sartalon

@sartalon@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gulf states refuse to be launching pad for any US attacks against Iran⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fear of Iran is not the motivating factor for Gulf states closing their airspace.

  Iran would be especially stupid to target other states’ oil production as that would only foster a unified front against them and harm their own agenda.

  The Gulf states just don’t want conflict in general, smell a potential for escalation, and can see the U.S.'s weakening position. Also the U.S has been buying less and less oil from SA.

  If Iran strikes first, that would be a different story, but for now, they are fighting entirely through proxies.

  So the U.S. is also limited to targeting those proxies, or using their own.

  The U.S. wouldn’t use B-52’s as a first strike anyway and don’t need access to the aforementioned airspace to do so.

  This airspace limitation is a dog and pony show. At least for now. If the U.S. keeps warming up to Russia, that may cool some heels on the Iranian front, but would also further exacerbate their strained relationship with the Gulf States.

  Long story short, Trump’s policies are making everyone hate the U.S. except for Israel and Russia. And that is fucking wild.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You guys have to end it⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s when you are supposed to use Mr_Mofu’s technique!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You guys have to end it⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was going to say, I always had my e-brake on when I parked my car and so I always started the car with it on.

  Does he mean slowly let off the clutch while releasing the e-brake? Does he put on his e-brake if he stops on a hill, in traffic too!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We already knew that⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We already knew that⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel attacked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When IBM Built a War Room for Executives⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think anyone is going to disagree with you that the direction IBM execs were pushing the tech was terrible. I think this is a great example of how ego and narcissism can stifle innovation.

  He was an industrial psychologist. He was trying to develope and fit the technology to a specific psyche. He couldn’t get them to learn/use the new technology, so he created an interface for them, that they could/would use.

  It also shows how it seems business executives attitudes haven’t changed much, when it comes to ego and narcissism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AT&T says it won’t build fiber home Internet in half of its wireline footprint⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Moved to a new location. Options were Cox, who had 1Gbps+ service over coax or something like 30 Mbps with AT&T. For similar pricing. I hate both, but no shit I’m going with Xfinity. Keep asking AT&T if they are ever going to get fiber. Nope, nope, and nope. But they keep sending folks by, trying to sell shitty internet along with satellite tv.

  Fast forward a few years. Ezee Fiber comes through, I drop Cox the second they can plug into my house.

  Not two weeks later, AT&T comes knocking, “Hey, we’ve got fiber now, want to roll with us?”

  Haha, fuck off. (I didn’t say that, dude’s just trying to make a paycheck, but I was thinking it when I politely said no thank you.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨human anteaters⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There was a brief moment, while I was going through SERE training, in the Navy; it was before we were “captured” but long enough that I hadn’t eaten in a while. We were in the low mountains of SoCal, dry and hot. Whenever we would stop movement for a money and take a seat, I could smell when an ant was on me.

  I didn’t recognize what the smell was at first until I saw an ant, after smelling it. I hooked him on my finger and brought him close to my nose and it was clear, he was the source.

  I couldn’t describe it very well though, not a common smell to me. Never experienced it since.

  Maybe it was the combination of no food or bathing, and heightened stress. My SiL also went through SERE, says she has no idea what I was talking about, and just makes fun of me about it. But she’s also the type of person who would lie about it, just to fuck with me.

  So who knows.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bro 😭😭⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A. Who gives a fuck if Stamos didn’t actually shave his head.

  B. Fuck Dave Coulier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You Pay For It, We Own It - Sony's $7.9B Lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Unskippable ads, required downloaded updates, region restrictions…

  Nah, I’m downloading that fucking car, I’m done giving movie studios chances to be reasonable.

  They were good for a bit, but they are a slave to stock value and their finance bros will take every opportunity to squeeze you for revenue, ruining every experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When that major drama unfolded with him getting booted then re-hired. It was super fucking obvious that it was all about the money, the data, and the salesmanship He is nothing but a fucking tech-bro. Part Theranos, part Musk, part SBF, part (whatever that pharma asshat was), and all fucking douchebag.

  AI is fucking snake oil and an excuse to scrape every bit of data like it’s collecting every skin cell dropping off of you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do our brains process reality? I heard our eyes were just low-res cameras and our brains were doing all the heavy lifting in 'rendering' reality.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can train your subconscious! Well, at least influence it’s decisions. Videogames are a great example. Trained reaction/response. Repeated response to similar stimulus can create a trade ned a conscious response.

  However, I have difficulty, especially now that I’m older, where subconscious and conscious will compete and I will lose acuity of what I actually did.

  That and my memory is getting worse. :/