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byDesScorp
2026 @09:48AM
(#65936982)
Attached to: Sony Is Ceding Control of TV Hardware Business To China's TCL
The new company would retain the Sony and Bravia branding for televisions and home audio equipment but use TCL's display technology..Sony's Bravia line survived by positioning itself at the premium tier where consumers pay more for high-end picture and sound quality.
So Sony only outlasted the other half dozen brands that already exited the market by selling a premium product.
And now they expect to take that Porsche, engine swap with Kia, and still call it a Porsche.
Good luck with that, “Sony”.
I'd rather they'd just exited the business entirely rather than just let some Chinese shop slap their name on products. "Sony" on gear use to mean something.
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byDesScorp
2026 @01:23PM
(#65926838)
Attached to: Amazon Threatens 'Drastic Action' After Saks Bankruptcy
But Bezos is silent on the death of democracy, despite owning a newspaper that claims otherwise.
Because there is no "death of democracy". I've heard this hysterical horseshit all my long life. Everytime a Republican wins the White House, it means democracy died. Funny that I heard it for Reagan, both Bushes, and now Trump, and yet we keep having elections and Democrats win the White House sometimes too. "Democracy Died" just means that you threw a tantrum because your candidate didn't win.
It's always same stupid fucking thing: if we don't stop them this time, it's over! Democracy will die! This is the most important election Evarrrr!!!.
The world keeps spinning. Elections keep happening. You win sometimes and you lose sometimes. You people have become the boy that cried wolf, and no one gives a shit anymore. No one outside of your hysterical sewing circles buys it.
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DesScorp writes: CNBC reports that new data from the National Student Clearinghouse indicates that enrollment growth in four year degree programs is slowing down, while growth in two year and certification programs is accelerating:
Enrollments in undergraduate certificate and associate degree programs both grew by about 2% in fall 2025, while enrollment in bachelor's degree programs rose by less than 1%, the report found. Community colleges now enroll 752,000 students in undergraduate certificate programs — a 28% jump from just four years ago. Overall, undergraduate enrollment growth was fueled by more students choosing to attend community college, the report found. "Community colleges led this year with a 3% increase, driven by continued rising interest in those shorter job-aligned certificate programs," said Matthew Holsapple, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center's senior director of research.
For one thing, community college is significantly less expensive. At two-year public schools, tuition and fees averaged $4,150 for the 2025-2026 academic year, according to the College Board. Alternatively, at four-year public colleges, in-state tuition and fees averaged $11,950, and those costs at four-year private schools averaged $45,000.
A further factor driving this new growth is that Pell Grants are now available for job-training courses like certifications.
180587246
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byDesScorp
2026 @12:23PM
(#65926614)
Attached to: The United States Needs Fewer Bus Stops
The important metric needs to be how well served the people are. Average speeds do not represent that as is made obvious here.
If you make it a pain in the ass to use busses and trains, then people will just go back to cars. Either buying their own, or renting per ride via Uber or something. If you're going to use a bus, then you're just going to have to accept that it's slow mode of transport. But it still beats walking in the snow.
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byDesScorp
4, 2026 @01:43PM
(#65924302)
Attached to: Iran Shuts Down Musk's Starlink For First Time
Incidentally, "just bombed" Iran?.
FFS, this happened less than seven months ago: US strikes on Iran.
180580080
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byDesScorp
4, 2026 @11:09AM
(#65923886)
Attached to: Iran Shuts Down Musk's Starlink For First Time
the goal is to locate and snatch mossad / CIA operatives that are attempting to raise mayhem in the country.
Yes, because it's completely a conspiracy and not at all a reaction to decades of iron-fisted rule. Iran was a happy land of lollipops and rainbows until now. The people love the Ayatollahs.
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byDesScorp
4, 2026 @11:03AM
(#65923880)
Attached to: Iran Shuts Down Musk's Starlink For First Time
Like these have? https://www.amnesty.org/en/lat...
The US does not care. Trump does not care. He just wants to misdirect away from the Epstein Files.
Yeah, the president that just bombed the fucking country in question doesn't care about Iran, it's all just a conspiracy to misdirect something else.
What would count as proper concern to you? A boots on the ground invasion to take out the Ayatollahs? We've sanctioned Iran, bombed them, attacked and killed their proxies at every turn. Just what are you wanting us to do to prevent those executions?
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byDesScorp
4, 2026 @10:57AM
(#65923866)
Attached to: Doubt Cast On Discovery of Microplastics Throughout Human Body
There don't appear to be any "Big Plastic" funding sources for this letter.
This is Slashdot, sir. Everything we don't like is a conspiracy, thank you very much.
180555654
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byDesScorp
2026 @03:53PM
(#65913336)
Attached to: America Is Falling Out of Love With Pizza
Pizza used to be cheap. Now, it's $20 or more, delivery fees are $5.99 instead of free and the driver expects a tip on top of the delivery fee. On top of that, quality has gone down. So we've gone from pizza every week or two to rarely doing take out. But they've priced themselves in the range of some much better choices.
That's just for delivery. And all the big chains have apps with deep discounts. A one-topping large pie at Domino's is $7.99 if you use the app or web to get the discount. And most of the big chains now have car-side pickup, which means they bring it out to you in the parking lot. So pizza is actually the cheapest option to feed a family if you just use your head. Because 8 bucks won't even get you a single combo meal at most places now.
Pizza chains are simply having to face more competition now. There's more variety available to consumers than ever before. There's a drive-thru or Fast Casual joint for every taste now. It's not just Burgers vs. Chicken vs. Pizza anymore.
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byDesScorp
2026 @10:08AM
(#65912353)
Attached to: Record Ocean Heat is Intensifying Climate Disasters, Data Shows
Because the US Eastern Seaboard and Gulf region had one of the milder hurricane seasons this year than usual:
"There were two tropical storms in the southern Gulf’s Bay of Campeche in 2025, but this was the first year since 2014 that there was not a tropical threat to the northern Gulf Coast, according to NOAA data. It was also the first time in a decade that a hurricane did not make landfall in the United States at all, according to NOAA."
The linked article notes of the major hurricanes that formed this season, 2 of 3 stayed in the deep ocean.
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byDesScorp
7, 2026 @04:08PM
(#65908785)
Attached to: How Aviation Emissions Could Be Halved Without Cutting Journeys
Here in the USA, many people are obsessed with SUVs and trucks, yet they never go offroad, they don't use these vehicles for work, they just want BIG vehicles for a really stupid reason, all the other stupid people around them that insist on having a large vehicle. Sure, there is a good use for having ONE larger vehicle in a family for when you need it, but the actual NEED for these huge vehicles is pretty low.
Lots of us have trucks, and all of us haul things in it: wood, purchased goods, trash, lawn stuff, you name it. Many of us also tow things with our trucks. The larger SUV's are overwhelmingly owned by families that haul kids around (and all that entails), or older folks with grandkids. Smaller SUV's are car-platform based, and are actually owned more by younger females, who find them more useful than sedans.
"Need" on transportation is like "voting your best interests". That's for usto decide, thanks. Not outside groups.
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byDesScorp
7, 2026 @03:55PM
(#65908741)
Attached to: New Dietary Guidelines Abandon Longstanding Advice on Alcohol
Even his face?
He's 71. With no Tom Cruise-ish plastic surgery or Botox. Put him in a lineup of other 71 year old faces and tell me he's worse than average.
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byDesScorp
7, 2026 @03:53PM
(#65908729)
Attached to: New Dietary Guidelines Abandon Longstanding Advice on Alcohol
All those multitudes of people who consult government tables to guide their consumption of various products, including alcohol, will now be lost in the darkness.
It doesn't help that medical researchers can't seem to agree on alcohol outside of "too much is bad". Kind of hard to issue any guidance when one group of doctors say that research indicates a glass of wine may have benefits while another group of equally distinguished doctors says nope, there are no good amounts, period, and you should completely abstain.
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byDesScorp
7, 2026 @03:48PM
(#65908709)
Attached to: New Dietary Guidelines Abandon Longstanding Advice on Alcohol
Alcohol consumption is way down due to younger generation preferring cannibus, and older generation using fat drugs (GPL1s reduce the urge for alcohol similar to other drugs). Has nothing to do with politics, this started well before Trump season 2.
Yeah, alcohol consumption has been in a generation long decline regardless of who is in office because drinking habits have changed for the population at large. Trade wars don't help, but the biggest issue is that the young just don't see the point in drinking. Bars and clubs have been steadily closing for years now. All dating is done online via the Internet and none of the kids are meeting in clubs anymore. Women used to go to clubs to get noticed. Now they have Instagram for that, and it's killing the club scene. As the club scene goes, drinking goes.
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byDesScorp
7, 2026 @03:43PM
(#65908691)
Attached to: New Dietary Guidelines Abandon Longstanding Advice on Alcohol
You need to eat a beef, butter and gin-based diet.
Maybe frying stuff in beef tallow and endless pushups are the answer then, 'cause the guy looks better at 71 than just about everyone else.
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