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Comment on What I learned about billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s private retreat in ~society
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Comment on What I learned about billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s private retreat in ~society
crulife Link ParentI'm trying to squint at the table you provided and see absolutely no evidence of Jeff Bezos's ownership affecting Washington Post's position. What am I missing here?I'm trying to squint at the table you provided and see absolutely no evidence of Jeff Bezos's ownership affecting Washington Post's position. What am I missing here?
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Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech
crulife LinkMostly Arch or CachyOS. Those tend to be the ones that work the best in general and are the easiest to mold into what you need. I used to use sway, nowadays Cosmic Desktop. I have great respect...Mostly Arch or CachyOS. Those tend to be the ones that work the best in general and are the easiest to mold into what you need. I used to use sway, nowadays Cosmic Desktop.
I have great respect for Fedora for their better security stance and sometimes gravitate towards that. Mostly for anti-USA reasons (not sure if valid, didn't bother to research that much since obvious alternatives are easily available) I've been staying away from it lately.
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Comment on Any male victims from female abuse? in ~life.men
crulife LinkYeah. Toxic relationship with a manipulative depressed cheating narcissist, later marriage with children, that lasted for more than a decade. I lashed out at the kids some, and some of it came out...Yeah. Toxic relationship with a manipulative depressed cheating narcissist, later marriage with children, that lasted for more than a decade. I lashed out at the kids some, and some of it came out in weed self-medication. Wasn't great, but now about a decade later I might have recovered from most of it.
I'm glad of the little things, like not getting misogyny from the experience.
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Comment on Star Trek: Voyager Season One | re:View in ~tv
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Comment on Proton Meet isn't what they told you it was in ~tech
crulife Link ParentBut... the thing that Yen talks about actually happened. Chuck Schumer refused to bring the anti-trust bipartisan legislation to a floor vote in 2022. This is not a question of opinion, Democratic...Like, yes the Democrats are often useless, but claiming that the Republicans stand for the little guys and are more likely to fight big tech abuses is a take that simply has no basis in reality.
But... the thing that Yen talks about actually happened. Chuck Schumer refused to bring the anti-trust bipartisan legislation to a floor vote in 2022. This is not a question of opinion, Democratic party leadership clearly protected big tech at that point in time. And it is true that Chuck Schumer's daughters worked in conflict-of-interest positions at the time: Jessica Schumer at Amazon, Alison Schumer at Meta.
It does have a basis in reality.
Of course at the same time he was absolutely wrong in vaguely suggesting that Trump republicans would be a sensible choice.
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Comment on What if AI just makes us work harder? in ~tech
crulife Link ParentAI and robotics can actually free us from that, I believe. Will it actually do that is another question, because there are so many ways that can go seriously wrong. But the industrial revolution,...I think we'll always be on a treadmill.
AI and robotics can actually free us from that, I believe. Will it actually do that is another question, because there are so many ways that can go seriously wrong.
But the industrial revolution, free markets and capitalism clearly brought us incredible wealth compared to what existed before them, and even though a lot of it has concentrated on the rich, a lot of it did actually spread to everyone.
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Comment on What if AI just makes us work harder? in ~tech
crulife Link ParentYeah. 100 years ago it might've been reasonable to think that communism can fix this problem, but to think it today is a bit ludicrous.Yeah. 100 years ago it might've been reasonable to think that communism can fix this problem, but to think it today is a bit ludicrous.
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Comment on New ‘Lord of the Rings’ movie From Stephen Colbert and his son in development at Warner Bros in ~movies
crulife Link ParentNot more than me, and I wouldn't trust me to write the script for this. Knowing the source material is useful, but what you really need is the ability to write something that is both new and good...Colbert genuinely, deeply cares about the legendarium.
Not more than me, and I wouldn't trust me to write the script for this. Knowing the source material is useful, but what you really need is the ability to write something that is both new and good while being solidly based on Tolkien. I consider that a huge challenge.
Looking at Colbert's Goodreads, it seems like he's mainly written mediocre parody books based on his TV persona. And again, I'm punching up when I say that.
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Comment on Russian soldier secretly guides Ukrainian strikes on own unit, leaving up to 150 dead in ~society
crulife LinkSounds a bit too good to be true, but if it's true... that's what I call a frag. Well done. If true.Sounds a bit too good to be true, but if it's true... that's what I call a frag.
Well done. If true.
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Comment on 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' to end with Season 2 in ~tv
crulife (edited )Link ParentIf I remember the late 80s and early 90s correctly, having whole series, like every single episode, be rather bad artistically was not that abnormal. So in that sense TNG first season wasn't...If I remember the late 80s and early 90s correctly, having whole series, like every single episode, be rather bad artistically was not that abnormal. So in that sense TNG first season wasn't really "bad" compared to almost everything else that was going on at the time.
Nowadays, we have thousands of options, a disturbing amount of them well made. I could literally be watching only 8+ imdb scored things for the rest of my life's free time.
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Comment on Seth MacFarlane teases new life for ‘The Orville’: “Season 4 is written” in ~tv
crulife LinkThat show has no right of being as good as it is. It makes no sense.That show has no right of being as good as it is. It makes no sense.
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Comment on Project Hail Mary - Discussion thread in ~movies
crulife LinkWe loved The Martian as a book and hated it as a movie. Alan Weir's books are fun and funny, but it seemed to us that they had stripped almost all of that away from it. That's why I was a bit...We loved The Martian as a book and hated it as a movie. Alan Weir's books are fun and funny, but it seemed to us that they had stripped almost all of that away from it.
That's why I was a bit scared that I'd have to be disappointed again, but nope. Project Hail Mary was a great movie.
They hadn't messed up the soul of the book, Ryan Gosling worked very well in the lead role, and I really liked how extensively they used music all over the place. I guess the only bad thing was that there were really no surprises, but that also means that there were no negative surprises.
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Comment on Job hunting absolutely sucks right now in ~life
crulife LinkThe weird part is that usually in free markets, inefficient things fade out. So is having horrible employment processes efficient in some weird way?The weird part is that usually in free markets, inefficient things fade out. So is having horrible employment processes efficient in some weird way?
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
crulife LinkPicked up Everspace 2, finally. I tried to get into it some months earlier but now I realized that it's been designed for a console controller so that's how it should be played. Before, I tried...Picked up Everspace 2, finally. I tried to get into it some months earlier but now I realized that it's been designed for a console controller so that's how it should be played. Before, I tried furiously to play it with my HOTAS and that just wasn't fun.
Now it's pretty fun. Like scifi Skyrim in 6dof.
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Comment on Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don't rewrite an Iran missile story in ~society
crulife LinkPolymarket should be illegal, and I'll reiterate again my position that we/society should remove from ourselves the ability to make online crimes like this without a 100% chance of trivially...Polymarket should be illegal, and I'll reiterate again my position that we/society should remove from ourselves the ability to make online crimes like this without a 100% chance of trivially getting caught.
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Comment on What radicalized you? in ~talk
crulife (edited )LinkTrump's first election made me kind of an anti-conservatist. Why would anyone vote for such a buffoon? Russia's war against Ukraine shifted me to a far more global militaristic opinion. Now I see...Trump's first election made me kind of an anti-conservatist. Why would anyone vote for such a buffoon?
Russia's war against Ukraine shifted me to a far more global militaristic opinion. Now I see a lot of things through that lens and view smaller conflicts as part of the bigger one, choosing who I personally ally with based on that.
Seeing the super-charged (thanks to Covid and stay-at-home policies) effects of social media on teenagers, close by, shifted me from pro-free speech, rather radically liberal position to a more moderate one. The rise of AI has strengthened this position -- now I think only proven human adults should be allowed to participate without limits.
Trump's second election made me kind of an anti-woke (in the absence of a less loaded to describe it). Why would anyone lose to such a buffoon?
It's been a weird journey in the last 5 years. Perhaps it's more like a deradicalization.
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Comment on Nathan Fillion says 'Firefly' animated series in development in ~tv
crulife Link ParentWhy would this be a problem? I always thought it hints towards a future where China has become so significant that the language has received a place as lingua franca.speaking Chinese without any Chinese people
Why would this be a problem? I always thought it hints towards a future where China has become so significant that the language has received a place as lingua franca.
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Comment on How's everyone doing? in ~talk
crulife (edited )LinkAmount of light increasing, so it's getting pretty good. Also decided to get a cat or two. And my youngest child got his first belt graduation in a martial art. Overall pretty good.Amount of light increasing, so it's getting pretty good. Also decided to get a cat or two. And my youngest child got his first belt graduation in a martial art.
Overall pretty good.
Being a normal human being is almost invisible, it doesn't break the social media ragebait hurdle. It hardly ever even breaks the regular news hurdle. So if those people exist, how would you know about them?