red_rech

6 ms·

1.
by red_rech 1y ago
> FAFO As someone not very educated in economics and the institutions around global nation-state economics specifically, what does this mean? It’s more expensive for the state to borrow? From where? Are there real consequences of this fo
2.
by red_rech 1y ago
If we can use the military to sweep up petty criminals and drug addicts we can do the same for a violent armed paramilitary no?
3.
by red_rech 1y ago
I had a mildly embarrassing shower fall that ended in a deep wound. I tried to sleep it off not realizing how bad it was and ended up having to get surgery. Because of the location of the injury, there was a big risk of infection. I was alo
4.
by red_rech 1y ago
I like software, just not in any capacity anyone would pay me to work
5.
by red_rech 1y ago
> They either make something super complex I no longer have the time to dive in Oh man, it’s often worse than you think. So many games now have a lot of “complexity” the complexity is all really surface level leaving you desiring.
6.
by red_rech 1y ago
Yeah but you’re not going to convince the shit parents of these shit children to change. If you think otherwise, you haven’t met enough.
7.
by red_rech 1y ago
I’m still desperately looking for an out from this industry. The layoff and market conditions helped me realized just how useless my career has been. I knew I never wanted to work professionally in software, but it was the only thing access
8.
by red_rech 1y ago
> This relies on, normatively, shame, and legally, a Stasi-esque police state. You can get the populace to swallow surveillance if you give them an enemy. See: PATRIOT act. Anyone wanna take bets on what this one will be called.
9.
by red_rech 1y ago
He doesn’t need to provide that, he’s a lord.
10.
by red_rech 1y ago
I’m guilty. My legs are torn up by mosquitos even as I type. It’s just so fucking hot and humid in the summers.
11.
by red_rech 1y ago
I’d wager it was created by scientists/physicists too and not “just” developers.
12.
by red_rech 1y ago
> Most programmers of the time seemed far more interested in being architecture astronauts than making something useful. Of course they were, being an architect astronaut got you hired. You have to get passed the resume filters and the a
13.
by red_rech 1y ago
Don’t worry, the AI cokeheads have told me that LLMs will usher in Star Trek post scarcity.
14.
by red_rech 1y ago
Yeah, then they snatched it back after laying everyone off.
15.
by red_rech 1y ago
German sodomite rambling on about the antichrist. Is he hinting at a new blackened death metal album?
16.
by red_rech 1y ago
Yes! we can even distribute political and military power to selected individuals who can rule over small portions maintaining security and collecting taxes. After all, it was divine right (Darwinian evolution, AI schizobabble, etc) that mad
17.
by red_rech 1y ago
> 996 style slave labor production, a lack of environmental protection laws and, most notably, a lot of state/regional subsidies artificially dumping prices below sustainability not just against American companies but against other
18.
by red_rech 1y ago
> What are companies going to pay these now-dumber people to do, once they've automated away the jobs the smarter versions of these people did? Kill each other, in some ways.
19.
by red_rech 1y ago
Good luck holding together a society in which large swaths of the population find themselves useless and starving.
20.
by red_rech 1y ago
Holy shit why did I waste my time in tech. I could have just gone to med school and never deal with layoffs, RTO, etc.
21.
by red_rech 1y ago
> To summarize all the above in two words - 'insatiable greed'. But what worries me is how far they'll take it. Neo feudalism. They’ve laid it out quite explicitly several times in the last few years
22.
by red_rech 1y ago
> You don't see rent-a-cops going off and killing people. Haha, I just saw a video the other day of a couple of “bounty hunters” (bailbondsmen) pulling up with tactical gear and rifles and kidnapping some kid because he had the same
23.
by red_rech 1y ago
Atlanta seems to be a bit contradictory to some of your other thoughts. The city itself is relatively small. A vast majority of area population lives distributed across the MSA, and it can create hellish traffic. I remember growing up think
24.
by red_rech 1y ago
Facebook, Twitter, Bluesky, et. al. sure are showing them up at the game though.
25.
by red_rech 1y ago
Sure, but what then? The people would rather slaughter each other than reject their favorite entertainment personalities.
26.
by red_rech 1y ago
Now cut off people’s access to those and let’s see how the economy does
27.
by red_rech 1y ago
Or we’ll import people who will.
28.
by red_rech 1y ago
> The downside though is that these places will invariably turn into social crack houses, rather than the sunny smilely communal life ideals they are sold as. Ok, get rid of them, now the streets are social crack houses? What are we to d
29.
by red_rech 1y ago
What about when they’re 9 years old?
30.
by red_rech 1y ago
So you’re going to hire foreigners in the US or you’re going to ship the whole operation overseas. Why is this parasitic organization allowed to incorporate?

More ›