the rampant consumerism in nerd spaces seems to disprove the Lemmy title in the large, even if this specific example indicates the opposite wrt marketing by software firms aimed at developers.

the only thing I could think of with a smart fridge is being able to check the contents from your phone while you are at the store to see if you need milk or whatever...but that's not really a problem that justifies ads and the absolute invasion of privacy and the fact that the thing is likely about as secure as a wooden fence on a bank vault

if you bought a smart fridge, you get what you deserve

they self-identify as christian though, whereas Muslims do not self-ID as Christians.

Eh, Muslims claim to worship “The god of Adam, Moses, Abraham, and Jesus”.

Well, sure, but that's not enough for them to be considered "Christian" in any useful sense of the word. We certainly wouldn't consider Christians to be Jewish by that standard and they have a much deeper foundation in Judaism than Islam has in Christianity.

seems like a common theme in most creative industries: the more money that flows in the less congenial to experimentation and deviation the industry becomes.

To quote a giant piece of shit, "Don't Fuck With The Formula"

TOTP is the superior option, IMO, but I'm no expert on security so maybe they're insecure? it sure seems like some folks would rather do anything but time-based onetimes.

hardware keys are a pain in the neck, just one more thing to be lost.

I reckon being heretical involves at least claiming to be part of the religion. You might have a better argument for LDS

American Far-Right Evangelicalism is the biggest heresy in 21st century Christianity and possibly the most wide spread heresy in the history of the religion.

I honestly don't remember anything about it except that I didn't really enjoy it that much. that was a looong time ago

I don't know anything about passkeys but if Microsoft is pushing for them I am immediately suspicious. I am admittedly paranoid but if you have been an adult using a computer over the past ~15 years and aren't paranoid you haven't been paying enough attention

Why would he be fired for hitting his talking points? They feed him the line and he speaks the line.

If there is backlash enough, a canned apology is transmitted. If the response goes the other way, they consider the window shifted and prepare for the next milestone.