Notices by Bill Bennett (billbennett@mastodon.nz)

Have a dislike of App Store apps that don't list a price then once you've downloaded they reveal the subscription to actually use the software costs an arm and a leg

@ZippyGonzales It sometimes does... but having hundreds of billions in the bank buys an awful lot of legal advice.

@ZippyGonzales Well someone effectively purchased the assistant president job... that's pure Last Days of the Roman Republic. Donald better watch his back on the Ides of March.

@mmasnick Hey Mike, I love your work but one thing baffles me: what is a brunchlord? I read it as
“Entitled, unthinking tech bro wanker” which fits in context, but I wonder if there is a nuance here that I’m missing?

Turns out nuclear power is a lot more expensive than renewable power.

https://reneweconomy.com.au/nuclear-option-costs-six-times-more-than-renewables-study-finds/

Hosted servers prove cheaper than cloud https://billbennett.co.nz/servers-v-cloud/

@lightweight We only have so much room for manoeuvre here. It’s like all the people around the world making an effort to cut their carbon footprint when it turns out a few hundred large corporations are behind the overwhelming majority of carbon emissions.

@lightweight On that basis almost every business, every commercial transaction is immoral… I’m not saying one can’t make that argument

@lightweight It’s complicated, but yes, in general they don’t pay much tax here, sales are booked overseas. This is a loophole that can only be fixed by international treaty, work is underway, but it will take ages. It is a huge topic that applies almost everywhere except the US (and there it still applies a bit).

@lightweight That’s too bleak, too cynical. And this is coming from me who is constantly accused of being too bleak and cynical.

@DHarvey @atomicpoet @TexasObserver @fediversenews

I work for the Herald, but I am a freelance, not on the team. Sadly any media company’s managers will require journalists to stick with Twitter while it continues to deliver readers. If Mastodon did this, it would be packed with journos.

@lightweight Partly because I’d just spent 10 minutes talking about other things that are wrong with Facebook and Twitter. We’re conscious that we could spend 25 minutes every week just talking about how awful those companies are.