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Comment on What radicalized you? in ~talk
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Comment on I don’t know if my software engineering job will still exist in ten years in ~comp
OBLIVIATER Link ParentI think something that people probably instinctively understand but don't actually say often is that when people talk about AI replacing jobs like this, it's not like the AI is just going to sit...I think something that people probably instinctively understand but don't actually say often is that when people talk about AI replacing jobs like this, it's not like the AI is just going to sit in your chair and do your whole job for you. It's going to look a lot more like what happened at Amazon today, where 10,000 people's jobs are going to be replaced by 700 people augmented with a lot of AI scripts.
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Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental
OBLIVIATER Link ParentThere are people in this world whose only job is to figure out the best possible way to extract value out of the labor of working class individuals. Their only purpose is to squeeze just the right...There are people in this world whose only job is to figure out the best possible way to extract value out of the labor of working class individuals. Their only purpose is to squeeze just the right amount of money out of people so that they just barely survive so they can keep carrying the ruling class on their backs.
The lawyers and accountants and bankers who set up tax shelters in island nations and establish laws that will allow their billionaires to save 1% extra on their taxes will make more money by sucking you dry than you and your family will ever see in your entire lifetime. And that doesn't even begin to scrape the iceberg of how the stock market is literally just an infinite money glitch if you have enough capital. Why is it that the company I work for can be hugely profitable every single year, yet I haven't even gotten a cost of living raise in 5 years? Where are all those profits going? (Rhetorical)
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Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental
OBLIVIATER Link ParentPeople from poor families often learn the importance of a good work ethic, which can go "far" when it comes to improving your financial situation in the working class, but its exceptionally rare...People from poor families often learn the importance of a good work ethic, which can go "far" when it comes to improving your financial situation in the working class, but its exceptionally rare for anyone to be able to "hard work" their way out of not having been born into the ruling class.
You can be like my dad and work your ass off for 50 years, and still make less in a year than some 22 year old kid who got to go to a fancy Ivy League school and work for a hedge fund makes in about 2 weeks.
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Comment on When video games were brown in ~games
OBLIVIATER Link ParentYeah I'm not a data scientist at all but I felt like I could see some flaws in his statistical sampling process. Maybe that's bad science but I felt like he could have done a few things to ensure...Yeah I'm not a data scientist at all but I felt like I could see some flaws in his statistical sampling process.
Maybe that's bad science but I felt like he could have done a few things to ensure accuracy. For one I wish he ran a full frame analysis on at least a few games where he took a sample of 1 frame every 10 seconds or so and then compared it to the data from his highly truncated sample set and see if the results were relatively similar. That would give me a lot more confidence in his "only a very small amount of frames per game are being analyzed" methodology. Otherwise I think it opens the methodology up to small sample size anomalies, such as the menu in Oblivion being brown resulting in the higher than average brown score for an otherwise vibrant game.
I've grown to respect AHOY's thoroughness over the years so I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt on this and imagine that he put a lot more thought into it than I have, so there's probably just something I'm missing when it comes to this.
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Comment on Lithium plume in our atmosphere traced back to returning SpaceX rocket in ~space
OBLIVIATER Link ParentNASA really hamstrung itself with the Space Shuttle program. It cost way too much and bled itself dry. Budget cuts aren't the reason innovation in launch systems stopped moving forward at NASA, or...NASA really hamstrung itself with the Space Shuttle program. It cost way too much and bled itself dry. Budget cuts aren't the reason innovation in launch systems stopped moving forward at NASA, or at least not the sole reason. There's a myriad of reasons why they were stuck in the 80s when it comes to rocket technology, and it took SpaceX to drag them out of the dark ages.
It's always been a balancing act, at the end of the day; sending rockets into space via any method is objectively awful for the environment.
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Comment on Why have so many travel vloggers been traveling to Middle East countries lately? in ~travel
OBLIVIATER (edited )Link95% of "Influencers" are paid shills without an ounce of moral integrity, they'll promote anything that gives them a dollar. Things like multi-level marketing schemes, scam supplements, bullshit...95% of "Influencers" are paid shills without an ounce of moral integrity, they'll promote anything that gives them a dollar.
Things like multi-level marketing schemes, scam supplements, bullshit self-improvement or passive income courses, predatory cosmetics and lifestyle brands, the list goes on and on.
It's important to remember this when you see a trend like this going on with any online content. 99 times out of 100 the answer is as simple as "they were paid to promote this." From there, you can draw your own conclusions about the type of company/product/organization/etc that needs to resort to influencer marketing. From the track record that I've seen, the answer is usually not great.
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Comment on What are your food aversions? in ~food
OBLIVIATER Link ParentThe smell of seafood is gross. I don't mind the taste, but I'll never get over the smell.The smell of seafood is gross. I don't mind the taste, but I'll never get over the smell.
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Comment on Any software engineers considering a career switch due to AI? in ~comp
OBLIVIATER Link ParentI noticed the last 5 layoffs at my companyI noticed the last 5 layoffs at my company
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Comment on Any software engineers considering a career switch due to AI? in ~comp
OBLIVIATER Link ParentThey almost always give an excuse though... Usually it's "current economic factors" or stuff like that thoughThey almost always give an excuse though... Usually it's "current economic factors" or stuff like that though
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Comment on SpaceX is acquiring xAI in ~space
OBLIVIATER Link ParentYeah, feels like a bailout to rescue his shitty AI with one of the only businesses' that is actually doing good work. I hope it doesn't drag down SpaceX too much.Yeah, feels like a bailout to rescue his shitty AI with one of the only businesses' that is actually doing good work. I hope it doesn't drag down SpaceX too much.
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Comment on You are being misled about renewable energy technology in ~enviro
OBLIVIATER Link ParentI'm sorry if this isn't what you meant by your comment, but there definitely is a well funded and documented long-running smear campaign against renewables backed by fossil fuel companies and...I'm sorry if this isn't what you meant by your comment, but there definitely is a well funded and documented long-running smear campaign against renewables backed by fossil fuel companies and their stakeholders. This isn't a conspiracy, its an established fact.
And coming from someone who has a parent who frequents conspiratorial news websites like the epoch times; I regularly get forwarded FUD stories about renewables talking about how Solar panels will poison the earth, take land away from farmers, and how the battery storage plants are huge fire risks. Hilariously some of them are literally written by ex-oil industry executives, they're not even trying to hide the obvious conflict of interest.
It's also not a conspiracy to say that the president of the united states has regularly disparaged renewables and cut funding to programs that were put in place to help grow their presence in the US. The talking points he brings up are the ones I most commonly see parroted by phony right wing pundits who don't actually give a shit about the agenda, they're just trying to get more eyes on their brand because of the attention economy.
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Comment on You are being misled about renewable energy technology in ~enviro
OBLIVIATER Link ParentI think this video focused more on the general state of renewables and less about the specifics of the global economy. It discusses concerns about recyclability of solar cells and batteries, land...I think this video focused more on the general state of renewables and less about the specifics of the global economy. It discusses concerns about recyclability of solar cells and batteries, land use, etc.
It seems like its more of a discussion the long term impacts of renewables and our transition out of fossil fuels, not the (hopefully) temporary roadblocks that we're currently facing.
Something you might be interested to know though, is that a growing percentage of Solar PV panels actually aren't manufactured in China, they're being sourced from countries like Cambodia, India, Taiwan, Malaysia, etc. Of course a lot of the components are originally sourced from China, but there's no reason that can't change.
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Comment on You are being misled about renewable energy technology in ~enviro
OBLIVIATER LinkSuch a fantastic video from Alec, honestly the rant at the end was amazing and put into words many of my current feelings.Such a fantastic video from Alec, honestly the rant at the end was amazing and put into words many of my current feelings.
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Comment on Highguard | Official launch showcase in ~games
OBLIVIATER Link ParentAt the very least they know public sentiment is going to be poor. This game has had outrage sights set on it since the game awards. Hero shooters are infamous, it may actually not be that bad but...At the very least they know public sentiment is going to be poor. This game has had outrage sights set on it since the game awards. Hero shooters are infamous, it may actually not be that bad but people are going to hate it regardless.
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Comment on Highguard | Official launch showcase in ~games
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Comment on So I started a clothing brand in ~design
OBLIVIATER Link ParentI don't know OP personally or have any interactions with them on the site, but from how other users are engaging with them I assumed they have been a genuine member of the community for a long...I don't know OP personally or have any interactions with them on the site, but from how other users are engaging with them I assumed they have been a genuine member of the community for a long time. I wanted to extend them the benefit of the doubt, even though at face value I definitely agree with your assessment. It doesn't look like they put a ton of effort in, but I didn't want to assume maliciousness when there may be a perfectly reasonable alternative if you catch my drift.
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Comment on So I started a clothing brand in ~design
OBLIVIATER (edited )Link ParentThis is both kinda slimy and obviously not what OP is going for, despite how it may look. I personally really am starting to hate the "its easy money and they deserve it so why not" justification...This is both kinda slimy and obviously not what OP is going for, despite how it may look.
I personally really am starting to hate the "its easy money and they deserve it so why not" justification when it comes to all forms of grifting. If you want to grift, go ahead and grift and own it, just stop trying to justify it with some weird moral arguments. Because you could make those exact same arguments about a lot of groups of vulnerable people and they probably wouldn't fly.
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Comment on Is there a way to donate or give unused ADHD medication to people in need? in ~health.mental
OBLIVIATER Link ParentVyvanse for me is a more "longer acting, less effective" medication. It doesn't feel as effective as adderall or other stimulants, but I also don't crash as hard after a few hours as I did with...Vyvanse for me is a more "longer acting, less effective" medication. It doesn't feel as effective as adderall or other stimulants, but I also don't crash as hard after a few hours as I did with those. You may need to up your dosage a few times if you aren't finding it effective, but it could also just not work for you.
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Comment on Is there a way to donate or give unused ADHD medication to people in need? in ~health.mental
OBLIVIATER (edited )Link ParentYes, stimulants can really mess you up if you have a heart condition (which anyone can have undiagnosed), I had to go through a cardiac screening because my EKG was slightly irregular.Yes, stimulants can really mess you up if you have a heart condition (which anyone can have undiagnosed), I had to go through a cardiac screening because my EKG was slightly irregular.
I don't think it was really one particular thing, but seeing the economy go "mask off" during and after COVID really opened my eyes that work itself has very little value, and capital is really the only way to stay ahead. Seeing people make 5-10x their investment in a matter of years in the stock market and 2-3x their investment in their home during the same period while being stuck making the same wage as I was 5 years ago hasn't felt good.