Semi-Hemi-Demigod

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 2 months ago to lemmyshitpost in Oddly specific question

Imagine thinking decadence is a bad thing

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 2 months ago to technology in Here’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputer

And then programs it to play a nice game of chess

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 2 months ago to news in Two people killed in Texas after 350,000 pound load detaches from trailer, crushes vehicle: officials

Yeah, and it shocked a lot of the rich folks to learn they'd die horribly if they were in an accident so they took action

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 2 months ago to news in Two people killed in Texas after 350,000 pound load detaches from trailer, crushes vehicle: officials

While this is probably what will happen because Texas, there was a really horrible limousine crash in New York and it basically destroyed the stretch limo industry

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 2 months ago to piracy in Tribler: Peer-to-Peer decentralized torrent client

I remember those days. Except back then you had the added challenge of finding space for it on your 1.2GB hard drive

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 2 months ago to technology in Meta spent $4.3 billion on its VR division in three months, and made *checks figures* $440 million in return

I agree that the tech isn't there, but unless we figure out some new physics it's going to be impossible to put enough battery, computing power, and cooling capacity in something the size of sunglasses. So the tech for VR like we really want is at least 20 years away, if not more.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 2 months ago to technology in Reddit embracing all out enshittification

I love how marketing people are so abnormal that they need tips on not sounding like a bot.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 2 months ago to news in Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire | The Guardian

Man I sure do love being forced to be in the same party with this guy and not having a bowl of punch to stick my dick in.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 2 months ago to technology in What a TikTok Ban Would Mean for the U.S. Defense of an Open Internet

The US government has always cared more about national security than the privacy of its citizens.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 2 months ago to showerthoughts in It must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.

I can be at home, but it's not until I'm in comfy pants, on the couch, with a drink in hand that I'm home

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to technology in Does enshitification happen because companies are publicly-traded?

I've worked for a couple startups and you're absolutely right. If you make a profit you pay taxes on that money, so startups like to spend most of the money they bring in. They also want to show revenue growth, since that's what investors like to see. You grow revenue by getting more paying customers. And you do that by doing what your customers want.

When you go public, your goal is to increase shareholder value. So you do this by reducing costs and finding ways to wring customers out of revenue. You find ways to nickle and dime customers out of revenue so much you develop an entire branch of law devoted to you suing your customers

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 2 months ago to workreform in Union leader endorsing Biden: ‘We’re not gonna waste a lot of time’ on Trump supporters

I lived in prime Trump Country during 2016, and a couple people told me that they admired Bernie because he was honest and also hated billionaires.

Plus I had a few guys on the verge of staging a takeover of the local concrete plant until Der Kommissar pointed out that I was describing a socialist cooperative.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 2 months ago to noncredibledefense in Trust the yanks to do the right thing after trying everything else first

The US ice cream ships could be a whole hour just by themselves

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 2 months ago to noncredibledefense in average militant Palestinian

The IRA could teach them a thing or two about insurgency.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 2 months ago to workreform in Union leader endorsing Biden: ‘We’re not gonna waste a lot of time’ on Trump supporters

Blue collar dudes are surprisingly okay with leftist ideas if you don't use the "bad words." But if the group's too big there will be someone from their Politburo who realizes what you're talking about and starts hurling feces.