HobbitFoot
@HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club
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- Comment on "It is out of the question to let a boss run rampant" - Ubisoft workers strike against "disastrous" cutbacks 2 days ago:
It’s the bosses, but it appears to be an industry wide issue instead of just one company.
- Comment on Im stupid but have money 2 days ago:
It looks like you’re doing a great job at protecting yourself against a horrible life, but it looks like you haven’t planned out creating a good life.
I’d save your money and have it grow, but I’d start looking into low/no cost hobbies or something to add some joy in your life.
- Comment on "It is out of the question to let a boss run rampant" - Ubisoft workers strike against "disastrous" cutbacks 2 days ago:
Nah.
The problem is that AAA gaming hasn’t really innovated that much in the last decade while development costs go up to fund better visuals. Worse, consumers won’t pay for the higher development costs.
I’m surprised that the gaming industry is as large as it is.
- Comment on Im stupid but have money 2 days ago:
No, but I have things I like to do outside of work and my work funds those activities.
Based on your responses, it seems like the only thing you like to do is to see your net worth go up. Any reason why you don’t have any hobbies?
- Comment on Im stupid but have money 2 days ago:
Do you like working?
- Comment on Im stupid but have money 2 days ago:
If you didn’t have to work, what would you do? Do you still want to work? Would you do something else? Do you have any hobbies?
I’m asking because I’m planning on taking a sabbatical from work because I’m tired of working and I want to enjoy some time away from work.
- Comment on Europeans set to launch an alternative to X. It’s called W 3 days ago:
No country wants to build a tech infrastructure that they don’t control.
- Comment on How did Zohran Mamdani win conservative voters over without using the terms "socialism", "communism" or "capitalism"? 3 days ago:
He didn’t. Mamdani won a majority of NYC, but he lost the conservative parts to Cuomo.
That said, Mamdani got a decent amount of small business support for campaigning on streamlining a lot of the city’s regulations to bring down costs. This includes getting rid of the secondary market for various medallions.
- Comment on I Can’t Sell You Laptops Anymore (video) (enshittification of computer repair) 4 days ago:
I don’t know if it is purposeful. It just seems to be a side effect of the market going all in on AI.
- Comment on Have anyone here actually published a memoir or know of someone IRL (as in, you've met them face to face) that published a memoir? Do people actually read these? 5 days ago:
A grandparent did before they died. I read it; it was ok.
- Comment on How do I deliver an American eBay package to my hotel? 6 days ago:
So, there are people telling you how to ship packages to a hotel, which is fine. The issue is going to be if eBay will let you. Having packages sent to a hotel is likely going to trigger a lot of fraud warnings, especially as your account is from another country.
- Comment on If WWIII broke out tomorrow do you honestly believe america would win? 6 days ago:
The Korean and Vietnam Wars were constrained by not trying to turn the Cold War hot. Also, Vietnam was as much about nation-building as it was fighting an enemy.
The invasion of Grenada met all military objectives.
The Gulf War was such a success that it changed war doctrine for those choosing to fight the USA after.
The USA intervention into Somalia fell apart as the government the USA supported collapsed.
The USA intervention into Yugoslavia got Serbia to withdrawal troops from Kosovo.
The Afghanistan War successfully toppled the previous Taliban government, the USA just couldn’t build a new government to replace the existing one.
The USA toppled Saddam Hussein rather quickly after the Iraq War; the current government is wildly different in form from the old one.
The USA successfully kidnapped the Venezuelan President.
Most of the USA’s war losses were due to attempts to nation-build. If the USA chooses not to nation-build, it can launch major military attacks to disable opponents. In those fights, the USA dominates.
- Comment on Are you people all bots? 6 days ago:
- Comment on Spotify’s 3rd price hike in 2.5 years hints at potential new normal 1 week ago:
Even during the halcyon days of CD sales in the late 90’s, there was a decent amount of filler on a lot of albums. It didn’t help that albums were the product while singles were what were advertised.
- Comment on What does that mean ? 1 week ago:
Yeah, that’s a lot worse than OP implied.
- Comment on I just went to the doctor's office and my copay is up $5 compared to last year 1 week ago:
Yeah. My previously covered medication now has a $10 copay.
- Comment on Do you think all monopolies should be split into different companies, and then given to the workers who would collectivize them? 1 week ago:
I think there are some natural monopolies where it makes sense to let them be run as monopolies with some form of government control. The energy grid is a good example, you can different suppliers providing electricity but the transmission of it should be within one company/system.
- Comment on What is Substack and why all the sudden do all the content creators seem to be on it? 1 week ago:
And the first part is why a lot of content creators are on it.
At a certain point, a blog becomes more than a hobby. When that happens, a platform like Substack helps people transition the hobby to a job
- Comment on If the protests in Iran win/topple the government what will it look like immediately afterwards? Also what would be the good or bad about installing a monarchy again? 1 week ago:
It seems like a descendent of the Shah is currently involved, but I imagine that the replacement government would likely be a constitutional monarchy or a revised republic.
In either case, I expect transfer of several executive powers to elected bodies including control of the military and police.
- Comment on Instead of everyone leaving NATO, could everyone else just kick the US out? 1 week ago:
EU countries did underinvest, but the US is able to invest in multiple weapon platforms and logistics capabilities that wealthy but small countries can’t possibly afford on their own.
The Libyan War was a good example. The EU nations that wanted to intervene in the war needed the US to provide ATC duties and provide supplies after the countries’ missile reserves ran out.
- Comment on Has Canada's government done anything concrete to reduce dependence on the US since Trump took office? Maybe even since the first term? 1 week ago:
There has historically been a correlation. However, this bubble doesn’t require a lot of labor so wages have been stuck.
Hell, if it weren’t for the AI bubble, it is likely that the US economy would be in recession.
- Comment on Instead of everyone leaving NATO, could everyone else just kick the US out? 2 weeks ago:
Part of the problem of creating a non-American NATO is that the USA provides a ton of capabilities and logistics that other countries can’t possibly afford.
It is the reason why there has been a push to create an EU military instead.
- Comment on Why does everyone here think they're autistic or ADHD? The memes all describe normal human foibles. 2 weeks ago:
White college educated males were considered the default in a lot of early and mid 20th century experimental psychology due to the availability of test subjects and biases of people running the experiments. The definition of neurotypical behavior came from a subset of the population.
ADD and ADHD are known to hinder progression through the education system. So, the cohort of people on that part of the spectrum were underrepresented. The bounds for being normal were skewed.
Also, medical intervention is typically only looked at when the mental condition causes a reduction of quality of life. Over the past generation, the need for a formal collegiate education has become greater in developed countries due to shifts in economics. A kid which would be considered energetic and absent minded a few generations ago would have a far greater chance in being economically successful compared to now.
- Comment on Can other countries impose sanctions on the US? 2 weeks ago:
China has sanctions on several US companies.
- Comment on Is there anything of any interests for the tech bros in Greenland? 2 weeks ago:
Iceland would be better for data centers because it also has a steady supply of geothermal energy.
As for ramifications, I can see a lot of changes to American buildings as they have to survive more extreme weather events.
- Comment on Is there anything of any interests for the tech bros in Greenland? 2 weeks ago:
It is estimated that there are a lot of rare earth minerals there to create fancy electronics.
- Comment on Who is going to be the next Pres of Venezula after all this US stuff? 3 weeks ago:
Unless the USA invades, I imagine the process won’t be fully controlled by the USA.
- Comment on Who is going to be the next Pres of Venezula after all this US stuff? 3 weeks ago:
Currently, the Venezuelan Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez, is in Russia. She would likely be acting as President Anna isn’t at risk of being kidnapped by the USA. The question right now is whether the Venezuelan government can maintain its chain of command as the USA attacks it.
The USA is likely hoping for a coup where the current government falls. If that happens, the successor will likely be a choice of the Venezuelan military and internal security ministries.
- Comment on Why didn't Venezuela move its capital further away from the ocean to make the government more resilliant to capitulation? 3 weeks ago:
It was centrally located for the time, but it was still established with the idea it would have coastal access.
And it was a decent location that followed the European model of having the capital not on the coast but inland enough to defend. Caracas matches that location as well.
- Comment on Why didn't Venezuela move its capital further away from the ocean to make the government more resilliant to capitulation? 3 weeks ago:
Moving the capital is a major logistical hurdle in peace or war.
In war, it is usually a bad sign if a government has to abandon the capital. The only cases I can think of where a government had to abandon the capital but ended up winning the war was the United States in the War of 1812 and Mexico during the French installation of a Mexican king, both cases where the war ended in part because the war became too costly to the occupier and the occupied could trade massive amounts of land, someone Venezuela can’t really do.
In peace, there is a massive amount of infrastructure that needs to be built to support the administration of a government. Germany chose to keep several government agencies in Bonn during unification given the large number of government buildings available. South Korea’s attempt to move the capital to Sejong has been slow and has only moved some ministries. Indonesia and Egypt are having issues funding their relocation attempts. Venezuela, in contrast, is fucking broke.