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i have a neighbor that keeps her old answering machine because her late-husband’s voice is on it. she has no home videos or anything else… just a few snapshots and that answering machine.

“that’s ok. they were never an intended user base, they’re the targets.”
--some ceo, somewhere. probably.

so these crazy prices i hear about being implemented (like at github) should actually be at least 10x higher?

when did diaper-boy start eating from taco bell instead of mcdonalds?

are they gonna have ‘security’ at each one to make sure only those of the ‘correct’ gender uses them?

not “motorola” (as in the mobile phone company that’s now part of lenovo, or the old cable box/modem company which is owned by arris), but rather a licensee of the name and trademarks for certain networking products… “premier logitech” (which has nothing to do with the computer peripherals company), which is owned by one of those buyout/“investment” firms “tide rock”.

i wouldn’t expect a thing out of them, especially support for gear designed, made or sold prior to tide rock’s ownership (acquired in 2024).

just ream 'em on a receipt review. the franchisee here actually seems to pay attention to ones critical of things relating to wait times and quality of service and product.

the rare occasion where i go to mcdonald’s, i always go inside and order from a real person at a the (there’s only one here now) register. i want to exchange cash for product and that’s the only way to do it.

cynic might suspect that Elon is just juicing expected revenues

given his reputation, previous actions, and thirst for even more wealth… anyone with more than three brain cells should see the scam being set up.

google owns a fair chunk of the company from a substantial investment a decade ago. this is just a further ‘investment’ to boost spacex financials prior to the anticipated ipo. has nothing to do with elon’s pipe dream of data centers in space.

gotta inflate those ipo so everybody (that they choose) ‘wins’.

that’s what they’re working towards… removing the extra prime benefits.

but you’ll pay more just for that by the time they’re finished.

it’s a dead market. once the current crop of retirees die off, there won’t be anymore because the rest of us will have to work til we die.

my boss just emails stuff to herself… or just lets it sit in drafts (imap) with the attachment.

i use localsend, wormhole, or similar usually, especially if one or both the devices aren’t “mine”… and if it’s stuff i’m ‘sending’ to a handheld from a pc, i might instead drop them somewhere on one of our dietpi boxes and just use http

the only guy i have doing dictation into a pc (and not into a special system like for medical records) regularly uses dragon on windows using a somewhat expensive microphone, a setup he’s had for probably 30 years. he has one of those old-timey radio host voices, that might help some… but i rarely ever see him having to edit what dragon spits out

and none of it will matter because wisconsin is one of the most gerrymandered states in the country, all but a guarantee that republicants will remain in control of the state assembly and none of a democrat governor’s platform will see the light of day.

why stop there? what about the others?

i believe that’s one of the reasons why they (‘doge’, et al) was raiding all the government systems and stealing all the data… to build such a thing for the chief grifter/wanna be dick-tator and his masters.