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Capitalists are so fucking innovative that they're trying to replace unpaid human labor with robots that are worse and cost money.

Your argument is more out of date than Vista. Windows is not the default because people like their software, or would choose it over anything else. It's because they've positioned themselves as the default monopoly since the goddamn 1980s.

To see what happens when Microsoft has to compete on quality of software, just ask yourself why Copilot and Recall aren't being rolled out on Windows phones.

If you think about it, almost all computer-technology is radio. Wifi, bluetooth, GPS, radar, and cellular are literally radio. Meanwhile everything else runs on transistor tech developed and refined... for radios.

Our modern economy couldn't exist if people like Hertz and Maxwell didn't get to toy with their useless hobbies. But we can't rely on the curiosity of the leisure class anymore. Basic research is expensive, necessary, and a public good. I'm afraid that the Trump regime has already spoiled the secret sauce that makes America the technology leader of the world.

You conflate being Asian (a resident of a continent) with Slavic (a cultural group). So what is race? A coordinate, or a cuisine?

Race is so unreal that you can't even keep the lore straight in your own head.

Spaces like 8cun and kiwifarms are very welcoming to regular type dudes with centrist politics and mainstream opinions. They're not nasty, unreasonable, and deranged like us. They'll never challenge a man who identifies as normal.

It’s really hard to hurt another person when you feel their pain.

Consider the sadist. How can you enjoy someone's suffering if you can't recognize it?

The most wicked people are advanced empaths.

Heroin.

Of course a suicide would have advance knowledge of their own death. It's not unusual for suicidal people to lie about their own mental health. Especially to their closest loved ones.

What you point out could only support a vague suspicion; a motive to look for compelling evidence. Hanging a whole murder conspiracy on evidence this thin is not the product of critical thought.

Are you implying that S.Carolina isn't backward enough?

This must have been planned well before the strike on Russian airbases (which itself was in the works for over a year).

Stopping the genocide is a necessity. Getting "justice" for the genocide is a luxury.

Palestinians will not forget what happened. No matter the media cycle or influencers.

We don't know. Forces in and near black holes break physics. There is tons of speculation, but speculation is all there is.

American hegemony is probably the worst example of enshitification in history. Our cultural exports used to be Hollywood movies and McDonalds. Now it's our alienation, right wing ideology, and ultra-violence that crosses boarders and ignores local social policy.

No disrespect to Ron Pearlman, but, because of drones, war has changed.

It's good to have a rational for your choices. And we know it can't be because you think Microsoft makes good software that you enjoy using.

Linux is easier to install than Windows. With the new Win11 requirements, Linux is the only choice for PC hardware more than 5yo. And like you say, hardware drivers just work. This used to be Windows major advantage, but now the chance you run into a compatibility issue is about the same for either OS.

The problem is that the distinction between the pigs and soldiers is academic. But didn't we always know that the skills learned in Iraq and Afghanistan would be applied at home?

A large contributor to Irish suffering were the British corn laws, a tariff that kept the price of barley, wheat, and oats artificially high. So when potato crops failed, the poor Irish couldn't afford substitutes. Ironically, American maze was exempt from the corn laws, so much of that was imported to Ireland.

Tariffs: never any externalities or unintended consequences; you will certainly not regret imposing tariffs.