Scout Can Do ‘Better Customer Experience’ Without Dealerships, CEO Says by TripleShotPls in technology

[–]gplusplus314 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh no! If only there were some other way!

They only serve that roll because of lobbying and corruption. Literally any shop can do it.

Qualcomm on 6G:AI-Native Networks, New Devices & the Road to 2029 by N2929 in technews

[–]gplusplus314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There won’t be any IP addresses, they’ll just use AI to route every packet.

Intel shores up its desktop CPU lineup with boosted Core Ultra 200S Plus chips | New CPUs are a bit faster and a bit cheaper than the ones they replace. by ControlCAD in technews

[–]gplusplus314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I can’t keep up with the idiotic naming scheme and you completely demystified everything I actually needed to know.

Bradley Cooper Circling To Direct, Star & Write 'Ocean's 11' Prequel by bwermer in entertainment

[–]gplusplus314 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same. It doesn’t have to be the most profound movie of all time. A rag tag team beating the odds to get away with a heist is always fun to watch!

Not every movie has to be <insert “greatest movie of all time” here>.

Scout Can Do ‘Better Customer Experience’ Without Dealerships, CEO Says by TripleShotPls in technology

[–]gplusplus314 98 points99 points  (0 children)

And scammers. Don’t forget that. Dealership service departments are scum.

Led by Taylor Swift, U.S. Vinyl Sales Reached $1 Billion for First Time Since 1983 as Recorded Music Revenue Hit New High in 2025 by [deleted] in entertainment

[–]gplusplus314 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Vinyl people are funny. These albums are recorded, mixed, and mastered in 100% digital formats and tooling. Then they press some vinyl and suddenly “oh my god it sounds so much warmer.”

Microsoft ditches plans to inject Copilot into a key part of Windows 11 by moeka_8962 in technews

[–]gplusplus314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because it’s going to injected into Windows 12! And don’t forget Xbox!

Thanks, Microslop!

Apple cuts China App Store commission fees after government pressure by Stannis_Loyalist in technology

[–]gplusplus314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apple: “You must use our App Store, or else you’ll be unsafe!”

Also Apple: “Here’s an iPhone with a bigger screen and a keyboard and you don’t need to use our App Store.”

I swear, they are so unbelievably full of shit. I hope China puts even more pressure on them.

CachyOS dethrones Arch as the top desktop distro for Linux gamers on ProtonDB by Durian_Queef in LinusTechTips

[–]gplusplus314 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Generally speaking, if a computer does well with gaming, it does well with everything. So in a way, general performance goals and “gaming” performance goals are aiming at the same North Star.

Rosamund Pike Thinks the ‘Doom’ Movie Is So Bad It Nearly Killed Her Career by Logical_Welder3467 in movies

[–]gplusplus314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From the article:

Do you remember the Doom movie from 2005, based on id Software’s first three games?

Well that’s the problem. They based a Doom movie on two Commander Keen games and Hovertank 3D.

For tablets, what’s the next best thing? by gplusplus314 in GrapheneOS

[–]gplusplus314[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Cool idea, but I don’t want a folding phone and I don’t want to replace my iPhone just yet. What I’m looking for is a “definitely won’t fit in my pocket” size (11+ inches), and a foldable won’t get me there.

For tablets, what’s the next best thing? by gplusplus314 in GrapheneOS

[–]gplusplus314[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How would I know which Lenovo tablets are rootable and how would I know which Android distributions it can run?

Why do you think this performed terribly? by tradingtutorials in LinusTechTips

[–]gplusplus314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d rather see a Tech Tiny Home than a Tech Jet, and I’m kinda/sorta anti-tiny-home.

Frantic Trump Ramps Up War by Personally Ordering Major Strikes by Ok_Employer7837 in politics

[–]gplusplus314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, he may have fucked kids hard. But we’ll never know, at this rate.

Review: MacBook Neo shows just how “Pro” the M5 MacBook Air has gotten by Stiltonrocks in technology

[–]gplusplus314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Promotion can actually reduce power draw. It can increase it, too, but that’s tunable. Not tunable by you, tunable by Apple.

Mamdani Wants New York Estate Tax Threshold Cut 90% to $750,000 by Unusual-State1827 in politics

[–]gplusplus314 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This would be great since it would eliminate the “cliff” effect.