Draegur
@Draegur@lemmy.zip
Poly-Panro-Ace It/They
friendly neighborhood wholesome degenerate abomination from beyond the stars (mostly harmless™).
Atomic energy enthusiast. Architecture enjoyer. Mecha appreciator. Sci-Fi reader.
Winged caniform cybernetic biped techno-lich in its dreams.
- Comment on End of an era? 5 days ago:
oh, allow me to clarify–!
I did not mean to sound as though I had been disagreeing with you ^.^; my comment was more intended to have a ‘yes-and’ kind of vibe~
but I really do like all that you had to say here and I still agree!
While they’re truly not stealing the electricity, what I would hope to imply is that they are nevertheless acquiring it via nefarious means–in that many of these data centers are building gas combustion generators to supplement their power usage in violation of environmental regulations, workplace safety standards, and generally all the laws that say “you can’t do that without proper documentation and licensing” etc.
So yeah–the “stolen thatch and stolen bamboo” isn’t literally stolen (like you said!) but rather just ill-gotten.
Also I have indeed noticed the way that there’s so much money being thrown around, especially the funds they’ve gotten from “investors” which are really just debt. They’re going into massive debt to pay contractors and vendors… and that cap-ex and op-ex? sometimes I wonder if that’s the real motive. Just a big stinkin’ money laundering racket to bilk people out of their savings (anyone with a managed retirement investment fund that happens to do business with these jerks) and squirrel it away on “other companies” who are “working for” them.
They AREN’T worth the effort. It’s the emperor’s new clothes all over again. The only thing they’re really actually TRYING to do, I hypothesize, is just keep everyone distracted so they can do exactly what you said they would: make themselves ‘too big to fail’ and then ride off into the sunset when the shoddy facade they propped up comes crashing down, leaving the public sector to foot the bill…
- Comment on End of an era? 1 week ago:
Not when you realize that the “something” they’re charging you for is:
a) bastardized cargo culted knockoff of “something” so insubstantial that it’s very nearly “something-shaped nothing”
b) the “something” is made of stuff that isn’t even theirs.Not only is it giving you a bamboo and thatch sculpture of an airplane when you ask for an airplane; it’s made of STOLEN bamboo and STOLEN thatch.
- Comment on Apple that makes eunuchs 2 weeks ago:
I want that apple even more now.
- Comment on I got 99 problems 2 weeks ago:
yeah scalzi friggin rules! :D
- Comment on Vote 4 weeks ago:
Perhaps we’ll need to replace the lawful-chaotic axis with another spectrum…
- Comment on Vote 4 weeks ago:
i need these sorted into an alignment chart
- Comment on Sniff sniff 4 weeks ago:
no wonder they can smell blood from miles away; they’re literally made of nose.
- Comment on He's an arborist 4 weeks ago:
you will find that if the branch snaps from the trunk, its perpendicular distance will be exactly the same number of milimeters.
- Comment on He's an arborist 4 weeks ago:
The radius of a circle is a fixed distance from its origin at every angle.It’s still the same number of milimeters distal of the trunk from the pivot point.
- Comment on He's an arborist 5 weeks ago:
The larger length, even if it’s at a near vertical acute angle, is likely to tumble if it breaks–which means the whole reason we’re interested in its measurement is a situation where the angle is no longer fixed
- Comment on He's an arborist 5 weeks ago:
The correct answer is “between 114 and 152 millimeters” because both measures are relevant and necessary from an engineering standpoint: For the purposes of sizing something such that it can utilize the branch for support, it must be made clear that the branch is solid and whole up to 114 millimeters from the trunk. For the purpose of accidental collision clearance, it is necessary to know the furthest extent of the branch’s reach no matter how damaged or distupted it is. Furthermore if the branch may break and fall off, giving it at least 152mm of clearance means that it is unlikely to accidentally catch upon something in its descent even if it “hinges” away from the trunk at the base.
- Comment on Can't wait. 5 weeks ago:
vaseline sounds like it should have been spelled vasilene but the i and the e got switched as a funny prank and it stuck.
- Comment on This is a shitpost 1 month ago:
Shitposts can tell a little truth, as a treat.
- Comment on Haxxed 1 month ago:
It gave me a long term phobia of explosive decompression that fucked with me for decades after. I honestly can’t comprehend what the fuck the showrunners were thinking when they decided to portray a child taking off their helmet in the vacuum of space
- Comment on Haxxed 1 month ago:
> die
> arrive in afterlife
> ask god if earth is flat or round
> god says it’s round???
> realize the roundoid conspiracy got to him too
> sent to hell for doubting god
> persecuted for challenging the lies
> clearly the conspiracy feels threatened if they’re going this far to silence me
> validation! vindication! - Comment on Most could work on anyone really 2 months ago:
Went over his head, poor little guy.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
i agree that it’s mildly infuriating this sack of shit didn’t suffer justice for his inhumanity sooner.
- Comment on Gotta go fast 2 months ago:
Supercritical CO2 gas turbines are also a possibility.
- Comment on I have a plan 2 months ago:
… At this point i almost wonder if Mexican federal leadership would give our states a better shot at self determination.
- Comment on I have a plan 2 months ago:
A neutron device will suffice.
Nice and sterilized of all the virulent filth infesting it now
- Comment on I have a plan 2 months ago:
Do you promise, Canada? Really promise? If you do… You can stay. You don’t have to go. Let all of our regions be vassals until each respective reasons proves itself worthy of becoming a province. The province of New England would welcome you as liberators and celebrate your arrival as the new independence day…
- Comment on Why do some people (i.e. white conservatives) think all Spanish speakers (especially native Spanish speakers) are Mexican? 3 months ago:
Yeah, OP, Baggie has a point. Coming to the United States now, especially now of all times, is similar to buying tickets to board a sinking ship. It’s not just a waste of your resources that isn’t worth it; this shithole country might get you killed and even European folks who natively speak languages other than Spanish are in danger here and getting detained just for being here. People are dying in ICE custody, being raped by border patrol “agents”. If you have the means, please consider escaping with your life WHILE YOU STILL CAN.
- Comment on I am a rocker! I am a roller! I am the out-of-controller! I am the Nightrider! 3 months ago:
Every Day we stray closer to Mad Max
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
I’m sorry, It turns out I’m not a man u.u
But that does explain why I was so turned off at the prospect of getting sucked (yuck) Because this junk on me is the wrong parts!
The most fun relationships I’ve had, my own body was hardly even acknowledged and I made it all about what I can do for my partner ^^
Besides, receiving sexual gratification of any kind is aggressively mid to me anyway, because I’m pretty sure I’m on the asexual spectrum.
I want to please my partners solely because I’m panromantic and when anyone i love has a good time i get the warm fuzzy giddy mushy sappy tingles~ :3
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Real Life.
- Comment on bold words 4 months ago:
Oh I’m not a girl either.
I’m an it: a THING. :3
The big revelation i had in recent years is that although i may not know what i am, i know what I’m not.
I wasted decades living like a fish who was tricked into thinking its life’s purpose was to climb trees.
I could have spared myself a great deal of inconvenience and confusion if i had realized sooner that I’m asexual and genderless because divesting of those labels has drastically reduced the discomfort of my existence in that i no longer feel bizarre self-inflicted pressure to fulfill archetypical roles toward which i never related and which I never understood in the first place.
A lot of social issues i had came from externalization of internal dysphoria. The deep, overwhelming disgust and discomfort I felt when merely even conceptualizing masculinity that purports to be ‘mine’, let alone any actual participation in such an identity. Being in “boy” spaces, being present for “boy” events, every stereotype and statistically emergent pattern associated with maleness, all of it–ALL OF IT–made my skin crawl.
The utter revulsion that overwhelmed me regarding masculinity spilled over into how I treated others, and that absolutely sucked. It’s not their fault they had an intrinsic understanding of themselves that felt intuitive and made sense to them…
…
And also even though I don’t particularly feel interested in pretending to be a girl either i know i definitely would be more comfortable in a more androgynous body. I even want bottom surgery, not for anyone else’s sake but because it feels less wrong conceptually.
(Not holding my breath though)
I just sometimes think back to the 90s and wonder if i could’ve had more room in my head for more useful considerations if I hadn’t been preoccupied with an intrinsic inability to embody societal expectations and roles that, it turns out, had nothing to do with me. If i didn’t waste so much effort trying to care about something that i hated and turned out to not matter at all, goodness, i could’ve known myself so much better, been at least somewhat more comfortable in my own head if not in my own skin.
If future me had conveyed the message convincingly in just those three words that no good would come from struggling to participate with that miserable dead-end charade… maybe i could have better focused on things that did matter.
- Comment on bold words 4 months ago:
first choice:
PURSUE NUCLEAR ENGINEERINGrunner up:
YOU AIN’T MALE - Comment on SERIOUSLY THOUGH. WELCOME TO LEMMY. 4 months ago:
It’s neat here.
I’m actually here more often than on Reddit now.
- Comment on 4 months ago:
Gesicht wie ein Telefonbuch.
Absolut nutzlos.
Nicht mal als Toilettenpapier taugt sie.
Höchstens als Zunder geeignet. - Comment on 4 months ago:
Backpfeifengesicht.