a four-day work week.

TreetopPlace | 1 year ago | on: Court approves 3M multi-billion dollar settlement over PFAS in drinking water

You think that if someone makes $20 million, then the money has been taken away from someone else? I see this sentiment on TikTok and Reddit alot, and it makes no sense.

TreetopPlace | 1 year ago | on: Support for Windows 10 will end in October 2025

I wonder if this could be classified as an environmental crime? Microsoft are forcing to e-waste a considerable percentage of the world's computing devices, and forcing new devices to be built and consumed.

And for no reason other than to force people onto Windows 11.

Corporations MUST be held responsible for these actions. If not at the legal level then there must be divestment of Microsoft shares by investment groups.