HobbitFoot

@HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the fuck is going on with Iran and what will happen next?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  As for “what will happen next”, the USA seems to want a cease fire and Iran is tired of getting bombed randomly, so Iran is going to close the Strait of Hormuz until it can get a better deal that means something. Israel and the USA don’t seem to want to make that kind of deal.

  So Iran is going to start a recession by restricting oil supply for the rest of the world to get the rest of the world to intervene or to get that agreement from the USA and Israel.

  This will likely last until November, when the midterm election is supposed to happen. Trump wasn’t popular already. A recession caused by military action is going to get a lot of people pissed. That recession will likely pop the AI bubble, both due to a loss of market liquidity and increased energy prices fueling AI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Datacenters are becoming a target in warfare for the first time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t see why not. Israel attacked oil infrastructure, showing this was as much an economic war as anything else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Glorious cracked out wall kitten returns with more wisdom for the masses.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This policy is coming in a lot of industries. The idea is that if you need to evacuate or get someone to the hospital, it is faster and less prone to causing an accident.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people like my grandpa so against seeing the whole world and learning a different language?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  he says “Why can’t you just stay here?” or “Why can’t you visit this country first?”

  Just straight up ask him why. He may not have an answer he wants to vocalize, but it puts him in a position where he may have to try internally.

  A lot of fear of immigrants comes from the fear of the unknown, which likely corresponds with his fear of you traveling to foreign countries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Positive affirmations from your favorite captains⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  War crimes are not a burden. After all, he can live with it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who grew up with Vietnam and the Cold War, is Iran going to be the new vietnam or just a semi cool war?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically, the US has the stomach for the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.

  The problem right now is that the current policy goals for the war don’t match the current use of force occurring. I don’t see Iran capitulating without an invasion and Trump is likely going to need some sort of Congressional authorization or funding to continue the war.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to I prove to someone that the U.S. moon landing wasn't staged?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Why aren’t the old Apollo designs being reused for a moon landing? (by either the Americans or the Chinese)

  If you want to address this question, show him some videos about Boeing and Airbus and how they can’t bring back airplane models they stopped production on because of massive supply chain issues. See if your friend is willing to accept that they can’t bring back the 747, for instance.

  If this is a problem for aircraft, it is likely also a problem for spacecraft.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek has more to offer or it has to end and stop producing more content?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The closest that I get to watching pure Star Trek content is some videos of Lore Reloaded.

  Even then, his content isn’t so much about the current Star Trek but more going into politics and military theory of the Federation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the point of specifically Americans identifying with other cultures if people born there will just make fun of them for it?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Regarding those from “The Old World” this phenomenon isn’t unique to the USA. Most other countries in the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa exhibit tying ancestry to not being of the land since time immemorial. It just happens to be that Americans tend to produce the most cultural discussion about it in volume, especially in the English language.

  The big thing is recognizing that the culture of the land doesn’t match the culture of your “people”. It can be tough to reconcile that, especially if someone is from a mix of different origins.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are we about to see the WW3?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re already at a two front war.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Papa Johns is closing 300 locations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Likely. A lot of consumer facing companies have issued warnings that working and middle class spending is cratering because people don’t have money to spend. I won’t be surprised if a lot of fast food restaurants go under or at least shrink considerably due to a collapse in market demand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I know one engineer who bought the Meta glasses due to the form factor. For others with the Go Pro, they usually mount the cameras on their hard hat, which makes it easy to see since black hard hats are rare.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m surprised there haven’t been more shootings of the wealthy since Luigi given the positive response to him shooting a health care millionaire.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They tried teaching Spanish in my elementary school with videos that no one paid attention to. A lot of schools don’t even go that far.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But if you’re looking at an American choosing a language based on potential job opportunities, Spanish is likely going to offer far more upside than French unless that American has certain ties which would make French more relevant to them. For large parts of the USA, knowing Spanish will be more locally relevant than knowing French.

  It isn’t saying that French is a bad language for Americans to learn, but that most of the country would likely see Spanish as more economically useful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But we’re talking about economic utility. Quebec isn’t Canada; it is much smaller.

  In contrast, Mexico has a GDP near Canada as a whole and there isn’t a bilingual legal framework to support business deals. Furthermore, there are more Spanish speaking countries to make deals with in the Western Hemisphere; the closest that French has is Haiti.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Quebec isn’t Canada.

  Having to get documents translated is a cost of doing business in Canada. You don’t have to speak both languages to conduct business in Canada.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They could, if they were economically relevant on the continent. Spanish and Portuguese are far more relevant when interfacing with international trade in the Western Hemisphere.

  I pointed out cultural reasons for maintaining a language as well. The USA, as a country, has no current cultural reason to have portions of the country maintain a different language.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'I had to RUN to my Mac mini like I was defusing a bomb': OpenClaw AI chose to 'speedrun' deleting Meta AI safety director's inbox due to a 'rookie error'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In American banking companies, Vice President is usually the first promotion you get.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'I had to RUN to my Mac mini like I was defusing a bomb': OpenClaw AI chose to 'speedrun' deleting Meta AI safety director's inbox due to a 'rookie error'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They are buying the Mac Minis since they are a cheap way to run a server where this would work. They aren’t create a safe environment for AI, but an access point on local hardware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'I had to RUN to my Mac mini like I was defusing a bomb': OpenClaw AI chose to 'speedrun' deleting Meta AI safety director's inbox due to a 'rookie error'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Program? Like a fucking farmer?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s already used in construction as a documentation device. Photos are big as a documentation tool and some inspectors already use wearable cameras as a tool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It hasn’t really been an economic necessity or cultural priority like other countries.

  Most countries who have a population who speak more than one language usually either have a variety of languages spoken within/near the country or rely on ESL speakers to participate in the international workforce.

  With English being the current lingua franca, Americans already know the current dominant language. There is really only one major language which is relevant to neighbors, but Americans are usually in the more dominant economic position and there is a cultural aversion to adopting Spanish more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any easy ways and methods for actually studying socialist theory and such?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I also feel like the problem with starting with Marx and getting into socialism as a government type is that Marx was an economist writing about economic forces while a lot of his work has been coopted into political theory.

  Which makes discussions on government structure hard with a lot of leftists because once you remove discussing the economics of a society, having a discussion on political freedoms only becomes very problematic.

  For instance, I saw some English speaking communists discussing a Chinese analysis of their government, which the analysis states that the Chinese government isn’t a democracy. It is true, China would describe itself as a technocracy, with trained political leaders in charge who are shielded from disruptive democratic whims. However, you could see the issue of them accepting that political power should be held only by elites.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If America and Mexico did an all our "WAR" against the cartels look like?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Messy urban warfare.

  Assuming cooperation with the Mexican government, the USA would likely launch several raids against cartel strongholds similar to the Maduro raid. Whether the cartel leaders are brought to justice or just immediately assassinated is up for grabs, but I expect several extrajudicial killings.

  The situation will devolve as the power vacuum causes additional killings including some punishing of the Mexican federal government. This destabilization is likely going to require an occupation; I expect that the USA would want Mexico to fill those posts first but may get pulled in as the Mexican military runs out of logistical capacity and the US military has to start filling in more and more gaps.

  At a point, the war against the cartels becomes viewed as an American occupation instead of an internal Mexican action and it causes the population to turn against both federal governments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For Americans, what do you really think of Latin Americans?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it has to do more with experience in the USA.

  For a large part of the USA, Mexicans are the dominant immigrant group. Americans also have the most experience with portions of Mexican cuisine that they don’t have with other regions. So, people hear Latin American and auto complete to Mexican because that is what they know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Realistcly how much can be cleaned out of a house, as a child of a hourder?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My mother believes we dont need an external help and that i can do it by myself as if its my problem

  If you throw something out, what happens? Does your mom complain? Does she fill the space with something else?

  Also, what kind of stuff is it? Specifically, how close to garbage is it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the US we have signs that say No Shirt No Shoes No service. When did this become a norm? Also if I am wearing a shirt and shoes but no pants can I still enter?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. If you’re Donald Ducking it, you’re likely going to have problems getting to the store.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Those differences that are rooted deep in our DNA⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But what’s sexy for a woman? I feel like most sexy male lingerie is still designed for the male gaze.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X's Algorithm Pushes Users to Lean More Conservative, Researchers Find⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Conservatives like using X.