zarathustrad
@zarathustrad@lemmy.world
- Comment on Tomb Raider: Catalyst Delayed to 2028 1 day ago:
Or, they are aware of other economic forces at work over the next two years.
- Comment on Musk: Many British people are living in lovely small towns. They are just like Hobbits. Until one day, people show up and start raping their kids 2 days ago:
To further the LotR metaphor.
Elon Musk thinks he is an Olog-hai : cunning, elite troll that exists in the sunlight.
He’s more like a Stone Troll: dim-witted, easily confused, and prone to crumbling under scrutiny.
While he claims strategic brilliance, his leadership at DOGE resulted in massive failures, inflated savings claims, and chaotic cuts that increased costs, mirroring the bumbling incompetence of Tolkien’s Stone Trolls who were easily tricked by Gandalf. Ultimately, his drug-impaired erraticism and botched execution prove he lacks the discipline and intelligence of the Olog-hai, functioning instead as a brute whose grandiose plans turn to stone when exposed to the light of reality.
- Comment on Chinese parents in 1979 2 days ago:
Roomba VS Womb-ba
- Comment on Good luck dumbass 2 days ago:
New type of “man in the middle” attack.
- Comment on Good luck dumbass 2 days ago:
I own a weaponized Roomba for home defense, since that’s what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. ‘What the devil?’ As I grab my powdered wig and activate my autonomous sentry unit.
It bumps into the first man. Click-clack. The mounted 1911 fires a .45 ACP round, dropping him instantly. ‘Good lord!’ cries the second, but the Roomba pivots, its optical sensors locking on. It unleashes a suppressed burst from the top-mounted M4 carbine, shredding his lace cuffs.
The remaining two try to flee up the stairs, but they trigger the tripwire. The Claymore mine strapped to the dustbin detonates with a deafening roar, sending shrapnel through the foyer wallpaper. The last survivor, trembling in the corner, thinks he’s safe until he hears the whirring. The downstairs Roomba engages its miniature, high-torque chainsaw. It drags itself toward him, cleaning up the mess as it goes.
- Comment on Just as Nolan intended 4 days ago:
He still controlled (heavily influenced) how the film was released. That sort of influence in your own industry is control.
It not only affected the safety of everyone employed own chain (eg. theater workers), or pit public safety at risk. The attitude of “well it was not illegal, so it’s governments fault, not his.” Is part of the problem.
- Comment on Just as Nolan intended 4 days ago:
Yea, the wealthy have no power, and therefore, no responsibility.
- Comment on Behold, the future! 5 days ago:
This Idiocracy Prequel looks low effort.
- Comment on A Majority of Americans Now Support Seizing Wealth From AI Industry 6 days ago:
I’m just waiting for when they have to sell off all that depreciating silicone (SSD/HDD/RAM). Just hope they don’t throw it all in a landfill with the ET Atari carts out of spite.
- Comment on Pot 6 days ago:
When you pissed all over my black kettle, Ylyou must’ve been HIGH, on a shelf.
- Comment on Apu sitting in the corner out of picture 1 week ago:
Back then it was common, and if not normal in all places, certainly something everyone just had to “deal with”.
Unfortunately a major political movement is normalizing it again now. Probably better to remember the trope and discuss it rather than bury it. But, it’s a kids show, so it doesn’t need to be in the rotation in every kid’s constantly running digital baby sitter I suppose.
- Comment on It's rigged 1 week ago:
Fun fact.
Some one retiring today at 67 after paying the full cap for the last 35 years (1992–2026) would be getting ~4k/month SS, after paying ~479K (half from employer if not self employed) in SS only over 35 years.
The same amount invested would likely result in slightly lower payments at 4% return, but higher with actual market return at higher risk. Plus, allow for wealth transfer to dependents.
So, take that how you will.
(Numbers are rough since the cap is a moving target and 35 years is a long time).
- Comment on Sick as hell 2 weeks ago:
New careers in this Brave New World, be a Reverse Centaur Image Generator!
Be the M.E.A.T. – Manual Error Adjustment Team
And make the S.L.O.P. – Synthetic Latent Output, Polished
- Comment on Microsoft Teams status 2 weeks ago:
Ok, but management is lazy, incompetent and/or suffering from imposter syndrome (rightful for some). So they don’t know what reasonable is, or what they need to produce, only need to make a number match a projection.
- Comment on In a hearing on data centers, a resident of Tyrone Township, Michigan, asked a simple question: Have you signed a non-disclosure agreement? Officials refused to answer 2 weeks ago:
An ignorant and unengaged electorate is just asking for it. When you’re rich they let you do it, you can do anything.
- Comment on Microsoft is selling off four Xbox studios as part of significant gaming cuts 2 weeks ago:
It’s a good time to have a few 1-5 year old PCs and some spare parts laying around to play games up to current Gen and future Indy games.
Batten down the hatches me matey. We will need to weather these seas with narry a port in the storm for the next few years.
The PC of Theseus will survive.
- Comment on Microsoft is selling off four Xbox studios as part of significant gaming cuts 2 weeks ago:
Ok, but let me tell you about the regulatory moat we are digging with lobbyist money… It’s gonna be huge!
Raise the floor, drown the little guy!
(The large firms will just shed the unprofitable parts and sell the shovels of compute to whomever will use them untill they can size and enshitify the product of their labor)
- Comment on The end of civilization costs $5 2 weeks ago:
I buy mine dehydrated to save on shipping, just add water.
- Comment on I wonder why the world is on fire? A mystery 2 weeks ago:
We are seeing people call it different things now, but “late stage capitalism” is moving to a post-capitalism of debit/leverage, where they don’t even own the means of production, they are renting it with borrowed money.
- Comment on russia deadass fell offf 2 weeks ago:
The men that have “concern” for the sexuality of others, for the most part, already don’t think women should have that choice to begin with, and are therefore unconcerned about Lesbians. (No need for prosecution or persecution, when you already think of them as objects)
- Comment on Killing ownership is the method, killing the secondary market is the objective. 2 weeks ago:
Ready, player one.
- Comment on narcania of time 2 weeks ago:
Living like lovers
Rolling like thunder spell under the covers
- Comment on Happy Birthday guys, gals, and other pals! 2 weeks ago:
That was a narrative for Covid19 death report denial as well.
- Comment on Killing ownership is the method, killing the secondary market is the objective. 2 weeks ago:
Bold of you to say “people”.
Your account has been banned by an algorithm.
The algorithm will now take every attempt to communicate why you were banned as “suspicious activity” and ban you again.
Your IP has been logged, and all future accounts will be banned.
Please have your agentic AI log your proof of citizenship with the authorities for review and social re-education.
- Comment on The First Republican Pedo 2 weeks ago:
No kings. Where’s the window?
- Comment on I wonder why the world is on fire? A mystery 3 weeks ago:
What many people hate about what is happening now is not even capitalism.
Capitalism is an economic system characterized by the private ownership of the means of production and the pursuit of profit.
Of course pure, laissez-faire capitalism has arguably never existed on a national scale. Modern economies are defined by their specific balance of market freedom and government oversight, but that is not what I mean.
Traditional capitalism was historically driven by equity. Owners investing their own capital or retained earnings into production to generate profits through goods and services. In contrast, the modern economy is increasingly driven by debt.
If capitalism implies a system driven by equity investment in production and disciplined by the risk of bankruptcy, the modern leverage-heavy economy deviates significantly. It functions as a hybrid system where financial extraction and state-backed credit have superseded productive investment and market discipline as the primary engines of economic activity.
- Comment on That's fair 3 weeks ago:
I don’t lift anymore and am now 30% potato, but back in the day:
I would estimate a 1RM from a 5RM (5-rep max represents roughly 85% to 87% of 1RM) and found that more accurate than 10 or 3 but many use 3.
So, for example, if my 5RM was ~217-220 I would be comfortable claiming 255 1RM.
(In practice I was doing 250-280 in sets of 5-10, and had no issue with 300-310 1RM).
My vote is assured! Wait, do they take the vote away when you pull your tricep?
- Comment on That's fair 3 weeks ago:
It’s George Washington, so it’s freedom units. Imperial for the Empire.
- Comment on That's fair 3 weeks ago:
Your confusing Bench with Squat.
Bench pressing one’s own body weight is estimated to be achievable by less than 10% of men in the general population, and potentially less than 1% with proper form.
Since 255 lbs exceeds the average American male body weight (~200 lbs), the percentage of adults capable of this lift is significantly lower than 10%.
So, I’m happy to be in the top 10% of the elites. Now get back to the mines noodle arms!
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
“Historically Rapes formed the basis for local government…”
Things never change.