Month: October 2024

Chill Links

Russia is behind fake video of ballots being destroyed, U.S. officials say.

NY Times tries to sanewash Patrick Soon-Shiong’s capitulation to Trump.

Obeying in advance. Media billionaires ask for tyranny.

The Globalization And Offshoring Of U.S. Jobs Have Hit Americans Hard.

Most space travelers face the same debilitating ailment. The experience of 4 civilian astronauts could offer answers.

Our First Look At The Ghost Shark Uncrewed Submarine Underwater.

Two hurricanes stir up voter backlash to Florida Republicans’ climate denialism. It’s getting harder and harder to deny now if you have any brain left.

Where did kissing come from? Study introduces the ‘groomer’s final kiss hypothesis.’

North Korean Soldiers Arrive on Russia’s Front Line. How Ready Are They to Fight?

The SpaceX Advantage That Rivals Are Trying to Emulate.

Harris could be a weekly guest on “The Joe Rogan Experience” and spurn every appearance request on “The View,” and I imagine that the vast majority of these drifting young men would remain unconvinced that liberal-élite America had much to offer them.

Last week, Prabhakar Raghavan was relieved of duty as Senior Vice President of Search, becoming Google’s “Chief Technologist.”

Two Billionaires, Two Newspapers, Two Acts of Self-Sabotage.

The Ideals of the Founders Are on the Ballot.

Reasonable Evil

Chill Evil

I got to see a glimpse of the evil that lives in “reasonable” people when they began cheering on Russia to crush Ukraine and commit genocide on the Ukrainian people.

Because it somehow in their minds harmed the US. Even for the “progressives,” a genocide being a negative thing is contingent on who is being exterminated.

Human nature kinda sucks.

Cassandra

Chill Prediction, War

Now I know what the people felt like warning before WWII that the world was on the brink of a major conflagration and no one listening.

We are there again and again no one pays even a bit of a attention. Well, not no one. Very few and even they don’t treat it seriously. This is not gonna be pretty.

Identity Deformation

Chill WTF

How and why do people get their identities so wrapped up in their jobs? I like my job and I’m good at it; I do quality work. But to be perfectly honest, if I lost my job tomorrow it’d be nothing to me. The next day would just be another day, but with more free time.

Yes, it certainly helps to have money but I’m not talking about that. Even people who have adequate emergency funds etc. seem to have their entire character and being deeply enmeshed in their job. And I just can’t understand. I think watching my dad get laid off in the 1980s cured me of that right quick, and at a young age.

YouTube Voice

Chill Rant

Even when it’s not AI, why do people on YouTube use that monotone uninflected “YouTube voice?” It’s even worse than “podcast voice,” which I fucking despise. Yet another reason never to listen to those turds.

Is it just attempting to mimic AI, because people expect that? Is it for ease of transcription? Even vids on there I might want to watch I just grow so so sick of them due to that damn voice.

Terms

Chill WTF

It’s an odd liberal idea that a country can and should absorb an unlimited number of immigrants regardless of the availability of housing, the nation’s current finances, the culture of the incoming populations(s), the availability of jobs and the state of infrastructure.

This seems more like a desire to commit self-harm to me than any actual concern about the immigrants themselves. But the expiation of white guilt is of no interest to me.

CAT Maneuver

Chill Amusing, War

That attacking cat has better tactics than the Russian army:

1) Approaches the enemy from the weakest point.

2) Uses the strongest point of armored vehicle appropriately for shielding.

3) Attacks with decisive force while still relying on vehicle for protection.

4) Leaves vehicle in place for tactical retreat once the enemy proves too much to overmaster.

5) Does not run over self or friendlies (in this case, just self) with the CFV (Cat Fighting Vehicle) in the heat of battle.

From what I’ve seen, the Russian army cannot achieve any of these things consistently. I hope they don’t conscript this cat. They might have more success.

Thou Thou

Chill Clowns, Politics

Indeed it will.

I think I need to practice shooting again. Might need that in this country soon enough. It’s hard to find a shooting range outside of the military, though, where you can target shoot anything more than 300 meters out. The kind of shooting I’d need to do, I’d want a range with targets out to a thousand meters. I’m very good at all distances but I’m great at long range. And I’m getting too old to jump out of planes and run around in trenches and that kinda shit.

Not all liberals are afraid of guns.

That Light is a Nuke

Chill Politics, Prediction, War

Fuck me, if Trump wins, Ukraine will be crushed and thus there is an 80% chance we will be fighting in Poland by 2032. Same for the South China Sea but that’s like 90%+. Trump absolutely will sell out Ukraine, Taiwan and all our allies.

If Harris wins, there’s still a large chance of the above but it’s more like 30% for Poland and 70% for SCS. Better, but not great.

WWIII, here we come I guess. Fucking hell.

Musk Derangement Syndrome

Chill Clowns

This is why the “Musk has never done anything” that you hear goofy liberals spout is so fucking retarded. Look, just because he’s a shit human being doesn’t invalidate his accomplishments. He built Tesla and SpaceX from nothing, both in industries people said could not be entered. He did things many, many other people said were 100% impossible.

And y’all dumb as shit motherfuckers who think who is CEO has nothing to do with the success of a company are the same fuckwits who say Boeing has been ruined by its MBA CEOs.

Jesus Christ, shut up. Just shut up. I don’t like it when the other side looks like right clowns. I hate it even more when my side does.