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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • Corpos always use socialism to their full advantage, and then they privatize their resulting profits. This is Business 101 now, in the US at least.

    The shocking part is that the rich have been able to convince so many that they take no corporate handouts, or at least that they don’t rely on them, so that some people genuinely believe you can get that rich by hard work alone.

    The reality is, the only way to get that rich (aside from starting as a nepo-baby, which so often is the case) is by stealing from others. Whether that theft is wage theft or taking corporate handouts (=taxpayer dollars) without paying equally or more back into the system – it’s all still theft.












  • As unfortunate as the naming misdirection is, I have to say: LDAC sounds significantly better (to me) than other Bluetooth codecs I have tried. It also works on Linux and android with no issues whatsoever. Open source is good.

    I use it with a pair of Sony XM5’s, which can also be used in wired mode, so you kind of get the best of both worlds.






  • This is a good, nutshell explanation of late-stage capitalism.

    As far as the answer to “what’s the endgame”, I do not know. I suspect that many or most of these rich folks are so moneyblind that they don’t know either. Or, they simply don’t believe that their collective actions will eventually cause the system to fail.

    But most likely, I think, is that they believe someone else will bear the majority of any negative impact. Of course this makes less sense in the face of a systematic collapse, but again: it’s probably very difficult to see when you have dollar signs in your eyes.




  • I enjoyed it, but it certainly isn’t too good for anything.

    It’s a fun romp, albeit somewhat typical. Screenplay is decent, but filled with a bit too much forced fan service. The world building is fantastic, though, and pretty much worth the price of admission itself.

    The deepfake version of Ian Holm is pretty egregious. Given that they developed a puppet, and that the character was meant to be a broken android anyway (not a spoiler), I do wonder why they didn’t just lean in to the weird face of a puppet. Why are his movements weird and mechanistic? Because it’s a broken android. That may have aged better than the deepfake.

    But overall, worth a watch, which is at least more than can be said for other series outings.