FlashMobOfOne
@FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
Artist, musical performer, and former derby skater from the Midwest.
I’m single, childless, and married to freedom and adventure.
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- Comment on I am only now discovering the sheer addictiveness of Sid Meier's Civilization. 3 days ago:
Just one more turn, bro.
Then you’ll totally go to bed.
- Comment on What’s the endgame? 3 days ago:
We just watch.
I don’t think that’s accurate, and it became especially true in Chicago and Minnesota when the sensationalist nature of the events there forced the MSM to report on it. The issue here is that most people only have power at the local level, so unless you’re going full Luigi, the contributions you or I are making are local and not really notable. But they’re happening regardless.
please help me understand where my taxes go (without representation)
If you’re an American, mostly, your taxes are going to three things: The military and war, Social Security, and Medicare. Those are the big three things. The corruption you’re seeing is the result of entrenched legislators and political parties leveraging their offices to enrich themselves and the billionaire class, and their greed has no limit, therefore the people keep suffering more and more and it’s by design. There’s also no way to change it, because those in power are not going to vote themselves into less power. Your only power to make lasting change is local.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
GenAI has already trained on the entirety of human content, and it still screws up basic inquiries. I think it will get worse as it cannibalizes its own hallucinated data and the problem of hallucinations gets worse as a result.
The US will not regulate, but regulations originating from international jurisdictions will roll downhill to some extent and for the bad actors in the US to establish some guard rails.
I think the most significant change in GenAI will be social. People’s poverty and isolation is only getting worse, and it’s likely there will be an economic crash due to the concentration of wealth in this sector and its failure to deliver on its promises; However, there is genuine demand for frictionless relationships and that is one thing generative AI does very, very well. In a decade these models will have artificial bodies and people will be literally publicly dating their AI companions.
- Comment on A product of his environment 2 weeks ago:
I’m just glad my HOA is chill and I like them.
The only thing they’ve had to bring fines about is people trying to move furniture in the wrong elevator and scratching up the wood finishings, and they should. We have a freight elevator for that.
- Comment on Is toothpaste supposed to be sealed or is this how shitty the products just are now? 2 weeks ago:
Yes.
- Comment on New York sues Valve for enabling "illegal gambling" with loot boxes 2 weeks ago:
100%
- Comment on Can a reasonable person genuinely believe in ghosts? 2 weeks ago:
The only evidence is anecdotal, there just happens to be a lot of it.
So no, I’d say it’s unreasonable to believe in ghosts. (Though I do love ghost stories and folklore.)
- Comment on EA invents new microtransaction nightmare as it breaks paywall promise on Skate: rent a playable area for 24 hours or buy a premium pass, bucko 3 weeks ago:
I don’t buy anything from EA, but I’m curious: Is it difficult to acquire their games via the high seas?
- Comment on [NSQ] What are you actually looking forward to this year? 4 weeks ago:
Lotta good broadway shows coming to Kansas City on tour.
Going to probably travel to NYC to see more of them, and visit some old friends I haven’t seen in a couple of years.
Road tripping to see my nieces senior costume showcase at her college.
Going to announce a few national roller derby tournaments probably.
Should be an okay year.
- Comment on Why does most American's give shit to the French when if not for them we would have lost the revolution? 4 weeks ago:
I am exceedingly proud to say I always opposed the war on terror and the war in Iraq, and I was right. In the fall of 2001 I had people threatening me for refusing to stand for the anthem at the Mizzou/Texas game, but even then, it was clear where the US was going and I was ashamed of the university’s failure to address discrimination against Muslim students in the wake of 9/11. (I forget the exact number, but I’m pretty sure it was 47 who ended up leaving campus for good.)
And partly why I hate Democrats so much is that, not only did they go along with the Iraq War, but they had all the power they needed to punish Republicans for creating an illegal war, and all they did was stand to the side and let Dubya and his cronies revise history.
- Comment on Why does most American's give shit to the French when if not for them we would have lost the revolution? 4 weeks ago:
The French have also won the vast majority of battles and wars they’ve fought throughout their history, with a handful of notable exceptions.
And Americans can’t be bothered to read history books. It’s easier to just repeat memes that sound good to them.
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- Comment on What are some ways to fight for socialism from the comfort of your room? 1 month ago:
You don’t necessarily have to use the word ‘socialism’ to support socialist policies, so that could work.
And yes, while there are smaller platforms like Peertube, they’re just not widely used.
- Comment on What are some ways to fight for socialism from the comfort of your room? 1 month ago:
The ones that come to my mind are:
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- Donate to socialist groups and causes, especially ones based in your local community. (Food banks, libraries, arts organizations, community legal funds, or individual mutual aid requests.)
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- You can phone bank for socialist politicians in order to help them get elected. You don’t have to be a local to do this. I recommend Kat Abughazaleh.
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- If you have a skill that can be used remotely from within the home, consider volunteering it to socialist organizations.
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- You can create socialist content, but understand that your stuff is going to be algorithmically-repressed to some degree on any corporate-owned social media.
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- Comment on What's the best day and time to post a YouTube video weekly? 1 month ago:
Also I’m making it a point to help small accounts where I can this year, so if you reply to this with your channel, I’ll go throw you some likes.
- Comment on What's the best day and time to post a YouTube video weekly? 1 month ago:
The conventional wisdom says that mid-day on weekdays is the best time to upload.
- Comment on The shrinkflation 2 months ago:
That’s wild to me, but good info to know.
- Comment on The shrinkflation 2 months ago:
Guessing OP’s picture is from Europe or a Micky D’s inside of a theme park.
- Comment on My kitten loves his hammock in the bathroom window, but my neighbor's trash pile ruins pictures 2 months ago:
Gawt damn.
- Comment on Dying Light 2 months ago:
I’m glad that feature’s int here for you, in that case.
- Comment on How much money should one person realistically make or have? 2 months ago:
My number is between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000. It’s enough to live off investment income in a 4% down market, and that’s all I will realistically need to have a comfortable life without having to touch the nest egg itself. Psychologically, there is no difference between having $10,000,000 and a billion, so it would seem to me that the upper limit of need is $10,000,000.
As soon as I hit 2-3 million I will retire, no matter how old I am.
As far as ‘life changing’ goes, I was fortunate to have a few thousand to invest when the market tanked in 2020. Those few thousand turned into $35,000, which I used to pay off my student loans and put a down payment on a condo. It wasn’t fuck you money, but definitely life changing.
- Comment on Dying Light 2 months ago:
I wanted to like it but I hate the partying mechanic so much.
- Comment on Dying Light 2 months ago:
TG Sims me with its banger of s demo.
- Comment on Dying Light 2 months ago:
That’s good to know. I built my first structure the other day: a log cabin. The roof is butt ugly, but I’m proud of it.
- Comment on Dying Light 2 months ago:
I REALLY like Enshrouded. Played about eight hours of it over the last two weeks, but liked it so much I’ve decided to put it down until full release.
- Comment on Dying Light 2 months ago:
Good so far. I’m doing a lot of the side quests, but the prologue was good without being unduly difficult, and did force me to think a little creatively.
- Comment on Dying Light 2 months ago:
Yup, the launcher is now optional and there’s an offline mode. My biggest annoyance was that, when I launched it the first time, it played an ad for the new game featuring the main voice actor.
I wouldn’t be playing it otherwise. They added a Dark Souls-esque invasion mode where you can jump into other people’s games as a zombie, and I HATE that mechanic.
- Comment on Dying Light 2 months ago:
Dishonored 2 is awesome. You’re in for a treat.
- Comment on Dying Light 2 months ago:
I think 3 was the last one I played too. Amazing game, but they feel like Madden or Dynasty Warriors to me. There just isn’t enough difference between the various entries to make it interesting for me, so I never bought any of the newer ones.
- Comment on Dying Light 2 months ago:
Love that we’re all finding cool stuff we forgot about in our backlogs and saving money this year. :)