jonhendry

joined 2 years ago
[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

All you need to know about Gruber is in this claim of his about phone photography, in a critique of a NY Times tech journalist who deigned to acknowledge that readers could just use flash to get better low-light photos:

A mainstream technology columnist should be explaining to readers why they should not use flash, and how best to capture low-light photographs without it. “You could always just use flash” is technology malpractice.

In reality, a mainstream technology columnist's job isn't to encourage readers to cough up hundreds of dollars to buy the newest phone for the sake of something that might be of negligible importance to most of them.

Gruber clearly thinks his job is to always encourage readers to buy the latest Apple phone. At least when his job isn't to sniff his own farts.

Flash is also technology! Most photography and videography is done using artificial light! There aren't many people walking around with spy satellite lenses like fucking Kubrick to do natural light camera work.

Also I think he's a bit of a fancy watch douchebag.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago

He's ensconced in Hungary nursing on Orban's teat and producing flattering nonsense.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

"Children's website launched by inmates" ought to be the end of it.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 13 points 2 years ago

Where are they going to find 500 people in India who are good at solving cold fusion and will do it for pennies.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 14 points 2 years ago

Basically he's like the dudes who left Twitter for Gab or Truth Social and found it boring because there weren't any libs to own.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It certainly gave me a clear indication of how well significant measures against climate change will be tolerated. ie, not at all.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I suspect there are people who have complicated theories about the relative whiteness rankings, and thus superiority, of natives of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 4 points 2 years ago

Car Seats as Contraception

At first I thought this was about how bench seats have just about vanished.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago

• came in a deck of cards

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago

“On my Substack I am doing non-ideological, data-driven reporting!”

I don’t believe the son of pro-gun propagandist John Lott is capable of doing non-ideological reporting.

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 4 points 2 years ago

I hate the energy of That Guy that barges into the room and shouts “I solved X!” without researching for 5 minutes what all the people that were actually hard at work solving X came up with, what hurdles they identified, and which paths were already explored.

Reminds me of the time I was at Barnes & Noble and this lady comes in with her little boy (4-6 maybe?) and they head for the children's section. At the entry to the children's section she tells him to go find a book, and they separate. He walks a step to the first display in the center of the entry area, grabs something, and shouts "Momma I found a BOOK."

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