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ebbi commented on So many trees planted in Taklamakan Desert that it's turned into a carbon sink   livescience.com/planet-ea... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar
NoSalt · 6 hours ago
I am left wondering why China is making all of these "green" changes; more renewables, planting trees at the edges of deserts, etc. I mean, I guess it could be altruistic, to help the Earth and it's people. However, I just don't see that kind of attitude coming out of China. So, again, I am left wondering what their angle is. Is it simply to "stick it" to the United States?

What is everybody's opinion on this?

ebbi · 4 hours ago
Why don't you see that attitude coming out of China?
ebbi commented on Luce: First Electric Ferrari   ferrari.com/en-US/auto/fe... · Posted by u/kaizenb
ebbi · 3 days ago
I think I'd like this better if the centre console screen was less rounded. The way it is, gives off 'toyish' vibes.
ebbi commented on Luce: First Electric Ferrari   ferrari.com/en-US/auto/fe... · Posted by u/kaizenb
bombashell · 3 days ago
I don't know but why all electric cars look similarly bare inside? Why don't you make it more exciting and not so “tesla” moderate?
ebbi · 3 days ago
Probably to save weight, given how much the batteries weigh in electric cars. This is purely an uneducated guess, though...
ebbi commented on AI is killing B2B SaaS   nmn.gl/blog/ai-killing-b2... · Posted by u/namanyayg
mritchie712 · 8 days ago
also, who pays for "a data visualization" SaaS?

I guess they mean BI, but for a company of any scale, they aren't paying for a chart, they're paying for a permissions system, query caching, a modeling layer, scheduling, export to excel, etc.

Stand alone BI tools are going to struggle, but not because they can easily be vibe coded. It'll be because data platforms have BI built-in. Snowflake is starting down this direction and we're (https://www.definite.app/) trying to beat them to it.

ebbi · 8 days ago
Definite looks pretty interesting!
ebbi commented on FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled   404media.co/fbi-couldnt-g... · Posted by u/robin_reala
asadm · 8 days ago
Yup. Hate him as person. But he is still net positive with his scientific/engineering contributions, is he not?

Wasn't Edison an asshole?

ebbi · 8 days ago
Dunno, I'd rather have unabused kids than the technological breakthroughs he has contributed to. Anyone being giddy to meet with a convicted pedo is very sus in my books, and deserves no respect, regardless of their prior contributions.

Children were exploited, and we're doing this net positive analysis on whether he should face the scorn. I'm not having a go at you - it's just frustrating to see very little happening after so much has been exposed, and I think part of it comes from this mindset - 'oh he's a good guy, this is a mistake/misstep' while people that were exploited as children can't even get their justice.

It's sickening.

ebbi commented on FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled   404media.co/fbi-couldnt-g... · Posted by u/robin_reala
asadm · 8 days ago
I can atleast still voice against Israeli genocide there. I am good for now.
ebbi · 8 days ago
He was begging to go party with someone that spent time in prison for child exploitation.

That in itself should make you hate the dude.

ebbi commented on Finland looks to introduce Australia-style ban on social media   yle.fi/a/74-20207494... · Posted by u/Teever
wiseowise · 12 days ago
It’s what news made by reputable sources is for.
ebbi · 11 days ago
It's the 'reputable' news sources that have often pushed misinformation and half-truths, often in subtle ways.

Just do a review of BBC headlines for it's coverage on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Many headlines where Israel was the aggressor were passive, never naming Israel as the aggressor, but whenever it was aggression from the Palestinian side, it was highlighted.

Even the death toll in Gaza, where for the last few years the headlines, when reorting on the death toll, often stated 'unconfirmed', or 'Hamas-provided', to cause doubt in the numbers, when historically, the numbers provided by Hamas were relatively accurate, and just the other day the IDF admits that the ~70k death toll is realistic.

ebbi commented on TIL: Apple Broke Time Machine Again on Tahoe   taoofmac.com/space/til/20... · Posted by u/rcarmo
evilmonkey19 · 11 days ago
Just for the record: I wanted to see your content, but I couldn't because in Spain when there's football they block most websites to "avoid illegal football IP lists"... LaLiga can block anything they want without any restriction, even you website which I doubt about it. I can barely navigate... I will read it later tomorrow. This why you might see 0 traffic from Spain.
ebbi · 11 days ago
I read about this a few months back (I think someone posted a link to a Reddit discussion about it). It's so bizarre!
ebbi commented on Margin Call   asymco.com/2026/02/01/mar... · Posted by u/zdw
arealaccount · 11 days ago
IMHO as a user I prefer purchasing via app store because it avoids all of the dark patterns companies use to prevent subscriptions or returns.

I get that it sucks that the honest folks have to pay a 30% fees

I'd be happy to pay a 30% premium on my app store purchases just for the ability to unsubscribe without dark patterns.

ebbi · 11 days ago
I like the fact that when deleting an app, it reminds you about existing subscriptions related to that app, and offers to take you to the subscriptions page to unsubscribe.

In saying that, I don't think I'm personally prepared to pay an additional 30% for that. It should just be what is expected as part of good business practice.

ebbi commented on UK Government’s ‘AI Skills Hub’ was delivered by PwC for £4.1M   mahadk.com/posts/ai-skill... · Posted by u/JustSkyfall
ctippett · 15 days ago
There would've been an RFP for this, surely? Which means PwC was chosen to deliver this ahead of n number of other tenderers. I'd be curious to see what other proposals there were and the decision-making that went into choosing the winner.
ebbi · 15 days ago
Having worked in large corporates (and some government projects) issuing out RFPs, the final decision tends to go: let's just go with an established name like PwC even if they're more expensive (and given we have the budget approved already) as opposed to a small firm down the road that has a great portfolio, because if something goes wrong, I can say I relied on this big, proven firm, and not be criticized for using an unknown firm for such crucial work.

It's frustrating, because these larger firms most always churn out subpar work and this mindset just keeps funding it so they don't improve.

u/ebbi

KarmaCake day332September 25, 2025View Original