SomethingMusic
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SomethingMusic
3d ago
Time for Russia to go to the one place not corrupted by capitalism!
SomethingMusic
14d ago
SomethingMusic
14d ago
I would argue since 2025 is still a relatively new year, it can be safe to guess that 2020 is 4ish years away.
Either way time flies, though!
SomethingMusic
16d ago
I'm voting a hard no, I would no longer read this forum anymore. I'm here because I know people are taking the time to write and post their personal opinions. I believe Reddit is increasingly 'dead internet' thanks to AI and astroturfed subreddits controlled by superusers utilizing AI tools. I really don't want this place to go in the same direction.
SomethingMusic
18d ago
I would say we'll only have Turbo DEI if anti-DEI has proven to be unsuccessful for 4 years. Same for oil and gas - if Trump's next 4 years are largely successful then what's the probability of a President Vance instead of president... probably Cortez with the way the Democrats are heading.
SomethingMusic
21d ago
I'm not sure if this was an IQ problem more than it was a labor shortage problem. Even someone motivated and with high IQ might have a problem doing the job of two, lesser IQ people.
Maybe AI can take over air traffic controller duties to help offset labor shortage, but so far I don't see that happening soon.
SomethingMusic
22d ago
Imagine the change to the GDP of Mississippi if we decided to move the entire federal government over there.
SomethingMusic
24d ago
On one hand I agree with you, but on the other hand when established practices are proven to be increasingly ineffective, breaking them to try something new can be an important tool for innovation and hopefully more effective governmental tools.
SomethingMusic
24d ago
I'm surprised no one has pointed out that Trump is putting on his best Javier Milei impression and trying to make as wide sweeping cancellations of government spending as possible. If he framed is as 'interest expense is a top 3 government expense and I'm trying to put it in the bottom quartile' he might have a bit more success than being relatively inscrutable, but we'll see how it pans out.
SomethingMusic
25d ago
I think 'move fast and break things' is something applied to Silicon Valley but is also something that should be applied to government as well. Bureaucracy slows things down so significantly, it's refreshing to see someone like Trump just go ahead and do it, damn the pearl clutching of teams of lawyers saying he shouldn't or can't.
SomethingMusic
1mo ago
I ended up looking around a bit and it looks like the community much prefers the standalone version. I remember playing this for a bit during the ps1 era and finding it only okay. I certainly find the pathing frustrating, but other than that it's pretty fun.
SomethingMusic
1mo ago
I haven't yet, I got distracted. Is there a difference between the steam version and the standalone version?
SomethingMusic
1mo ago
Replying to remember to download 2100 when I get home
SomethingMusic
1mo ago
My Steam Deck tinker experiences tells me that everything works until it doesn't, and when it doesn't it really doesn't. Yes, you can get anything to work, but ultimately the juice frequently isn't worth the squeeze. Admittedly, the SteamOS is a fairly different experience than your average Linux distro, but Windows from a support standpoint generally works well enough where if something is broken it frequently isn't broken for too long.
I've been thinking of converting my laptop into a linux machine, but I doubt linux will support the 2 in 1 style as well as the touchscreen support as well as windows does (which is admittedly not great, but it works).
SomethingMusic
1mo ago
I recently pulled it off my wish list. I'm sure the games are well designed, but the NES style color palette and style just doesn't appeal to me.
SomethingMusic
2mo ago
Do you genuinely believe what you've wrote or are you reflexively reacting nihilistically as AI learns to overcome tests that people create for themselves?
SomethingMusic
2mo ago
It would just mean consciousness can be achieved through multiple ways. So far GPT doesn't seem to be conscious, even if it is very smart. However, I believe it is smart the same way the internet is smart and not the ways individuals are smart. However, I don't see it being curious or innovative the same way humans are curious or innovative.
SomethingMusic
2mo ago
I feel your problem, I barely have time to game and I'm really tempted to drop 50-100 on picking up games. I decided I will not buy a AAA game until I play and mostly complete Kingdom Come Deliverance, RDR2, and Hogwarts Legacy.
SomethingMusic
2mo ago
Last Sunday I took the time to do a full dismantling of my musical instruments. After a thorough cleaning of the tone holes, oiling the internals, I also fixed up a few keys that had action in them that needed fixing. Overall, very happy with my limited toolset. Instruments also seal well so no need to change pads.
Long term repair goals would include getting more comfortable with adjusting springs. Woodwind springs are simplistic in that they're hard metal springs and can fatigue over time. Bending them the wrong way can significantly shorten their lifespan. There's a bunch of specialized tooling available, but as I'm using solely gig money on music costs, I'm holding off on digging deep into instrument repair.
SomethingMusic
2mo ago
Supposedly making your own is incredibly easy. An immersion blender, eggs, lemon, olive oil, salt, and pepper as a base and go from there. If I wasn't worried about raw egg consumption, I'd probably try it myself. It's on my 'try it out sometime' list
SomethingMusic
2mo ago
Do you mind expanding or posting some links as to the pending French financial crisis? I find many people love throwing out bearish statements, but rarely do they come to fruition.
SomethingMusic
2mo ago
May I ask why you think conservatives are stupid for denying public insurance options? As someone who has experience in both (consumer side) private and public insurance, the only reason why public insurance is affordable is because expenses are shifted to taxpayers instead of the individual insurer. The actual price per service is no different: collective bargaining does not give the government any particular advantage in negotiating prices for services. Almost all public health services have massive budget overages and increased costs which are expected to increase as time continues as well as having issues with patient backlogs.
In the US, Medicare (for elderly and for certain qualified disabilities) accounts for 17% of the national budget. Once again, the only reason for affordability is due to the taxpayer shouldering the costs whose base is dwindling. This isn't even accounting for standard government inefficiency as the US government is incoherently cost insensitive and unable to make sensible budgetary decisions.
So while I agree that private health insurance has many issues, it at least is self-maintaining and doesn't have the large macro issues that government health programs are currently facing.
SomethingMusic
2mo ago
More online than I'd like but not up to date with the latest online trends here - sick-tock is probably people moaning about their illnesses, largely for grift or attention, on the popular zoomer media platform ticktock.
SomethingMusic
2mo ago
Just an FYI, inherited retirement accounts have a minimum required distribution (on which you pay taxes). Please look at the details with a financial planner or advisor, because if you don't take the RMD it will be taxed at ridiculous rates.
Why do we need UBI? If AI ends up being as cheap, efficient, and transformative as people want to claim, it should drive down the price of all goods to near 0.
I think what's more likely to happen is AI compute is going to be an effective currency replacement. Rather than using fiat dollars, it will be based off of the amount of AI runtime it takes to complete a task for the given runtime/ energy calculations of any given workload. Assuming AI can replace all jobs and produce a quality of life better than any human machination can contrive, then the human inputs for the production of goods and services should be 0.
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