spicystraw

@spicystraw@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's interesting that gun rights were sold on the basis of "resisting unlawful government." They seen to have caused unlawful government.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for detailed explanation, I do see your point that government is not as omnipotent and superior as I might have made it out to be.

  Could you just clarify, are you arguing in favor of Second Amendment or against it? I can see it being used in both cases

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's interesting that gun rights were sold on the basis of "resisting unlawful government." They seen to have caused unlawful government.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree with you that the government is losing legitimacy. However, I’m deeply confused and frustrated by the second part of your argument. The United States was literally built by immigrants from its very beginning. People moved there seeking a future in a brave new world, and this diversity made the country a cultural and intellectual leader in music, literature, science, and finance. Yet now, immigration is somehow viewed as negative, largely because a few loud voices claim immigrants are criminals or spread absurd rumors like them eating dogs.

  What’s even more troubling is how politically divided the country has become. The simple act of helping a fellow human— a fellow American—avoid unjust ICE arrests is labeled a “liberal” issue. In my view, watching Americans being essentially kidnapped by government-paid agents is exactly the kind of tyranny the Second Amendment was meant to prevent. This division and inaction feel entirely pointless and contrary to the values the nation was founded on if i am to be convinced by conservative side.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's interesting that gun rights were sold on the basis of "resisting unlawful government." They seen to have caused unlawful government.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  One aspect of the U.S. Second Amendment that I struggle to understand is how owning firearms can be seen as a check against government power in the modern era. No matter how much money an individual spends on collecting weapons, they can never match the resources of a government with access to advanced technology like orbital GPS networks, fighter jets, drones, bioweapons, logistics, and nuclear weapons.

  When the Amendment was written, weaponry was still in its early stages of development, and the assumption was that a well-armed populace could, with sufficient numbers, overthrow a tyrannical regime. However, in today’s world, this seems unrealistic. Even if someone owned a thousand .50 caliber Desert Eagles, it wouldn’t make a significant difference against such overwhelming governmental power.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Won't Include the DLC⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I got a hunch that the team behind prepping the game for new hardware just didn’t have enough time to polish the port for DLC as well.

  The outrageous prices are provably set by sales and/ or upper management anyway.

  I kind of don’t get the urge for buying BotW on switch 2 if you alredy have it on original. Why not save your money on new games to play that are coming for thw system?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do this and enjoy life and stop being a victim⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the kind of wisdom you’d expect from a drunk friend at 3 AM—messy delivery, but damn, it hits."

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mwbml, a search engine where the results are community ranked, has indexed 1 billion pages.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  An update from November 2024 on the linked site indicates they have indexed 500 million pages. Thank you for sharing, but I would appreciate it if you could verify the information and avoid making assumptions based on misinterpretations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨frenly warnin⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Seriously, I didn’t see the name until after I read the comments. I got totally tricked; good job!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sergey Brin says AGI is within reach if Googlers work 60-hour weeks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not according to quantum physics we observe

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sergey Brin says AGI is within reach if Googlers work 60-hour weeks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think my wording implies that the will is sitting on top of those processes, but rather that it’s an emergent property of them. You’re the one who’s implying a false dichotomy - just because our choices might be influenced by prior causes doesn’t mean we don’t have agency. I’m asking what makes you think our actions are predetermined, not what makes you think we have some kind of magical free will that defies causality. Can you actually address the question I asked, rather than nitpicking my phrasing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sergey Brin says AGI is within reach if Googlers work 60-hour weeks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am curious to hear why you insist it’s inevitable. What intrinsic properties of the universe make you believe that we don’t have any choice and all our actions are set in stone?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sergey Brin says AGI is within reach if Googlers work 60-hour weeks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I want chocolate, I don’t eat chocolate, exercise of free will.

  By your logic no alcoholic could possible stop drinking and become sober.

  In my humble opinion, free will does not mean we are free of internal and external motivators, it means that we are free to either give in to them or go against.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨star bae⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If the escape velocity is above 1c, isn’t it a black hole?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Father horrified by an AI Chatbot that mimicked his murdered daughter⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is just heartless 🙁

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon tech workers leaving for other jobs in response to return to office mandate⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Common theory l, that I have heard is that if business owns their office space then it’s value is inherently tied to profit margins. If office goes unused, value will drop, which affect bottom line, which affects boards willingness to pay out large CEO bonuses. So getting employees back into the office becomes vital for the leadership.