they make a lot

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is this a phone screenshot of a tik-tok screenshot of a tweet ?

lemme post this on instagram, send it via whatsapp, upload it to imgur and have it recompressed by youtube real quick!

To convert that to open services: Let me just post this on Pixelfed, send it via Telegram/Signal, upload it to (hmm, can someone help me here) and have it recompressed by Odysee/Peertube!

That’s a weird way to spell matrix

Which one?

Matrix is a federated messaging app, while telegram and signal make it difficult to host your own servers. You can read their docs at matrix.org or try the service at element.io

Thanks for letting me know about that!

Glad I could help :) You should also see a space in your lemmy account settings to put a matrix ID on your profile, if you want people to have a more secure contact option than lemmy DMs which can be read by the instance admins.

I would like to buy some air conditioning

Hitachi: OK

And some science equipment, a crane and some train tracks

Hitachi: Done

Also I want to pleasure myself

Hitachi: I gotcha fam

I would like to buy a business copier/printer/scanner.

Brother: Got you covered.

Any idea where I can get a good sewing machine?

Brother: Funny you should ask!

Me: I'd like to buy a smartphone

Samsung: ok

Me: I also need an apartment in Korea

Samsung: ok

Me: can I also get some appliances for that apartment?

Samsung: ok

Me: and you know I'll probably also need a testing kit for these chemicals that I purchased

Samsung: done

Me: I need assisted living facilities after a small chemical accident in the home

Samsung: no problem

Me: oh, and some sugar

Samsung: fine, there you go

Me : I'll also need a tank and a giant crane for... unspecified reasons.

Samsung: ok

Or medical treatment in a hospital. Or signing up for military service and using one of their vehicles.

ᗜwᗜ - I would like to buy a smartphone
Xiaomi - ok>
ᗜwᗜ - I'd also like to buy a pressure cooker, flipflops, bicycle, suitcases, wine bottle o-
Xiaomi - 你不会相信我会说的话

I'd also like an industrial drone for dispersing pesticides and liquid based fertilizers.

Yamaha: Would you like it to match your motorcycle?

For real though, anyone know how that came to be?

Branching- Pepsi made phones, Nintendo had love hotels and taxi services, Chinese companies are cracked etc

Nintendo? Love Hotels? I think I missed a few chapters here.

It’s been a bit so I may botch some of the details, but back when they were just a playing card company, the youngish CEO went to the US and toured the offices of whoever the biggest playing card manufacturer was at that time. He noticed their offices weren’t that impressive and thought, “If we remain as a playing card company, this is our ceiling.” So he started branching out into a ton of weird unrelated businesses and video games happened to stick.

So basically thank Hoyle or whoever for having a shitty headquarters or we wouldn’t have Tears of the Kingdom.

Or Playstation -> it was made out of spite after all

You know the sexy gamer girl cosplay thing that's going on now? That was Nintendo's idea.

/j

Huge companies used to make a lot of stuff back in the golden age of capitalism. General electric was a big chemicals and plastics company for instance. It was just normal.

Nowadays, those mega-corporations make more money acting as a bank than they do selling stuff. They've just kept some product lines rolling because they're profitable and safe.

You couldn't just start a motorcycle company and be competitive against Yamaha. The specific expertise they have took decades to build, so why waste it by closing down those weird branches when they're still making money.

I ended up watching a video which was an in depth analysis of Japanese culture from pre-shogun era to modern day and they went into detail about how alot of these Japanese mega corporations started and got to the size they are now.

For reasons I'm still confused about it was titled "why we kill gods in jrpgs" but I recommend it even if you're not a gamer.

https://youtu.be/IEUqLL8J4gI

iirc Yamaha was making mechanical parts in WW2, and that department survived after the war by switching to making motorcycles

e:typo

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I learned this fact from Vocaloid (yep the one with Hatsune Miku), which is also developed by Yamaha. They had a mechanical parts department during WW2, and it survived by switching to making motorcycles after the war.

Samsung is pretty cool like that. Need a TV? Samsung does it. Need a washer dryer set? Samsung. Need artillery? Believe it or not straight to Samsung.

pharmaceutical products? samsung again (though as CMOs not as name brands as far as I know)

What's always been funny to me is that Yamaha also seems to have the cheapest and some of the most expensive stuff too. Look at (piano) keyboards for example.

They play all sides so they always come out on top

They also apparently make a digital saxophone and compound bow (as in archery) grips.

Nobody here is talking about how Exxon bucked this trend and only sells oil

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Ich: I want some freshly ground coffee. Hey, Tchibo, do you offer this?

Tchibo: Of course! That's my primary business.

Ich: By the way, Tchibo, do you know someone who sells raincoats and underwear, but basically no other clothes?

Tchibo: Funny that you ask...

Ich: I want to get into cooking. What is some very basic recipe book for beginners?

Dr. Oetker: What about mine: Dr. Oetkers Schulkochbuch?

Ich: But I'm actually too lazy to cook. I just gonna buy some frozen pizza.

Dr. Oetker: Here you go.

Me: i need washer Whirlpool: i got you Me: i also need WWII era military armaments Whirlpool: i got you