DandomRude

@DandomRude@lemmy.world

• The end of humanity will come about through people's apathy.
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong Amount⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The US is a failed state. There’s no other way to put it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One major issue with social media is that it operates on a first come, first served basis. This essentially rules out the possibility of well-considered, well-researched content being successful.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  {Placeholder for a particularly witty comment next time}

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One major issue with social media is that it operates on a first come, first served basis. This essentially rules out the possibility of well-considered, well-researched content being successful.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What I mean by this is that every topic is treated like breaking news on social media. However, news reports are characterized by the fact that they are usually outdated by the next day because they are only relevant for a limited period of time. This is not true for many topics discussed on social media. In fact, it is even possible to repeat something after a certain period of time (e.g., reposting memes), which is impossible with actual news reports.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One major issue with social media is that it operates on a first come, first served basis. This essentially rules out the possibility of well-considered, well-researched content being successful.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s true, of course. But these responses are hardly visible to most people. Of course, the thread is still online years later, but since people today generally only use social media apps, they no longer see these responses, no matter how valuable they may be. If anything, they only perceive these delayed responses as part of the data sets of LLMs – but then mostly without reference to the original content.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One major issue with social media is that it operates on a first come, first served basis. This essentially rules out the possibility of well-considered, well-researched content being successful.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, the quality of content hardly matters if you’re late. If you waited just one day to respond to this post, no one would notice your comment.

• One major issue with social media is that it operates on a first come, first served basis. This essentially rules out the possibility of well-considered, well-researched content being successful.
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Instead of asking all my stupid questions separately, could I just get a ton of "How to Adult" type resources in the comments?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My parents always said, “No path in vain.” By that, they meant that I should - for example - always take some plates with me and put them straight into the dishwasher when I’m on my way to the kitchen anyway. That’s probably why my place looks pretty tidy today.

  If I didn’t still do that, the household chores would eventually overwhelm me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's time to stop⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh no, what a sheerstopper! My world is in sheermbles! I guess I should find sheelter somewhere and get in sheerape for the sheerdown!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's time to stop⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea, these sheernanigans need to stop!

• The most significant factor standing in the way of human progress is people themselves.
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  An example of a feudal context: real estate companies that made Drump and his father big.

  Blackstone Group, Gray Star Real Estate, Vonovia SE, LEG Immobilien AG, China Vanke, and so on.

  These are all multi-billion dollar companies that are still controlled by people. They are not state-owned companies or anything that would be useful to society. This is about profits.

  You can, of course, continue to insist that my blanket statement is not entirely correct, but I stand by it. Not much has changed since feudalism: there are still masters and servants — and I think it will always be that way.

  So, I’m not saying that it’s something new — quite the contrary — I’m saying that hardly anything has changed in hundreds of years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t seem to understand what I’m getting at: we are just as ruled by an elite today as we were five hundred years ago. Regardless of the political system, nothing has changed except the way it happens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It is not. My statement was that humanity never overcame Feudalism.

  You made it there maybe was some time when.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here is a definition a Feudalism. Pls tell me how anything meaningful has changed beyond the obvious things.

  Feudalism is a social, economic, and political system that dominated medieval Europe, roughly from the 9th to the 15th centuries. In this system:

  • Land ownership was the basis of power. Kings or lords owned large estates and granted portions of their land to vassals (nobles, knights) in exchange for loyalty, military service, and other support.
  • Vassals managed these lands and had control over the peasants (serfs) who worked them. The peasants, in return for protection and the right to work a portion of land for their own needs, owed labor, goods, or services to their lords.
  • Obligations and relationships were personal and hierarchical, based on mutual duties rather than state laws or centralized authorities.

  Maybe the last point but not really - look at the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you name any society in which the population is not ruled by some form of feudal lord? In the sense that the population is not ruled, but works together for a good life.

  I am not aware of any such society.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK Jr. Poses for Weird Photos With Argentina's President as They Plot Alternative to World Health Organization⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Those two morons, of all people. We’re really screwed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Daily Wire is now trying to pass off AI slop as actual footage from Palestine.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This seems pretty inevitable, since it should really be journalism in particular that exposes and names such wrongdoings.

  In a democracy, it theoretically has an important corrective function, but independent investigative journalism is already virtually non-existent (too expensive), and so in practice it is becoming increasingly unlikely that abuses will be remedied and those responsible prosecuted.

  This leads to a situation that is already reality in the US, where serious journalism has already been largely replaced by mindless entertainment or even propaganda - I also think it’s only going to get worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We're deep into the baggy era mate⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I never thought that the absurd baggy pants I wore back in school would ever come back into style because they were truly awful.

  But hey, what do I know - now they’re back and so am I … How do you do, fellow kids!?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palantir Started By Spying on a City Now Sells AI for War⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Am I obliged to sacrifice my time to correct nonsense? I don’t think so.

  Do your own due diligence if you don’t believe me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palantir Started By Spying on a City Now Sells AI for War⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just don’t feel like responding because it would take some effort to refute all of that. I think anyone who does even half a decent amount of research will quickly realize that it’s either simply wrong or cherry picking. It’s pointless anyway to try to convince people who are so entrenched in their opinions.

  But hey, it’s good to know that people are impressed just by mentioning a few random sources.

  You’d be better off reading the Wikipedia article about Orwell instead of forming an opinion based on random social media comments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palantir Started By Spying on a City Now Sells AI for War⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure if we are talking about the same George Orwell here or how you came to the conclusion that he was a “right-wing POS” - he was definitely not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palantir Started By Spying on a City Now Sells AI for War⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder what George Orwell would have to say about all this… nvm, he already said everything there is to say.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨8 years of RBF⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  CLYD is a badass

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft pulls MS365 Business Premium from nonprofits⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yesterday, I finally talked my parents into canceling MS356 and switching to LibreOffice and Thunderbird.

  Now, the excessive subscription fees for MS365 goes to them instead.

  If Microsoft keeps this up, I might even manage to persuade them to switch to Linux at some point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US Government officials have coordinated with Musk executives to pressure small african countries into embracing Starlink⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It has become abundantly clear that the US is now run by organized crime. How else can one describe all this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social media is to democracies what PVP quick matches are to decent players: the worst teammates refuse to take any advice, but are still very vocal. This usually ensures that the team loses.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Replace that with “state” and you know what I mean.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social media is to democracies what PVP quick matches are to decent players: the worst teammates refuse to take any advice, but are still very vocal. This usually ensures that the team loses.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately, Showerthoughts has a character limit. But in essence, billionaires are only reinforcing the kind of terrible game that best suits their profit-hungry agenda. I mean, it’s not like they produce any content themselves – that would be the logic of legacy media and far too expensive, therefore not profitable enough in the age of social media.

• Social media is to democracies what PVP quick matches are to decent players: the worst teammates refuse to take any advice, but are still very vocal. This usually ensures that the team loses.
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liquid Trees⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Has the manufacturer even calculated how much energy is needed for production and how long it will take for the corresponding CO2 emissions to be amortized?

  We are living in strange times…