stephenlindauer (u/stephenlindauer)

stephenlindauer commented on Taco Bell AI Drive-Thru aidarwinawards.org/nomine... · Posted by u/planetdebut

nickthegreek · 3 months ago

I’m shocked that anybody with a smartphone is installing tracking fast food mobile apps, creating accounts, giving emails, and even enabling notifications. Another capitalistic hellscape flimsly masquerading as a great deal for you.

stephenlindauer · 3 months ago

Different folks have different levels of acceptable risk. I generally agree, and won’t install an app for every single one-time purchase, but I eat a lot of Taco Bell. The app makes sense for me. Many other companies also have web interfaces so you don’t NEED to install an app. (Many restaurants/bars that have a Qr Code on the table act this way.)

stephenlindauer commented on Meta: Shut down your invasive AI Discover feed mozillafoundation.org/en/... · Posted by u/speckx

stephenlindauer · 6 months ago

At this point, if you're using any Meta product, that's on you.

stephenlindauer commented on The phone ban has had a big impact on school work icelandmonitor.mbl.is/new... · Posted by u/Bender

exe34 · a year ago

I use my phone to look up words/concepts/references all the time while reading - I couldn't do without it, flipping through a dictionary or walking up to a computer to read a quick Wikipedia intro to a concept/person/place/etc would just get me far more distracted.

stephenlindauer · a year ago

Yet somehow we all survived before smartphones. If you have a question and raise your hand to ask, everyone else benefits from getting the answer as well.

stephenlindauer commented on Orion, our first true augmented reality glasses about.fb.com/news/2024/09... · Posted by u/mfiguiere

stephenlindauer · a year ago

Why would anyone even consider ever buying hardware from Meta? Look at their list of killed products or how quickly they EOL previous models. No thanks! I hope they get sued for contributing to e-waste.

stephenlindauer commented on Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate twitter.com/JoeBiden/stat... · Posted by u/jsheard

HaZeust · a year ago

I am, admittedly, very glad that Biden stuck to his word in 2020 that he will be a single-term incumbent president for the last 4 years... I just wish the DNC kept their word on bolstering a more compelling candidate within that timeframe as well.

They had 3 1/2 years to bolster the reputation of Kamala, and largely sidelined her after using her as a play for minority vote. Now they're (likely) running her in a remaining timespan of a little over 3 months left before election -- after no one has thought of her since the last election. This isn't good.

stephenlindauer · a year ago

I wouldn’t say Biden stuck to his word. He fully intended to run, until people (rightfully) objected. I’m glad he ultimately backed down and stepped down. But this whole process would have been easier to nominate a real candidate if he would have stuck to his word from the beginning. He still deserves the blame for that, even if his most recent actions were correct.

stephenlindauer commented on Small claims court became Meta's customer service hotline engadget.com/how-small-cl... · Posted by u/jmsflknr

gumby · a year ago

Sounds like dealing with these suits and various AsG is still cheaper than building a support organization.

stephenlindauer · a year ago

Until hopefully this becomes more common and more people win suits like this. Then maybe Meta will finally fix their problems.

stephenlindauer commented on Spotify won't open-source Car Thing, but starts refund process arstechnica.com/gadgets/2... · Posted by u/nickthegreek

stephenlindauer · 2 years ago

This is why I refuse to buy hardware from software companies.

Facebook Portal, I’m looking at you.

stephenlindauer commented on Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to President Biden's desk theverge.com/2024/4/23/24... · Posted by u/LopRabbit

stephenlindauer · 2 years ago

Cool. Do Facebook next.