TheRealKuni

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[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

a device that is known to be anti-consumer.

Anti-competitive and monopolistic, sure. Anti-consumer? Eh.

Don’t get me wrong, Apple is just as evil as the next guy. Their practices reinforce their market position in an insidious way. But in many respects Apple performs better on the consumer front than, say, their primary competitor Google. Not in every way, but I wouldn’t call their devices “anti-consumer.”

If one of your primary concerns as a consumer is an open platform then yeah, I can see you rejecting outright Apple devices. This could in turn lead to being dismissive of the concerns of those whose priorities differ from yours, though I would strongly advise against such a lack of empathy over something as insignificant as a platform choice. Regardless, curtailing their practices is still important.

If we don’t stop bad behavior because it doesn’t affect us directly, we set bad precedents. Regulatory actions are an important tool.

If we talk about restricting stuff like rent, food prices etc, so essentials, I'm on board. But Apple? Nah.

Fallacy of relative privation. “X is worse than Y, so Y doesn’t matter.” Rent and food prices are important, too, but regulatory bodies don’t operate on a zero sum system. Multiple things can be addressed with multiple efforts. It’s not like the EU is saying “we can ignore starvation and homelessness because at least we cracked down on Apple.”

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But I don't need this kind of use case as much anymore and have moved to Joplin

My first thought reading this was, “Why does moving to Joplin, MO have anything to do with note-taking?”

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Bravo. Well done.

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago

(Kuni from UHF)

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

McDonald’s still sells “hotcakes” for breakfast.

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Is that a career?

Nope, choral singing is something I do as a volunteer. But I do it a lot! Primarily with my local symphony chorus, another small local group, and occasionally on tours.

This will be my third time singing at Carnegie, which is always fun. Hard to say the coolest place I’ve performed, but definitely up there is the American cemetery in Normandy, France. Also Winchester Cathedral in the UK.

The coolest thing I’ve performed is also tough. Literally my first concert with the symphony chorus was a performance of The Two Towers. Like, the movie played while we performed the soundtrack. It was incredible. I’ve gotten to do a few of those movie concerts. I also really love when we get to do video game music, those concerts are always a blast. Getting to shout the grunts in the Dragonborn song from Skyrim on a stage is so cool.

And then of course there’s Carmina Burana which features O Fortuna which most people have heard somewhere, and Verdi’s Requiem which features the most terrifyingly awesome Dies Irae of all time. Staples like Mozart’s Requiem and Beethoven’s 9th are always a blast.

I’m seriously privileged to have the talent and opportunity to participate in this stuff. It’s so much fun.

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I get to sing in three concerts in the next five weeks. All three are going to be very fun, and one of them is at Carnegie Hall!

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They manufacture significant parts of their cars (or sometimes entire cars) outside the US and then sell them in the US. It’s part of why small pickup trucks don’t really exist anymore, due to tariff nonsense.

They do it because manufacturing labor is cheaper elsewhere.

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I’m confused what you’re asking.

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

Mentour Pilot had a great video about the technology they’ve been using to pinpoint search areas last year. Worth a watch, and definitely fueled my optimism that they’ll finally be able to find the plane.

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

American companies that do less of their manufacturing in the US than their Japanese rivals do.

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

The opioid epidemic is because the Sackler family and Purdue made money

Purdue Pharma. It’s important, because Purdue Pharma and Purdue University are not connected in any way, and when people from the Midwest hear “Purdue” we usually think of the university.

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