HalloweenSnarry
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HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
This is a claim that really needs evidence. For example, you've cited volume, but didn't mention any hard numbers.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
Do you mean like the little minus/plus button? It's still there, it's the small blue dot next to the PFP.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
I have nothing to add other than I think Gnosticism came up in an old discussion about RWBY once (I think around the time of Volume 6? I think it was after the big reveal about Ozpin's backstory and the two gods of creation and destruction), back in the old Tumblr ratsphere.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
So, in Molochian fashion, literally nobody is happy and nobody is able to stop it, it sounds like.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
I cannot tell if that quote is trolling/pessimistic sarcasm or if it is genuine cope.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
According to YouTube's front page, though, there are better women's sports to watch, at least if you want to stare at athletes' rear ends...
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
Eh, I don't think you get side-eyed for wanting to be able provide for you and yours, but then, it's probably only really laudable if you're not already of means.
(Granted, what I am describing is the underdog story, and Americans probably love that even more than universalism.)
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
Getting upset at the normal, sensible meaning of the word is ceding the battle.
At the same time, though, you don't get to write the dictionary, or at least, what goes into the dictionary.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
You're telling me Bernie followers want to get a Republican elected?
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
I never did think I'd see an attack on healthcare costs from an alt-right-ish angle, but I guess, per Scott, you really can convince some people to attack or support a position with the right framing.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
I am far from convinced by the arguments at the end. Sure, our glorious overlords might want all of human society to be run via McGovernment, but they're probably not going to trot out Stalin as a reflexive defense. And while the Nazis promised a utopia, so did the Soviets, and in both cases, the reality was far, far from the promise.
The conclusion very much does not follow from the premises, and as noted by comments below, the economic assumptions are probably faulty too.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
There used to be a great Motte-adjacent blog, 451somethingsomething, a few years ago, with a good article of the alienation the author felt when he noticed the vibe of eusociality and hivemindedness in the society around him, his own obsolescence as a stubborn independent cell.
Status451? That guy who wrote the book review on Days of Rage?
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
If anything, while the Big VR Wave hasn't exactly come, I suspect it has contributed to the Big VTuber Wave we got.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
I'm not terribly worried, for some reason, probably because my first reaction was immediate skepticism that the data would be meaningless for the stated goal--there'd be no signal to actually mine from it.
Of course, if the goal is to create a corporate-side version of a national gun registry, that'd be another thing, especially given the want for algorithmic analysis.
But that gets me to another thing, something brought up in the documentary Killswitch: the NSA's data-collection program was not only unethical, it was likely ineffective for its purported goals. "More data" is not a cure for a lack of information in of itself--you simply expose yourself to more noise. Now, again, if AI were to get involved, that would be something else, but an AI that can process massive amounts of data at a feasible speed and deliver good and accurate recommendations based on its analysis might just well be near to a god, and at that point, we'd have other problems.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
Somewhat unrelated, but I was watching Vinesauce last night, and he was playing a few of those JumpStart games by Knowledge Adventure. The Kindergarten game (yes, seriously, I'm going somewhere with this) got me thinking: could people ever really trust software to educate their kids? Edutainment games are one thing; but serious educational programs, software, and websites have developed to the point that they can serve as legit building blocks for getting through at least public school. I understand that at the undergrad level and beyond, anyone who might hire you for a cushy job expects a prestigious credential that digital services can't offer, but if we pretend that doesn't exist, what happens then? Could software (have) eat(en) the education world so thoroughly that the way we teach children would be radically different?
For some anecdata, in undergrad, I had to take two algebra classes, and both of those relied heavily on a mixture of hardware (a "clicker" device) and Pearson's testing website. The second one was practically an online course (something my college offered) that I still had to physically show up for (though few of my classmates did).
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
I like this post, but I think it could do with some more explanation/details (for example, analyzing the Karen phenomenon you've hinted at, data for the "virtually all Amber Alerts are custody disputes" thing), and maybe a cooler temperature (for example, was the hard-r necessary?).
I remember that a history teacher in my college was wanting to put together a lecture about the rise of the teenager category, and I've heard that the idea of the teenager was in part invented/socially constructed by marketers (something he might have mentioned, along with changing conditions).
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
As someone who's taken care of pets, my experience is that it's also rather interrupting. Either it's an emergency (cat throws up) or it's something that makes me have to put down something I'd rather be doing lest I procrastinate into near-infinity (walking the dog).
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
At the risk of mod intervention/harsh fact-checking: Is it really so bad if Canada's Green Party is too busy having internal struggles to focus on pushing degrowth policies? If they spend more time talking about pronouns than talking about closing nuclear power plants, I'm fine with letting barking dogs bark on this one.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
The WWSD project shows that, thanks to all that focus and development, you can still optimize the hell out of an AR, even if you can't get around some aspects.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
IME, it was the WiiU that was more the flashy gimmick that was quickly forgotten. I used to play with the OG Wii a bit after school.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
I'm curious as to whence the American Left sided with Palestine. What is the history behind that?
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
If there's a reason Reacher isn't a juicy target, I suspect it is because it doesn't have the same cultural cachet of, say, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and of course LOTR so it isn't as valuable a vessel to control. If it does breach into wider popularity, not sure if that'll hold.
I'd argue that Rainbow Six is probably the more recognizable Tom Clancy IP, though maybe that's not fair to bring in a franchise that Ubisoft continues to milk to this day.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
Oddly enough, I think Starship Troopers is the only IP where not one, but at least two adaptations (the Verhoeven movie and the Sunrise anime) got away with making Johnny Rico white-skinned, despite him being at least part-Filipino (granted, as someone who is half-Filipino and is pretty white-skinned, maybe this isn't too unrealistic).
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
To extend a tiny amount of charity to the Russians, they may be willing to walk back that part at least a little.
Wasn't Yik Yak like that? Anonymous local messages left publicly?
EDIT: Yik Yak originally folded, after some criticisms had been made over the content people posted (because of course), but it's back, apparently. And as to the context of that quote, I say the response is "get rid of algorithms in feeds, then."
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