Folstar

@Folstar@lemmus.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Matrix⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, humans would never destroy natural resources in favor of some tech fix or just kinda assume that the planet would fix itself… /s

  My headcannon on the human battery thing is that the machines have core programming to make reasonable efforts to preserve human life. Designing power reactors (look how thick the cores are on the towers) with humans slapped to the side technically aligns with the core programming while allowing them to stick it to us apes. It’s also why the attack on Zion was one tentacle abductor machine for each human instead of dumping super plague down the hole and calling it a day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unknown Worlds Earns $250M Performance Bonus After Stellar Subnautica 2 Launch⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Good summary. What’s wild to me is reading through this and pondering the frequency of these events. “Someone made an arrogant/stupid business decision” multiple times a day every day. “Someone tried to weasel out and was told that was stupid” also every day. “Went ahead with the plan anyway” - very frequent. “Tried to burn it all down” - all too often. Then we get to the turn where the wronged actually got a fair day in court- far, far less often. Then the villain of our story with $250M on the line somehow didn’t lawyer up enough to get the best justice money can buy - almost seems like fiction at this point and beyond.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The rich convinced us that taxing them is too complicated but everyday people can be taxed pretty easily⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretending businesses exist in a vacuum is a very weird take. The government spends a considerable amount of time and cost in maintaining business interests. Maintaining the legal framework for business to operate so we’re not Mad Maxxing for more petrol is, on it’s own, justification. Then there’s the intellectual property side of things. Law enforcement. Military action. Foreign relations. The SEC and similar agencies that exist solely to facilitate business.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We produce more resources than we could ever consume in the least sustainable ways possible.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Our rapidly depleting aquifers being used to produce those resources would suggest there are too many people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vibe management⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Good stuff. One small note: I’m not sure how useful the distinction of “Chinese state-sponsored companies” is in recent history when comparing to the US, let alone now. The US has retooled much of federal research engine toward promoting US AI. Even fired the NSB (among many other long standing, expert driven advisory boards) to replace it with a bunch of tech baron stooges. States are offering unprecedented payouts to data centers. The AI hyperscalers already have a bailout all but guaranteed when the bubble pops. It’s all state-sponsored, just with extra steps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cultural impact⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not a big Avatar fan, but you make a compelling case. Extra points for a B5 reference.

  The morally-gray stories CAN be good, but not in the hands of most modern movie/streaming writers who somehow all seem to have gone to the school of “Trust me bro, I’m somehow better than the internationally acclaimed author who wrote the IP I’ve been handed” with a major in “mystery boxes” and minor in “identity IS character”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moving to the USA could be the Most Expensive Mistake of your Life⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Missing in this, both for being broke and the diabetes, is car monoculture. I’ve known several immigrants who thought they were going to get around (in Texas no less!) without a car or be a one car household. A few months later they were all angry at how much they were spending on cars. And fatter, angrier from traffic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moving to the USA could be the Most Expensive Mistake of your Life⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Living in the past? Hating people just like them? Immigrants really can assimilate!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New mrbeast video is dark⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s this cool new thing where you can search for stuff on the Internet. You should check it out. To answer your question, yes - en.wikipedia.org/…/Button,_Button_(The_Twilight_Z…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I didn't realize it was so bad⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just want to apologize, as this is largely my fault. There was a blowout clearance on Easter Candy and I went in all. Having gained 924 metric tons over the past few weeks, I’m throwing the averages way off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finally, we have the blueprints!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why is the butt plug room so small? Are we even serious about fighting fascism?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How social medias are reacting to the hantavirus⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Brutal self own for Lemmy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Immaculate⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a similar thought about Bill Clinton’s dick back when we learned that Trump sucked him off. I know Bubba was POTUS, but people seemed to be lining up to blow him. His penis must be immaculate, whatever that means.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American workers are tired of waiting.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cool sarcasm, but again, the ACA further enshrines our broken system and makes universal coverage even less likely to happen. They could have greatly expanded Medicare & Medicaid coverage, but instead went with the Heritage Foundation plan. The Obama/3rd Way practice of pre-compromising is a big part of how we got to where we are now. Where can the right wing party go when the “left wing” party is pushing right wing policies?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American workers are tired of waiting.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This seems less “bOtH sIdEs” and more of a call to reform the DNC, an organization that doesn’t even pretend to promise progressive policies as OP suggests so much as it actively fights against progressive candidates. Also, several of the wins you listed are not so great. The ACA is a Heritage Foundation plan that delays the USA joining the civilized world with universal coverage. The CHIPS act sounds good in principle except it’s corporate welfare that hyper inflated the AI bubble.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American workers are tired of waiting.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are systemic barriers to a 3rd (or 4th etc) party. No amount of campaigning or organizing will make them viable without systemic change. Attempting to push 3rd parties at the ballot box will, hilariously (in a sad way), benefit the party you least align with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Science is iterative⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re already well on the way to having supercritical CO2 generators. Sure, it’s still a steam engine, but supercritical CO2 makes it sound so much sciencier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed In March - More Than Double The macOS Gaming Marketshare⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I would be more suspicious of starting the year at 3.5% and dipping to 2.23% in Feb. If we ignore that oddity it makes for a less exciting headline, but jumping from 3.5% to 5.33% in the months after Microslop canned Win10 and slopped up Win11 tracks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed In March - More Than Double The macOS Gaming Marketshare⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope you are correct. If we extrapolate out, Linux could easily approach 10% as more people leave Win10 and split. There may even be a positive feedback loop where people leaving Win10 (and frustrated Win11 users) see that Linux is completely viable for gaming.