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  • DAE...

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  • I’d rather have the book and not read it than be wishing I had one.

  • Apocalypse Bunker Fails as Wealthy Residents Turn on Each Other

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  • So you’re saying people with guns would kill the people with the knowledge needed to have a hope of survival in a hypothetical apocalyptic catastrophe in a shortsighted display of greed and strength?

    That absolutely tracks.

  • Suffering looks exactly like this.

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  • With a blister forming on the heel.

  • Future

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  • Blade Runner still had civilization. I’m not sure we’ll be that lucky.

  • Apocalypse Bunker Fails as Wealthy Residents Turn on Each Other

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  • Why?

  • Apocalypse Bunker Fails as Wealthy Residents Turn on Each Other

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  • There’s people that might survive, I’m thinking like the Amish. But even they depend on modern society at some level for materials. If anyone would make it it would be a group like that, someone already without modern tools as much as possible.

  • ‘Who should I vote for?’ Voters turn to A.I. before casting their ballots

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  • There’s the endgame right there.

  • Apocalypse Bunker Fails as Wealthy Residents Turn on Each Other

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  • Never understood these bunkers in modern times.

    If TSHTF so hard that someone truly needs to bunker up for months on end civilization as we know it will likely be at an end. No coming back from it. Congrats, you survived to enjoy the death of everything we know. Heck knows they didn’t store a hoard of raw materials, tools, physical books full of knowledge, farm implements, seeds, and have ready access to individuals with year 1895 level skills to make it all work. They only thought of themselves and stored some food, lots of booze, and a little medicine, figuring they could jet off to some safe haven when it was convenient.

    If it were even the 1950s I think there would still be enough of a reservoir of local material and knowledge, and everything was mostly manually skilled labor to create, so bunkering could have worked out. But not today. Global supply chains, relocated resource extraction and manufacturing, and everything computerized has virtually guaranteed the impossibility of bootstrapping modern civilization should it fail.

    They’re just as dead, but they get to enjoy roving starving humans trying to kill them over whatever's left.

  • Jack Smith Breaks His Silence, Warns of Unprecedented Attacks on Rule of Law by Trump Administration

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  • There’s no reason to downvote you, you’re correct. The only issue I have with this reasoning is that it doesn’t take into account that those accepting the flooding aggressively reject outside information no matter how it’s offered.

    We can all be wrong because we want something to be true for whatever the reason, that’s understandable. The rejection of truth otoh is problematic, especially when that rejection rejoices in harm to others.

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    It's average, ok? It's big even...

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  • Ok.

    E: safe search “off.”

    That was a terrible idea.

  • Seriously like what is he going to do with all that money?

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  • Elon: “More.”

  • If Europe has started experiencing over 40°C heatwaves frequently, then this planet really is fucked

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  • The only ones saying that are the ones thinking beach weather in the Chicago winter will somehow be a good thing.

    They’re idiots.

  • Flight Attendants Reportedly Refusing to Sign Up to New Biometric Controls That Let Them Skip TSA Security Checks

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  • I’m not sure what you mean by “nope!”

    I’m an airline pilot. I deal with this every day at work.

    Edit: y’all are unbelievable, just making shit up I didn’t say. I said nothing about KCM, but thanks for assuming I don’t know how that works.

    I specifically stated traveling as a passenger and using the TSA’s facial recognition as part of security which absolutely is run by DHS, and I mentioned global entry which is managed by CBP and Trusted Traveler Program which is ALSO run by the DHS.

    My image and tens of thousands of other airline crewmembers are already in the system.

    So please keep telling me I don’t know what I’m doing at my job. Damn, that’s irritating AF.

  • Flight Attendants Reportedly Refusing to Sign Up to New Biometric Controls That Let Them Skip TSA Security Checks

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  • Thing is a lot of them use Global Entry for international travel or have otherwise used travel as a regular passenger where their imaged biometrics were already used to pass through security for travel.

    I need to ask around about the rationalization behind the resistance, this seems like fighting a battle that they don't understand they lost years ago. Like refusing to use an app on an iphone because it sells its data to apple while carrying an iphone that already does that.

    E: read the edit below. Bunch of armchair experts have comprehension issues. Don’t make up what I didn’t say.

  • What If Socialism Takes Over the Democratic Party?

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  • It won’t.

    The democrats won’t allow anything that makes the establishment neolibs look bad.

    E: lol downvotes. I hope y’all prove me wrong, but the Dems are still mostly shit. I’ll vote blue, but they no longer represent pulling us back from the edge to me. They’re “don’t upset the apple cart” and “we can’t undo anything, it’s water under the bridge.”

  • Quote of the day by Gabe Newell: "Piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue" — Sony just proved why digital storefronts are broken

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  • Yeah, didn’t want to get too deep in the weeds about it, but FreeCAD is definitely an example. I feel like I’m using a perpetually unfinished decade-old program. While it certainly qualifies as one of those older free packages it never really took off.

  • Quote of the day by Gabe Newell: "Piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue" — Sony just proved why digital storefronts are broken

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  • Part of the problem is the Big Software crushing any hobbyist software. I used to be big into 3D design. 20 years ago there were dozens and dozens of different programs of different quality available to people wanting to do 3D design, along with top tier programs like 3DSMax and Maya, and even they had “learning editions” with stripped down features for free non-professional use.

    Now? Most all 3D design software is proprietary, subscription-based, and stupid expensive. Very, very few programs are available to anyone wanting to do hobby work or learn, and plenty of them are “freemium” with better features paywalled.

    Point being, choice has been restricted or eliminated. 20 years ago there was a lot more to choose from both skill and price-wise. Now it’s $200/month/seat, or a couple paywalled freemium programs.

  • Mitch McConnell found unconscious after ‘heart attack’ last month: reports | The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican received CPR and was rushed to the hospital following the June 14 health incident at h…

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  • All these people act like kings, barons, and counts wanting to die on the throne.

  • Bring Back Crappy Forums: Web forums were rough around the edges and faded in relevance as seemingly better options emerged. But what if we had stuck with them?

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  • Yes please. I despise the trend to put everything in video format that seems to constitute “discussion” these days, along with a crappy comments section full of trolls, trash talkers, and “experts”.

    Someone’s text description with a half dozen crappy photos is often 10x better than some 2-3 people having a BS session over a 15 minute video (like and subscribe!) to do 5 minutes of actual work on the subject you’re interested in.

    Forum mods generally kept discussion on track, reeled in people who were deviating too far or kicked out trolls and assholes, and forums dedicated to a subject were a wealth of knowledge and attracted experts and experience.

    Sure, there’s a few of those places left, and probably even a few /r/ that might have actual decent content and mods, but those tend to be the exception and not the rule.

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    Jellyfin newbie

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Single payer/socialized heath care vs private vs combined

  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Trump Shooting

    Suspect was registered as Republican voter, state records show

    abcnews.go.com /Politics/live-updates/donald-trump-rally-shooting-assassination-attempt/
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    Texas erects new border barrier as dispute with Biden administration ramps up

    www.reuters.com /world/us/texas-erects-new-border-barrier-dispute-with-biden-administration-ramps-up-2024-01-12/
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    RememberTheApollo_ @lemmy.world

    Will human societies always enshittify themselves?