I think the previous commenter was also implying that since the Soviet system collapsed it was also not going to work.

Also what about the scarcity of resources that still plagued the Soviet Union when it collapsed (and seems to have been a big factor)? There were an awful lot of bread lines and defectors for an optimal system.

I have no delusions that capitalism is the solution either, especially as automation takes the power of labor away (what little is left anyway after the political weakening it’s gone through since the 80s). I firmly believe some form of socially conscious democracy is absolutely going to be necessary for humanity thrive and survive it’s own past actions (poverty, wealth inequality, environmental neglect, etc.). But that means surviving late-stage capitalism and not falling into a massive war that ends in a subdivision of ideologies like the last 2 world wars.

Also both the batteries and motors were garbage back then. It definitely wouldn’t have fit in his ass without sticking out like a stiff turd.

Especially in those undies they wore.

Go a step farther and get more letters off of cars in the junk yard. Then stick them on your POS spelling out “found on road dead” or “fix or repair daily” (dead WRXs are helpful for the latter).

I still need to watch the last season. Cancelled Netflix though and haven’t set up a safe way to sail the seas yet. Haven’t missed it though so maybe I shouldn’t.

The beginnings of our current Christo-fascist problems in the McCarthy red scare.

And now he has access to the government billing office and all our SS numbers. Don’t hold your breath for your tax refund this year.

They want dumb users consuming ai content, they need LLM content because the remaining users are too stupid to generate the free content that people actually want to click.

Then they pump ads to you based on increasingly targeted AI slop selling more slop.

They picked a stupid time of year of they want any participation in the northern 1/2 of the US.

How was setting up the server? I’m on my phone right now so so I’ll check out the docs later but were there any problems deploying?

Via NPR:

A question of legality

The question of the legality of any attempt to change the status of USAID is connected to its origins. The agency was created in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order after Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act, which mandated the creation of an independent agency to focus on development separate from politics and the military. The agency was formally established by Congress as an independent agency in 1998.

That means “it cannot just be undone, at this point, by an executive order,” Konyndyk said. “To actually disestablish the agency and dissolve it into the State Department will take an act of Congress.”

Source: Why does Musk want USAID ‘to die’? And why did its website disappear? : Goats and Soda 

I’m doubtful relying on congress is any comfort either however.

Putin planned it on the 4th to wave his dick in their faces even harder.

Yeah any judge should have just waited for a paternity test.

Are the extended warranties still on the new ones? Seems like an important detail when thinking about purchasing one.

Yeah if the aliens have been paying attention there are way bigger reasons not to come here.

They have to be careful because it runs on their biggest city’s water supply. They need to rig the valves closed in a way that’s difficult to fix.

Top tip: if you want your local cybertruck off the road. E scooters can total them by denting the impossible to repair body panels.

Such convincing gaslighting. I’m too lazy to look, but was Gomer Pyle a cameo/guest on that episode of the simpsons? or is it just total hallucination?

Careful, humans do stupid and dangerous shit when they’re cold and desperate.

Deepseek is open source. So OpenAI would be closer to their namesake if they started using deepseeks model.

We’re in sub-atomic volon sympathy territory now.