Yet another fucking cringe name to add to the modern corpo lexicon

• Bytedance
• Tencent
• Xpeng
• Crunchyroll

I don’t even know that much about any of these companies or their practices but i just really dislike their names. I genuinely cringe when i read those words, lol

This is exactly what i predict will happen as well

I feel like this would cause a mild explosion. Not based on any real science, i just imagine that if it’s stuck that good there’s gonna be a more-than-satisfying pop when those finally separate, lol

That said, i really like your solution ✨

It’s good enough to get that gov contract $$ though 🤹‍♂️

I hear they started off in their parents garage

Would seem almost intentional given the size and success of the company. How do you fuck something like that up so badly? Seems like one of those Embrace, Extend, Extinguish deals or similar

I don’t know what this is but it reminds me vaguely of Adventure for the Atari 2600. That arrow/sword was the shit

What improvements do you like? Maybe there’s something I’m overlooking. I also agree on size, i really didn’t want anything larger than the 4a and the 8 was the closest i could find.

I had a couple 4a and now have an 8. Don’t bother – I’m convinced there are better phones for the $. Not to mention better companies to buy from, after this shit show

Why do that when they can finally force people off their halfway-decent hardware in favor of their latest crap? I had a 4a and liked it, worked fine for my purposes. When it crapped out i just got another 4a. Eventually the newer one started boot-looping intermittently and i decided it was time to upgrade to something more “modern”. After spending way too much time researching the current options and cornering myself into options paralysis, i decided maybe the best choice was to “double” my pixel and jump from a 4 to an 8. I figured that many generations difference should provide for a notably better/faster experience. It didn’t. I liked the 4a just as much as my 8–only difference being some very small changes in options and menus. Performance-wise it’s not opening pages with blazing speed, the 5G doesn’t really seem to be any faster than the 4G i had been using on the Pixel 4a. Camera performance is a little better but nothing ground-breaking. I think it’s possible i get worse telephone performance, i occasionally get dropped/static-y calls and sometimes can’t call at all. Overall i was really disappointed to see my upgrade act more as a lateral move. I probably should have just gotten another 4a when my last one died. Of course, it would probably need a battery now, lol. Or have the boot-loop problem.

Welcome to the future, where the tech is cutting edge but built with the cheapest components possible 🙃

You just saved me some trouble, lol

New year, new price increases 👐

My takeaway as well! Canoo can go eat a dick, but Texas can go eat a huge dick

Doing the Lord’s Work™ over here, thank u 🙌✨

VLC just managed to get some newer video files to play for me on a 10 year old tablet that wouldn’t play them with it’s included video player. It was also one of the only apps on the play store that would still work on that old tablet as well. It’s been my go-to video player for years now, terrific software 🥂

Hey, but they didn’t go up! 🥴

Ehhh that’s just trump change ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

“Why pay for more Internet than you need to? Introducing MyPlan! Internet bills are getting out of control these days! And with tariff pricing looming in the near future, we understand how many folks need to curb their spending a bit to make ends meet. MyPlan only charges you for the Internet you use–and not for all that extra bandwidth you’re wasting month after month. Call one of our service representatives today!”

Please let this be true 🤣

I have a friend whose wife is a nurse and she decided to work as a “travel nurse” because it was stupid not to–the pay was at least double her current pay, plus she was given a stipend for room/board/travel expenses. It was a fantastic deal for her and allowed them to save a bunch of money for a while.

Edit: i still think the situation was exceptionally shitty to those who stayed where they were. For “Essential” workers they sure aren’t treated like it