It’s :checksnotes: sarcasm.

windows phone was a joke

No. It was leaps and bounds ahead of everyone else. They just sat on their hands and didn’t do anything with it, allowing Google, RiM and Apple to steamroll them.

And to blame Microsoft (which – don’t get me wrong – is hugely evil and truly is the cause behind many of the problems you properly identify) for all of the tech problems without a hat tip to IBM is missing some important details. IBM showed the tech world that if you use your war chest to drag out a legal battle long enough, you will eventually get a president in power (Reagan) that you own enough to dismiss all claims. That’s how Microsoft got off without even a fine for all their antitrust violations. They played the long game and George W. waved a hand, making the enforcement effort go away.

For sure, but I worry that Amazon would see that as just cause to terminate my account, and I have some video and music purchases I’d lose access to. In the end, maybe that’s the cost of safety in this marketplace, but it sure is getting hard to shop these days…

I have a screenshot of the original estimated delivery date of this Friday. I’ll reach out Monday if (when) the GPUs don’t arrive.

Still, it stings, because when I made the purchase, the GPU I want was still available from other sellers for close to MSRP, but now they are all over by more than 25%, and I’m not paying more than they’re worth (which, arguably, I was already doing).

I agree that this needs to be out there. I’m not fully tapped into the overclockers and other enthusiast forums/communities, but I do follow tech news closely. I’ve read about a lot of scams, but this one had slipped by, if it was ever reported on where my eyeballs are reading.

I just never considered that I had to worry about sellers on Amazon. In hindsight, it’s awfully naive of me to think they are this big and have a handle on fraud. Like put forth in Masnick’s Impossibility Theorem: Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible To Do Well, and that includes managing fraud on a marketplace.

Oh, man! What a horrible surprise that would be to receive a chip from 2011 when you’re expecting the BEST GAMING CPU EVERRRRR.

I won’t lie. I was looking at that CPU on Amazon a few days ago and noticed that the “sold by Amazon” one was being undercut by a third party (which COULD be totally legit) by $50. I think I am going to pause my tech purchases for a little bit.

Thanks for the link!

I can’t say with a straight face that I didn’t see this coming.

BTW, some mobile apps (I use Voyager) can retrieve the title for you in the new post submission UI.

This is why we need to ask the good questions, people. Good post; good result!

By blocking all mention of Pixelfed on their platforms.

Ha! I don’t get the connection, but I’m watching KN reruns as I type this.

Don’t forget that the game producer can now collect and sell data on their customers’ systems.

With no privacy laws on the books in the USA, there’s literally nothing stopping them, and a lot of incentive to do it.

This is the real answer I was looking for in the comments.

Edit: it always goes back to Reagan.

Why did unions lose their power? Reagan threatened striking ATC workers with firing if they didn’t return to work immediately. Suddenly striking workers could be fired.

Why did weed become a life sentence drug? Reagan.

Who demonized the poor on welfare, calling them welfare queens? Who is Ronald Reagan, Alex?

Deregulated Wall street, banking and commerce sector, too.

If there’s a glaring problem with the USA, there’s a very good chance it dates back to RR.

With a call to the police to report cruelty to animals?

Nobody is being murdered for their profession. Choices are what people have a problem with. Choose to exploit the masses for the shareholders long enough and someone is going to pop off.

Edit: links, and this quoted fact:

There’s no indication yet of any companies facing actual penalties for the behavior.

I think there’s a misconception about elected officials. Many people believe they work to improve the lives of American citizens, but they don’t.

This. They want votes. They do what they think will get them votes. And yet, often – and in the last election – the democrats that help the people (like by walking a union picket line, supporting LGBTQ+ and basic human rights, legalizing cannabis, reducing penalties petty crimes, etc.) don’t get the votes that are part of the bargain.

They vote for and enact legislation that helps the people, and the people don’t re-elect them. The incentive shifts to satisfying wealthy donors.

Can’t answer that, but I can tell you that lemmy lets you edit p0ost titles.

Only use a VPN…

This instance disallows posting from known VPN IP addresses. Just FYI

He’s gonna take a sharpie to the constitution

And I was so loving Lina Khan’s FTC, asking among other things…

Edit: autocorrect