Skyrmir

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If we humans have a whole range of microbial life living on our skin, do other animals have their own similar micro fauna covering them?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s supposedly a fungus that only grows on the left antenna of one species of moth. So yes there are a lot of unique biomes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you were (falsely) accused of murder, but you have records of your phone at home with youtube videos being played, can you submit those records as a sort of Alibi to exonerate you?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Again Dennis? Who was it this time?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‏‏‎ ‎✅🔥⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok, now I want one. Pi powered CV to identify fire, and maybe figure out a way to identify what type of fire.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK to build 12 nuclear submarines in preparation for potential war with Russia⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I sincerely hope you are correct, but they’re on a full war time economy and building flat out. The real question is if Ukraine can disrupt manufacturing supply lines enough to make a difference. Hitting the bombers helps now, they need to hit the factories making engines for the bombers of tomorrow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK to build 12 nuclear submarines in preparation for potential war with Russia⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not saying he’ll win by any means. That’s what he thinks he’s building up for though. Putin seems of the opinion if he can slowly bleed Ukraine then if/when he pushes into NATO, they’ll be tapped out, and he can win with meat grinder tactics, as long as the US doesn’t show up. Which is possible with Trump knee capping our military, and bringing in a lot of meat shields from North Korea, and maybe a bunch of Chinese that Xi doesn’t like.

  What I don’t think he gets, is that Poland alone could very likely erase Russia, right now. And they would very much not be alone. And they’re backed stopped with French and UK nukes. So there’s a hard limit to how far he’s going to get. Although I think the world will be a much worse place if France has to use their nuclear warning shot doctrine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK to build 12 nuclear submarines in preparation for potential war with Russia⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  it usually takes 10 years to build a nuclear submarine. 5 to 7 years just for construction. Putin is building to attack in less than 4.

  Someone needs a time machine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Will using an additional trolling motor significantly speed me up?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Better bet would be just a bigger motor, or gas power if you can plane. Two motors need a rudder or coordinated pivots that get finicky to mess with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Taiwan’s chip plants run on migrant workers. Job brokers run their lives⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Something else, very similar motif. It’s a sci-fi pulp novel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Taiwan’s chip plants run on migrant workers. Job brokers run their lives⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the story neuromancer had workers who would show up have their brain chip turn them into meat puppets for 8 hours then they would wake up not knowing what they had done to earn their checks. It was a cheap labor scheme for day workers or prostitutes. I still think that’s really the capitalist goal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Full-Self Driving Veers Off Road, Hits Tree, and Flips Car for No Obvious Reason (No Serious Injuries, but Scary)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure that’s the Boeing 777 and they discovered that after a crash off Brazil.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Full-Self Driving Veers Off Road, Hits Tree, and Flips Car for No Obvious Reason (No Serious Injuries, but Scary)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use autopilot all the time on my boat. No way in hell I’d trust it in a car. They all occasionally get suicidal. Mine likes to lull you into a sense of false security, then take a sharp turn into a channel marker or cargo ship at the last second.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chinese exporters use ‘origin washing’ to evade U.S. tariffs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Just the one…well some, OK a lot…

  Look it’s not all of is damnit!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Will We Know If The Trump Tariffs Were A Good Idea?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Tariffs always raise prices. Sometimes they do protect local industry, by raising prices so that local industries can compete against foreign competitors. At least for a time. Usually it leads to the eventual failure of the industry due to making less competitive products.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Treasury Secretary Bessent says it's up to China to de-escalate trade tensions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol China gonna sit back and watch Trump twist in the breeze while they put Putin further into debt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FBI issues warning over scammers impersonating agents to steal your money⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  True, but the FBI does hate competition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What should I store in a 1 Gallon (3.7 liter) Pickle Jar?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A mixture of honey, water, a cinnamon stick, and yeast. Capped off with a relief valve.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Look at conservative who cares about merit now.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry, too many cases to know wtf this is referring to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They already are, prison labor expansion would be at the expense of existing companies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are most people here left-wing?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Right wingers have, or cause, trouble in open forums, so most social media that isn’t operated as a walled garden, tends to be more left leaning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not just crumbs in the CPU socket: Over 100 AMD 9800X3D chips are now reported to have gone pop and the most by far have died in ASRock motherboards⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are over 80% of them going in to ASRock boards in the first place?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Replit CEO Amjad Masad says learning to code is a waste of time, citing Dario Amodei's prediction that AI may generate essentially all code by next year.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a coder, the majority of my job isn’t writing code. It’s translating the bullshit management says and the broken specs we’re given into what they both actually want, not what they said. There is never going to be an AI that fixes that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best doctor advice to stop falling in the shower⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Like anyone can afford to talk to a doctor any more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US retailers haggle with suppliers after Trump tariffs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Totally agree, and it’s a major problem for every business that works with them, as well as the entire market that buys from them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US retailers haggle with suppliers after Trump tariffs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of the time you can, but it’s a challenge to go and find them, and a lot of the time they simply don’t, or can’t, sell to the public. Hopefully the latest backlash against big tech will cause some adjustments in the market. Maybe someone can come up with a decentralized way to offer direct sales services for manufacturers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US retailers haggle with suppliers after Trump tariffs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck that, raise the damn price. Making cuts now will only hurt your business more over time. Never let a distributor control so much of your business that you can’t drop them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can trump make it so I can sell my citizenship for 5 million dollars?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Exchange it quick and get out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump’s past speeches to Congress asked them to pass his agenda. Now, he’s willing to go it alone⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dictators don’t ask to do things, they tell the legislature what to pass, and eliminate those that disagree.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk shocks the country as he reveals the 'biggest Ponzi scheme of all time' he's unmasked through DOGE⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s calling supporting your country a ponzi scheme. He has no patriotism, and has no respect for America. He should have his citizenship revoked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says he’s confident Putin will ‘keep his word’ if there’s a deal to end the war in Ukraine⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey Trump, I’ve got a billion tons of gold hidden in an under sea mine. I just need some cash to start the expedition to recover it. $500 million should cover start up, and I’ll give you half the gold. We’ll be the richest the world has ever known! Trust me!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't states in the US come up with their own health insurance program? So people can pay into it prolly less then what they pay now and the state put the money in a bank and use the interest for⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Part of the problem is Medicare is already taxing for healthcare. A state creating their own system would have to tax on top of that, and duplicate the administration of it.

  It’s kind of like states trying to stop using daylight savings on their own. Technically they can, but only after getting all of congress and the president to agree.