Milk_Sheikh
@Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee
- Comment on Marvels Rivals requires creators to sign a contract that removes your right to give a negative review to access the playtest 6 hours ago:
You’re literally defending ‘post-truth, race to the bottom standard’ capitalism. Yes dumb consumers exist, but that isn’t a free pass for corporate exploitation or false advertising. Because this isn’t an alpha, it’s advertising.
- Comment on Marvels Rivals requires creators to sign a contract that removes your right to give a negative review to access the playtest 12 hours ago:
Okay, if they want to buy test, there’s DECADES of accepted practice. Paid/intern bug hunters or playtesters, with an airtight NDA. They’re there to stress tests and find issues, there needn’t be a public facing element.
Marvel want free bug testers, and to get the hype train moving - but don’t want to pay for actual testers who work quietly, and want only positive commentary. Marvel want an astroturf campaign to push preorders, not actual genuine discussion or bug testing.
I’ve been part of public alpha releases, and generally they don’t allow streaming or public commentary, outside of the invite-only forum/discord channels - BECAUSE THEY WANT THE FEEDBACK TO FIX ISSUES.
- Comment on Robot dogs armed with AI-targeting rifles undergo US Marines Special Ops evaluation 4 days ago:
Turkey has the STM Kargu, which reportedly was devastating in the most recent # Nagorno-Karabakh fighting, as the autonomous suicide drone can’t be jammed
Ukrainian units have (reportedly) already loaded ‘final approach’ AI target tracking and flight controls on their suicide FPV & glider drones, to counter Russian RF jammers mounted on tanks and heavy vehicles
We really, really aren’t prepared for the threat vector that cheap (sub $500/ea for FPV) and autonomous drones provide, and every RF engineer and drone enthusiast I’ve spoken to has no good counter aside from barriers like nets. And that’s just the ones that fly their bombs INTO things, drone-dropped explosives are hard to detect without thermal imagers or specialized radar/acoustic detection
- Comment on Alarm in Israel at reports of possible ICC legal action over Gaza 1 week ago:
“All actors must comply with international humanitarian law,” he clarified in a statement at the time. “If you do not do so, do not complain when my office is required to act.”
Man does not give a fuck about your faux outrage - stop breaking international law assholes
- Comment on We can do all three things at once 1 week ago:
The entire French nation begs to differ. Look at that map! Power generation alllll over the country, not tucked in an unpopulated area or clustered in one spot ‘just in case’.
Then look across the border at Germany. The CND and Greens did a number on then generations ago, and Russia has kept up the fear over nuclear so they were able to keep Germany dependent on Gazprom. Until Ukraine.
- Comment on The Palestine experience 1 week ago:
Yes. And it accomplished its mission in 1948 with the creation of Israel, and the state’s continued existence.
The deluded Zionists want ‘back’ Transjordan and the rest of Palestine - ignoring the political reality that doing so means war with and annexation of parts of Jordan and Lebanon, all of Palestine and parts of Egypt too.
- Comment on Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles 1 week ago:
I actually don’t care about individual investors, beyond the implications for the broader ‘economy’ if the Tesla bubble bursts. But given how absurd the market cap for Tesla is compared to the traditional automakers, when this hype train stops picking up
speedmore rubes, the rest of us need it to coast down gradually, not crash and burn. - Comment on Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles 1 week ago:
It could be as simple as securing more/better access to China’s significant rare earth deposits that batteries need. Could also be signs that Tesla is offshoring or pushing harder into China’s domestic market, but they’re way behind there
- Comment on Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles 1 week ago:
- Fired the Supercharger head and the entire department
- Fired the lead of new vehicle development
- Previously fired head of battery development
- Constantly “one year away” from Tesla full self driving, whilst Mercedes just launched geofenced FSD, with Mercedes assuming 100% liability during FSD
- Elon just had a out of the blue trip to China, appears to have ‘kissed the ring’ of Beijing, and hyping TaaS robotaxis
What’s Tesla’s USP to an investor now? The supercharger ‘lock in’ and early head start at the EV game are Tesla’s biggest boons, but the former appears to have been gutted and the latter has been squandered on a slow model release schedule
- Comment on SpaceX Employees Getting Wounded at Incredible Rates 2 weeks ago:
Move fast and break
thingspeopleGod-Emperor Elon knows we must colonize the stars, how dare OSHA question his project
- Comment on Ska came before Raggae 🏁>>>🇯🇲 2 weeks ago:
His solo work has been known to blow minds
- Comment on Tesla profits nosedive as more job cuts announced 2 weeks ago:
HFT algorithmic robo-traders still gonna scalp daily delta, often in an incestuous and self-reinforcing cycle based on financial headlines
I’ve been bearish on Tesla for years, but it’s getting increasingly obvious with growing EV competition that their market cap is/was absurd hype that defies fundamentals or even possible value if Tesla was a monopoly
- Comment on Two wolves. 2 weeks ago:
Yiff yiff…?
- Comment on Education 2 weeks ago:
America forgot it was at war in Afghanistan until the disastrous pullout. You gotta have awareness of a thing to rage against it
- Comment on Tesla seeks to award Elon Musk $56bn pay package | BBC 3 weeks ago:
Not really news that Tesla has a lot of headwinds, even before Elon’s peculiarities and ‘leadership’ is factored:
- Was disruptive in early 2000s, now suffering from many of the same diseconomies as the auto industry
- Vertical integration especially introduces huge CapEx that has to justify its continued existence via regular, strong sales. There’s a very good reason the big automakers sub-contract out a significant part of their BoMs for production and JiT stocking
- Traditional auto makers (and government) are pushing EVs hard, greatly increasing competition especially in entry level markets where Tesla has poor showing
- High profile recalls, durability issues, and ‘autopilot’ deaths leading to growing concern, both regulatory and consumer
We all know the stock is massively overvalued. The question is will it correct and level off, or fall so fast from that height that Tesla ends up like Lucid, Rivian, or Polestar etc as a low-mid manufacturer, or go so far that the short sellers bring the knives out until delisting
- Comment on It is truly magic 3 weeks ago:
Dare I say this is a chicken:egg situation - which is making the other redundant?
- Comment on It is truly magic 3 weeks ago:
Traffic lights make roundabouts pointless though, unless they’re on a quick cycle used to ‘group’ cars entering a multi-lane roundabout.
If your population didn’t grow up with roundabouts though, and treats them like YOLO free for alls… then you might need lights
- Comment on It is truly magic 3 weeks ago:
I used to live nearby! Loved that silly thing, just don’t treat it like one big roundabout - it’s seven chained roundabouts that you can use individually, both green and red routes are valid and legal for the same destination:
- Comment on I have so many lists... 3 weeks ago:
“WERE NOT MEANT TO EXIST THIS LONG”
- Comment on ‘My hoo haa is gonna be out’: US Olympians slam Nike for skimpy women’s track kit 3 weeks ago:
Do NCAA gymnasts have uniform issues?
Meet ‘butt glue’ - the men can pick to wear shorts or leggings, but nah. Butt glue it is.
- Comment on gimmie 4 weeks ago:
Oh my
- Comment on gimmie 4 weeks ago:
Though I managed in chemistry, I understand that kcal is just an expression of energy and the reaction’s event total time is important in judging ‘violence’ of reaction - but for the uninitiated like myself, how do I quantify “433 kcal” compared to a more mundane reaction?
- Comment on Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu 4 weeks ago:
Risk toying in the registry to kill it, of course 🏴☠️🏴☠️
- Comment on i have a proposal 4 weeks ago:
… could you describe it as modest?
- Comment on *So far* 1 month ago:
You can do that rolling trick for the dribble with standard flatware, you do have to spin faster though to get it to work well.
The same idea applies to things you’re pouring out of; twist axially while tipping the container upright and you’ll have dramatically less spillage, even with viscous fluids like honey.
- Comment on Teslas Can Be Stolen by Hijacking WiFi at Charging Stations, Researchers Find 1 month ago:
The lathe & knee mill thing is being nibbled away under the ‘ghost gun’ fears - yes 80% is a weird line in the sand but we have to define it somewhere between “non-descript block of metal” to “legally now a gun”. Not sure how that’s going to survive legal test, the law there needs a refresh tbh
I’m really more surprised to see 3D printing not being targeted/trolled by copyright and IP lawyers. There was some limited activity with Games Workshop and people scanning wargaming miniatures to cheaply 3D print instead of paying (exorbitant) retail prices, but hasn’t gone far beyond banning non-official minions at official events
- Comment on UK fuel duty cut is regressive policy that benefits the wealthy, study finds 2 months ago:
More well off people tend to drive more and drive larger, more fuel inefficient cars - they will feel their tax bill decrease more than someone who drives less or not at all - the person riding the bus, cycling or walking is actually subsidizing the existing drivers via council tax that invariably ends up in road repairs and upgrades.
Though that poorer person may have gained back a bigger percentage of their disposable income, it is still less of an overall saving for that person.
- Comment on Zionists doing a rave to block aid trucks at Ker Shalom crossing while Palestinians are starving 2 months ago:
I can give multiple examples of group members who disagree with elements of their group so substantively, they split off and form new groups. Schisms are normal reactions to outside/inside actors co-opting or directing a group, Mensheviks and Bolsheviks, Protestants and Catholics, America and the Commonwealth…
If you’re upset that something is being done by a group you’re a part of, who openly declares to be working towards a goal that is unpopular outside the group, leave the group. There are plenty of Jews and Jewish groups that reject revisionist Zionism and/or Kahanism, the notion of Jewishness is not owned by a political party nor ideology. Claiming any criticism of the movement is a dog whistle is unconvincing and disingenuous to the reader
- Comment on Israeli state TV proudly broadcasting prisoner abuse 2 months ago:
Even the old “state v non-state actor” issue is clear on this one - irregardless of human morality and basic decency:
- If legit army, they must get full protections (IDF says no, int’l law is dubious for Al-Qassam - Hamas has command structure and salaries, but often skips uniforms and hides among the populace)
- If not legit army, must be treated with protection offered to civilians UNTIL a court gets involved and adjudicates them to not be just civilians
Article 11 - Protection of persons
- The physical or mental health and integrity of persons who are in the power of the adverse Party or who are interned, detained or otherwise deprived of liberty as a result of a situation referred to in Article 1 shall not be endangered by any unjustified act or omission
[further down in same text]
Article 45 - Protection of persons who have taken part in hostilities
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A person who takes part in hostilities and falls into the power of an adverse Party shall be presumed to be a prisoner of war… Should any doubt arise as to whether any such person is entitled to the status of prisoner of war, he shall continue to have such status and, therefore, to be protected by the Third Convention and this Protocol until such time as his status has been determined by a competent tribunal.
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If a person who has fallen into the power of an adverse Party is not held as a prisoner of war and is to be tried by that Party for an offence arising out of the hostilities, he shall have the right to assert his entitlement to prisoner-of-war status before a judicial tribunal and to have that question adjudicated…[more legalese and closing loopholes]…
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Any person who has taken part in hostilities, who is not entitled to prisoner-of-war status and who does not benefit from more favourable treatment in accordance with the Fourth Convention shall have the right at all times to the protection of Article 75 of this Protocol. In occupied territory, any such person, unless he is held as a spy, shall also be entitled, notwithstanding Article 5 of the Fourth Convention, to his rights of communication under that Convention.
- Comment on Hey, I'm new to GitHub! 2 months ago:
Man these comments are fun. The patricians defending the (admittedly) bad UI/UX as the skill-hurdle it is, while the rest are finding inventive ways to rephrase “gib button plz”