ThePowerOfGeek

Agreed. And now is the time to try that. The Democrat party is infused with corruption and incompetence. From Schumer’s spinelessness, to Fetterman’s and Newsom’s profound lack of integrity.

There needs to be a genuine grassroots movement with real momentum to push back hard against the insanity of the Republicans.

This threatens to be a bigger brain drain than just elite University-level scientists. I know of several US IT professionals who are in the process of getting European citizenship through parent and grandparent eligibility. And some of these are moderate conservatives, not just liberals. There’s a lot of unease at least on the coasts.

I’m weighing up moving back to the UK myself. After over two decades I had never felt the need to even consider this before now. Hopefully it won’t come to that, not least because it would mean uprooting my entire family, it works be a big headache, and because I know the UK isn’t a bed of roses right now either. But the way shit is rapidly unraveling here in the US, I might not have a choice in a few years.

I’m not sure, but probably. I know there was a guy who was in a maximum security prison and often put in solitary confinement for long stretches who said in an interview that he learned to go into a meditative state and project himself into fully immersive scenes of his own creation. And he could do that for hours on end and at will.

Given the context, no I don’t think you are being aloof. They both knew what they were doing, and no amount of toadying up to you can make up for that.

Additionally, there’s are some pretty nice free plugins for Java Minecraft server (e.g. Deluge) that allow Bedrock users to play on it too - from a PC, Xbox, PlayStation, phone, or whatever.

Oh no, that’s giving me Game of Thrones / ASOIAF / George RR Martin / King Bran vibes!

I agree with this. Unfortunately it was mostly because she’s a woman. But it’s also because she hits towards the end of the window of each beat. To a lot of people that makes it sound like she’s late or that her timing is wrong. But technically that’s not accurate. It’s the same problem Ringo Starr had. He got a lot of shit for the same thing, but he was also a good drummer.

ETA: I freakin’ love the stuff he made with the Raconteurs. Their first album was a bit hit or miss, but the next two have been great IMO. But definitely a different sound from the White Stripes.

Pretty much. Over the last couple of weeks he’s stolen all the money he would have got from the government as part of that contract. So now he wants to bail on the obligation part.

Are you on the ground floor? If not then maybe whatever is below you is really warm and the heat is coming up through the floor. But I guess in that case the floor would feel warmer.

Elon Musk is the walking talking embodiment of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

since everyone here including Americans themselves seems to have a deep hate towards America and the values it stands for

C’mon, seriously? This has to be a troll post. Either that or this is the most absurd generalization I’ve heard in quite a while. And given the state of the media right now, that’s saying something.

There’s a difference between ‘no stupid questions’ and ‘extremely inflammatory and reactionary questions’.

Oh I’m not looking to win a war against them in this situation. I’m just wanting to see someone annoy Musk’s little minions. It’s purely a prank. And it would be in addition to a much broader strategy against modern Nazis in general.

Sure works be a shame if skunk spray got repeatedly leaked into that DOGE minion’s living areas on the 6th floor, wouldn’t it.

Fire isn’t a material. It’s the effect of a change in state of other materials. It exists in the same way that freezing or photosynthesis exists.

Having encountered plenty of disagreeable and rude reddit users over the years, they’re bragging about getting over a reeeeeaaaaally low bar!

Good luck, mate.

No, it’s the one where you fuck your grandmother because the man you thought was your grandfather was an in-the-closet homosexual. Then you produce your father, who then produces you. But you’ve got to travel 1,000 years into the future and hook up with a hot but socially awkward cyclops mutant before you can do any of that.

Interesting question.

It’s different in the broad mechanics of the hype and the technology, obviously. AI isn’t really a basic information delivery mechanism like the 00s web was. It’s a lot more than that, thanks to the progress we’ve made since then. Plus, it has a lot more potential to impact artists and creative types. The web promised to propel them. Generative AI is threatening to make them completely obsolete.

But a lot of the psyche/sales hype stuff is very similar. The dot com boom started out all about democratizing the world and giving everyone a voice. Then it quickly became a capitalist free for all of coming up with any and every idea to shoehorn the Internet (and especially the web) into every walk of life. And the venture capital money-grabbing frenzy that inevitably led to. So that second aspect is very similar to where we are at right now with AI. And the first aspect isn’t a million miles away from the frequent assurances that AI will better society.

The technology stack for AI is more stable and well thought out than the nebulous web was. But it clearly still has some pretty big implementation challenges. Not to mention the resource/energy ceiling we are currently fighting against.

The potential of AI to destroy huge swathes of professions is massively different from the early commercial web. Back then the web was widely seen as a new source of careers, not a career killer.

Hadn’t heard of it before. But based on the cheesy meme, how desperate this post sounds, and the fact that the platform seems like a chan imposter, I’ll pretend like I still haven’t heard of it.

The best way to show her that you (platonically) care about her in this difficult time is to check in with her - especially a couple of weeks after the funeral. That’s when most people who are trying to help her mentally move on. Not that they don’t care, just that everyone has a life to lead. But that’s the period when the bereaved can feel most lonely and struggle a lot.

Just a simple “I hope you’re doing okay” and “let me know if you want to talk about it” will mean the world.