This how people are gonna find out how bad of an idea to allow the manufacturer to have that much control over your car after purchase. Tesla will shut their cars off if they find them jail breaked.

Just like the guy that wasn't allowed to fix the cooling hose on the battery Tesla's only option was to replace it. A third party fixed it but he still had concerns that they would shut it off (citing safety) because he wouldn't buy a whole new battery after he fixed it. Also barring him from quick charge stations was another concern.

Aaron was reddit, and since his passing its shit now.

RIP Mr Swartz, you are sorely missed.

I have been working in data centers for decades. You have no idea the amount of waste there is. We fill up roll away dumpsters w/ boxes/packing materials when a new customer comes in.

They do an upgrade, ever server/switch/router etc ends up in the dumpster. Even if they are perfectly good and it isn't worth shipping back or they have devalued to zero so they cannot be sold for tax purposes. Oh and another round of boxes/packing materials in the dumpster.

Some customers demand proof we destroy their servers (not drives). So we record one of us on a fork truck running over hundreds of servers. That part is kinda fun.

Areas uninsulated w/ AC blasting. Machines running that are idle as backup to the backup.

On paper we recycle them, but most of the time they end up in a landfill.

I would send a check, its more work for them in the end.

Into the Wild was a cautionary tail that for some reason people romanticize...

I used to report just about any email I got from HR/IT/Executive Management that had a link as spam... I got a lot of interesting replies from IT over the years.

Time to update your benefits SPAM/PHISHING!

Sign up for the holiday "pot luck" SPAM/PHISHING!

Tells us how you feel in thie "anonymous" survey... you guessed it SPAM/PHISHING!

And they want me to give up driving and my gas stove...

"Rules for thee, not for me"

If this shit came on while driving I would wreck the car ans sue the shit out of BMW.

But I'm not an asshole, so I'll never own a BMW...

Report them to corporate, they listen. The 7/11 around the corner used to let the homeless sit out front and harass everyone. Few emails to corporate and the loiters are now gone.

Now before anyone cries like a wimp, they were super aggressive. I'm a big scary guy and they would fuck with me. Forget it if your a woman, it was so bad almost no one would go there and hit the other mart that was more expensive.

Sand? They are speculating a year worth of rain in a very short time. Flash flooding is going to be insane. I suggest you do what we do during hurricanes on the right coast.

Evacuate.

Nothing is worth your life or the life of your family and friends.

Humans aren’t a definitive host for the worms, and they become destined to aimlessly wander through our meat sacks.

What a way with words!

Oh that shit pissed me off so bad and smokers... I quit a job because they were going to move me across the country to fill a roll they could find a local because I was the single guy. I said no and they said I have "no choice" bad move, I have a choice.

Then they had 2 spots to fill, fucking dummies.

That "boss" went from senior director to basic manager in the next year for shit like this. Fuck you Adam.

Wait til you hear about Puerto Rico after Maria. I was there 2 years after and there were whole parts of the island that had no power or running water. It took me almost 2 months to get my gear shipped in as they had an active triage on what was shipped by need. It was one pallet, thats how tight it was even after 2 years.

They nuked almost all my accounts the other day. I talked a bunch of shit on the direction they are going and missing Aaron's leadership. I walked away and here I am. One account I never log in on and with only 3 posts, perma banned. It was obviously targeted...

You know you can type in your passwords to lemmy and it gets hashed out!

Let me demonstrate:

"*******"

See thats my password all masked!

/s Hunter2 lol

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.

Couple this w/ the AI nudification sites and this is gonna be insane. Teen boys don't think big picture...

I had this exact thing happen to me, they wanted me to move from a tax free state to LA. I said no and they came back we promised your position to another employee. I said ok I need at least a 50% raise to counter the cost of living and taxes. They balked and thought they could push me into it. I stood my ground to stay in my current position and they had to fire me, which looks bad on them as I had no infractions.

I collected, didn't have to pay back my relocation (over 20k) and had a job that I pushed off until near end of unemployment. Thanks for the free long vacation! I went to China and HK (this is before the chaos) for a few months

I have watched more than one friend flush his family/savings down the shitter on these apps.

I don't get gambling, worst I ever did was a few trips to Vegas and betting on the ponies that bot count on one hand.