The choices of how crimes are handled are best handled at the local level. The people living in the same places as the victims and perpetrators know best how to deal with each instance. Once you absolve that power to a police force people stop taking personal responsibility for their wellbeing and that of their community. The loss of sense of community is the worst thing that can happen for stopping crime.

Okay, now imagine living in a majority MAGA city. They have a great sense of community and have determined that you are a threat. Specific reasons don’t matter, they know best though.

And then they combine them into a sentence that is factually correct but misleading in the context that it is being used.

Like “Trump approached the minors with his penis”. Oh, wait, bad example.

Yup, the way he acted towards the founders of Tesla when he bought their company shows that dude’s had issues for a looong time.

That was a big concern when TPMs first started appearing. I’m glad that that didn’t go the way it might’ve. Yet.

A catapult on every rooftop!

The closest I’ve come in actual conversation is when someone has a habit of bringing up horrible things from their life or past on the most tenuous of connections. I don’t want your depression to depress me, I’m sorry.

I don’t really see how bringing up the possibility of elections being cancelled is more of a downer than planning on voting for whoever is willing to “prosecute the [current] regime at every level”. The whole point is that the Republicans have genuinely, actually, for real turned fascist. That’s horrifying and depressing on its own and I don’t think it’s out of line to at least assume that they would absolutely cancel/rig the elections if they think they can get away with it. Because that’s what fascists do.

Es schmeckt deutlich anders als “normales” Mineralwasser. Mal zum Vergleich mit einem Allerweltsmineralwasser, in Milligramm pro Liter:

• Calcium: 47 gegen 348
• Hydrogencarbonat: 175 gegen 1816
• Magnesium: 5 gegen 108
• Natrium: 15 gegen 118
• Sulfat: 10 gegen 38

Laut deren Website deckt ein Liter Gerolsteiner damit ca. 1/4 des täglichen Magnesium- und sogar 1/3 des täglichen Calciumbedarfs. Und das mögen die meisten Leute halt nicht (schließe mich da ein), vor allem wenn sie es nicht erwarten.

Cynicism, nihilism and distancing oneself from everything is not going to build anything good or allow others to succeed.

So no, not correct, not good, just a terrible mindset that will drag everyone down with you.

Yeah, I don’t get it either, why am I supposed to connect with the city? I’m playing a violent criminal in a goofy, arcade-y top-down action game. Setting was perfect.

What I absolutely couldn’t connect with is GTA 5: The mechanics are stale, the game doesn’t respect my time and Michael and especially Trevor are just nasty, unpleasant pieces of shit. Zero enthusiasm for GTA 6 from me, it’s just going to have all the same flaws as any GTA since 3 and will surely be more tailored towards online money extraction schemes.

Meanwhile Cyberpunk 2077, with a somewhat similar dystopian setting, has become my favorite game in large parts because of the characters.

Sometimes scepters come in the strangest of forms!

I don’t like gift cards or money because it tends to end up being circular - so not a gift at all, just $50 that keep making the rounds.

The group might as well spend that money on a wandering birthday scepter. Much better and you can hit people with it.

I’ve had similar experiences. Try to do something semi-difficult and it fails, sometimes in an entertainingly shit way at least. Try something simple where I already know the answer? Good chance there’s at least one fundamental issue with the output.

So what are people who use this tech actually getting out of it? Do they just make it regurgitate things from StackOverflow? Do they have a larger tolerance for cleaning up trash? Or do they just not check the output?

“Ska is what a 13 year old hears in their head when they are told they are getting free mozzarella sticks.”

I always think of this song by 7 seconds of love when I read that. Pretty much sums it up.

Okay, in that case his behavior is actually an improvement over theirs. Still not good by any means but damn, what the hell.

1. Invest all money in “AI”
2. ???
3. AGI happens, yielding massive profit!

Explanation: The guy on the right is Linus Sebastian, a tech youtuber running a fairly large media company. I’d characterize their output as being a mixture of news, reviews and Top Gear style fucking around with tech.

A couple weeks ago he sent Linus Torvalds an e-mail, asking him if he’d like to do some sort of collaboration - mainly because of the name and because he’s a personal hero of his. Torvalds quickly responded, telling him that it would have to be a “there can only be one” type situation, like in Highlander or Mad Max.

So they shot something where they most are just chatting while building a computer together but did the bit for the intro. The video is not released yet.

It’s freeware not open source but I like Monofur. Might not be the most beautiful font but I find it very legible and the distinction between similar characters is quite good. It’s available in the Debian/Ubuntu repositories too.

Some people can’t behave in situations like this, no matter the gender. Plenty of reports from male cosplayers and character actors getting groped by women. Recent example: https://www.threads.com/@xo.treleigh/post/DNeF1iZuLDe (content is in the screenshots). Same shit behavior and attitude.