Try Kagi. I had similar frustrations with DDG and was constantly needing to go to Google. With Kagi, I have none of that. I’ve probably been using it for a year now. It also has 0 ads, which is something DDG can’t say. It is a paid service, so you’re the customer, not the product.

I thought it would be bigger.

When I was growing up we called mixing all the flavors a suicide. That sounds like an AI answer… people like all kinds of different flavors, so to make one everyone likes, just mix them all together.

Hopefully the first few attempts will all be hilariously bad, so the companies give up.

I saw this Coke at the store and it seemed like a shameless hype play. I assume someone just asked ChatGPT some nonsense, and then they could say AI helped.

I’ve heard the incentives for Google are all messed up. If an engineer has an idea, they really only get credit if they build a new product around it. That’s why instead of new features, Google just ends up fragmenting their own users or ends up in a never ending birth/death cycle.

Google Wave, for example, had some amazing ideas, but it was basically just an email upgrade. They should have pulled an iMessage with it. If you send a message Gmail to Gmail, it becomes a Wave, otherwise, you send an email. This would have let it get some legs and drove more people to Gmail. Instead, they made it its own invite only thing and it died. Their dozen chat apps are the other better example.

For a while I was following some Microsoft blog where they would show stuff Microsoft is working on. It was so frustrating. They had all this cool stuff that was never going to see the light of day.

Apple seems like one of the few companies they really backs the stuff they release. There have been a few exceptions, but not many. People might give them shit for not innovating enough, but people feel fairly safe buying new Apple products day one, because they aren’t worried about being burned. And when Apple introduces new features they figure out where it fits into their existing lineup and strategy. The whole thing seems much more thoughtful.

I don’t know what this means. What is a utopian model? If they don’t like people using that name, why do they call it that?

I tried searching, but various things came up, including utopian socialism. Since the city in the article mentioned hiring private companies to do everything, I can only assume that’s not it.

Doesn’t everyone learn in school that utopias can’t exist.

Joe loves dogs and hates cats, Susie loves cats and hates dogs… utopia over.

Stuff like this is why I have a lot of trouble buying into a Microsoft ecosystem. It seemed like with the Surface line they were finally starting to stick to something and letting to evolve and build a brand, even if it wasn’t an instant company changing hit. But then new shiny AI comes along and they start making cuts to everything else to fund it, because they’re terrified a missing another major tech shift, like they did with smartphones.

What good is the AI if they don’t have good products to stick it in.

She was taking the biblical approach. The next step was probably to cut the kid in half.

It sounds like there was a big issues organizationally. I’m dealing with very similar issues where I’m at. For my stuff, the tech is easy, but we can’t get anything done because of poor management and project management. As the tech gets harder, those organizational issues are going to make things even worse.

I’m surprised this kind of issue isn’t impacting all their products. It seems hard to believe that it’s localized to one project.

It seems pretty obvious that “they” is McDonalds.

McDonalds adds and removes things from their menu all the time. The McRib, Szechuan Sauce, and all day breakfast to name a few well known things. Most recently I heard they were removing the bake shop stuff.

That’s always the kicker. It’s 2 day shipping, but that doesn’t always mean it will ship right away. I think this is usually specified on the product page, but you have to look for it.

For things that don’t arrive in 2 day, I know they used to have a way to report that, which would extend your membership as a way to reimburse the customer. If it happens a lot, I guess that could mean free prime forever. I assume they still have that, but I’m not sure.

I assume shipping times have more to do with proximity to a distribution center than what tier user you are. Unless we’re talking same day.

To be fair, Prime isn’t just the video service. I think most people are Prime members for the “free” and faster shipping. The video stuff is just a bonus.

This is how cable TV started as well. You had to pay, but there were no ads. Eventually ads crept in and it is what it is today. Streaming is now different, just more complicated for the users.

Prime is already my least watch service. I have it for the shipping, not for the video. I have been thinking about cancelling it to push me to support local businesses more often.

There is more of a stigma around men buying them, if they are for personal use.

I’m not paying for anything that rotates. These games are long, there is no need to for this.

They say that publicly, but I’ve been in hiring talks… it comes into play and women and minorities have a better chance of being hired.

There is a scene in Zack and Miri Make a Porno on this as well. I thought that’s where you were going with your comment at first.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNKvZQC_vww

They also seem to be the biggest consumer of sex toys. A lot of girls have no problem talking about using toys, it’s pretty mainstream and TV shows and everything. There is always a vibrator in the night stand or sock drawer. Meanwhile if a guy has a fleshlight or something he’s a pervert.