Alsjemenou
@Alsjemenou@lemy.nl
- Comment on Everybody gets one [choose wisely] 4 days ago:
Finally i can get my jacuzzi!
- Comment on Everybody gets one [choose wisely] 5 days ago:
Ah great, I would like everything i ever would need to buy ever, always be on super sale. Thanks.
- Comment on Why democrats under Biden administration didn't release Epstein files? 1 week ago:
Okay. Let me give a sane outsider take.
First thing you have to understand is that there is a big disconnect between the conviction of Epstein and the influential connections he had. All the conspiracy talk about the island being a childporn hub for elites is nothing more than that: conspiracy fantasy. His suicide fueled many more ideas about the elite killing him, but again no evidence at all.
However, there is a strong public pressure to research the connections between Epstein and the elites he knew. This has most likely been done in the background, since Epstein did shady finances. But Trump has campaigned heavily on the popular sentiment. And it lives in the minds of people a solution to lock up all the elites/draining the swamp.
So now there is a big problem for the maga populists, there is a ‘list’ of connections to epstein. But there is no further evidence (yet) that those people did anything illegal, or is entirely complicated financial crime. The list probably includes just about the entire political spectrum includes donors and includes Trump. So everybody wants to handle this the correct way, including those donors. Nobody wants their name public because they spoke to a shady financial advisor. And any case against a super wealthy person needs to be watertight, they can afford a legal team.
Is it possible that there was deeper predatory connections? sure. Epstein had easy access and no question that he was willing to share. Is that going to be written down in a list? absolutely not. Epstein did finances the shady way and that’s more likely the reason so many rich people were interested in his business.
So this isnt a political issue. Of course, now it is. But that’s because Trump made it one.
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 1 week ago:
Why not add a bluetooth speaker and some search lights, maybe a perfume dispenser and a toothpick holder. fucking genius.
- Comment on Do you still remember? 1 week ago:
'99 Renault Megane scenic 1.9D
it was dangerously slow. And I failed my first test because of it. I was supposed to merge in front of a truck, but i simply couldn’t get up to speed in the space i had. The exam lady refused to believe me that it couldn’t.
- Comment on How come nobody does anything about North Korea? 2 weeks ago:
First of all, there are a lot of people willing to die for their country as it is. As soon as people are willing to give up their lives, you’re not changing shit. These people didn’t grow up like you and me.
Secondly, there is a world of difference between stepping in and stepping in. One of the main reasons that North Korea is so isolated is because of sanctions. That is also a form of stepping in.
Thirdly, we already saw war and foreign meddling in that area. That’s exactly why America is the great evil opponent of North Korea. That’s not a coincidence or just because Kim Il Sung, Kim Jung Il or Kim Jung Un hated “freedom”.
Now you ask, what other solution is there?!
Well, a lot of people are actually working on that. By launching information campaigns and spreading Western/foreign music into the country. Real change comes from within. But please remember that this country is now lead by the third generation of absolute leader.
- Comment on You learn something new everyday 1 month ago:
The numbers for 1993 werent in yet?
- Comment on If you gotta go, you gotta go law. 2 months ago:
Restcloset*
- Comment on If this is you your priorities are all screwed up 4 months ago:
Oh shut, thanks for the wake up call op.
- Comment on So, is the USA screwed? 5 months ago:
In a sense it is done. That sense is being a beacon of progress. All presidents before Trump understood the relationship America had with the world as being a world power. While there always was a conservative voice in America, conservative presidents were always able to mask self interest under the flag of progress, bringing democracy, peace and free markets. Now ultraconservative fascist are no longer masking, Trump and Musk are literally not smart enough to understand. The USA played a very important role in the world order and the current administration is basically giving that up.
Trump and Musk, because they really aren’t smart (i can’t stress this enough, they lack the mental capacity), are not considering the value of that role, the services the US provides. They only think about the value of things and of money. More rockets, tarifs on goods, expenditure… And see these as things along which progress is measured.
While that does, to a small extent, captures progress. It forgets the foundations of progress, peace, education, financial security, social cohesion, to name a few. Sorry, i say forget… But really what i should be saying is dismantling. They are also clueless about the value of services and the service economy. Which is, or has become, another measure of progress.
Anyway the point is, the US can’t maintain their position in the world order. They can’t maintain a government that understands their responsibility in that order. They abandoned their classic role without providing the world with a new/better one.
The US has been degraded to a trade partner.
- Comment on Hurry 6 months ago:
- Comment on That's a good one 7 months ago:
I see AI has achieved humor above human comprehension.
- Comment on how do I accept I'll never know why any employer rejected me? 10 months ago:
Oh God it was such an onslaught on my self image and psychology. I believe humans aren’t equipped to handle the amount of rejection you have to receive during that grind. I certainly wasn’t.
- Comment on Seriously, what the f*** is keeping Donald Trump in this presidential race? 10 months ago:
That’s exactly how change of meaning happens, tho. Like that’s literally how we do that.
Like i said, there is a point here that’s getting lost in accusations. There indeed is a blindspot for Harris’ faults.
- Comment on Seriously, what the f*** is keeping Donald Trump in this presidential race? 10 months ago:
They’re questioning whether or not the other side is bogged down in idpol. The other guy accused them of doing idpol. Big difference. My point isn’t that idpol doesn’t exist obviously it does.
- Comment on Seriously, what the f*** is keeping Donald Trump in this presidential race? 10 months ago:
Sorry but oop is explicitly not doing identity politics. You have a point but it’s getting lost in your accusations.
- Comment on VW Buzz 11 months ago:
That’s a picture of the concept. The production version doesn’t have the front window flow into the hood. The production version looks more like the multivan, and i like the multivan in two tone better. It’s a more honest design.
- Comment on The taste of 🦅🇺🇲 Freedom 🇺🇸🦅 1 year ago:
That’s a lot of death.
- Comment on Never give up 1 year ago:
Instructions unclear, am jerking off to political debates on brazzers
- Comment on is this the right way to establish boundaries with my nosy coworkers at the hospital? 1 year ago:
Nobody is forcing anybody to do anything. And if you believe that people need to owe you something before you can engage with them, your obviously not being serious. Ignoring social interaction in a group is not a great way of going about life.
Especially not when you’re able and your only excuse is that you don’t want to. That’s how a 5 year old navigates life.
- Comment on is this the right way to establish boundaries with my nosy coworkers at the hospital? 1 year ago:
Sounds like a one sided arrangement that’s only good for you and not for the cohesion of the group. What’s the actual problem with connecting to/socialising with people?
I get that it’s annoying sometimes, and it’s fine to have limits. But you’re working in a place where other people are working, some people need socialising just like you need space. It’s give and take. You’re just asking for special treatment because you’re introverted?
Sorry but the excuse that it’s ‘just work’ is bullshit. You have responsibility you’re an adult, different people different needs, be accommodating to get accommodation.
- Comment on Is there any significance to people using emojis that match their skin tone? 1 year ago:
👆🤣
- Comment on How come no true use for recent AI developments has been found yet? 1 year ago:
Nobody’s mentioning this but the reason is that when they say ‘next big thing’ what they mean is ‘being able to monetize it and make it profitable’.
They care about usefulness only insofar as its a way to monetize it. It doesn’t need to be useful at all. It’s maybe a nice buzzword for on the PowerPoint slide when they’re trying to convince investors.
But investors aren’t idiots and they are usually pretty fucking tuned in to whatever they put money on. And ai is very oversold and overpromised. It’s not that great, very difficult to get to do what you want, and very costly to operate, with mostly questionable/untrustworthy results. Plus it’s begging for a lot of new legislation to protect copyrights and privacy law. So, we need a bunch of idiots with money to make this work and those are usually in the large tech companies (think the bezos and musks of this world). They have the infrastructure and resources to put into it, and then they try to incorporate it into their ecosystem. They’ll fuck everything up forever and probably make it so llm’s and other models are going to have to be destroyed to be able to comply to legislation.
Anyone with a brain stays away from investing in this and maybe hedge it a bit. See what happens… I don’t think that there’s going to be other companies popping up in this space. But just the continuing progress of big tech streamlining their current systems until enough people are exposed to enough bullshit to change legislation. Depending on that, maybe some companies will be able to give us something useful like: An ai personal assistant that figured out in the middle of a conversation to put the appointment you made in the agenda, ordered a seat in the restaurant and reroutes you to a gasstation because you’re low on fuel and messages your spouse you’re 5 minutes late because of it. While your privacy is protected and your data secure.
In the meantime we can make pictures of cats in space wearing a clown costume.
- Comment on Which is which? 1 year ago:
Void or avoid?
- Comment on Meet my new puppy: Ass! 1 year ago:
Popcorn!
- Comment on As someone who is aging. Late thirties. How can I keep my finger on the pulse of current trends, particularly in music? 1 year ago:
Rizzin in my skibidi forties no cap
- Comment on Does color change how hot a laser can get something? 1 year ago:
Im in the privileged position where I can say that I was educated to pronounce and write in British English. And while I’m not a native speaker, I’m confident that my knowledge of the English language surpasses most of native speakers in the US, if not 99%. My spell checker is biased for us English.
Now if you excuse me I have to go back to my flat, with my lorry having chips and candy floss in the boot. Do you even elevator bro?
- Comment on Does color change how hot a laser can get something? 1 year ago:
The power needed to power the laser, if identical, is what determines the temperature here, not the color.
A thousand watt laser is going to make the lead melt while a 5 watt laser won’t.
Another limiting factor is how fast the lead/target material can dissipate the heat. A 10kg block of lead is going to stay a lot cooler than a 5 gram piece of lead.
The colour of the laser has no influence on the final temperature, at all.
The photons are just transferring energy from a to b. And whether they can do it fast or slow doesn’t really matter. Both blue and red photons are subject to the law of conservation of energy. The amount of energy you put in is the amount of energy you get out.
In reality there is probably a difference in how efficient a blue and red laser diode are, so there are losses. And if one is slower than the other, the target material is losing energy to the surrounding air. And that’s why you’ll get different temperatures.
In an ideal setting with exactly identical lasers, where the only difference is the colour, the end result is also exactly the same.
- Comment on Comedy has peaked ladies and gentlemen 1 year ago:
Ooh, I thought nqked… Doh
- Comment on Oddly specific question 1 year ago:
It’s fascism… They want fascism. That’s the joke.
