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DisasterTransport

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  • World Cup fans frustrated by 'confusing and expensive' tipping culture in US

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  • a while ago, I wanna say 2010ish, the new CEO of JCPenney had a bold new vision for the brand. Instead of things being marked up and then perpetually "on sale," what if they just... marked things as the price they are? Sales collapsed by 25% and the company lost a billion dollars in a single year.

    There is a reason things are the way they are, no matter how stupid they look. Consumer psychology is a trip.

    Edit: and the thing is this probably works on the reader of this comment as well. Consumers, when asked, will say they prefer transparent pricing structures. But their real world behavior is the exact opposite.

  • I've been using this simple trick to keep cool in the heat wave (UK)

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  • Maybe invest in a reversible heat pump so you're ready!

  • Some Retailers Are Refusing to Sell GTA 6 Due to the Lack of a Disc

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  • I remember buying GTA V on disc and then having to wait an entire day for the day 1 patch to download on my slow ass rural bumfuck ADSL connection. Disc or no, if it has online activation it ain't yours.

  • Does Lemmy feel hostile and/or insular to you?

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  • I have noticed that occasionally the nitpicking collides with poor reading comprehension to create some of the most annoying yet hilarious comments ever.

    So like the reply ITT would be something like uh yeah op sounds like a you problem, that's completely fucking false about lemmy. People take things way too seriously here, and everybody is way too nitpicky and judgemental.

  • Boo

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  • Angel in the centerfold

  • ‘The World Is Watching’: Top Economist Rips Newsom for Working to Tank Billionaire Wealth Tax

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  • Not or, and. Sit out the elections and whoever wins is sure to simply ignore you.

  • ‘The World Is Watching’: Top Economist Rips Newsom for Working to Tank Billionaire Wealth Tax

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  • Great. Show up to the primary and maybe nobody has to hold their nose to vote.

  • We have brownouts in the summer and Kevin O'Leary wants a Data Center built here.

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  • curious that O'Leary doesnt want to build that DC in Quebec. I wonder why. You'd think he'd want it close to home, since it's so good for the economy and all.

  • magic

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  • Because specific kinds of plastic (like polyurethane) undergo hydrolysis when exposed to moisture, which causes what you see in the op

  • Upgrade

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  • i have to imagine new yorkers would be quite annoyed by this

  • Created by dorks to keep us down

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  • You can actually get to almost 10000 on your fingers using Bede's finger reckoning technique.

  • Photo of the moon's surface taken during the first extravehicular activity (EVA 1) of Apollo 12.

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  • The first would have been taken during Apollo 11, as that was the first manned mission to the surface of the moon.

  • 3 die in France as temperatures to exceed 105 F in Europe heat wave

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  • brain dead take

  • spaloga

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  • At this point half the reason i use Lemmy is curse management. I can't tell you how many times a week I'll be going about my business and then wham, I get hit with a curse. The other day I sat down to eat dinner and found that my burrito was full of spiders. The spirit that haunts my apartment block sure does have a sense of humor. Not sure if he was a shaman or a wizard or what. I'd move, but the rent is cheap, and sometimes the curses have a silver lining. My kitchen tap ran red with blood the other day, so I made sausage. Tastes awful, but probably saved me a good $40 with the amount I was able to fit in the freezer. Anyway, I appreciate the semi-regular curse-lifting I get from lemmyshitpost.

  • magic

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  • On second thought maybe collecting things made of volatile petroleum compounds wasn't a good investment

  • bermuda triangle

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  • Unfortunately they had to shut down the Bermuda Triangle due to austerity.

  • Do LLMs "have" the "abillity" to be told they are wrong or incorrect and be able to contest that?

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  • That's a great observation —the sycophantic nature of ChatGPT can be really offputting when you're not used to the way the AI writes. Would you like:

    • tips and tricks on using ChatGPT?
    • advice on creating your own GPT prompt?
    • suggestions on less sycophantic AI chatbots?

    I'm here to help. Just let me in

    can't do it anymore the bit isnt worth it ew ew ew

  • California forces Disneyland's Autopia to change or get shut down

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  • They could replace it with an area that has a bunch of different modes of transit and gives you a scavenger hunt of bus stops as a goal, maybe with flavor of the week interactive futurism/science exhibits at each one they have to write down a fact about. It could handle thousands of guests, and have infinite replayability. Collect all the badges. Kids would love it, parents would see it as STEM enrichment, and everyone would secretly be learning how to read timetables and routemaps. Then again I have an agenda so of course I would like them to build world's biggest model trainset in order to indoctrinate the youth

  • How not to advertise 101!

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  • Look, all I'm saying is what you're expressing now is fucking textbook, dude. There is no way you have a complete list of every brand that has ever pissed you off. Heightened emotional arousal makes you more suggestible. Not less. As long you're human, that's how it works. And understanding that, understanding that you are not immune to propaganda, is the first step in fighting back. Not violent fantasies, or visions of revolution, not by "if only everyone else would..." Not by getting pissed off, even though they're infuriating. By avoiding them when you can, and trying not to react when you do see them.

    Edit: On a reread my tone here sucks. My apologies. Clearly I need to take my own advice about not getting pissed off about stuff a screen puts in my face. I stand by what I said, not by how I said it. I hope you have a good night.