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- on Xiaomi Has a Luxury SUV for $31,000 That All Western Brands Should Fear in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3d ago
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on Xiaomi Has a Luxury SUV for $31,000 That All Western Brands Should Fear in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4d ago
I see you forget about the first 3 models that Tesla made that were $70k or higher when they were discontinued, and all launched at $90k+
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on Xiaomi Has a Luxury SUV for $31,000 That All Western Brands Should Fear in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4d ago
And yet there it is, along with basically every other “luxury” feature western companies save for high end models… all for the price of a base model SUV here.
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on Xiaomi Has a Luxury SUV for $31,000 That All Western Brands Should Fear in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4d ago
And yet even at 2-3x the price, the Chinese EVs provide a better value than the handful of the American options they would compete against.
This SUV would be competing with the likes of a high end EV option like Lucid or Tesla. The Lucid Gravity starts a around $70k, and the Tesla Model X (now discontinued) was around $92k.
The Xiaomi SU7 (the car the Ford CEO has driven since 2024, despite being banned in the US) starts at $32k and clearly is targeted to compete the Porsche Taycan at $112k.
The vehicle in this article has heated floors, a projector, a pop-up roof, a fridge, swiveling seats, and over 1,000 miles of range. Functions western companies consider “luxury” are basically just standard in the Chinese market like heated and ventilated seats. They don’t even bother to advertise things like that because it’s a minimum expectation. There are zero western options that come close to something like that. The options available in the US suck, even taking industry subsidies into account.
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on How one woman’s Tesla was remotely controlled – and used to harass her – by an abusive ex-partner in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026
So it is.
But not in Australia where the article is about, so it doesn’t really matter anyway for the actual discussion at hand.
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on How one woman’s Tesla was remotely controlled – and used to harass her – by an abusive ex-partner in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026
Maybe you’re right, don’t really care because it’s not very relevant to the article. I looked up Australia which is where this article is about, and Tesla is based on the US… and 15-16 is the case in both places, so thats all that really matters for the discussion.
I made the assumption about it being more common based on verifying the place the article is about and my own experience when traveling internationally.
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on How one woman’s Tesla was remotely controlled – and used to harass her – by an abusive ex-partner in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026
You realize the article is about Australia right? Clearly you didn’t even bother to read it since it mentions Sydney in the first paragraph.
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on How one woman’s Tesla was remotely controlled – and used to harass her – by an abusive ex-partner in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026
If you‘re a minor with a driving license your parent should either be by your side or you know what you‘re doing since you have a drivers license.
Are you seriously suggesting that teenagers are just going to do what they’re told? The one thing teenagers are famous for NOT doing. Just because their parents might know they’re out driving, that doesn’t actually prevent teenagers from doing stupid shit.
You also do realize that you don’t have to be 18 to get a driver’s license right? The almost universal standard around the world is between 15 and 16 years old, including in the US where Tesla is based, and Australia where this article is from.
The company introduced Speed Limit Mode following the death of 18-year-olds Barrett Riley and Edgar Monserratt Martinez in 2018. The pair crashed doing 116 mph (186 kph) in a 30 mph (40 kph) zone.
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on Iran and Houthi rebels used Anthropic's Claude AI to target US warships and build hypersonic missiles — Houthi rebels also used the bot to code ballistic missile guidance systems in c/technology@lemmy.world · 14 Sep 2026
Spicy autocomplete.
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on Why is Google still serving dodgy ads? in c/technology@lemmy.world · 14 Sep 2026
Always a good read.
In that screenshot alone they had offers for enough space to handle 18 of the 20 people. But they just have to be an asshole about it.
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on LG responds to TV spying allegations in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 14 Sep 2026
Yup, and your only option is to stop using it. No consumer protections whatsoever.
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on Google’s Emissions Climbed 48% Since 2019. AI Is Why. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 13 Sep 2026
weird vendetta against wind power
It’s not weird, it’s extremely simple. He’s a child. He doesn’t like the look of them, so he hates them. And since he hates them, they’re bad. Even if they’re in the middle of nowhere.
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on LG responds to TV spying allegations in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 13 Sep 2026
That’s exactly why they are accept or walk away. You MUST agree to those terms to continue to use the device you bought. I’ve never heard of any laws on the consumer side of that practice.
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on Wiki Documents at Least 44 Instances in Which Sony Says You Own Your Games in c/games@lemmy.world · 12 Sep 2026
Forced arbitration provisions have been thrown out before. So have contract clauses that ban class actions.
A company can put whatever they want in their agreements, whether it is enforceable is a completely different story, and things are tossed out by courts all the time.
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on The Creator of Git and Linux in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026
Various distro and general forums and GitHub/similar sites. I’ve come across several over the last few years. The types of places you go for actual help from people with knowledge and experience. Not just various social media sites.
It’s a small amount in the grand scheme, but they’re vocal. All it takes is one raging asshole for a normie first trying out Linux and looking for a solution to an issue to be driven away entirely.
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on The Creator of Git and Linux in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026
From my experience as a new end user with basic questions and issues, it’s pretty normal for a decent chunk of other linux users in general. I’ve met more angry Linux people when asking for help than I ever have for any other OS or software.
It’s a small minority I’m sure, but they’re extremely vocal individuals.
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on Watch someone turn the script around on Flock Cameras in front of Santa Clarita’s city council in c/privacy@lemmy.world · 31 Aug 2026
Of course it is.
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on Watch someone turn the script around on Flock Cameras in front of Santa Clarita’s city council in c/privacy@lemmy.world · 31 Aug 2026
You mean the American psyop app now. As of January 22, 2026, Oracle (Larry Ellison), Silver Lake, MGX, the personal investment entity for Michael Dell, and some others, own more than 80%. ByteDance in China retains only 19.9% ownership.
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on Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ for U.S. users in c/technology@lemmy.world · 31 Aug 2026
Won’t be for long, it’s owned by Google.
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on Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ for U.S. users in c/technology@lemmy.world · 31 Aug 2026
FYI… Changing it in the US only is exactly what Google is doing, just like with the Gulf.
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on Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ for U.S. users in c/technology@lemmy.world · 31 Aug 2026
I’m not even sure it’s collaboration for the dumb shit like this. It’s just not worth spending millions of dollars litigating over something that doesn’t actually fucking matter. Not litigating the name change itself, but whatever bullshit Trump decides to do for his temper tantrum for being ignored.
It will just be changed back eventually.
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on Skip today's Windows 11 update: it breaks cursor styling, resets wallpaper, and more in c/technology@lemmy.world · 29 Aug 2026
All it takes is one asshole during the trial phase to turn someone off from the community entirely. Especially a non-technical person trying to come from something like Windows. And there are a lot of vocal ones across the various Linux communities. Especially in the discussions on GitHub, which is where you end up for support on nearly every piece of software not from a massive corporation, unless it’s a simple solution or a very common issue.
The number of times I have posted looking for assistance with an issue, or a small suggestion, and gotten some variant of “fix it (or add it) yourself, it’s FOSS” over the last couple years is a bit ridiculous.
Most of the community is great and super helpful. But the assholes are prevalent and very vocal.
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on Push for import ban on 'pervert' smart glasses amid privacy concerns in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026
Yeah the use case I see for these is literally having a record of your trip or vacation without having to take out a camera or phone and bring you out of the natural experience just to snap a photo or video. You can just exist and experience it in the moment, then pull a recording or photo from it later.
Augmented reality is another, albeit smaller, use case. Like displaying navigation when walking or biking around an unfamiliar city, again without having to pull out your phone.
You’re in public, there are hundreds of cameras recording you and your surroundings at any point. Nearly every store has security cameras, cities have cameras monitoring nearly every intersection nowadays(not even including things like Flock, just the old dumb traffic monitoring cameras). You have control of absolutely none of those recordings at any point. And that doesn’t even get into vloggers, tourists, etc.
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on Please stop flooding our projects with AI slop to furnish your CV in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026
There should be a button to ban anyone that submits any changes using AI from your projects.
Slopcoders would never be able to strip the included AI tool identifiers so it would likely be one of the most accurate automated ban tools ever made.
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on U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk in c/technology@lemmy.world · 27 Aug 2026
I have two different PINs I use for different debit cards. One of those is also my phone PIN, the other is my Duress PIN.
It would be really easy for to forget which is which when in a stressful situation.
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on The fact that you can’t run through Windows setup w/o internet and an online account is absolute bullshit in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026
The solution for a lot of these random issues with reinstalling stuff is to not use weird scripts to do things you can just handle normally.
Just uninstall it like a regular app and it doesn’t come back on its own from my experience. I’ve literally never had it come back on any of my systems, my family’s, or customers, by doing it that way.
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on Error by AI scribe during medical appointment leaves patient devastated in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
SEC is neutered
This article is about an incident in Australia. The SEC has no bearing on what Australia can do.
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on Error by AI scribe during medical appointment leaves patient devastated in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
As long as they still have someone verifying and correcting mistakes, that’s a decent solution. It doesn’t need to be complicated. Whisper is by no means perfect, but from my experience it handles 90% fine, only having to listen and correct 10% is a huge improvement over transcribing everything manually.
The issues with so much of the current AI use is implementations that completely remove trained human oversight from the equation because the AI companies position it as a complete replacement for employees.
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on Error by AI scribe during medical appointment leaves patient devastated in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
Exactly. It is a tool for professionals to use to speed up existing processes. It is not a replacement for people, regardless of what the marketers tell you so you buy their product. I don’t understand how there aren’t thousands of lawsuits against these AI companies for their blatantly false advertising.
AI keeps proving this day by day when people try to make it a replacement and have it blow up in their faces every day.
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on Best Buy 'repairs' customer's gaming laptop by simply removing half the RAM— claims unit in question only accepts 32 GB of RAM despite listing a 64GB configuration in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
It’s possible they actually did want to retire, but if that’s the case they almost always pick a successor that will continue along the same path.
Most of the time you see a CEO “retire”, they’re being forced out by the board and paid off with a golden parachute to not make waves on the way out. And the next CEO is installed to make whatever changes the board wants implemented that the previous CEO refused to do.
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on Best Buy 'repairs' customer's gaming laptop by simply removing half the RAM— claims unit in question only accepts 32 GB of RAM despite listing a 64GB configuration in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
I’ve always had that same experience with Ace in my area. The people there actually know their departments and can help with relevant questions. I try to go there whenever possible over Home Depot or Lowe’s because of it.
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on Best Buy 'repairs' customer's gaming laptop by simply removing half the RAM— claims unit in question only accepts 32 GB of RAM despite listing a 64GB configuration in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
In this case Best Buy is simply acting as a marketplace for other sellers. The items aren’t sold under the Best Buy name, and it lists who the seller is. They’re sold on the Best Buy website, alongside thousands of other sellers and Best Buy directly, just like many other retailers do. Companies like eBay, Amazon, Walmart, etc. all operate marketplace storefronts that third parties use to sell to consumers without having to have their own website and sales infrastructure.
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on Best Buy 'repairs' customer's gaming laptop by simply removing half the RAM— claims unit in question only accepts 32 GB of RAM despite listing a 64GB configuration in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
Even if they do, they will now claim they don’t have stock to replace and will refund you the original purchase price. Which is usually 25% of the current cost to replace it now.
Quite a few posts around online in recent months of this being the exact playbook they’re going by now.
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on Db admin, cloud admin, printers, more for $110k. in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 19 Aug 2026
Probably a posting to justify hiring a foreign worker needing a visa. Claiming they can’t find anyone qualified in country.
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on Repairing the Steam Deck LCD Gets Much More Expensive as Official Battery Reaches $180 in c/technology@lemmy.world · 19 Aug 2026
A lot of the time the third party parts are made in the same factory on the same lines. Often their contracts are for X amount of product and Y quality. Only when you get to massive companies and products like Apple and the iPhone do you actually get third party factories producing copied parts.
Most are just the same factories producing extra product by running the lines for extra hours, at a faster speed, etc. and taking both the extra product and the product that barely failed the quality control for some reason but can be sold as B stock on the grey market. A lot of “counterfeit” products are legitimate in every way, just not authorized by the manufacturer.
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on Repairing the Steam Deck LCD Gets Much More Expensive as Official Battery Reaches $180 in c/technology@lemmy.world · 19 Aug 2026
A popular device now old enough that the original batteries are starting to fail from age and use. It happens all the time, nothing about the Steam Deck is special for this, it happens with everything.
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on Fairphone Is Finally Selling Its Repairable Phone in the US in c/technology@lemmy.world · 18 Aug 2026
GrapheneOS already announced a direct partnership with Motorola, so they clearly already figured that out officially.
Motorola also promises 5 main Android version updates for their phones now.
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on Amazon's New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United States in c/technology@lemmy.world · 16 Aug 2026
See the rice attracts the Asians to come fix it overnight. There aren’t enough to fix something that big, especially with ICE getting rid of as many people as possible.
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on After severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI data centers, Virginia requires firms to pay for all dedicated upstream electrical infrastructure — State regulators crack down, governor says move… in c/technology@lemmy.world · 8 Aug 2026
Still 46% of the vote. Just because Virginia doesn’t split their electoral votes, like some states, that doesn’t let those people off the hook for being part of the problem.
The point is that what western car companies consider “luxury” features they charge extra for, like heated seats and that sort of thing, are basically standard there. So the luxury features they include to separate these models from the pack are these more niche things.