spectre

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[–] spectre@hexbear.net 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The idea has some tactical merit, I think it's a discussion he should have with his peers on the platform imo

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 3 points 3 hours ago

Ah I see, well give them the credit even if it doesn't save them from the pit.

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 13 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I've seen a bunch of orthodox get beat up by IDF for protesting the war. Not sure where they are as far as direct action but wanted to give it a shout out at least.

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

That's one aspect I agree, the other perspective I've heard is how the immense growth of their "middle class" that can now go and be tourists has been so fast that those people weren't well adapted to "western etiquette" and such cause they weren't from multigenerational middle-class or upper-class backgrounds. It's also my understanding that the government has engaged in some information campaigns to get people to behave more in line with their host countries' expectations over the past few years.

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 28 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Did you save a copy?

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 6 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

There were also reasons behind the misbehavior of Chinese tourists (to whatever extent it may have existed).

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

c/electoralism pls

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

Honestly even here there's a lot more circle jerking about not voting for Kamala for my taste. Literally don't care

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago

Put me in coach!

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 38 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The in-game answer is that you enact the industry-2.0 policy which reduces the needs of factories to a few educated workers that manage the automation.

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Well yeah you're going right into a combat zone to operate a weapons system lol

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

The set of technology that is currently referred to as "AI" (not a technical term, but a marketing team) is interesting but not particularly remarkable as it exists today. I don't see it doing either of those things, quite frankly.

That said, burgerland is obviously happy to go full techno libertarian if such a technology were invented, and it remains a concern.

 
  • Cars bad
  • I try and avoid playing in to the "china-boo" tendency that immerses hexbear, but they kinda keep winning.
  • follow up with more features (yeah the first video wasn't done, it has a drone hangar lol): https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLq6fXt7/
 

In American Samoa

 

On brand, but I guess SpaceX has no path to profitability (go figure), so Starlink has to launch thousands of microsatellites every year cause their orbit is so low that they burn up like right away

I didn't really have high expectations for them of course but they are way below the bar of what even Tesla brings to the table.

 

CDMXicans, please chime in

But yeah it's wild the way the city is on a whole lakebed that was drained cause the flooding was too inconvenient to the Spanish colonials, and the last bit of it that was still remaining was about to become a whole ass airport. I guess AMLO won just in time to cancel it (partially complete) and turn it into an Ecological Park. A huge W for a place that needs a sustainable source of water. It's pretty damn convenient that they already are in a lakebed if they can manage it correctly.

Anyway wealthy business interests apparently were big mad about it.

 

What is up with this movie? Just watched it recently and it's aged incredibly poorly imo

It's been well established that Tom Hanks is a CIA asset, and we've had a handful of threads about how Forrest Gump sucks this year, and it definitely bleeds into Cast Away as well.

  • The "end of history" moment right at the beginning of the movie, where FedEx brings "freedom" to post-USSR Russia.
  • The whole film is just an ad for FedEx
  • I know things need to look good on film, but decades later, a lot of the survival scenes are simply unconvincing. The firemaking setup didn't look particularly efficient, and the wood didn't really look worn or charred as though it were starting to smolder, it just kinda happens. Same for the idea of throwing a fishing spear, which may happen, but I've never heard of that being successful.
  • Hanks going full Boomer-mode with his mental math in a few scenes kinda felt like it had a tone of "yeah they don't teach this stuff in schools anymore, this is how it's done 😔 "
  • The conclusion was drawn out and boring af, just watching him stand idly at a crossroads for like 15 minutes or something. His interactions with his love interest felt uncompelling.
  • Goes for just about any Tom Hanks movie, but it's like the whitest shit I've ever seen. Watching a PMC bossman try and open a coconut and the movie is acting like there's some sort of supreme ingenuity to it.

Idk I'm probably being over the top, so please pile on or tell me to chill out about it or whatever.

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