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yofuckreddit
22d ago
My assumption is that these are all extremely low. <10%.
When was the last time a western democracy executed any meaningful deportations? These are huge percentages of people to ship back, and the propaganda machine already has been preparing bullshit about how it's impossible for 2 months (much like the wall, but I digress).
yofuckreddit
22d ago
I finally finished The Culture series, ending on The Hydrogen Sonata. @roystgnr asked to hear what I thought of it when I was done:
I heard that Banks didn't want this to be the last culture novel, but I do think it fits in a way. The focus on Subliming (definitely the most hand-waved, mystical part of the series) was arguably a great topic to wrap up on. I think he did a good job peeling back the curtain just enough, but any more books about it afterward would have been too much.
There were elements of it that felt a bit disjointed and unrealistic.
In any case, I've moved on to other books. I discussed being recommended "Normal People" from a woman I have a bit of a complicated relationship with. I discussed it in the Friday Fun thread. To be frank, I don't think it will tickle the fancy of many people here. It's a modern romance novel with a little bit of woke dashed in. Great sex scenes, and refreshing in terms of how it treated an intense relationship. I haven't read a romance in many years. Many commit the sin making what's supposed to be a great love just... not very good. I much prefer the type of book that reminds me of what it felt like the few times it's happened.
I've also started on Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion. The title is hilariously "standard" for a history book, but I'm very into it so far. At one time as a child, I had an abject fascination with the California gold rush after getting a basic book about it from my San Franciscan cousins. Anyone living in the Bay Area probably considers it played out, but for a guy in the Southeast, it was exciting stuff. Reading about it with the level of fidelity a book like this provides (just in the first 25 superdense pages) is a treat. I'll wait to recommend it, but so far, it's been good.
yofuckreddit
22d ago
"Normal People" by Sally Rooney
yofuckreddit
24d ago
I think being compared to what appears to be a braver and more charismatic character is... pretty positive. Nice.
Factorio is a uniquely addicting game for me. I love it - however I can't escape the fact that the time I spend playing it is the same muscles as programming (which has a high $ROI compared to gaming), and I just don't have the time right now. If my battletech group takes a sabbatical I may be able to schedule 1-2 days a week to play.
I suspect that most of the 3d games use a grid system somehow. My buddies have really liked Satisfactory if you'd prefer to get the 3d experience.
Also, speaking of factories, I watched an awesome little sci-fi vignette about it recently: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cntb3wcZdTw (Mid voice acting/writing but can't have it all)
yofuckreddit
24d ago
I liked Rodrigo's latest album actually. Almost like... rock? Sabrina's "Taste" is a fantastic cuckquean anthem, but the rest of her stuff is only OK, but she's nice to look at when building a youtube playlist so it's fine.
I don't get Chappell Roan at all.
It is funny that these women essentially have to pay homage to Taylor Swift though.
yofuckreddit
24d ago
Might be critical for late game, who knows.
I only read the developer diaries. I can't play the game, because I have a family and a career that would be destroyed by it. But I've heard this is the case.
The only downside is, it's not 3d. Why, I can't tell you
There are a ton of 3D imitators in the genre, so it's 100% possible, and I know a couple people who can't play Factorio because of it. I think the devs are obsessed with the quality of the code and design in the game to such a degree that they believe 3D will never allow such precision and control of the player's viewpoint. I think they're right.
yofuckreddit
24d ago
I'll echo that the creation of covers still goes on, and I think people still do really well. In fact, I maintain a playlist of great covers that continually expands. Some suggestions from the past few years (I'd do the whole playlist, but I'd be dipping into early 00s covers etc.):
I'm powering through an enjoyable book recommendation from friend, and it's reminding me of how much I've recently thought about how much - or if at all - people send messages through art.
I miss mixtapes, dearly. I still have a few scrawled CDs in sleeves that never get played, most of which I did make myself. It's a bit arrogant to say, but I have historically gotten positive feedback from those I distributed to others. Truthfully, I'd put some effort in - parsing through a wide collection to find things I truly believed the other person would like. And yes, sometimes, sending a message. I suspect that thrashing genres thew some people off occasionally, but I think it was worth it to get them hooked on something new.
As time has gone on I've found that people's recommendations of books and music haven't hit the spot as much as they once did. We've spoken endlessly about the degradation in quality of art on this forum, and yeah that's part of it, but I also see it as a consequence of the distance we keep from each other as we become adults.
Books are particularly challenging. I think sharing a great novel with someone has a sort of intimacy that is matched by very few things, perhaps as a result of how long of an investment it requires. But I also think the medium just has more emotional potential than movies/TV (definitely) or music (probably).
I love fiction and tend to stay in the realm of fiction focused on anything other than people, but I do occasionally treat myself to more "realistic" interpersonal fiction. I still think "This is Where I Leave You" was one of the best books I've ever read. It either helped process some trauma or inflamed it, not sure, but the recommendation that set me off on this rant is of the genre. It's kind of nice to be back after what's probably been a 4 year hiatus from it.
In any case I'm not sure how common talking to each other indirectly through this stuff is. It feels like most people view the exchange of entertainment recommendations as somehow related to status - like they're just pushing something to you to get the endorphin hit from you saying you liked it. Given how much content is available, how freely it flows, that's all anyone has time for. But it seems like a waste of time, even if "sending messages through art" is presumptuous or paranoid.
yofuckreddit
25d ago
Agreed. I can't believe this whole planet fell for the scam, to be honest. I guess double-walled steel water bottles were more expensive in the 90s or something but...
yofuckreddit
26d ago
The war will end as a huge embarrassment for the West with permanent degradation in the perception of the West's financial and military strength. It'll be yet another feather in the cap of failure by the US state department over the last 25 years.
It isn't a victory, but isn't the fact that Ukraine is still fighting this far still an impressive feat?
At some point, you can't expect the West to be able to defeat Russia in every proxy war context.
yofuckreddit
26d ago
My wife specifically referred to "The loudest people" in her groups making themselves feel more important and representative than they actually are.
Breaking it down by race shows one small part of it, but when you include all women you see who was voting for Kamala despite how weak her candidacy and case was.
Trump's wins among non-white and college-educated people were almost all men.
I couldn't understand how abortion could be such a rallying cry among women. Sure, there are many analogs with gun control which I do obsess over, but at the end of the day this was people joined both celebrate and demand the ability to deal death to innocent life. Turns out it wasn't quite as strong as it seemed, which of course makes sense with 20/20 hindsight.
yofuckreddit
26d ago
I know the women feel that way, but do all the men too (or are they trying to get laid?).
I've been really thinking about how gendered this election is. I use Instagram. If I could turn off every woman in my feed for the next week and the past one, I would take that option in a heartbeat.
My wife is a fairly conservative catholic and has been heavily swayed by her friends opinions and groupthink. You and I are here and in a twitter algorithm bubble - Women are marinating in snapchat, insta, and group threads in which 75% of of the people are (for lack of a better term) screeching about politics. Relentlessly.
There has been an extremely loud contingent of women both angry and confident in Harris throughout the election. Men are subservient to women's opinions. Myself included albeit at a reduced intensity than some.
If I were to update a prior it would be to discount the female voice slightly more than I normally do. I think they either don't know they're blinding themselves through their strength (the ability to compel silence/dishonesty in men) or do not care.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
The Reddit admins were in contact with the mods, consistently threatening them.
Nobody wanted to move here man lol. We lost a solid chunk of the community and now Zorba has to maintain the site.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
It's a video of cartel members torturing someone while the song funkytown plays in the background. Even the textual descriptions are horrific (but not long-term traumatizing IMO):
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
If this premise about the link between art and trauma is accepted
I'm not sure I accept the link here. Yes, traumatic experiences through art tend to stay with you longer than abject beauty and take something from you. I still, thankfully, have not watched Funkytown, but I have seen enough on the internet that comes close. One part of getting older has been that my curiosity about exposing myself to trauma has been reduced, not increased. I don't have to do this. The only possible benefit to being exposed to things like this is that it could improve my performance under stress if I'm exposed to such things in meatspace. I won't trade the guaranteed cost of psychic damage for this potential benefit anymore. Art that relies on applying trauma, if anything, becomes diminished. It's a cheap shot to increase stickiness and earn a place in your mind that wouldn't be deserved otherwise.
The rabbit from Zootopia is hot and a little uppity. She absolutely wants and deserves to get gangbanged by a bunch of foxes. No trauma involved at all!
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
Do you have no ability to increase resistance?
I don't see the value in cadence over 110, and even that's questionable. I tend to play exclusively in the 60-100 space. Saddle positioning can help. Many people have the saddle too low, fewer have it too high, and fewer have it just right. That will help you get to higher cadences.
Do you own the cycle? Do you plan to cycle outside? If so it may be worth investing in clipless pedals and cleats you can use on multiple machines.
If you can't increase resistance then there's no magical technique to get better besides practice, and I don't know what value you'd get out of spinning out at no resistance all the time.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
This is an improvement over "Let's hope they keep a literal corpse in the race and cross our fingers" which seemed to be the approach a few months ago, so I get it.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
I think this is an awful move on Trump's part.
Long form is Trump's kryptonite, Rogan doesn't like him. Unless Kamala does it too and does worse it's a net loss.
Rogan's viewers are largely Trump fans but - say what you will about them - they listen to these whole interviews and will downgrade their opinion on someone who exposes themselves and doesn't perform well.
Ride the McDonald's fries to the White House bro, this is not difficult.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
Why associate yourself with unhealthy, bland consumerist food?
The quarter pounder is one of the top 3 fast food burgers out there (especially in its double permutation) and is ubiquitously available. Wendy's has fallen off completely, Burger King has blown for more than a decade, and you need to cede a significant fraction of a minimum wage paycheck for Five Guys or Shake Shack, if you live near one.
The app performs reasonably well and you can actually get the food you order 90% of the time, unlike a bone-in-chicken place. It's really not that bad.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
I could still ping any of my co-workers at fast food joints and get them to corroborate that I was there, and if I ran from office they would come out of the proverbial woodwork (both good and bad on that front, perhaps). I think the fact they can't find one person who remembers working with her pretty damning.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
Is the source of audiobooks... paid? pirated?
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
I, too, liked American fiction.
Promising young Woman was an interesting watch for me. It was recommended by a tattooed, arts major stripper in Montreal. She told me that I looked like Bo Burnham in broken english, and gave me her number, presumably to discuss it afterwards.
I smoked weed and watched the movie and like it until I entered a paranoid spiral: had this woman suggested the film as a 4-D chess, long range insult? Did she believe I was the same type of person as Bo's character? Maybe.
But yeah great movie.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
I'll be honest, I assumed they were talking about download speeds, I misread. That makes it a lot worse.
Demanding 20mbps upload is stupid for rural internet. I barely use that as a software expert in an urban area. It seems like this was specifically designed to exclude even the most state-of-the-art satellite systems from the jump.
I'd say I've been diverse in what I've read, and haven't disliked much. Also read a good amount of fantasy though scifi is my first pick.
If I had to pick what I'm into I'd say harder scifi appeals to me far more than the alternative. Once you have that, I tend to like grittier/dystopian stuff I guess.
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