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Bahnd Rollard

@ Bahnd @lemmy.world

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  • Do you believe in reincarnation?

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  • Eh... No, but its nice to think about it.

    As stated by many others, evidence is required to prove something. However, the stories we tell ourselves are comforting, so I wont fault anyone who does. Up until the point where people start going "My sky-dad could totally beat up your sky-dad", that can Belgium right off...

  • I'm the swamp hunter. Where you at?

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  • I can assure you, there are much scarrier people in new england than people who wear shorts in the winter. First, its THEIR winter, not yours. Secondly, fluffy AT-ATs (Moose).

    This also is the part of the world where New Hampshire is, they are the "Live Free or Die" state for a reason. Texas would probably like that motto, but they would have to take it from NH, and we all know who were betting on in that fight.

  • Trump Administration Begins to Strip Federal Workers of Union Protections

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  • [gestures broadly to Regan and the ATC strike]

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  • +7, IT professional that has a home lab where I cosplay as a system admin. I also agree people are the problem, not the tech or tools, and there are many times where I feel like a tech priest from 40k (they pray to the machines instead of knowing how they work) I do know some people that would classify as +9 or +10, they are wizards who spend their days pondering their orbs (screens).

  • What movie(s) did you watch 10+ times and offered something new with each view?

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  • Hot Fuzz

    Every watch you notice new little details. This film is the (modenr) textbook example of Checkov's gun.

  • Well this explains why I like both.

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  • Oh, just watch Lower Decks and laugh. There are plenty of writers who "Get" Star Trek, they just arn't making the big budget movies, they are doing the silly side projects.

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    What was the articulation point of the fall of the Roman empire, in which it was finally publicly and commonly recognized as fallen

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  • They got conquered... Multiple times, (not permenently, but rome has been brunt down a few times) in terms of organizations of power that were formed from the Roman Empire and were never kicked over, I would argue it would be the orthodox christians in Finland, Norway and Sweden. (Blame the soviets for why that list is small)

  • President Trump threatened to break up Nvidia, didn't even know what it was — 'What the hell is Nvidia? I've never heard of it before'

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  • Oh neat, the tech flavored distraction, place your bets on whats next. My bet is he tried that freedom fries shit again.

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    Instagram Suspends Zohran Mamdani’s account, Leaked Memo Cites ‘National Interest’ as Meta Tilts Right

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  • Something, something, Mastodon, something, something...

  • how many people came to this platform due to leaving / being banned from Reddit?

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  • I didnt go full scortched earth. There were a bunch of plugins around the time cropping up that would do that. Also reports that they would revert bulk deletions, I just walked away and have never logged in since.

  • how many people came to this platform due to leaving / being banned from Reddit?

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  • Left during the API debacle 2 years ago.

    Also, asking that question is the same as Dark Helmet asking "How many assholes we got on this ship".

  • No wonder people were hoarding it during COVID

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  • Hahahahah, you dont know how to use the three sea shells.

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    Am I alone in this feeling?

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  • [Thunderfury: Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]

  • Trump Is Breaking American Intelligence

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  • [Insert line from Team America here]

    "We have no Intelligence!!!"

  • Kristi Noem waited 3 days to deploy FEMA rescuers after Texas flood hit: report

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  • This is correct, as a federal entity, FEMA will only show up after being invited by the governor of the state that needs assistance. Thats why search+rescue is usually handled by local authorities and FEMA focuses on clean up, logistics, and rebuilding. This does not exclude them from assisting with S+R, but they will almost never be the first ones on scene.

  • People who made a single terrible financial decision that still haunts you to this day - how did it happen?

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  • Credit cards are fine if your responsible with them. Don't run balances (unless you have to), use them as a buffer for your checking account, not a loan. Try and find one associated with your main bank, set a low balance limit (less than your savings, and try to get your savings over that limit), has decent rewards and has low fees. They are not in the business of screwing their existing customers, unlike a retail card, which has less of an incentive to behave.

    The key adventage if you good at being a boring banking customer is dispute resolution. In the case of debit cards, you have to go after your own money. With credit cards, the bank has to go after its money, and they can put more effort into it than you can. (Plus enough credit card disputes will cause the card processor to drop the vendor, so... You have that card to play).

    And your 100% correct on the micro-loan nonsense, thats not finance or credit, they are a scam.

  • Kristi Noem Accidentally Low-Key Suggested That Trump Might Be to Blame for Deadly Texas Flooding

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  • This is technically somewhere between 48-52.8 hours.

    A Mooch is not an exact measurement of time.

  • People who made a single terrible financial decision that still haunts you to this day - how did it happen?

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  • Thats just the gen-z version of not investing in apple in the 90s. Missed opportunities are not the same as actual mistakes, they all involve risk and things that blow up like BTC are rare and hard to see before they are take off. Its best to not kick your self over not having a time machine.

  • AI is learning to lie, scheme, and threaten its creators during stress-testing scenarios

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  • I know the big models will never really be able to achieve that in their current form, but am I reading too much crappy sci-fi to be paranoid that we should probably define what those are before it happens. Robot rights and such, because this is the mistake everyone makes.