Dead_or_Alive
@Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
- Comment on Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers 22 hours ago:
So uhhh where are you getting all these EMPs from?
- Comment on I am only now discovering the sheer addictiveness of Sid Meier's Civilization. 5 days ago:
Civ III was the height of the Civilization franchise.
- Comment on 18-26 year olds, How do you plan to dodge the draft? 1 week ago:
Just act gay or trans and come into the recruiter wearing a Mexican flag.
- Comment on Asus Co-CEO: MacBook Neo Is a 'Shock' to the PC Industry 1 week ago:
Exactly which means superior build quality and a great experience. Parents will be snapping these up in the fall for back to school.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
No legal argument is necessary. Just look at history. The rich and well connected have always lived by a different set of rules.
See below:
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Robert Richards (Du Pont heir): A 2014 Forbes article noted that a Du Pont heir, Robert Richards, pleaded guilty to raping his 3-year-old daughter in 2008 and received probation instead of jail time, which caused public outrage.
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August Busch IV: August Busch IV, a former Anheuser-Busch CEO, has been involved in past legal incidents, including a girlfriend’s overdose death at his house in 2010 and a car crash in 1983, but he was not charged with rape in these cases.
WRAL +3
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- Comment on Croatia declared free of landmines after 31 years 2 weeks ago:
2000, 2006, 2012
- Comment on Asus and Dell announce new mini PCs for Windows 365 | Goodbye local OS 2 weeks ago:
You aren’t wrong. But what you just described is exactly why most companies choose thin clients.
No customization, no unauthorized software installs, no distractions for staff and they will just run forever without major updates. All IT has to do is maintain a server or offsite cloud environment.
Would I personally want one… no. But I can see this as an alternative to non techie people who just need a cheap computer for email, web browsing and the occasional word document.
- Comment on Croatia declared free of landmines after 31 years 2 weeks ago:
I doubt that very much. When I visited they had signs notifying the public of land mines around major parks in the countryside or mountains. There were even areas the locals told us not to venture to as they still had land mines dating back to WWII that hadn’t been fully cleared.
- Comment on Asus and Dell announce new mini PCs for Windows 365 | Goodbye local OS 2 weeks ago:
Walk into any office or business that runs off the cloud or a local server and they will likely have dozens… I mean dozens of these lying around.
I know the gaming community looks at these like a vampire looks at a rosary but it isn’t new tech or even a new concept.
- Comment on Western Digital runs out of HDD capacity: CEO says massive AI deals secured, price surges ahead 4 weeks ago:
The AI bubble is starting to pop. All of these companies have made hardware and data center investments far beyond what is needed or can be sustained. The debt is piling up and they are scrambling to justify the immense build out. Musk allowing porn and CSAM on Grock for paid users , Chat GPT pushing commercials, Microslop putting copilot in everything and forcing adoption. Oracles server utilization remains low, Etc. etc.
They now need to show immense growth and adoption in order to keep getting loans or justify burning cash to their shareholders.
Chat GPT and Oracle will be the first to fall, then xAI etc. Google and Microslop have other revenue sources that can weather the storm. But they won’t continue their massive investments.
- Comment on The Undiscovered Country: Why is the galley set so worn out? 4 weeks ago:
The Yorktown is specifically mentioned in the movie and the ill fated captain of the Yorktown reports it to the admiral in this scene:
Also Star Fleet Admirals being the canonically evil dicks that they are would totally stick Kirk with a messed up haunted ship.
- Comment on The Undiscovered Country: Why is the galley set so worn out? 4 weeks ago:
I like that version of the lore but I added my own. Enterprise A is actually the Yorktown… but why was the Yorktown available you may ask? I mean it would have had a captain and crew right?
Well it was one of the ships that attempted to intercept the whale probe during Star Trek III The Journey Home and had its systems soo badly scrambled that it lost all power and was running life support on batteries. (Which happened in the movie and was a transmission received by Earth, it is even mentioned that they were trying to assemble solar sails to attempt to make it to a habitable planet.)
Well the fearless crew of the Yorktown didn’t make it and the entire crew suffocated or froze in the cold blackness of space…
Starfleet isn’t so big that it can waste a starship even if it’s full of frozen dead people. So they spaced the bodies, cleaned it up and stuck Kirk with a malfunctioning potentially haunted ship as a kind of punishment.
This explains why nothing worked on the Enterprise A in Star Trek IV as its systems were still pretty scrambled from the Whale probe and was haunted by the long dead crew of the Yorktown…
- Comment on The world is trying to log off U.S. tech 1 month ago:
I agree, the problem is you have to consume at some level you need food water clothes etc. and for poorer people 100% of their income goes to just buying the basics. You also don’t want to put other citizens out of jobs because of a boycott, that would get unpopular quickly.
For this to work long term you need to get the top 10% or 20% of consumers to cut back on the extras. I.E. Amazon Prime, Netflix, Chat GPT subscriptions, hold off buying an iPhone or electronics, etc.
If you did that and caused consumption to dip even 5% you would hurt the companies that the oligarchs run and in turn hurt Trump.
- Comment on The world is trying to log off U.S. tech 1 month ago:
Ramp it up!
The worst crime you can commit under capitalism is not participating, not buying, not renting, etc. These tech companies are built on debt that is serviced by profits.
Moving the needle down and impacting their income by even 5% will have a huge impact on a business’s bottom line and in turn a CEO’s income, bonuses and stock options etc.
If you want to make Trump and his regime change then you have to hit the only people he will listen to… his fellow oligarchs.
- Comment on Elon Musk Is Rolling xAI Into SpaceX—Creating the World’s Most Valuable Private Company 1 month ago:
*Automatically nationalized and leadership at those companies should be investigated and tried for fraud.
These CEOs need to take accountability not a golden parachute. They know when a business is failing and when they are defrauding investors and the public.
- Comment on Elon Musk Is Rolling xAI Into SpaceX—Creating the World’s Most Valuable Private Company 1 month ago:
The government will not let SpaceX fail, it’s a strategic asset and Musk knows this. He is going to tie his Xai to it and saddle it with all the debt it is incurring. When the AI bubble pops he will be able to ask for bail outs to keep SpaceX afloat.
- Comment on Those of you who are angry at the US for allowing ICE to stifle people's liberties - how do you channel your anger and irritation? 1 month ago:
Been stacking up on green tip.
- Comment on Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period 2 months ago:
Which means exactly what?
- Comment on Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period 2 months ago:
Which means exactly what?
- Comment on Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period 2 months ago:
- The USA as a global superpower, is morphing into something decidedly more sinister.
Nintendo is a Japanese company…
- Comment on YSK: ICE is MURDERING in the streets! 2 months ago:
- Comment on YSK: ICE is MURDERING in the streets! 2 months ago:
It’s still kind of a free country. If you don’t want to own the tools needed to ensure your own liberty… well that is your decision.
Just done expect anyone who is armed on the left or the right to defend you.
- Comment on YSK: ICE is MURDERING in the streets! 2 months ago:
TL;DR;
Your reply doesn’t make sense because it seems you didn’t understand what was said. (intentionally or unintentionally)
You don’t seem to understand a lot of my reply, let’s see if we can clear some stuff
Nobody mentioned fascists or requiring anyone to advocate for anyone else’s rights.
The post was complaining about the 2nd amendment folks not getting upset that ICE was treading on people’s rights… Why would they? Why would you expect any other group to defend your rights.
I’m not sure how this relates to either the original message you responded to, or your reply to it.
You don’t seem to understand what satire is. Either the original poster was truly upset the 2nd amendment folks were not defending other people’s rights. Or he was trying to make a satirical point outlining that 2nd Amendment people had no intention of defending people’s rights and just wanted guns. I think given the context it is the latter. Satire is great when trying to convince others that the other party is wrong I.E. Gun rights advocates were possibly lying
I will say however that a basic level of reading comprehension and good faith (the latter more than the former) would be required before i personally cared about someone’s opinion of me, laughter included.
… Ok
As we’ve established above, this is also unrelated.
I’m simply pointing out that when there is need on the left to defend yourselves with firearms you’ve undermined your case. Look up videos with armed protesters or what the Black Panthers are doing to repel ICE. The police and ICE are a lot less willing to deploy excessive force or even to engage with armed individuals.
Also, “anybody who doesn’t agree with me is a lefty” is a weak foundation for both conversation and understanding.
I literally quoted Carl Marx what makes you think I’m not on the left? Go left enough and guns are back on the table.
- Comment on YSK: ICE is MURDERING in the streets! 2 months ago:
Pretty easy to do when the other side doesn’t have guns… 🤔
- Comment on YSK: ICE is MURDERING in the streets! 2 months ago:
At least you know your place.
- Comment on YSK: ICE is MURDERING in the streets! 2 months ago:
I hope you enjoy the taste of boot leather.
- Comment on YSK: ICE is MURDERING in the streets! 2 months ago:
- Comment on YSK: ICE is MURDERING in the streets! 2 months ago:
2nd amendment isn’t just for the 2nd amendment guys. Attacking gun rights when the left will likely need them in the coming years is short sighted.
To attempt satire by saying that a right wing facist advocating for gun rights, is also expected to advocate for my rights is weakness in the face of aggression.
The right doesn’t laugh at the satire, they laugh at you. You undermine your own defense with others on the left.
- Comment on YSK: ICE is MURDERING in the streets! 2 months ago:
Perhaps if you want to protect your own rights… you should have your own gun, and not depend on others to do it for you.
- Comment on I've never been in a situation where me having a gun would have made things bettter. 2 months ago:
Conceal and carry holders statistically are the safest segment of society for the exact reason you just gave. I would rather be in a room full of conceal and carry holders than the general public or police.
I was walking in a relatively safe part of downtown last month when two drunks suddenly started fighting over a dog 8 feet from me. I noped my way out of there. I had my gun on me but had no interest in intervening.
For the vast majority who carry we don’t want to put ourselves in a situation where you have to use it.
But yeah, I’m also sure some internet guru who has never held a gun in their life will tell me why I’m an irresponsible death machine.
