Skepticism is a reasonable default position for most things, as is distrust of powerful political entities, as is an assumption that incentive-caused bias is at play when big pharma is involved.
He may be wrong about all of this, but I don’t think we’ll be able to speak confidently about societal harm until this has all played out and can be viewed with the benefit of hindsight.
> In recent months, Mr. Eich’s Twitter feed has largely alternated between promotion of the privacy-focused Brave browser and questions about the policy and science related to the coronavirus.
> His posts on Twitter have expressed skepticism about many prevailing assumptions around the pandemic, including the effectiveness of masks and the honesty of Anthony Fauci.
Oh no! What a bigot for having questions and skepticism about many prevailing assumptions around the pandemic!!
Imagine how much better everything would be if everybody would just agree all the time without any skepticism?
OTOH, you can now use a standard charger that is shared with increasingly many new devices. How many people are actually knocking laptops off tables because of the power cord?
Does the USB C cable not disconnect? From the ones that I've played with, it seems fine. The force required to disconnect USB C cables from a port is less than Magsafe, and the results are the same.
Also, remember Apple designed USB C, with half the engineering talent that worked on the standard coming from Cupertino. They've specifically thought all these use cases and issues through, to build a solid connector for the next decade.
> They've specifically thought all these use cases and issues through, to build a solid connector for the next decade.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
It's a decent connector, but it still has a limited lifespan (all connectors with mechanical pieces or interference fits do), and isn't going to release from shear force applied to the connector. Even if it does release, it will be after wrenching both the computer and connector inside the computer, neither of which is great for long life.
Anecdotal, I know, but I tripped over the cord on my laptop today and as the magsafe connector smacked me in the back of the leg I thought to myself "if that was USB-C, I'd have broken something" Laptop would have gone flying off the table, cable or connector would have broken or more likely, just would have ripped the connector out of the laptop and weakened both the socket and the cable, rendering the socket useless over time. USB-C is cool for some things, but, magsafe is far far superior. Apple should have put both on the new MBP.
And I've had my magsafe release many times in the years I've had it. Not every time would have resulted in the laptop going walkabout, but it would have resulted in a short stop and possibly damage to the USB-C socket and cord instead.
I have literally never knocked a laptop off anything because of its power cord, or for any other reason. I have, however, had MagSafe disconnect itself against my will from the slightest touch.
You know what's even cooler though? I'm a happy USB-C MacBook Pro user, and so I've put MacBook USB-C power supplies all over my house, wherever I might find myself working. Recently I picked up a Nintendo Switch. It charges via USB-C. This means I effectively have 4 charging points for this gadget, automatically, just because of my MacBook Pro. That is awesome.
Back in the day, I watched someone do it to their brand new first-generation MacBook pro. I had never felt so bad for someone breaking something but, somehow, he made more selling it for parts than what he paid for it.
Uber drivers are allowed to put up signs soliciting tips in some regions as they won a couple lawsuits.
I choose to tip drivers when they provide extra services or goods. If a driver gives me a bottle of water or lifts heavy luggage for me, I'll sometimes give him some money.
Sous vide is usually at a lower temperature than boiling. I did some research and felt pretty safe about using ziploc bags with mine for meats up to 160 F. People have done testing on this stuff.
In what game, precisely?
Seriously, these platforms are all known for it.
I've pretty most major triple-a multiplayer titles in the past 15 years, and they are all like this.
Do normal people exist? Sure.
Are they the majority?
Uh, no.
:)
It's not even a close contest.
This is even pretty easy to see.
Pick 100 random top youtube videos of these games. Count the amount of racism, what have you going on in voice chat, team chat, whatever.
I say 100 just so one doesn't say "well, it's just these guys".
It's everyone.
Yes. I play games enough that i have youtube videos of me and friends playing games that have millions of views, in fact.
Is this good enough for whatever bar you are trying to set?
(i'll note you didn't provide a retort to what i suggested, you instead just went to ad-hominem. So i'm going to assume you in fact, have no data that i'm wrong)
I've been almost exclusively playing Overwatch and Rocket League now for a good several months. The amount of offensive content isn't really any more than any other online community. It's rare. You get people who brag maybe, but no one has claimed to have sex with my mother in my entire time I have played that game. I've seen maybe a handful of racist terms dropped here and there, but those people are either chastised or ignored.
Idk, I just don't see what you see. What do you play?
I don't feel bad for this guy - He says and does things regularly that are hurtful to society with no signs of becoming a better person.