dejected_warp_core @ dejected_warp_core @lemmy.world

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My sincerest condolences on your whole situation. Please try to find any/all right-fighters in your region and don't go it alone. Tough times are ahead.

He keeps telling me Trump is great for his 401k. The guy hasn’t had a 401k in decades.

This is some next level mental gymnastics right here. Please make this make sense. My head hurts.

At this point, I think we can just lump all these headlines into: "Millions at risk following trump victory."

Not just Mars, but yes. Biodegradability isn't even a factor since there's no biosphere to speak of, which also raises philosophical questions like: "what is pollution, exactly?"

What will really bake your noodle is to imagine a future where we settle the Moon and Mars. Do old space program artifacts become monuments and parks (debris and all), or are they trash to be removed from the environment?

Now that you mention it, that's probably why.

What I'm curious about is the "engineering model."

All NASA missions have duplicate probes, satellites, rovers, here on earth. They're essential for testing various scenarios like training astronauts (in the case of the Hubble repair missions), or testing the limits of the systems in question. I wonder if the engineering model for Curiosity has one of its wheels cut away in the same pattern, to simulate difficulties in navigation and traction?

It is so incredibly refreshing to hear someone with (however limited) power say what I've been seeing with the naked eye.

A four-hour drive through rural America last week showed me this: trump signs in the very poorest and the very richest yards, for miles and miles. There was the occasional Harris sign for obviously middle-class dwellings but not all.

That makes sense. Tigers are just big cats - they're all kinda jerks to each other (let alone other animals), but I suppose that comes with being an apex predator.

NGL, that sounds pretty good, actually. What baffles me is that pasta was the go-to here instead.

without any real mental analysis or realization of the manipulation that’s going on.

I see it as zero introspection. That might also explain the projection, hate, and bigotry that run in those circles; it's hard to keep that up once you see where it's coming from. An inability to introspect is also an aspect (among many) of narcissistic personality disorder, and helps keep that pain-train rolling.

At first I thought that was a typo. But yes, this most certainly took place on land.

What else should the media do about it?

All they need to do is fact-check his bullshit like we saw in the debate. A simple "reporters here at XYZ network could not substantiate the claims made by the ex-president, and found no evidence supporting them" would do nicely.

Considering how Toriyama named a lot of his characters, looking to the shower stall for ideas would just be on-brand.

If you are not okay with this, then let me ask you: WHERE IS YOUR SAIYAN PRIDE?!

the alternative is to make the syntax become a hellish mess. Like Mandarin or English.

Now hang on just a second. English is fine. You just have to memorize or correctly guess the etymology of whatever word it is you're trying to spell/pronounce in order to get ... oh, okay, I think I see the problem now.

I laughed because this was posted just the other day:

https://lemmy.world/post/20950697

The key phrase to remember here is: Price Discrimination.

Stores already possess the technology to track anyone's shopping experience through loyalty cards. The "discounts" you get are really just a tax on everyone that doesn't participate, and the benefits to the company for having your data are worth potentially losing business from un-tracked customers. That's how valuable your data is.

So why aren't we seeing per-customer targeting? This is not to suggest that businesses are benign here, but rather, just cautious about outright per-customer discounts and other price manipulation. Custom coupons are kinda/sorta a part of this. IMO, the door is still wide-open to find ways palatable to the customer (and courts) while dialing everyone in.

In that context, all cameras do is make the system practically impossible to dodge. Considering how much stores value that kind of information, it makes sense they'd invest to capture 100% of their retail activity.

What a nightmare. It's bad enough that the Russian army is treated like cannon-fodder by their own leadership. But institutionalized abuse and hard-core hazing? I'm actually kind of shocked. I guess this is about as strong an argument for the importance and efficacy of leadership modeling that you can find.

And sometimes the military guys are waiting at the graduation event, to scoop you up before you can even leave the building.

"In Russia, fraternity rushes you."

Honestly, I'm not 100% sure. I would bet that a modern compiler would just "do the right thing" but I've never written code in such a high performance fashion before.

Possibly? One might be able to make the case for the National Guard, but maybe the average person won't know/care about the difference when interacting with armed people in uniform.

Aside from that, I've noticed other Lemmings bring up the fact that the Armed Forces in general are sworn to uphold the US Constitution. As an organization, they may disregard orders that are in conflict with this. Of course, that comes down to interpretation of any individual in command, so despite loud protest to the contrary I personally wouldn't rely on that.

Thanks for this perspective. I keep forgetting that culture is everything about how these social mechanisms exist and operate.