Octavio

joined 4 weeks ago
[–] Octavio@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Fair enough and I'm sorry if I sounded judgy. I I know it doesn't apply to everyone, but I think a major reason for Amazon's success is that they've made acquiring things too convenient. A lot of people (I know I did) fall into the trap of over-consumption. I've come to conclude that spending my money ought to come with a little friction.

[–] Octavio@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I do this thing where if I need something, I go to a store and buy it. It has resulted in a lot less buying of useless stuff that I didn’t really need and ends up just taking up space. YMMV

[–] Octavio@piefed.social 23 points 1 week ago (7 children)

That's so weird. I haven't gotten any of these vague confirmation emails. Oh, that's right. I remember why. Because I don't buy a thing from that fucking oligarch's website.

[–] Octavio@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago

Me either. Feels weird to be complaining about it on the internet though. It's almost like the solution is self-evident. Oh, well. It'll come to me.

[–] Octavio@piefed.social 16 points 1 week ago

If it'll mow down bollards, it'll mow down toddlers. It can't distinguish between the two.

[–] Octavio@piefed.social 37 points 1 week ago (10 children)

If AI is so wonderful they could afford to put up solar panels to power the data centers.

[–] Octavio@piefed.social 9 points 1 week ago

We must obey our robot overlords. I don’t make the rules.

[–] Octavio@piefed.social 28 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I been wondering how long it was going to take for someone official to realize that "prediction market" just means "gambling."

[–] Octavio@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

Another reason to give up facebook. I've been off it for a decade.