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Comment on Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel’s secretive ‘dialog’ society in ~society
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Comment on Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel’s secretive ‘dialog’ society in ~society
bkimmel Link ParentLarry Summers, for one. And at this point, yes putting yourself in league with Thiel - who is actively working to undermine Democracy and decency - is grounds for contempt. If Thiel just wrote...Larry Summers, for one. And at this point, yes putting yourself in league with Thiel - who is actively working to undermine Democracy and decency - is grounds for contempt. If Thiel just wrote their names down, then you're right - but if they chose to have a "secret dialogue" they should eat the consequences of that.
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Comment on Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel’s secretive ‘dialog’ society in ~society
bkimmel Link ParentReal who's who of Epstein-class pedolites there.Real who's who of Epstein-class pedolites there.
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Comment on What is your eleventh favorite video game? in ~games
bkimmel LinkGoing roughly from memory, I'd have to say The World Ends With You on the DS-Lite was my 10th favorite game. Doesn't quite crack the top of the list, but is definitely a game that left a lasting...Going roughly from memory, I'd have to say The World Ends With You on the DS-Lite was my 10th favorite game. Doesn't quite crack the top of the list, but is definitely a game that left a lasting impression for its world building/melding with early 00s Tokyo and really fun "layered" systems that worked together in really delightful ways. It's one of the hardest games to "explain" if you didn't experience it and I'm not sure it would even play the same way today without the DS stylus but it was an awesome and memorable - if not quite top ten - experience.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
bkimmel Link ParentYou can put the exact same command below that one without the "burned" check. So basically it will try the top one first ("find a burned opponent and hit them so you get the splash effect") and if...You can put the exact same command below that one without the "burned" check. So basically it will try the top one first ("find a burned opponent and hit them so you get the splash effect") and if that doesn't work it does the one below it ("hit anyone / lowest HP"). You should have "lowest HP" as a condition on most of your attacks - the only exceptions being archers and things aimed at the back row and "benefit on hit" attacks (that should generally be aimed at "lowest evasion").
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
bkimmel Link ParentThe female character models are ridiculous. Scarlett's shirt alone is hilarious and for the rest of them it looks like they just told the designer to imagine the trashiest sorority Halloween party...The female character models are ridiculous. Scarlett's shirt alone is hilarious and for the rest of them it looks like they just told the designer to imagine the trashiest sorority Halloween party possible and animate it.
The combos and equipment are so much fun - my first playthrough I don't think I even did much with the Command conditions but it's a whole game-within-a-game trying to make the most versatile units - like giving the Fighter a passive action but having it trigger on "No Archers" so they "Arrow Cover" the back row but only when they really need to.
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Comment on Graham Platner wins; Washington whines in ~society
bkimmel LinkNot sure where I sit on Platner exactly, but I'll say this as a former Democratic Party staffer: The "leaks" of the last couple weeks are absolutely nuts in a way that might not be 100% visible...Not sure where I sit on Platner exactly, but I'll say this as a former Democratic Party staffer:
The "leaks" of the last couple weeks are absolutely nuts in a way that might not be 100% visible unless you have a fair amount of experience working in federal campaigns. "Self-opposition research" is not a thing that even "normal" campaign operatives have a lot of exposure to: The basics of it are that you have the candidate, their spouse and maybe even their kids (if they are old enough) do the kind of confessional you would expect to have in like a Scientology run-down - deepest, darkest secrets... anyone from the past that could come up with anything they could say and what they may or may not have to prove it. The point of it is to have "spring-loaded" responses when the reporter calls your campaign with questions about those topics - policy, personal or professional. For obvious reasons, this is often done with just the campaign manager (maybe a Research or Comms director) in the very early stages of the campaign. For super obvious reasons you do not ever leak this to the press. Self-oppo is important and for the same reasons Catholic priests don't share what people say to them in confessions, it's important to "protect the process" and not let that information leak - otherwise candidates and their spouses in the future won't participate in it and their campaigns will be more vulnerable as a result. No matter how "disgruntled" or "disillusioned" you are as a campaign staffer, you wouldn't share self-oppo with a reporter because you know it essentially means you will never work again anywhere near a campaign. And yet (according to the Platner campaign) that's exactly what happened.
The other weird thing to me is that the reporter ran with it. Everyone has this notion of reporters being "sly opportunists" - and in all fairness they deserve that reputation for the most part... But when they are working a beat, there is still some kind of calculus they have to run between "what will make everyone want to read this story" and "what will make it so that no one in politics ever talks to me again". For the latter reason, you don't typically see them mine veins like "what every ex-girlfriend thinks about you". Divorce records where the ex-spouse puts it in an affidavit that they were abused, cheated on, etc.? Sure that's fair game and Standard Operating Procedure to use that... but it strikes me as "weird" that a reporter would go through a list of ex-girlfriends that way... I'm not saying it's never been done, but it suggests that someone "told" that reporter it was OK to cross that line in Platner's case and that they wouldn't be burning their contacts by doing so.
I'm not even 100% saying this was done to hurt Platner, per se. If you look at the timing of the release (at the end of a primary that he basically had locked up) it's at least plausible that it was just decided that this was the best time to burn the oxygen off of those stories so they don't come up closer to the General.
Very weird. Very interesting. This will probably be the race to watch into November.
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Graham Platner wins; Washington whines
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Comment on What do you think is the best sandwich? in ~food
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
bkimmel LinkI found myself getting sucked into Unicorn Overlord again for like my 4th playthrough. Swapping the squads and equipment around is just so satisfying: my other playthroughs I mostly put heavy...I found myself getting sucked into Unicorn Overlord again for like my 4th playthrough. Swapping the squads and equipment around is just so satisfying: my other playthroughs I mostly put heavy hitters in Alain's squad but this time I went with Hodrick (heavy armor / tank) and Travis (dodge tank) in the front.
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Comment on What are your gaming idiosyncracies? in ~games
bkimmel LinkI'm a potion hoarder. I never use potions or 1-use items, even when they pile up in my inventory in whatever game I'm playing.I'm a potion hoarder. I never use potions or 1-use items, even when they pile up in my inventory in whatever game I'm playing.
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Comment on Bricks & Minifigs corporate stole a man's $200,000 Lego collection and told him to get bent in ~hobbies
bkimmel Link ParentLegalEagles' point in his YouTube about how they probably should have made the claim against the insurance company rings true. Everyone here should have talked to actual lawyers earlier.LegalEagles' point in his YouTube about how they probably should have made the claim against the insurance company rings true. Everyone here should have talked to actual lawyers earlier.
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Comment on What are your predictions and wishes for the upcoming Nintendo Direct? in ~games
bkimmel LinkIt would be amazing if - in the year 2026 or soon - I could play Crono Trigger on a Switch. That's too much to ask though.It would be amazing if - in the year 2026 or soon - I could play Crono Trigger on a Switch. That's too much to ask though.
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Comment on What are your personal crackpot conspiracy theories about the world right now? in ~talk
bkimmel LinkI was speaking to a friend last night who said he thinks that we're going to have a Reichstag at some point this summer in the U.S. - something to distract from the $7.00 gas at the pump and the...- Exemplary
I was speaking to a friend last night who said he thinks that we're going to have a Reichstag at some point this summer in the U.S. - something to distract from the $7.00 gas at the pump and the epic failure of the Iran War - there is going to be some kind of false flag attack on a government facility made to appear as if it was organized by Antifa or something like that to rally the flagging support of the MAGAts and justify cancelling the election. I hope he's wrong.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
bkimmel Link ParentI just finished Butcher's Masquerade yesterday, going to the book store today to grab the next one.I just finished Butcher's Masquerade yesterday, going to the book store today to grab the next one.
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Comment on What was the best job you ever had? in ~life
bkimmel LinkI worked at this grocery store for 2 summers: https://share.google/qNKYe5iVe8pekbJRD Go look at the streetview to see why.I worked at this grocery store for 2 summers: https://share.google/qNKYe5iVe8pekbJRD
Go look at the streetview to see why.
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Comment on I made a post here two years ago about starting my first SWE job, since then I've been promoted and have recently recieved a very exciting job offer in ~tech
bkimmel Link ParentCongratulations! Really glad to hear you're doing well and you have an exciting new role! Having AI in the title/focus might be a double-edged sword. This industry goes through violent whiplash...Congratulations! Really glad to hear you're doing well and you have an exciting new role!
Having AI in the title/focus might be a double-edged sword. This industry goes through violent whiplash every few years and "badges of honor" like "AI" that mean one thing now can mean something very different in a few years. Absolutely lean into it all the way and learn everything you can - and have fun! You've earned it!
Just keep in mind that the Software Engineer's cardinal sin is to assume that everything and everyone that came before them is stupid. When you get older you learn that everything is a big circle - old ideas just get changed slightly and offered up as a "revolution".
A helpful metaphor I point my junior engineers to is "Chestertons Fence" to make sense of it all.
Congratulations and best of luck!
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Comment on Suggest media in which the antagonist is an idea or an abstract concept rather than a person or intelligent entity in ~talk
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Comment on Why the US Navy won't open Hormuz in ~society
bkimmel Link ParentIt seems especially damaging to the U.S. as well, that before this boondoggle this was all somewhat "theoretical" that this kind of asymmetric warfare against U.S. carrier fleets would be...It seems especially damaging to the U.S. as well, that before this boondoggle this was all somewhat "theoretical" that this kind of asymmetric warfare against U.S. carrier fleets would be effective but it has just made the jump from theory to practice in a pretty convincing way. Iran is probably kicking themselves at this point on Hormuz thinking "why didn't we just do this earlier"? And I imagine others are watching and thinking roughly the same thing in whatever region they are in.
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Comment on What is your favourite shark? in ~talk
bkimmel LinkGreenland Shark. It's suspected that they may be functionally immortal but no one is sure.Greenland Shark. It's suspected that they may be functionally immortal but no one is sure.
My position is that this isn't sufficient evidence of someone being member of some child abusing cabal of elites controlling the globe. Many are too quick to jump to conspiracy theories once only held by the far right.That's fair. There are at least 3 or 4 Epsteiners on that list by my count, but I don't know that the others were aware of those. And there are at least a couple people on there I respect for their work, generally.
But I think calling them "Epstein Class" is also fair - they have made it clear there is a different set of rules for themselves and everyone else and I'm not really inclined to pretend otherwise for the sake of "the discourse" anymore.