rockSlayer
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- Comment on Tech stocks tumble as a Chinese competitor threatens to upend the AI industry; Nvidia down 17% 1 week ago:
It’s upending the AI investment industry, and that’s the only thing the billionaires actually care about
- Comment on We can fix her 1 week ago:
Don’t be silly, we all know that it’s always been about Monica. It’s always Monica. Just Monica
- Comment on Why the Left needs to watch Star Trek: It has lessons for today's techno-optimists 1 week ago:
Tbh I’m tired of the “utopia is actually evil” trope. I like how Earth is presented in trek without any hidden evils. Starfleet has problems and the show explores them (look at the maquis), but they’re authentic to the stated mission of exploring and discovering.
If we’re sticking to the trek universe but using these ideas, they should go to the mirror universe or pre-federation
- Comment on Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Dazzles Citizens with 80% Approval After 100 Days 3 weeks ago:
must be nice to have good, qualified leaders
- Comment on Colm Meaney to Receive Irish Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award 3 weeks ago:
More than deserved!
- Comment on Justin Trudeau resigns as Canadian prime minister - live updates 4 weeks ago:
Damn. I suppose that also precludes a landslide PQ win too? /s
In all seriousness, I hope the election isn’t as grim as it seems atm. Good luck, here’s to international solidarity against these dangerous idiots
- Comment on Awkward 4 weeks ago:
that’s how I tend to look at it. Condoms in retail are just another product, no need for shame. The cashier does not care at all, unless you bring a combo like a shovel. Even then, they’ll laugh to themselves for 5 seconds before ringing up 3 more customers and totally forgetting your order. The shame you feel is a societal projection, created by like 3 dudes who happened to have money.
- Comment on Awkward 4 weeks ago:
Because it’s one of the most vulnerable situations we can be in, so we constantly joke about it but never address it as an important educational topic
- Comment on Justin Trudeau resigns as Canadian prime minister - live updates 4 weeks ago:
I’ll be honest, I have some degrees of separation from Canadian politics as an American, so I miss a lot of the political news about the country. However, I also live in Minnesota and passively absorb a lot more Canadian politics than the average American.
The PM isn’t directly elected, they’re selected by the majority party in the House of Commons. To me, his long term in office is a monument to the fear North American liberals have towards change. Politics in Canada have also been shifting towards a progressive left/MAGA-esque political split due to the US. I think Canada will be facing a choice between the NDP and the Conservatives. If the Ontario governor is anything to go by, the Conservatives will be more than happy to work closely with Trump.
- Comment on Morning Blast 4 weeks ago:
You don’t get to end your work day with a peaceful shit? This would be devastating
- Comment on Good morning I choose making the best of what you have. 4 weeks ago:
If you ever need to drive something like this, here’s a tip: go to a scrapyard to buy less bald tires and a replacement hood for like $50
- Comment on Murphy's law 4 weeks ago:
And people say you get nowhere by gooning
- Comment on Let's all make fun of this stupid astrapotherium. 4 weeks ago:
This crooked tooth mf never heard of a dentist
- Comment on Always plan ahead to avoid surprises 4 weeks ago:
Actually, the tone indicator for my comment would be /g or /gen to indicate that I’m genuine. It’s far more useful when an entire conversation is knowably being sarcastic.
- Comment on Always plan ahead to avoid surprises 4 weeks ago:
Then perhaps the lesson here is that tone indicators are actually useful and reduces misunderstanding in text.
- Comment on How active is Lemmy now? 4 weeks ago:
40k users is huge. Remember, lemmy is not profit driven. We don’t need to grow at all costs, we can grow naturally and sustainably.
- Comment on I could be friendly... *for money*! 5 weeks ago:
Retail work is a lot of emotional labor. At the end of the day, wearing the mask can be too much. I consider myself a very happy and welcoming person, and even I would do this after retail shifts
- Comment on Yule Tidings 5 weeks ago:
The “more thought” is a barrel of mead of course!
And an ounce of weed, but that was already there
- Comment on Developer of WalkScape (the fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL) here again. We're accepting new players and have a Lemmy community! 5 weeks ago:
What a coincidence, I’m a QA tester that was illegally fired and therefore no longer bound by my moonlighting clause. I’ll have to give it a try!
- Comment on War monitor says Israel conducted 300 strikes on Syria since Assad's fall 1 month ago:
I made an assumption that people would know what lebensraum was and the context that it was an essential part to the fascist Nazi party. I also assumed people would understand why both it and Israel’s actions are wrong and evil.
- Comment on War monitor says Israel conducted 300 strikes on Syria since Assad's fall 1 month ago:
I prefer the definition that specifically includes that it’s a Nazi idea for Nazis
- Comment on War monitor says Israel conducted 300 strikes on Syria since Assad's fall 1 month ago:
The Syrian government collapsed, so naturally they only want a little Lebensraum
- Comment on If "more money=more problems," why doesn't "no money=no problems"? 1 month ago:
On behalf of the mathematically challenged:
- Comment on 360 Degrees Owl 2 months ago:
I’m getting strong Hotline Miami vibes from this comic.
Press R to restart
- Comment on US to reportedly sanction 200 more Chinese chip firms — high bandwidth memory might also see export bans 2 months ago:
If by ‘we’ you mean the oligarchy and ‘trade war’ means second cold war, then yea.
- Comment on The peer review system no longer works to guarantee academic rigour - a different approach is needed 2 months ago:
I agree that ultimately, science and profit do not mix in any capacity and the money aspect must be done away with. I do have some knowledge of the debate as a labor activist, but not nearly as much as I’d like. However, until there is an shift to economic socialism on an international scale, anyone doing science is performing labor that will produce an incentive to extract profit from these workers. Ideals and ethics are important considerations for science, but the class dynamic cannot be ignored and must be addressed for an equitable solution to emerge.
- Comment on The peer review system no longer works to guarantee academic rigour - a different approach is needed 2 months ago:
Why does the selection process for reviewers need to also disappear to provide wages? Journals still select reviewers for best fit. Ultimately, peer reviewers are performing labor for a corporation making profit. It is unethical for anyone to be put in a position to provide free labor in the pursuit of profit of a corporation.
- Comment on The peer review system no longer works to guarantee academic rigour - a different approach is needed 2 months ago:
Like paying them?
- Comment on DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly 2 months ago:
They should force it to become a worker cooperative. It’s the only solution that doesn’t allow for corruption
- Comment on Cowboy 2 months ago:
Did you see the bike? Don’t ask questions you know the answer to
