yofuckreddit
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yofuckreddit
1d ago
Believe me when I say that I understand that Israel is very often just defending itself. But I don't think it's useful to segregate defensive and offensive spending this way. War begets war, it's two sides of the same coin.
yofuckreddit
1d ago
It's a good data point - I got other numbers exclusively for third world countries.
yofuckreddit
1d ago
If that's included in aid figures, then yes.
yofuckreddit
2d ago
Good point. Couldn't tell you why - it feels like that tack is more common during presidential election cycles
yofuckreddit
2d ago
Both the magnitude of aid to a first world country and its purpose I find distasteful.
I understand Israel is a proxy and the money creates utility, it doesn't mean I like it.
yofuckreddit
2d ago
After looking up the data, Israel gets $350 per citizen almost exclusively for war. Meanwhile Africa gets $7 and Central America gets $10 on a blended basis.
That's pretty horrifying.
yofuckreddit
3d ago
It's a bummer that those two were too steep, The Martian is at that YA borderline IMO.
What about Animorphs? Actually kind of dark, but I did enjoy them as a kid.
yofuckreddit
7d ago
Reddit's gone and dead. Things have gotten WORSE since then, even as the left's censorship powers enjoy less support. I was terrified when we left but I would never trust going back. They could kill the community on a whim.
yofuckreddit
8d ago
What's your roasting gear? Sorry if you've mentioned it before. Dabbled with a popcorn maker and gave up after a while
yofuckreddit
8d ago
I suspect it's 50% luck and 50% the daycare. We had an easy time of it - I didn't get in my kid's faces, spent a lot of time outside, drank emergen-c
yofuckreddit
10d ago
Did you ever read any Wendell Berry? Finished Jayber Crow recently and it was of this genre and had that quality.
yofuckreddit
14d ago
Yes, the Russian configuration of women is appealing the me. I agree that's vaguely her motif.
yofuckreddit
16d ago
We've discussed this before, and I cannot believe people are arguing Madison Beer isn't an 11/10. Yes she's unrealistic and plastic, but jeez.
yofuckreddit
18d ago
The short answer is I would much rather be me than Antonio Brown. The problem with being really strong and fast while also being violent and dumb is I don't think you appreciate your body as much.
The other problem of of course, I can reach half of Antonio Brown's physical prowess through exercise, whereas he's always going to be the same mentally.
That said, I would trade some of my IQ points for some improved baseline athletic ability. If this were an RPG character screen, then I'd shift some things around.
yofuckreddit
18d ago
I think the exercise is only fun if you exclude Russia.
yofuckreddit
18d ago
You know you raise an interesting point. Anthropic's biases show up all the time in their models, but it's still far more reasonable than the default redditor.
yofuckreddit
18d ago
I know that may seem fast - I have family who was hoping to have a couple years of being newlyweds before kids but jumped the gun by 21 months. They're freaking out a little but getting started early has some advantages to it too.
It's awesome man. Congratulations.
It's pathetic. The people who have trouble getting out of bed in the morning or keeping a job are belittling the first realistic flying car. Talking shit about Trump accounts as a "tax dodge" when billionaires are giving money directly to children instead of going through the government.
As you said, I've spent the past 20 years after reading Atlas Shrugged and complaining about how unrealistic it is, but it's just too on the money.
yofuckreddit
22d ago
The cost and expertise to run an actually secure home intranet has dropped precipitously, which is great. I do think this is the future for programmers and DIY experts, but many people prefer a nice UI and a subscription to plugging in devices!
yofuckreddit
23d ago
This is a poetry of stupid and the hackers are the least guilty party here. Lets start with the obvious. Why freezers needs to be visible, why do they need to be remotely managed, why is not this done on dedicated internal network, why do they need firmware updates. How did we get to the point where a device that should be pid controller, compressor and alarm can be hacked.
OK, I'll be the idiot here. Managing 3 houses manually with retro thermostats fucking sucks. Setting up a reasonable HVAC plan is excruciating to begin with, and then making sure these move back to "Eco" mode when you leave and "Active" mode when you're on the way is immensely helpful.
Same with my pellet smoker. It's connected to Wifi so I'm not tethered to the backyard for a 14 hour brisket cook. That's worth the risk of a hacker getting access to my ReqTec credentials and being able to burn it.
And I'm just a lazy American trying to save $200/mo on my energy bills while enjoying smoked meats. Being able to monitor and change systems at scale is incredibly valuable, and the risk algebra actually does favor some centralized control from the corporate nexus.
This connectivity being insecure is a totally separate issue that I would agree with being "poetry of stupid".
Maybe. I think sending someone $100 worth of AKs and $100 worth of Kevlar is $200 worth of war aid.
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