teslekova

@teslekova@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What a nice blue and black dress.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, I thought the front was in shadow, so I always saw gold and white.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Mr Lee’s Hong Kong will be perfectly safe thanks to these friendly puppies!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in Court⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This sort of hilarious act of subversion (pun intended) makes me wonder if the loonies who think it’s sentient are right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I made a replacement for my broken fridge handle⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s how good your replacement is: I assumed the one on the bottom was the DIY one and you’d 3D printed it. Top one is much prettier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨my ideal relationship⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Scaroused.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firearm Advice⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re both wrong, they’re for unscrewing really tight screws.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨whos your favorite borg? mine is localhost⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Big bada Borg, yeah she knows it’s a multiborg

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Also how do I know if it works?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The trick, dear Kazu, is not minding that it hurts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I was told it would be a cultural experience⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Jerky… Counter?

  Goddamnit, yet another reason to visit a country right at the time I’d probably get arrested on the way in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I know. Somehow, I've always known.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nothing really matters⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cool, now you can quadcopter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨..?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ha! Same here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨..?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Supporting Putin in the name of communism is the funniest thing tankies do, imo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨..?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tankie means someone who sometimes defends socialist authoritarian governments because they oppose the capitalist authoritarian governments.

  They(we, sometimes, it’s complicated) have a tendency to forgive the crimes of those socialist governments. Sometimes this is justified, because the accusations are false, invented by capitalist media as propaganda.

  However, sometimes it’s because we want to believe that the opposition to capitalism is always good and decent, when the truth is muddy and rather unpleasant: both sides suck in their own special ways, and you shouldn’t put anyone on a pedestal.

  Here in the fediverse, anarchist leftists or left-libs are the norm, so we tankies get dogpiled pretty often. A pox on all hierarchical governments seems to be the way here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨..?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You got the timeline wrong there. The US installed the Shah in the 50s, after destroying Iran’s democratic leftist government. Then in the 70s, the Iranian people rose up and removed the Shah. Almost immediately, though, the revolution was hijacked by fundamentalist clerics.

  When the revolutionary government was put under pressure by an invasion from Saddam Hussein on behalf of George Bush Snr, which killed millions, that allowed the Revolutionary Guard to consolidate power, and become the brutally repressive government we see today.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I had a time machine I would go back in time and give all my friends their mental health diagnosis before they had to live through the really tough parts.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for pointing me at that comic. Marvellous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘A feedback loop with no brake’: how an AI doomsday report shook US markets⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Phwoar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The flat surfaces make them look very… stackable. Do you know anyone with a crane?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jack Dorsey's New Company Falling Apart as It Forces Employees to Use AI⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, that’s the problem, we’ve been getting all these chatbots to generate “hellworld.exe”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CONTACT LEFT!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Liberate is standard army slang for steal, yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨deez nutz save lives⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, where were they fighting, the Pacific or something?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hopefully, he will be 6 underground by that time.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That is something that people only understand at their own pace. Being shouted at, shamed by others, tends to reinforce the problem. It makes them defensive.

  I get that venting can make the people who were right feel better, but that’s usually all it does.

  For a good example, the left have been right about the problems in the DNC since 2015, and it has not helped whenever we point this out. Shouting at conservative Democrats has only made them more defensive, and alienated both sides from each other.

  As usual, the solution is hard. Work towards building power and organisation from the bottom up, and don’t waste time hoping that the people who benefit from this mess will magically decide to do the right thing. I wish I hadn’t wasted so much time doing that.

  Focus on what people need, pick three or four straightforward policies, and do everything you can to push those forward and promote your sincere effort to do so.

  Don’t accept any funding from groups who want things you do not want, because that funding will be a chain holding you back.

  Don’t lie.

  Don’t. Lie.

  People, the ones you want support from, aren’t fucking stupid. Don’t lie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hopefully, he will be 6 underground by that time.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Gaza would have been worse, because Netanyahu would have kept up the bombing.

  However, Kamala would never have defunded USAID, so those million and a half people who are dying right now from starvation and disease would be alive.

  So, honestly, not voting for Kamala was a bad idea.

  But it’s still because of the DNC corporate donors that Trump is in office right now, because they refuse to allow the people a progressive alternative.

  Blame is pointless. I am talking about what needs to change. Shouting at reluctant third party voters will do nothing but raise your blood pressure.

  Campaigning for the downfall of Chuck Schumer, there’s a worthy cause.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen-and-paper instead⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah, mate, that’s gonna fix it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We live in the future!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly the illegal cab company has been the most useful for me. Sometimes my car breaks down.

  Mind you, the best illegal service I ever used was Dream market. Very convenient for buying acid and weed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize - AUTOMATON WEST⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  FYI, Cyberpunk 2077’s DLC is the best I’ve ever seen, and thoroughly worth paying for. Unlike quite a few others, as you mention. It makes everything in the base game better, and the additional story is even better than the story in the base game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia and EU on verge of striking free trade deal long stalled by beef, parmesan and prosecco⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mostly white people in Europe though. Oh wait, but joining the EU means free movement across borders… Yep, I see the problem, you’re totally right. Might be a lotta lefties against it too, for ecological reasons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia and EU on verge of striking free trade deal long stalled by beef, parmesan and prosecco⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We can make it from all those things here in Australia. I am quite happy to make the requirements for the name just as strict as in Europe, as long as it isn’t an arbitrary geographic decision.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia and EU on verge of striking free trade deal long stalled by beef, parmesan and prosecco⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why not?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, wait a minute…