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- Comment on The more you know 4 weeks ago:
Abe Lincoln famously warned us about how people make up shit on the Internet.
- Comment on The more you know 4 weeks ago:
Well it wasn’t good enough for her.
- Comment on Why did the pope announce anime mascots? 1 month ago:
It’s pretty simple really.
- Comment on Why did the pope announce anime mascots? 1 month ago:
The big reveal is a huge wtf to my brain.
- Comment on Why did the pope announce anime mascots? 1 month ago:
The Jubilee is a time of celebration for Catholics.
Traditionally, the Jubilee is held every 25 or 50 years and is a time to celebrate progress, free slaves (back when slaves were legal), forgive sins, etc etc.
In a great celebration, it makes sense to add a bit of pop culture flair. It’s also common to focus on children and youth outreach during the Jubilee and an anime character does a lot for that.
- Comment on When we started burning coal it was called the industrial revolution. Was there a name when we started burning oil? The car revolution? 2 months ago:
At least in the USA, it is known as the Robber Barron period as the extremely wealthy monopolized everything.
- Comment on Do you agree with my unpopular opinion about height in fencing? 4 months ago:
Foil here. Tall people suck to fight against. Skilled tall people were straight up impossible.
And I at least have right-of-way to deal with tall people. Eepee don’t got that, its all stupid hand-jabs or foot-jabs (as far as I can tell as a Foil-ist, lol).
- Comment on Do you agree with my unpopular opinion about height in fencing? 4 months ago:
that short fencers are usually quicker and dodge easier.
Lulz.
No. It’s that shorter fencers must doge quicker to compete.
In my days in College, as a 5’9" average guy, I wasn’t much faster than anyone else. And without any reach I couldn’t keep up vs the taller people either.
Just being shorter doesn’t make you faster.
- Comment on What is the conservative view on how intersex people should live their lives 4 months ago:
Something that’s turned me off of “modern” conservatism is that “modern” MAGA assholes simply refuse to believe that intersex people exist.
A reasonable Conservative following Jesus’s word should note that Jesus hung out with the leapers, Jesus not just condoned but celebrated heretics like the Samaritans, and Jesus always favored the “outsider’s opinion”. A true Christian should always be accepting of others, including Intersex people. Especially intersex, they are creations of God and if you believe that God is good then the creation of God is good.
The problems occur when the assholes start to think that Intersex is bad, anti-conservative, anti-religion or some shit. Then all of a sudden you trigger the fight-or-flight response and Conservatives lash out. There’s also a degree of historic anti-gay writings in the Bible (ex: Sodom, as well as some writings from Paul), that somehow get wrapped up into intersex issues (somehow gay == intersex in some unstudied people’s brains?!?!? Or something).
In any case, I feel like the religious interpretation is clear. Every person is holy, outsiders are welcome. If you need to denegrate Intersex individuals and call them diseased (like the Leapers of Biblical time), whatever, that’s still a group of people Jesus explicitly called out as holy, as the Leapers were more ready and willing to accept Jesus’s preaching than the Pharisees.
- Comment on Big booty meteorologists are best meteorologists 6 months ago:
I thought I’d share with you that someone really liked your post and shared it on a sublemmy I moderate: lemmy.world/post/15449701
I also like your post. I realize you’re in a shitposting topic so maybe everyone else is just… well… shitposting. But its still good to see experienced posts like yours.
- Comment on Thomas Edison was the Elon musk of his era 7 months ago:
Only after the Delaware court forced him to.
- Comment on Thomas Edison was the Elon musk of his era 7 months ago:
They didn’t sell it to Elon.
Elon sued them and took Tesla over in court.
- Comment on What’s one miscast role that irks you in an otherwise perfect film? 7 months ago:
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World / Michael Cera as the titular character.
Yes, Michael Cera is great at portraying awkwardness. But… I don’t think Michael Cera’s awkwardness was the right kind of awkwardness that Scott Pilgrim had. But maybe that’s just me.
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Human hermits?
- Comment on Or we could do metric time 8 months ago:
The 13th month should be called eleven, because it’d come after December (10), our 12th month.
- Comment on What characterizes feminine strength? 8 months ago:
Though there aren’t many female heroes in history, the few that existed made huge marks.
St. Olga of Kyiv famously slaughtered (!!!) her enemies (the Drevlians) to protect Kyiv and avenge her husband. She then converted to Catholicism and spread the message to the Slavs. And her lineage then founded Moscow. She’s considered the reason why Catholicism spread to the East, despite a patriarchy at her time.
But perhaps bloody stories of revenge and the spreading of the good word (a trope of the Middle Ages I know, but she’s known for it), is a bit “Just a man with different bits”. Still, she was smart, she was cunning, she was ruthless, she conquered, she ruled.
Perhaps a more traditional “Feminine Strength” is St. Joan of Arc, who raised an army and marched with them, though she never really won battle accolades or ruthless terror like St. Olga. St. Joan of Arc comes from humble beginnings and rises to become a leader of a movement in the 100 years war. Despite being tried for being a witch, she never gave up on her values and is widely recognized as a key figure in her time.
I think Joan of Arc is closer to what the English-speaking world would consider feminine strength. St. Joan of Arc never betrayed anyone, and largely served as an inspiring figure. (As opposed to the cunning St. Olga who has multiple atrocities in her name).
- Comment on Sega is killing Puyo Puyo 8 months ago:
Mobile games just make more money now than console games. It only makes sense to aim for casual gamers on the Apple Arcade or Android Play store.
It’s a problem in that it somewhat alienates the hardcore console players. But the console market is shrinking. That’s true for all fanbases, not just PuyoPuyo.
- Comment on Sega is killing Puyo Puyo 8 months ago:
That’s a lot of ranting.
I get it. PuyoPuyo main story is necessary for casuals to get introduced to the game. Chaining 10+ long while harassing is a skill that took me a literal decade to reach, and there are far stronger players than me at the game.
But PuyoPuyo Tetris was that big casual story driven game that truly did bring a lot of players into the scene. Myself included. So yeah, I wouldn’t be a serious PuyoPuyo without that.
PuyoPuyo Champions/eSports is pretty good for competitive players. We got Fever and Tsu mode, the main modes that people care about.
There are also more casual mobile games like that Apple Arcade one brought up. The real issue is that modern video games make money from Apple and Android stores, not really the consoles anymore.
- Comment on Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living? 11 months ago:
This is literally a topic about poor, destabilized countries.
The Philippines is far more on-topic than USA here. Philippines in fact might be too rich / developing compared to many even worse-off countries.
- Comment on Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living? 11 months ago:
Intel 3
Intel doesn’t have the ability to accept orders from many other companies. One of Intel’s few customers, Altera, was bought up by Intel.
There’s a reason why I was talking about GlobalFoundries from Buffalo, New York. They were the last 3rd party fabricator of USA.
So no. Intel cannot make iPhones, even if they come a year or two later than TSMC’s 3nm process (TSMC was making the 3nm iPhone 15 last year), it is meaningless in the scope of Apple or Qualcomm.
- Comment on Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living? 11 months ago:
iPhone chips. NVidia RTX 4080. AMD 7800 XTX.
Advanced FPGAs like Xilinx FPGAs used in the F-35 project.
USA literally can’t make these chips.
- Comment on Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living? 11 months ago:
The US isn’t “fine”. You can’t see past the superficial bling because it’s a rich country. It’s a really twisted country.
And that shit exists in the Philippines but is at least 100x worse. You likely don’t understand because you’ve never been to a place like that.
And note: Philippines is actually a lot better than other countries as well. Truly 3rd world countries like Congo care even less about their citizens.
- Comment on Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living? 11 months ago:
Uh huh…
TSMC is literally a Taiwan-sponsored company. Its the Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. They’re 100% full bred Taiwanese executives, engineers, and scientists.
- Comment on Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living? 11 months ago:
and now that the US is interested in chip manufacturing again the new facilities will match TSMC in a few years.
Erm… You know how we’re doing that right?
trendforce.com/…/news-tsmcs-arizona-plant-rumored…
We just invited the Taiwanese to stay in Arizona.
- Comment on Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living? 11 months ago:
Uhhhhh.
Anyone who has been to a developing country (in my case: the Philippines) vs USA will laugh at what USA citizens think of corruption.
You got Fucking assassinations paid for by Filipino government likely to cover up political rivals. Open corruption in the Police where you can just pay them to get out of parking tickets or even criminal acts. Etc etc.
Don’t be so much of a drama queen. USA is fine.
- Comment on Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living? 11 months ago:
nanometer is a marketing term now and doesn’t reflect actual sizes. Samsung were first with “3nm”.
And iPhones chose TSMC’s 3nm, because TSMC is more than just 3nm, but also at a scale and price-point that Apple desires.
America was doing “3nm” in 2018
I’m talking about industry and manufacturing. Test labs doing one or two wafers back in 2018 doesn’t matter compared to the millions-of-chips that roll off of Taiwan’s production facilities.
No one in the USA can mass produce designs like this. Korea / Samsung is 2nd best, but still is slower at mass production than Taiwan.
- Comment on Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living? 11 months ago:
Is it all culture or not?
Culture and wealth. But wealth creates better culture, and better culture makes more wealth.
Only Russia seems to be the only country doing things wrong in your list btw. I expect China, India, Vietnam, Nigeria, and Mexico to all be richer in 10 years than they are today.
- Comment on Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living? 11 months ago:
Global Foundries up in Buffalo, New York had the same exact equipment and couldn’t get past 12nm.
Taiwan / TSMC is hitting 3nm today (a feat that even Intel and Samsung cannot accomplish yet), and is well on its way to 2nm designs.
They’re fucking wizards who are 5+ years ahead of USA. Thank god they’re allies of us.
- Comment on Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living? 11 months ago:
China and other advanced nations prove that an export based economy can work though.
- Comment on Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living? 11 months ago:
In this topic: people who underestimate the importance of infrastructure and low crime and low corruption.
1st answer: developing countries don’t have enough infrastructure to benefit from wealth. Not enough trains to move raw goods around, not enough roads or not enough electricity to do anything even if those good arrived.
2nd level: when governments get the money for such projects, they steal it from the people through corruption. See Turkey and all the invested dollars on earthquake-proofing buildings, it was all stolen in ways people didn’t understand or realize until the earthquake happened.
3rd level: even if the government didn’t steal the money, criminals can. Even in the USA we deal with transformer thieves (transformers are bundles of copper that convert long distance high voltage power into short distance power for houses). These copper bundles can sell for $$$$ in the black market.
So even if #1 and #2 miraculously happen, a criminal will steal the infrastructure and they gotta start all over again.
