SpaceCowboy
@SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
- Comment on If the color of the Sun was orange, wouldn't the clouds and everything white also be orange? My friend is adamant that 30 years ago the "real" Sun was orange but got replaced with a white LED. 1 week ago:
That’s why it used to be not orange, obviously.
- Comment on That's a whole lotta hydrogen! 1 week ago:
What’s this woke nonsense? Most of those helium atoms started life as hydrogen atoms. Therefore they shouldn’t be considered to be helium atoms!
- Comment on Mandola effect 1 week ago:
“Ladies and gentlemen, with great pleasure, I give you RoboCop 2.”
Oh wait, are we doing quotes that aren’t in the actual movie?
- Comment on Trump Is Obsessed With Oil. But Chinese Batteries Will Soon Run the World 1 week ago:
Whenever I hear news of China, they built a new electric railway, invented something new, or made massive tech progress.
A lot of things in China fall apart in a few years. You can build things fast when you don’t care about people’s rights and just force them off whatever land you need, and make people work insane hours. A lot of the amazing things China brags about is a Potemkin village, just made to show the authoritarian leaders they did got the project complete on time and they in turn use it in their propaganda. Authoritarians always love to brag about making the trains run on time, right? The reality is often different from what the media portrays it to be in an authoritarian country.
But still, China is slightly preferable to the US at the moment.
- Comment on Trump Is Obsessed With Oil. But Chinese Batteries Will Soon Run the World 1 week ago:
Yeah China is like the Soviet Union.
My grandparents had to hold their noses and be allies with the Soviet Union for a while.
But unlike the Soviet Union which was way behind the West in technology, China is ahead of us on EVs and we will have to catch up. But before worrying about that, we gotta take down the US.
- Comment on Trump Is Obsessed With Oil. But Chinese Batteries Will Soon Run the World 1 week ago:
US is the same as China now. Well that’s not true, US foreign policy is way more batshit insane than China’s. If you can even call it a foreign policy… it seems to me it’s just the whims of a deranged old child molester surrounded by fucking Nazis.
And China is further away and there’s pretty much zero probability China will invade my country. With the US, who knows? Kinda stupid to send money to a country I may have to be fighting against within a year.
- Comment on Iran plans permanent break from global internet, say activists 2 weeks ago:
Stop trying to make BRICS happen it’s not going to happen.
Also it sounds like you want BRICS to be a group of country where they don’t have freedom of speech? Why would this be a good thing?
- Comment on Bluesky just verified ICE 2 weeks ago:
It’s just all emotion and no rational thought now. People just go into outrage mode when certain topics are mentioned.
Really it opens a channel to criticize ICE without needing to logon to X to do so. But that’s bad because preventing communication is good?
Of course I doubt ICE will care about criticism directed towards their account on bluesky. But that means things said on the internet don’t have much of an effect on things, which means it doesn’t matter whether they’re on bluesky (or any other forum).
Mostly it’s about some weird belief by some about controlling what is being said on the internet gains power. You’d think the events that have happened would have proven this wrong, but still people continue to be upset about things being said on the internet and want some power over those things.
Really words on the internet don’t matter as much as people think, and the idea of blocking unwanted information is annoying at best and can lead to ignorance. What matters is the horrible acts ICE is doing. We should want more light being shown on them, and welcome any potential channel of discussion.
Wanting to prevent discussion indicates you feel you’re in the wrong. ICE is indicating they want discussion, while those that are outraged by ICE being on bluesky are indicating they don’t want discussion on ICE. Why would anyone want to make is seem ICE is in the right while they’re in the wrong? It’s people not thinking and only reacting emotionally and handing ICE a W because they are raging instead of thinking.
- Comment on [meme] choochoo 2 weeks ago:
“Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded” - Yogi Bera
- Comment on After RAM and SSDs, PSUs and CPU coolers are next in line for price hikes 2 weeks ago:
Sure… but I don’t think there’s any particular malice towards people that build PCs. Just greed and incompetence. Gotta buy up GPUs that there isn’t enough electricity to run to drive up the share prices!
But when the bubble bursts and hardware gets cheap, is that something we’d considered to be goodwill towards people building PCs? Or will it just be a side-benefit of incompetence?
Just ebbs and flows of incompetence to me.
- Comment on After RAM and SSDs, PSUs and CPU coolers are next in line for price hikes 2 weeks ago:
That implies there’s some thought behind this. Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence.
- Comment on Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why 2 weeks ago:
But what’s the point of it then?
I guess if you have multiple computers you can access the files from either computers. But for people that just have one computer the whole thing seems kinda useless. And then MS forces people to use this product they have no need for by holding their computer ransom. People don’t want their files on One Drive, they only have it because MS forced it upon them.
This is like forcing a passenger to fly a 747 and then saying “well the plane crashed because of pilot error” and ignoring the fact that someone was forced some to be behind the controls of something they understand against their will.
For a home user, a backup service or just a way to share files actually makes more sense than something that mindlessly syncs file actions, including deletes. One Drive could be useful if it were what people expect it to be. As it is, it’s useless for most people, and bad on them for thinking MS One Drive was a useful product I guess.
- Comment on 'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells 2 weeks ago:
We’re not too far off given how many apps on my phone by default send notifications like “do you want to do this thing now?”
And so many interfaces that have been enshittified with pop ups wanting me to check out their new AI features.
A toaster constantly asking if I want toast is probably less annoying than a lot of technology now.
- Comment on "The trolley made me fear for my life" 3 weeks ago:
Well he was, but then he walked around the car and then was in the path of the vehicle again (because he feared for his life?) and continued around the vehicle and was mostly out the way of the vehicle when he pulled out his gun.
So he was directly in front of the vehicle two separate times. A vehicle that was being driven by someone alleged to be a terrorist intent on using her vehicle as a weapon had two opportunities to kill him with her vehicle before he drew his weapon.
So the story is that a “terrorist” had two opportunities to kill the guy with her car but didn’t so so until after he had drawn his weapon and was no longer directly in front of the vehicle. Because I guess a “terrorist” wanted it to be a fair fight?
Sorry just pointing out the fact that he was indeed directly in the path of the vehicle (twice!) since it’s really relevant in proving that it was not at all Renee’s intent to kill him… which is a story the government is pushing. Cops are generally trained to not be in front of a vehicle, especially not a vehicle with someone dangerous behind the wheel.
The fact that he was directly in front of the vehicle proves he didn’t consider her a threat and was not fearing for his life. Killing a person that you do not consider to be a danger to yourself and others is murder.
- Comment on A complete tier list for our solar system 3 weeks ago:
WTF did Pluto ever do to you? We finally get a decent photo and it’s got a big heart on it. Pluto is trying to make things work and you go on about how it’s not special.
I think you’re just racist against dwarf planets.
- Comment on (TW) Phishing mail in 2026 3 weeks ago:
Are you saying normal people wouldn’t want to opt out of having “I support ICE” on all of their emails?
This email is targeting people that are angry at ICE. The people that support ICE presumably wouldn’t click the button to opt out.
- Comment on Hurry pls it's urgent 3 weeks ago:
I’ve donated money to lemmy instances before. If someone posts nazi shit on lemmy, do you consider me to be someone that financially supports Nazis?
Also the claim is that someone associated with a project has said some far right shit, not specifically a Nazi. I got a racist uncle, does that make me a Nazi to you?
- Comment on Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period 3 weeks ago:
Yeah it’s kind of a thing where the switch benefited from the failure of the Wii U while the Switch 2 is being hurt by the success of the Switch.
BOTW was available on the Wii U, but since so few people had one of those, it made sense to get a Switch to play it.
With the Switch 2 I feel like “Meh, I already have a Switch it doesn’t seem like it’s offering much more than what I already have”. Also it’s larger and when I want to use the Swtich hand held (mostly just when I’m on a plane) seems like that might be a pain in the ass. Also with the Switch 1 they eventually came out with a better OLED model, so I’ll just keep playing the Switch 1 until they come out with something a little more compact and maybe with a better screen or whatever. Stick drift has been an issue for me so also want something with more reliable sticks.
Seems like I might be asking a lot, but for the price they’re asking if I’m not getting what I want, then I’ll stick with the Switch 1. It’s fine.
- Comment on What's it going to take to truly stop the US? 3 weeks ago:
Kinda like how the US, UK, and the Soviet Union were not aligned before the 1940s?
Alignments can change when there’s a common enemy. Sure those alignment changes may be temporary but they can last long enough to see a country bombed flat and the leaders dead in a bunker.
You’re obsessed over ideology but that’s mostly irrelevant in geopolitics. If it’s in the best interests of a bunch of countries to work together to destroy the US economy, those countries will work together regardless of ideology or internal politics. In WWII the UK had a government of national unity with both the Labour and Conservative in a coalition. Perhaps the US is incapable of having political parties working together for the common good of the country, but not every country has the same weaknesses the US has.
And countries can always go back to being adversaries for bullshit ideological reasons after the enemy is destroyed like the US and Soviet Union did after WWII. So animosity between countries can be put aside temporarily.
If Trump thinks he can be an existential threat to a large number of countries in the world, it’s a FAFO situation.
- Comment on Cory Doctorow proposes how to break free from US digital domination 3 weeks ago:
People can get arrogant enough to think that they won’t get caught.
Emmanuel Clase was a Major League pitcher making ~$5M per year. He got caught intentionally flubbing pitches for $5000. 5M a year gone now to get a few thousand dollars. Why would someone be that stupid?
Because they don’t think they’ll get caught.
- Comment on Cory Doctorow proposes how to break free from US digital domination 3 weeks ago:
It’s why things have to happen in a certain order. You can’t do the more aggressive economic actions against the US until after certain conditions are in place. First you need to cut dependency on the US for anything essential. Food and strategic resources like aluminum, steel, and energy. You also need a strong enough military to make any US military action costly for the US.
Once those conditions are met you can take further action. Hitting the US tech sector is more of a middle option. Manipulating the US bond market is the nuclear option.
Currently these options aren’t on the table since the US can kick out the legs of that table if you tried to play those cards. But many things are quietly changing around the world while Americans are obsessing over Epstein files, Trump playing battleship, and Hegseth and Rubio fucking around with tinpot South American dictators.
- Comment on Cory Doctorow proposes how to break free from US digital domination 3 weeks ago:
Something not often discussed is the possibility that the UK and France might not have been capable of stopping Hitler through military force at that time.
I mean even later even after building up a bit more, France got curb stomped and the UK barely got out of Dunkirk. And that happened while Germany was occupying Czechoslovakia and part of Poland which took significant military resources from fighting the UK and France. There’s a very real possibility that standing up to Hitler over Czechoslovakia would have gone even worse than standing up to Hitler over Poland. Sure the Soviets might have helped at that time, but their military wasn’t even capable of taking on Finland at that point.
At any rate at the present time, the world needs to build up it’s military power before standing up to Trump. We’re saying it’s because we’re fulfilling NATO obligations (like Trump told us to!) or getting ready to fight Russia maybe. But military build up is happening but it’s not going to happen overnight.
- Comment on Cory Doctorow proposes how to break free from US digital domination 3 weeks ago:
Just declare any simple script that does a wget on copyrighted information to be “AI”. AI is immune from copyright infringement it seems.
- Comment on Cory Doctorow proposes how to break free from US digital domination 3 weeks ago:
It’s possible the US might have some radar systems that can detect incoming nukes and they might even have some submarines in unknown locations capable of hitting back after someone has nuked them.
- Comment on What's it going to take to truly stop the US? 3 weeks ago:
Yup. Sadly the US has handed the 21st century to China without a fight.
I remember what some Hong Kong dude said to me once… “China is the future, and it’s a bleak future”.
- Comment on What's it going to take to truly stop the US? 3 weeks ago:
And so long as the US is the wealthiest nation on Earth, what’s going to deter them?
I think the answer to your question is contained within the question. Americans are greedy people and a coordinated effort by China, Japan, and the UK could sink the US economy.
But I doubt that would even be necessary. Why kill someone intent on suicide? The US economy will likely collapse on it’s own if it continues on the path it’s on. I’m not talking about some recession like in 2008, I’m talking a collapse you’ve never experienced. Something similar to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Also if you were going down the military strike route, an aircraft carrier would be stupid. Trump has broadcast to the entire world what the achilles heal of the US is and it isn’t the aircraft carriers. It’s something that’s dug up from the ground and needs to be processed by refineries.
- Comment on YSK about Israel’s “Samson Option”: The Nuclear Target List that includes American and European cities… 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on I've never been in a situation where me having a gun would have made things bettter. 3 weeks ago:
Scared of Chupacabras or something like that is my guess.
Americans are always living in fear of something, so why not that I guess.
- Comment on Vietnam introduces tougher penalties on e-cigarette and heated tobacco use 4 weeks ago:
I don’t know about them being harmless, but they’re way less harmful than cigarettes.
It’s a perfect is the enemy of good kind of thing. Less people are smoking cigarettes, which is good. But they are using vapes so it isn’t perfect. So let’s make some laws to make things perfect!
Either the law isn’t followed and people still vape, or it is “successful” and people go back to smoking cigarettes. People are going to do things that are bad for them. Better to have them do the lesser of two evils.
- Comment on YSK about Israel’s “Samson Option”: The Nuclear Target List that includes American and European cities… 4 weeks ago:
Yeah Mutually Assured Destruction is a helluva thing isn’t it?
Antisemitic types that want another holocaust might be butt-hurt over this, but most people understand that all nukes are bad, but Israel’s nukes aren’t somehow worse than those owned by Russia, USA, China, UK, France, North Korea, India, or Pakistan. Every one of those countries would nuke another country if they became an existential threat to them. But why are you upset over Israel having nukes and don’t worry at all about the other eight countries that have them?
Oh right, because they’re Jews.
Feel free to your rationalizations over why your feelings on this aren’t rooted in antisemitism below this comment.