magnetosphere @ magnetosphere @fedia.io

Posts

3

Comments

1,592

Joined

2 yr. ago

They’re walking the fine line between being shitty enough that you have to refine your search multiple times (thus allowing them to show you more ads), but not being SO shitty that you give up and never come back.

Heat is an excellent movie, and one of my top five. Coincidentally, I just watched it last night. For a film released in 1998, it has aged well. OOP is in the ballpark, too - a young Natalie Portman is in it, not Jolie.

Yeah. Of course, I feel sorry for him, but when he stole in front of a camera he had to know about, well…

But… I’m confused. Didn’t Musk call empathy a weakness? Surely someone so tolerant, inclusive, and humble couldn’t be wrong.

Yes, arson is a crime, and rightly so. “Decades behind bars”, however, for setting two cars on fire (and damaging two charging stations) is insanely disproportionate. There’s a very important reason that not all infractions are sentenced to the maximum possible extent:

If the government is going to drop any pretense of mercy or sanity, then there’s no reason why people shouldn’t take their time, plan things carefully, and destroy the whole dealership. People who would otherwise do less damage are taking note. Sure, some will be scared away, but I think more will be emboldened. Maybe I’m wrong, but it doesn’t matter. Either way, the end result will be worse.

The government is basically telling people that prosecutors won’t be reasonable, so you might as well make sure the crime is truly worthy of the punishment. I cannot overemphasize what a terrible idea this is.

Huh. I always took the term “lost cause” at face value, and thought it simply meant that the confederacy was hopeless and doomed to fail. I didn’t realize it was based on hypocrisy and lies. Thanks for the heads up!

Edit: the more I read that Wikipedia page, the angrier I get

“It was malpractice on the side of Harvard’s lawyers not to pick up the phone and call the members of the antisemitism task force who they had been talking to for weeks,” said May Mailman, the White House senior policy strategist. “Instead, Harvard went on a victimhood campaign.”

“Malpractice”? “Victimhood campaign”? Go fuck yourself, May.

Thanks for the warning. Click saved.

Ah, I get it. Thanks!

I’ve always wondered - what is the difference between a gacha game and ANY game with microtransactions? What is it that puts gacha games in a class by themselves?

It’s probably the first time in weeks that he was given water that didn’t taste kinda nasty.

Are visits even allowed at the prison where he’s being held? If so, I guarantee that they don’t take place in a room as nice as this.

Do you think those are even his own clothes, or did somebody go out and buy some at the last minute? Did they force him to wear a hat in order to cover his prison haircut? I imagine he was wearing a prison jumpsuit not long before this photo was taken, and was ordered back into it as soon as the meeting was over.

They really went out of their way to stage something nice looking. It’s almost as if they don’t want the general public to dwell on what a horrific situation he’s in. Then you might start to think about the incompetence, injustice, and cruelty that’s keeping him there - and the system responsible.

Two big reasons I decided not to have kids: even before Trump, I didn’t trust any large government to take the serious, permanent, expensive measures required to address our environmental issues… not before it’s too late, that is.

Secondly, the cost of living (in the US) is insane, and probably just going to get worse. I don’t think it’s fair to saddle children with the mistakes caused and perpetuated by previous generations.

I wasn’t sure if “them” referred to the promoters or customers, but since it works either way, I upvoted.

Out of the many HUGE red flags surrounding this event, this one in particular caught my eye:

The new festival was being marketed under the slogan “FYRE Festival 2 is real”.

If you have to market your event by starting with such basic information, (e.g. by trying to reassure people that your event actually exists and isn’t a prank) that should worry both you and your customers.

It’s terrible that she’s been put in such a situation. Not fair in the slightest. He’s a reprehensible human being, and he’s shown that he will abandon any child who doesn’t live in a way he approves of. Tiffany shouldn’t have to make this choice, but if it boils down to having wannabe Hitler’s baby or staying on Xitter, switching platforms seems like a no brainer.

Yes. That disdainful, hateful, arrogant-but-clueless glare is the most unique thing about him.

Tiffany has some interesting priorities.

Because they know they can get away with it and there will be no real consequences, that’s why.

I’m not a software hobbyist anymore. I don’t want to spend hours doing research and trying to de-enshittify my new phone. I know Apple is ripping me off, but if one believes that time is money, it’s actually tolerable. Then there’s the UI, which I believe is the best in the market.

I’m not a fan of Apple’s walled garden, but for me, it’s the lesser evil. If someone goes with Samsung or something, though, I’d be a dick if I was a snob about it. Use what you like!

Hopefully the materials will improve before then. I think foldable screens are a great idea.