The US thrives on negativity 24/7. Its tiresome.

At least we got some wild videos out of that I guess? Peak internet days.

I have a Rove camera I got a few years ago. I want to get a second one for the back (I guess they sell a dual kit now).

All I can say is invest in 4k vehicle cameras. Get one facing one and one facing the rear. CYA for when these self-driving Teslas start crashing into everything.

Nothing will ever make me like ad tech. America keeps acting like this massive tech innovator, but they just keeps rehashing ads, or pushing AI that can’t exist without stealing from everyone.

OpenAI is like a zombie stumbling around trying to infect everything. We shove it away because it’s fuckin’ gross and we want nothing to do with it, while the bosses that reanimated it are like “well fuck, we made this thing, we have to use it for something.”

It made me mad too which is why I quit and moved on.

Carlin told us in the plainest words possible: all politicians are full of shit. The only ones that can save us is us.

I used to work for a company that made most of its money from shitty ad pages you get if you type a url wrong and you’d be shocked to see their monthly Google revenue. It’s in the millions.

Politicians will never save us. The democrats won’t; the republicans won’t. Anywhere. Ever. Period.

Yeah, my dad was a carpenter and always picked a van over a truck any day.

They sell 2 types of covers for the back that solve this. It really depends on what you’re doing. People that are camping or constantly working on projects need that kind of open setup.

Another potential Tesla alternative to add to the list: https://www.telotrucks.com/

That’s the first question I asked when I saw this.

It’s not any different. There are tons that copy AirPods because they have all the specs and materials. This is merely one of them. The problem is that people are fixated on brands and consumerism nonsense.

https://airpodsreplicas.com/

It reminds me of how people hated on “defund the police” messaging. I got into an argument with someone that focused on the phrase alone and was completely uninterested in a genuine discussion about what it means. Like what do they expect? An entire novel written on a poster or a tweet to appease them? The point is to kick the conversation off, not spoon-feed you.

Quoting myself from another reply:

I have a friend that has been buying them for years after his actual AirPods died. They get recognized as AirPods on iOS and macOS, and the ANC is the exact same. He’s bought multiple pairs and says they function, look, and feel exactly the same.

Adding on, I’ve had other friends purchase these or different ones from another factory in the same area of China, and they behaved, felt, and functioned identical.

I have a friend that has been buying them for years after his actual AirPods died. They get recognized as AirPods on iOS and macOS, and the ANC is the exact same. He’s bought multiple pairs and says they function, look, and feel exactly the same.

Similarly, if you want AirPods but you don’t want to pay AirPods pricing: https://jenny.airreps.info/

The factories in China have all of the specs and info because they make the actual AirPods, so they sell tons of knockoff versions that are identical.

Americans are a captive audience for US companies to ripoff constantly and for our entire lives. We’re like livestock. Once you start to see how massively overpriced everything has been for years due to greedy western middlemen, it changes your perspective on what to buy and what you’re willing to pay.

I want to build a small website that provides alternative sources for anything people can think of. Maybe categorized into buckets. Tech, clothing, home goods, etc.

Pretty sad state of affairs when our choices are human rights violation 1 or human rights violation 2.