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- Comment on YSK: The CIA proposed a 9/11 style false flag attack on US citizens to justify invading Cuba 4 days ago:
US is the Andrew Tate of global politics right now. They were a lot more subtle about it before though. But the core values that have always held throughout history are absolute self-interest, entitlement, and hubris.
Apply Gestalt Theory to the US and watch how unrestrained capitalism raised this baby from an idealist freedom seeker and into a narcissistic bully with self-aggrandising sophist reasoning and a pure Machiavellian outlook on life.
Trump only did away with the pretences, by firing the people who took care of the subtle masquerade. He didn’t like the pushback from them on global policy, and because the shoes already fit, decided to just do it live on stage without the makeup.
Unfortunately for US citizens, that means that they get to experience the splashback as he pisses on their international credibility.
A historically meticulously curated and maintained image that’s now irrevocably ruined forevermore. No sane person can trust a promise or a treaty made through US foreign policy ever again.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Bro… where’s /c/metashitposting?
I normally don’t go full meta, but the world needs an emergency pun transfusion
- Comment on there is a special place in hell for these scientists 2 weeks ago:
Finally, I know when I saved this to my phone there would be a perfect moment. (Humanity is too predictable)
Attribution: lemmy.world/post/43077529
- Comment on Dark patterns killed my wife’s Windows 11 installation – OSnews 3 weeks ago:
Ah, the good stuff. Too early in the day for my fix though :P
- Comment on Polish Train Maker Is Suing the Hackers Who Exposed Its Anti-Repair Tricks 3 weeks ago:
“Reinforcement Learning From Advertiser Feedback”
That’s the gist of this century thus far, isn’t it? :P
- Comment on Dark patterns killed my wife’s Windows 11 installation – OSnews 3 weeks ago:
Not offended in the slightest. Their response already allayed my worries that it was someone from Reddit thinking karma farming works here.
I’m a big fan of Xkcd #1053 myself. ;)
- Comment on Dark patterns killed my wife’s Windows 11 installation – OSnews 3 weeks ago:
2025-09-18
What’s up with the old reposts today?
- Comment on Polish Train Maker Is Suing the Hackers Who Exposed Its Anti-Repair Tricks 3 weeks ago:
I read that back then and was wondering if there were any new developments. Looks like checking the comments always pays off.
- Comment on Polish Train Maker Is Suing the Hackers Who Exposed Its Anti-Repair Tricks 3 weeks ago:
Because it’s genuine? I dunno. That’s the vibe I got.
- Comment on Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea. 3 weeks ago:
What if we put it on Uranus though?
- Comment on Google catches Beijing spies using Sheets to spread espionage across 4 continents 3 weeks ago:
Damn. How long were those sheets?
- Comment on Unhinged... I'm gonna start doing that 3 weeks ago:
People who still use smilies: am I a joke to you? :D
- Comment on No More Neutral ⚛ 3 weeks ago:
What if it’s one extra neutron? >.>
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Palestinian social app Upscrolled removed from Google Play Store 5 weeks ago:
I’m aware. But it’s not just Palestine being censored, it’s currently anything the current U.S administration doesn’t like. So anything anti-trump/Zionist/Israel/ICE falls into this category.
I’m saying the title is misleading because it could be construed as “a social media app/platform specifically made for Palestinians”, which is what most people that haven’t heard of the app before would assume by reading the title alone.
- Comment on Palestinian social app Upscrolled removed from Google Play Store 5 weeks ago:
Clickbait? The developer is Palestinian/Australian, the app’s audience is global, and it’s not just Palestine-specific. So what’s up with the sensationalised title?
- Comment on Google criticizes Europe's plan to adopt free software 5 weeks ago:
You guys don’t see what they’re scared shitless about? It’s the fear of an EU-based true open source Android fork/competitor.
Also when they say FOSS will not contribute to “economic growth”, they mean Alphabet’s. Greedy pigs.
- Comment on Well that sucks 1 month ago:
LEN(GTH)? (OH)MY… TINY.
- Comment on What if POOLS and SEVERANCE had a baby? IGN just posted my indie game trailer : ) 1 month ago:
It’s in the family of paradoxical/recursive humour I truly enjoy.
Kinda like: “I’m the humblest person on Earth!” and “You’re no true Novellist! You can’t exclaim about exclamations!”
- Comment on What if POOLS and SEVERANCE had a baby? IGN just posted my indie game trailer : ) 1 month ago:
Congrats!
My favourite part of that trailer:
YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO VOLUNTEER…
I love it!
- Comment on AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast 1 month ago:
It was an honest misunderstanding and I asked for clarification before making any assumptions. So not that weird. :)
- Comment on AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast 1 month ago:
Oh god. And I thought Amazon’s Mechanical Turk was terrible…
How low can Bezos go? Wtf is wrong with this timeline
- Comment on AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast 1 month ago:
They were, factually, Indian.
Whom are you referring to? A specific group/project?
- Comment on AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast 1 month ago:
And how does being Indian specifically factor into this? 🤔
- Comment on AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast 1 month ago:
I find the concept of paper clips superior
- Comment on 1 month ago:
I write fiction and use Celsius. So what I usually have to deal with is the exact opposite of what you’re talking about.
- Comment on Your GF has always wanted to know the answer 1 month ago:
You guys don’t wash?
- Comment on A new cooling technology freezes food without warming the climate 1 month ago:
I was talking about cooling and a practical example of “working around the rules”.
As for refrigeration in particular: any similar mechanism can do this too. Example: if you can figure out a material that emits IR in the ballpark for that specific range of wavelengths, you can use it as an active shunt.
Also read somewhere before (not sure when or where tbh, but it might’ve been an old school 2000s forum discussion or something) about a way to possibly achieve it via phase change cooling at a molecular scale iirc. It wasn’t viable at the time and we made light of it, but with the material science advancements of today? Who knows. Maybe someone figured it out.
- Comment on A new cooling technology freezes food without warming the climate 1 month ago:
You don’t overcome thermodynamics, but you can work around them. For example:
When you cool something you take heat energy out of it you have to do something with that heat energy you can’t just delete it.
Or you can shunt it into space so that it doesn’t heat the atmosphere on its way out. That’s called radiative cooling and it’s brilliant.
And it can be done at home with household items. See Nighthawk’s YT channel for more info: youtu.be/N3bJnKmeNJY
And that’s just one out of many possible approaches. Interesting read: en.wikipedia.org/…/Reflective_surfaces_(climate_e…
- Comment on Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it 1 month ago:
The average consumer doesn’t care because they already made the purchase. Most of them use whatever OS their machine comes preloaded with unless a more tech inclined friend offers alternatives.
The OEMs do the caring, because the OEMs are the ones with the choice. And they notice this shit. So when the average consumer is buying a new machine, they might be offered alternatives to Windows (already happening with some btw), and most customers will see an extra $200 (or whatever how much nowadays) next to the Windows license, and a flat $0 next to the other option: Linux.
Now the filter is reversed, and only the ones who aren’t paying attention (assuming Windows is the default during check out) or actively want Windows will be paying for it
The savvier ones may even wonder what the difference is, and do some research to understand it, and those ones will buy it knowing exactly what they’re getting into. Some will say “I’ll just pick the free OS and install Windows for free”, but even if they decide that, they may decide to boot it up first out of curiosity.
And that’s what really matters: the exposure. Because people talk.
