SomeAmateur
@SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
True and say what you want about American wars, they don’t take territory for themselves. Russia on the other hand
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
Ukraine was invaded, twice, with Russia as the aggressor. That isn’t Ukraine’s fault and they have every right to kick Russian ass as long as it takes for Russia to pull out or negotiate. Both will be politically painful so the war goes on.
And if you’re in a shooting war with Russia, who better to ask for weapons than the US? Even old outdated US equipment was designed to take on Soviet equipment so yeah you want them as friends to give your nation a fighting chance and prove to Russia and the international community that they won’t be pushovers.
And look at NATO. They are bumping defense GDP to 5%. Finland, Poland, Estonia and others are withdrawing from agreements that forbid the placement of anti-personnel mines. Even if this war ends tomorrow, nobody seems to think Russia will be satisfied for long
- Comment on Why is the progress pride flag so poorly designed (especially the intersex progress pride flag)? Will it be redesigned? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Many people I know agree with deporting illegal immigrants and see it as a problem that had been simply ignored for far too long. I found an article talking about deportation flights as early as 2023 (I’ll try to find and link it here) so it’s not new for the Trump admin. He just upped the scale and publicity.
There are disagreements though, mostly with how it’s being carried out. If the agents are unidentifiable as feds some day someone is going to fight back, or a third party will intervene thinking they are getting mugged.
And there is a big lack of due process to make sure those arrested actually require deportation. No way they are all 100% legit with no mistakes. If everything is above board more due process and transparency shouldn’t be an issue if your case is solid.
- Comment on Labubu 4 weeks ago:
zaboomafoo intensifies
- Comment on If no government shall bare arms against its own citizens. Then what is happening in LA? 4 weeks ago:
State govts can mobilize their national guard. The guard is the only military component that can be “deployed” on American soil for combat or civil support like riot control or disaster relief
Active duty and reserve bases exist in the US of course but are generally forbidden from being used for combat operations or enforcing domestic policies on US soil. It’s called Posse Comitatus
- Comment on Why do so many people delete their posts? 4 weeks ago:
Idk why but when I see deleted by creator I think it’s funny to imagine God personally zapping it from existence but they still leave that so everyone knows it was them
- Comment on Why do so many people delete their posts? 4 weeks ago:
sometimes you just don’t want to see the dumb post you made at 2am
- Comment on YSK: You can disable scores (upvotes and downvotes) in lemmy, and I think it's great! 4 weeks ago:
Anybody know if you can do this on boost?
- Comment on YSK: You can disable scores (upvotes and downvotes) in lemmy, and I think it's great! 4 weeks ago:
I like it because I’m less likely to vote just because others have upvoted it. I’m more honest with what I actually like and dislike
- Comment on What games did you get down with over the holiday weekend? 5 weeks ago:
They do a lot of optimization for modern hardware like supporting wide screen resolutions. They fixed game ruining bugs and added a lot of mod like options in the settings.
For example it’s a turn based game so your guys do everything based on “time units”. In the base game it can be a big risk to peek around a corner, see an enemy and not have time to fire or even retreat back to safety. OpenXcom can show you how many time units you’ll have left and in colors if you have enough time to shoot when you get there. Cool stuff!
The AI seems pretty true to vanilla but they put in a rule that you have at least one turn to get out of your drop ship without being fragged or rocketed by aliens. There are third party mods that make the aliens work as a group to sneak up or flank you. Those scare me so I haven’t tried it yet lol
- Comment on What games did you get down with over the holiday weekend? 5 weeks ago:
I played some X-COM via OpenXcom. Having fun trying to keep from getting massacred assaulting an alien base!
- Comment on what language would be best for me to learn? 1 month ago:
It it was my choice I would try to learn the language of the culture I’m most interested in
- Comment on YSK how to unclog a toilet 1 month ago:
If you flush once and it doesn’t go down no problem, if you (or someone you know) tries to flush again no water leaves but the toilet valve tries to fill the bowl more.
So step one is to stop a flood of nasty water from overflowing to the floor
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- Comment on Besides money/capitalism, why are tech companies trying to push AI text generators over search engines? 1 month ago:
It seems like everyone wants to get on board and try it in case it takes off.
If it works they want to be the first to get really good at it and if it doesn’t the normal search engines are still there to fall back on.
At the moment it feels like the 3D tv hype. A lot of cool technologies that were expensive and ultimately not worth it. Maybe that will change as time goes on.
- Comment on Playing multiplayer titles is the best way to involuntarily become a Patient Gamer 1 month ago:
Multiplayer relies on other people so they are more likely to have people buy it early on to play with their friends and a high player count.
The downside is you’re paying full price for a game that still has issues to sort out and eventually the game dies off when everyone else moves on.
Single player games are cool because in many ways the value goes up over time. You pay a lot less to get a full more polished game, some with an awesome mod community making even more stuff.
But to get back on track with this post yeah you can totally balance it. Play the best multiplayer games while new single player games release, get fixed and get less expensive
- Comment on How do children address a non-binary parent? 1 month ago:
So that’s where madam comes from
- Comment on Is Catholic dating culture often mistaken for incel-style pessimistic desperation? 1 month ago:
High risk high reward I guess
In theory you’re not supposed to have pre-marital sex (it happens all the time) and dating would tend to be more serious than casual. Going steady vs hooking up. So yeah I imagine having a relationship not work out carries more weight
But once you get past that you get a long lasting marriage, a family and all the positives that come with that
- Comment on I have a shamefully dark question for firefighters. I'm sorry but I'm just too curious to not ask... It's about the smell and how that affects life. 2 months ago:
This guy knows what he’s talking about
- Comment on I have a shamefully dark question for firefighters. I'm sorry but I'm just too curious to not ask... It's about the smell and how that affects life. 2 months ago:
Personally I get more of a reaction from smelling diesel exhaust and smoke at the same time
I’ve never associated dead people smells with food though.
- Comment on I am playing Far Cry 5 do you think it would be possible for the cultists in game to start their own massive movement in todays America? 2 months ago:
Say what you want about their morals but the music is a vibe
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Most cell towers have generators but only about 48 hours of fuel. So you might have ways to charge your phone but it might not have a network to connect to
You don’t need a cell signal for GPS signal to work so having some offline maps like OrganicMaps or OSMand can still be useful
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 months ago:
After doing a bit of dabbling I started doing a serious, play to win run of XCom UFO Defense with OpenXCom. The game can seem daunting but really it’s pretty fun.
Then I looked into other open source games and got distracted big time by starting Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 for my first time EVER with OpenRCT2! I now fully understand the hype and it’s crazy that I haven’t played it sooner
- Comment on It's a sin in Christianity to consume media based on ancient mythology and folklore? 2 months ago:
Nope. Watching a movie about Thor or something is different. It only doesn’t work when you begin to worship Thor over God, which breaks the first commandment
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Yep, and all US Citizens have the same rights
Like anything else you can’t expect your political opponents to do the heavy lifting for you.
You want to protest a thing, you go protest. You want 2A you go buy a rifle and get good. From there choose the path you’re willing to follow. Nothing is stopping you but you.
- Comment on How can you oppose tariffs, while supporting a hardline against China on Taiwan? 2 months ago:
The US mil will certainly be negatively effected in the short term if China were to cut/be cut from manufacturing. This substack article is by a retired navy officer who explains it better than I can
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
And that system is AWESOME and I wish some highways in the US did the same. I fear it would devolve into a regulations nightmare after bubba in his rusted dodge rattles to peices trying to break 80mph.
Flat open highway in between cities in Kansas? Go for it!
But it’s kind of like the US and guns. It’s a cultural ability that is statistically proven to be dangerous and can be seen as too big of a risk for ordinary people to enjoy, and reckless people put the whole acrivity in question.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
That is the kind of speed it takes to get a 747 into the air on takeoff.
If you rolled down a back window of a car and stuck your head out (not recommended) you would feel wind that would max out typhoon and hurricane scales, similar to an EF4 Tornado. The skin of your face would flap like fabric, as seen here
- Comment on Since militaries are authoritarian, even in democratic countries; What would a military of a stateless/anarchist society look like? 3 months ago:
Structure doesn’t mean authoritarian by default but I see what you mean. Maybe like a reserve/volunteer fire department deal?
You have a normal life but you have some equipment you keep at home or in a car. Rifle, pistol, armor, drones, packs etc, but the heavy equipment is in a dedicated area. Simple training and maintenance is done weekly, larger more objective focused training every quarter or so.
The key would be having armed people outside of that group, not only to boost defensive capability of the community in an emergency but to provide a deterrent to misuse of the defense force. In the words of a Clint Eastwood movie “there are two types of people, those with loaded guns and those who dig”