SpaceCowboy

@SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's it going to take to truly stop the US?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Kinda like how the US, UK, and the Soviet Union were not aligned before the 1940s?

  Alignments can change when there’s a common enemy. Sure those alignment changes may be temporary but they can last long enough to see a country bombed flat and the leaders dead in a bunker.

  You’re obsessed over ideology but that’s mostly irrelevant in geopolitics. If it’s in the best interests of a bunch of countries to work together to destroy the US economy, those countries will work together regardless of ideology or internal politics. In WWII the UK had a government of national unity with both the Labour and Conservative in a coalition. Perhaps the US is incapable of having political parties working together for the common good of the country, but not every country has the same weaknesses the US has.

  And countries can always go back to being adversaries for bullshit ideological reasons after the enemy is destroyed like the US and Soviet Union did after WWII. So animosity between countries can be put aside temporarily.

  If Trump thinks he can be an existential threat to a large number of countries in the world, it’s a FAFO situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aldo Leopold was right.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  With global warming we’re in triage mode now. Not every ecosystem is going to make it. Gotta focus efforts on the ecosystems that can survive… while there’s a bunch of maniacs in the operating room trying to set fire to everything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's it going to take to truly stop the US?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup. Sadly the US has handed the 21st century to China without a fight.

  I remember what some Hong Kong dude said to me once… “China is the future, and it’s a bleak future”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's it going to take to truly stop the US?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And so long as the US is the wealthiest nation on Earth, what’s going to deter them?

  I think the answer to your question is contained within the question. Americans are greedy people and a coordinated effort by China, Japan, and the UK could sink the US economy.

  But I doubt that would even be necessary. Why kill someone intent on suicide? The US economy will likely collapse on it’s own if it continues on the path it’s on. I’m not talking about some recession like in 2008, I’m talking a collapse you’ve never experienced. Something similar to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

  Also if you were going down the military strike route, an aircraft carrier would be stupid. Trump has broadcast to the entire world what the achilles heal of the US is and it isn’t the aircraft carriers. It’s something that’s dug up from the ground and needs to be processed by refineries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Evidence⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but in the 70s basically everything was carcinogenic, even the air.

  If you were stressed about that, you’d just smoke a cigarette.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Evidence⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I take the bus to work because of climate change.

  Does that make me fanatical?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon catches a glimpse of his own mortality⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah that shit doesn’t go down until 2029.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People like this⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I tend to downvote hateful content and disinformation. So is it “hatorade” to downvote hateful content and straight up lies?

  Though more often I reply back to tell people to tell them to try not to be so hateful and then I get downvoted. I cry myself to sleep every night when that happens :P

  While you’re judging people, someone else may be judging you. If you’re motivated by upvotes maybe consider going to reddit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Relevant username⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t click it but it’s Technology Connections, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk’s Optimus Robot shuts down after reproducing the gesture of its human operator removing their headset⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I always found it hilarious that the villain in Robocop 2 is actually called Robocop 2.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk’s Optimus Robot shuts down after reproducing the gesture of its human operator removing their headset⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Best we can do send a live video feed from a camera on the robot and have someone in India control the robot.

  It’s like having a robot, you just have to accept that someone is seeing everything you do in your home!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Huge if true⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmmm… for some reason having 14 beers has made the prospect of having a 15th beer seem like a very good idea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hi, Jeffrey!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Dude, we gotta live in a society and we have to have a government. It seems it doesn’t matter what the government does (Mandani isn’t even mayor yet) you just want to be a rebel without a clue. You’ve probably lived a life of privilege so you don’t need to worry about real world problems.

  Whatever, you do you. But for us peasants that actually need a government, Mandani isn’t in the wrong for not burning everything down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon finds a bot⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Note to self: If the Epstein files ever come out, search for Steve Huffman in them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hi, Jeffrey!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I figured it would be about a month after Mamdani was actually mayor before leftists would turn on him. But maybe I underestimated the need of leftists to be against anyone with power that’s sympathetic towards them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After Today's meeting where Trump fell in love with Mamdani, this is MAGA tomorrow morning.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  PROTIP: Nothing Trump says is genuine. One day he could say someone is a great person, the next day he’ll say that person is nasty or whatever, and the day after that he’ll say they’re a great person again. Everything is transactional to him and everything he says is entirely dependent on what benefits him personally in that specific moment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Take the plea deal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Snitch to whom? Pam Bondi? Kash Patel?

  Who is it do you suppose would offer a plea deal to take down Trump?

  If anything it’s the opposite. Gislane Maxwell said Trump did nothing wrong and got transferred to Club Fed and will probably wind up walking out of that “prison” in a few months.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New book out⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What was the deal with Hwi Noree? Seemed like there was something weird with what the Ixians did with her, but I could never figure it out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New book out⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s racist!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s more likely they have contractual obligations with marketing companies, retailers, data centers, etc. If a product is discontinued they can get out of those obligations. Sure they will write off a loss and reduce the taxes they pay, but it’s not as if a bigger loss nets them more money somehow.

  Really what needs to be regulated is all of the excessive exclusive B2B contracts which mean a company can’t just sell a product for a small amount of money to someone to maintain it when they’re done with that product.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon travels overseas⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s more monarchists in the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It could also hide from predators in an aquarium where it will be brought food every day and get medicine from a veterinarian if it gets sick. An Aquarium is the safest place for the octopus to live, so why wouldn’t it’s survival instinct tell it to live there to hide from predators?

  We should set up an experiment with an aquarium that allows the octopus access to the ocean. Do you really think the Octopus would run away from the aquarium where it’s safe from predators and gets fed every day?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes and for all we know the octopus prefers to live in a place safe from predators, always has lots of food, and a veterinarian on call when it gets sick.

  It’s strange to me that people anthropomorphize animals to make big claims about the animal wanting to live in the wild. If you release that animal into the wild it will likely be eaten or starve but everyone assumes the animal wants that based on absolutely nothing.

  Why not anthropomorphize animals under the assumption they would want a life similar to what we’ve built for ourselves? Is the validity of the complete guesses about what an animal wants gain merit based on how holier than thou the people making the guesses are acting about it?

  Bottom line, the octopus is safer living in an aquarium with ample food than living in an environment amongst predators where food is scarce. All animals have a strong survival instinct (they’d be extinct if they didn’t) so it’s more likely if an animal could communicate it’s preferences, it would choose the option where it’s most likely to survive for a very long time, so it would choose living in an aquarium.

  If a I scream “RELEASING ANIMALS INTO THE WILD IS MURDER!!!” over and over again, does that make it a more compelling argument?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You should start doing this today⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I already do.

  I did recently tell a guy to go fuck himself, but in a good natured way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A car advertisement that you have to think about⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m wondering how they pronounce 69 now…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The octopus went back to it’s tank after getting a snack. That’s at least some indication the octopus likes living there.

  You are assuming the octopus prefers living out in the wild where it could be eaten alive. Who are you to assume what an animal wants?

  Are you currently living in some kind rectangular structure where you have easy access to regular meals? Why are you living in this way and assuming an octopus wouldn’t also prefer this? There’s nothing preventing you from leaving the rectangular structure you’re currently living in and going out into the wilds and fending for yourself to survive. Why don’t you do the thing you’re assuming the octopus wants to do?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No Way⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  We have a highway that goes all across Canada that’s for trans people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CNC⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The safe word is “Tiberium.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you smoothened out the earth, how high would the water level be?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Now if you want to flatten out everything, even the floor under the sea that is then also filled with what has been land before, then we do not even need to know how much the land is. The water will be above it, regardless the height of the land.

  But wouldn’t moving the land from the high points increase the circumference of the solid part of the Earth and stretch the water around it a little bit, making the height of the water a little bit less?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't fix the problem just change the parameters⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I keep an analog clock on the wall because it’s a more intuitive way to keep track of how long I’ve got to get ready to go out. I know where the angle of the minute hand will be when I have to be out the door, so it’s quicker to glance it it and know if I gotta pick up the pace or I got plenty of time or whatever.