Andrew Van Til
@babgvant.bsky.social
Reposted by Andrew Van Til
I. JUST. WANT. THE. RECIPE. I. DON'T. WANT. FOUR. PAGES. OF. STORY. ABOUT. HOW. THIS. WAS. YOUR. AUNT. LINDA'S. FAVORITE. DISH. ON. WINTER. ESCAPES. TO. THE. MOUNTAINS.
November 27, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I. JUST. WANT. THE. RECIPE. I. DON'T. WANT. FOUR. PAGES. OF. STORY. ABOUT. HOW. THIS. WAS. YOUR. AUNT. LINDA'S. FAVORITE. DISH. ON. WINTER. ESCAPES. TO. THE. MOUNTAINS.
Economic illiteracy is annoying. E.g. the number of smart, educated people I know actively wishing for deflation is 🤯
November 26, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Economic illiteracy is annoying. E.g. the number of smart, educated people I know actively wishing for deflation is 🤯
Not confident "planned obsolescence" is the right term for that. More a question of who pays to support diminishing user groups. I get it, the hardware is fine, but if only 1% of the market uses that hardware and supporting it isn't free...
i *HATE* planned obsolescence so much as someone who lost interest in tech updates 10 years ago. my 2015 macbook pro is doing fine but slowly the software is becoming incompatible 😒
November 26, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Not confident "planned obsolescence" is the right term for that. More a question of who pays to support diminishing user groups. I get it, the hardware is fine, but if only 1% of the market uses that hardware and supporting it isn't free...