theneverfox

@theneverfox@pawb.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What can US citizens do to fight/prevent their country enabling genocide?⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The Canadian boycotts are not “voting with your wallet”, they’re collective action.

  Canadians, together, decided to boycott American goods. Their leaders cancelled deals. Their local stores and suppliers decided they’d rather source from anywhere else. The Canadian government started working on trade deals with everyone else

  The nation of Canada as a whole is boycotting American goods. They’re not doing this individually, they have an organized response

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What can US citizens do to fight/prevent their country enabling genocide?⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Voting with your wallet is a lie, like recycling plastic

  You can’t do collective action individually. You can make the house hurt a little bit, but you’ll never force them to change through what you buy. The house always wins, unless you get together to change the rules

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former Uruguay President Jose Mujica dies aged 89⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s Uruguay’s immigration policy like?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kids nowadays don't have many (if any) videogame heroes...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No, it’s because consulting companies like McKinsey tell Microsoft, ea, and Ubisoft that micro transactions will make stock go up, then they go to investment groups and say micro transactions are the sign of a gaming company about to make money

  They have all the metrics, they aren’t doing what makes them the most sales or revenue. They’re doing what makes the stock price dance

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🐌 Slow Software for a Burning World 🔥⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I read it and I still have no idea what this is

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The new AMERICAN pope doesn't even speak AMERICAN⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My understanding is he told them to work through the local authorities

  Which…I mean… Do you want the Catholic Church doing the investigation?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down. I just didn’t expect them to be such losers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Propoganda fucking works, simple as that

  Billionaires just buy good press and publicists to manage their image, it’s so effective they believe it themselves

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft says new accounts will be passwordless by default⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Easier passwords are often better, since people are less likely to try to get around them

  Pins are basically simple passwords that fingerprint your device to decide when it needs another auth method

  It’s not a bad idea, in theory at least

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Machine Fired - No human could do a thing about it!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Civilized countries don’t let people die because they can’t afford to live

  There’s not many of those, are there?

  We’re all living in a distopia, no one is safe from the sickness… It spreads across borders

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Virginia passes law to enforce maximum vehicle speeds for repeat speeders⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Rules don’t matter at all compared what they aim to achieve

  If you’re driving with a significant speed difference from the cars around you, you are making yourself and all other cars in the area less safe. You’re also creating traffic behind you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Venezuelan president slams US over little girl's 'abduction'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I didn’t see that coming

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is walking away the best way to deal with a work clique?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know what you mean exactly, but walking away at the right moment, while projecting the right feeling, is the best way to win most unwinnable arguments

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to get a package to the right owner?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, theoretically they’re just paying Amazon’s cut and taxes… Which isn’t nothing, but if their markup is high enough it could still math out

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Philosophy moment⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s illegal to jam cell signal… Blocking it would be a violation of building code at worst

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla's "Predictive" Odometers Had 9+ Drivers Complaining of Inaccuracy Before Lawsuit. We Even Found Video!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It predicts that Tesla could save money by padding the numbers, and does a little fraud automagically

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨passing through⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have no idea what a brain rot animal is, but somehow I agree

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨passing through⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pierbattista Pizzaballa (born 21 April 1965). Yes that is a real cardinal, and that is his name

  Dude is meant for the job. Based as hell, needs a name change, his birthday is the day the last pope died

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk: your new Tesla will drive from the factory floor, to your house 'this year'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you replied to the wrong comment, but I agree

  Granted, if they could actually make this work, they could probably do the robotaxi thing or even get into logistics. That would make it easily worth it to build dispatch centers basically everywhere

  That is, if they could make it work

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk: your new Tesla will drive from the factory floor, to your house 'this year'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, there’s not that many. There’s large swaths of the US where you have to drive across multiple states to get to one, in part for legal restrictions on dealerships

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how do I avoid becoming conformist, lazy and completely incapable of learning something new?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s really easy. Never let go of the joy of learning, and take pride in admitting your mistakes.

  It’s that simple. When you’re told there’s another way, your first reaction should be curiosity

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Famed AI researcher launches controversial startup to replace all human workers everywhere⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We already live in a cyber punk dystopia, being an edge runner or a nomad seems better than just being more effectively milked for value

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wait for it...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s going on with his leg? They look like they’re digigrade

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans Are Preparing for When All Hell Breaks Loose⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No. You have to practice, or you’re just holding a threat. A threat likely to get you shot

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If deaf people think by visualizing sign language words, then how do deaf people with aphantasia think?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think in thoughts. It boggled my mind to learn this isn’t how everyone thinks

  Like, I don’t have a running narrative in my head - words bubble up, but it’s just like muttering, just occasional words. I only try to put them into sentences when I’m talking or imagining talking - like everything I write.

  I don’t read like this, which is part of why I’ll terrible with names - if I read a book, I don’t know how to say or spell a character’s name until I try

  If I had to describe it, it’s like memories. If you think elephant, you might see an elephant, you might hear the word elephant - but on some level you also probably think about things related to the concept. Like memories of seeing an elephant, elephant facts, other African animals

  That bundled concept is elephant to me - the word is how you say it, I can get the impression of looking at an elephant, I can hear their cry - but at the center of this web of details is an elephant

  I build my thoughts by chaining these concepts together, and where they fit together is the main thread of the train of thought - I can then move my focus across this thread and the hanging threads to solve problems

  Things just click together or they don’t

  If you tell me you feel like an elephant (and I have no idea what that could mean) I’d take the two concepts and try to draw threads between them. I cycle through concepts that feel in between them - elephant in the room, large/imposing, unforgiving, powerful - these loosely fit from elephant to your mental state. And from the other side, ugly, isolated/seen as an outsider/problem, or maybe you mean you literally feel like an elephant in a human body

  Threads link between them or they don’t, maybe I’m missing an intermediate concept I haven’t yet associated with either and I have no idea what you mean

  And that’s how I think. If I had to link it to a sense, it’s like proprioception - I’m moving through my thoughts and linking together connections, but it’s my my own mind I’m moving through and around me

  But ultimately, it’s not words - there are concepts I don’t know how to label, although words help me identify concepts

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do it⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Crazy fucking robot body in my ass?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Are Gamers UPSET With The Switch 2?! - The Act Man⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because ultimately, digital goods are infinite.

  They would make more money on a Mario game that costs $30 with no drm then a $90 game impossible to pirate

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans Are Preparing for When All Hell Breaks Loose⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not really… You can get a cheap pistol or a shotgun for $200-$300, solid reliable handguns start at ~$450 and you can get a military grade rifle for $800

  It’s not nothing, but it’s the same price range as most phones - if you want the fancy one with brand recognition you’ll pay twice as much, but you can get quality pretty cheap if you do your research

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your future AI Assistant still needs to earn your trust.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No Weirdos⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And when you need the grip to be able to leverage your full body weight into insertion

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'There Are So Few Of Us Left': Even Full-Time Games Journalists At Big Websites Are Feeling It In 2025⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re also missing a big piece… You can’t fucking trust the reviews any more. Steam reviews are great, and game reviewers have been trying to insist “no, this trash game is actually great, don’t trust your fellow gamers” for years now

  At this point, it’s blatantly obvious you can pay for good critic reviews, and there’s no walking that back… Especially since there’s better, more honest, options