shalafi

@shalafi@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where are all the successful "red cities"?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  As a middle-aged, white, gun nut in the South, I’m definitely not feeling that urban liberals want the best for me. I’m liberal to the left of Obama, many of us are! But social media tells me I’m a racist cunt who should die in a fire.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where are all the successful "red cities"?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  Trump speaks plainly, at a 4th-grade level. Obama spoke at 9th-grade level. Trump makes them feel smart, Obama made them feel stupid. Especially coming from a buh-lack man! The audacity of that <radio edit>!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah⁩ ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  Enrichment for a nuclear power plant is nowhere near close to enrichment for a nuclear weapon. Something like 5% vs. 90%+? And every step closer to 90% is a tall step.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this point who in the world could stop Trump over doing something totally illegal? Like lets say using bunker buster bombs to destroy DEM cities? Or is USA communially FUCKED?⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  Look at it this way, Trump is legally capable of firing the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank (Jerome Powell), and he hates that man’s fucking guts. Practically speaking though, Trump can’t sack the guy without sending shockwaves through the financial world and tanking our economy. At the moment, Trump is trying to trump up (heh) a reason to fire Powell because he can’t do it by fiat.

  If his hands are tied over this thing he can legally do, you think he’d be able to bomb American cities? Think even the stoutest MAGA would applaud the bombing of New Orleans? They’re turning on him over the pedo thing, destroying an American city is two orders of magnitude worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this point who in the world could stop Trump over doing something totally illegal? Like lets say using bunker buster bombs to destroy DEM cities? Or is USA communially FUCKED?⁩ ⁨⁨32⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  Many of these people are trying to do their 20 and get out with retirement. They’re not going to quit like it’s a shit job at McDonald’s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this point who in the world could stop Trump over doing something totally illegal? Like lets say using bunker buster bombs to destroy DEM cities? Or is USA communially FUCKED?⁩ ⁨⁨34⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  Right?! They were out in less than 6-weeks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this point who in the world could stop Trump over doing something totally illegal? Like lets say using bunker buster bombs to destroy DEM cities? Or is USA communially FUCKED?⁩ ⁨⁨36⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  And they basically did nothing but stand around. I think they arrested one guy? And that one guy was most likely being an asshole and pushed his luck past the brink. Also, there was only 700 of them. You couldn’t control my little hick town with 700 soldiers. LOL, they’d be hilariously outgunned by the rednecks and retired military. In any case, now they’re gone.

  Yes, it was an egregiously corrupt use of the military, but that’s not even close to using weapons of war on an American city.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  Why wouldn’t it be? Everyone here assumes he going to try for weapon’s grade material. Think any government would allow competition in that space?

  In any case, there’s a shitload of tech and tooling that goes into a multi-stage thermonuclear weapon. I think they’d notice him sneaking all that into the plant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  Energy, presumably to power AI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  LOL, hell no. Not even the Trump administration would allow a private concern to enrich weapon grade uranium.

  Or, if you want a cynical take, no administration is going to give up their monopoly on ultraviolence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Executive Order:AI must agree on the Administration views on Sex,Race, cant mention what they deem to be Critical Race Theory,Unconscious Bias,Intersectionality,Systemic Racism or "Transgenderism⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you seriously arguing the President cannot order the executive branch of government to, uh, execute his orders? Would we have had this conversation when Obama or Biden was in office and writing executive orders?

  Don’t be silly. Just because Trump is abusing the fuck out of the power, and the courts are hit-and-miss, doesn’t change the Constitution. We can probably agree that the Constitution is no longer worth the paper it’s written on, but it exists and defines our government.

  I feel like I’m arguing with someone that agrees with me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Itch.io deindexes NSFW games after becoming the latest target of skittish credit card companies and anti-porn group Collective Shout, catching an award-winning indie and more in the crossfire⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  My brother in Christ, it’s all the same ideals.

  “When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where are all the successful "red cities"?⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  This post hits in a way I hadn’t quite figured out to myself. No wonder they still buy into the welfare queen thing. I’ve got to think on this a bit, woke me to a thing I hadn’t considered.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No low balling⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like a fair deal? Something I’m not picking up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it possible to sell semi-old computers/parts?⁩ ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Post on eBay. I’ve bought ancient parts from Romania for a 486SX project build. Somebody can use that stuff. But if it’s not really new or really old, probably won’t get much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  My thoughts as well. But hey, it’s lemmy! Just accuse someone of doing something we hate, good to go!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Executive Order:AI must agree on the Administration views on Sex,Race, cant mention what they deem to be Critical Race Theory,Unconscious Bias,Intersectionality,Systemic Racism or "Transgenderism⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The top of the Executive branch can order these things. Executive, it’s in the name.

  We rely on the courts to check that power. This is Constitution Class 101.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where are all the successful "red cities"?⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d start by taking to top off Fox News and see them dance the hemp fandango. I cannot overstate how they’ve poisoned America. Had some education in journalism so I’m better tooled than most to spot media manipulation. Sure they come out with in-your-face lies now and again, but they’re mostly subtle, which is far more evil. Next, I’d go after our social media overlords. These snakes have to be decapitated, literally.

  Lately I’ve thought that the best way to heal America’s rural/urban divide is to point out that the rich are fucking us. It’s not the farmer or the blue-haired girl, not the LGBT folks or gun nuts, certainly not the immigrants. If I could hammer a single message into the American zeitgeist it would be this, “The wealthy are hurting all of us. Fight them every step of the way.”

  I know Bane’s the bad guy and straight psychotic, but his speech in The Dark Knight Rises makes we want to fucking cheer.

  We take Gotham from the corrupt! The rich! The oppressors of generations who have kept you down with myths of opportunity, and we give it back to you… the people. Gotham is yours. None shall interfere. Do as you please. Start by storming Blackgate, and freeing the oppressed! Step forward those who would serve. For and army will be raised. The powerful will be ripped from their decadent nests, and cast out into the cold world that we know and endure. Courts will be convened. Spoils will be enjoyed. Blood will be shed. The police will survive, as they learn to serve true justice. This great city… it will endure. Gotham will survive!

  There is no hope until the rich live in fear of the masses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He'll realize one day⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  We were passing the Pony Club in Mississippi last weekend and I said, “Hey kids! Check out the silver horse!”

  They were like, meh. I’m going to do this on every trip until they catch on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He'll realize one day⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  My step son heard me banging his mom (ex-wife) many times. Know how I know? The evil looks he would give me first thing in the morning. He’d forget after breakfast.

  My wife and I were crying and laughing when my kids were here this summer. Told her if the kids didn’t behave I’d threaten them.

  “If you don’t clean your room I’m going to take it out on your stepmother! And she likes being spanked! I’ll bang her right up against your wall!”

  “If you give me that nasty look again I’m going to bang your stepmother in your bed and make you sleep in it!”

  We were laughing so hard my daughter stuck her head in the door to see what was up, had that autistic look like, “This is clearly a social situation I’m unsure of, but I think it’s all OK?”

  Nah, I ain’t that evil, but you gotta admit, those threats would probably work. Scar 'em for life, but I bet they’d behave!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where are all the successful "red cities"?⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  This explains the rural/city divide and why conservatives view blue cities as hell holes:

  How Half Of America Lost Its F**king Mind

  Having lived both sides, the whole thing not only resonates with me, it rings my fucking bell. If there was one article I could force all Americans to read, this is it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guillotine⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Good heavens! If that’s a man, I’m closer to switching teams then I suspected.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Executive Order:AI must agree on the Administration views on Sex,Race, cant mention what they deem to be Critical Race Theory,Unconscious Bias,Intersectionality,Systemic Racism or "Transgenderism⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Executive orders aren’t laws de jure, but they are laws de facto.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Women are anonymously spilling tea about men in their cities on viral app⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Posted yesterday about how he was the late night show’s favorite target back in the day. FFS, does no one remember Trump: The Board Game! Or when he insisted everyone refer to him as “The Donald”?

  Here’s Obama tearing him a new asshole:

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHckZCxdRkA

  And that’s how we got President Trump!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Executive Order:AI must agree on the Administration views on Sex,Race, cant mention what they deem to be Critical Race Theory,Unconscious Bias,Intersectionality,Systemic Racism or "Transgenderism⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Not disagreeing with anything, but bear in mind this order only affects federal government agencies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Executive Order:AI must agree on the Administration views on Sex,Race, cant mention what they deem to be Critical Race Theory,Unconscious Bias,Intersectionality,Systemic Racism or "Transgenderism⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  LLMs shall be truthful in responding to user prompts seeking factual information or analysis.

  Didn’t read every word but I feel a first-year law student could shred this in court. Not sure who would have standing to sue. In any case, there are an easy two dozen examples in the order that are so wishy-washy as to be legally meaningless or unprovable.

  LLMs shall be neutral, nonpartisan tools that do not manipulate responses in favor of ideological dogmas such as DEI.

  So, Grok’s off the table?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We wouldn’t need the Epstein files to prove DJT’s guilt if society just trusted women in the first place.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Had two exes lie to the police, got thrown in jail for a day over the first one. Got off, but still.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Robotaxi Stops Mid-Intersection After Running a Red Light… The Influencer Onboard Calls It “Impressive”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I was gonna say, ram that fucker and sue. Be funny if people started a trend.

  “It blew a red light and stopped in the middle of the intersection!”

  That’s a slam dunk against a human driver.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Robotaxi Stops Mid-Intersection After Running a Red Light… The Influencer Onboard Calls It “Impressive”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  God, my wife right there. Started driving at 50 and she scares the shit out of me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans have been trained to hate foreigners by Fox News, owned by a foreigner.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Add the South African dude who was slashing our government and stealing our data.