A state actor probably already played the "create a gadget that fits into a sardine can and have our undercover agent behave extremely neurodivergently about canned fish so then he can smuggle it into a classified area where he can do [thing] with it" card. At least I would hope so.
max dithered 🌌@sneptech.bsky.social · 13h ago
I mean, it makes sense in some contexts. But those are vanishingly rare and there are many, many dynamics at play that counteract it. I'd say it was true for smartphones in the second- and third world in the early 2010s. But it was solved by prices going down and carriers introducing monthly deals.
Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 10h agoSince people are still relentlessly abusing me over this, here’s why the so-called “boots theory” doesn’t make any sense. First, what is it? Some people have suggested I haven’t done the background reading, but it’s not a deep idea. It’s from a passage that’s four sentences long.
What's not being discussed is that there is an optimum for most purchase decisions. The internet made the knowledge of this widely available. And people are resentful that they can't afford the optimum. Which is funny because if you can't afford it then that's clearly not the optimum *for you*.
There's plenty of reasons to drag BMW for. And yes, this is spam at best. But you can clearly see this popup is shown when exiting the car (see: goodbye message) and even then you have to engage it on purpose, but you can just ignore it. It's about as unobtrusive as something like this can be.
852dude@852dude.bsky.social · yesterdayThis sucks ass. When I start my car I want to be able to put my foot on the pedal and drive off. I dont want to watch an ad. A distracting ad. Right in the middle of my console. Again. This sucks ass.
...this is such a hilarious send up of all of the baroque stratagems and tricks that show up in ancient military literature (thinking both Mediterranean and China), I love it.
Brian O'Connor@johnnybesad.bsky.social · yesterdaySeeing lots of dishonest discussions of immigration on here and I don't really know how to thread this specific needle without sounding like a GDP counter neolib or an ultrawoke or a great replacement chud. Sadly a truthful argument would include things that would set off all these alarms.
get in losers, we're reinventing the cruise missile from first principles (laudatory)
MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 3d ago🦅🇺🇦 During the morning attack on Russia, a video appeared showing a previously unknown UAV, - DroneBomber We can assume that it was a Ukrainian long-range, turbojet UAV called "Bravo". Range - up to 2000 km. Warhead - 100-200 kg. Speed - 650-700 km/h.
A fun little story about my chud country (that's threatened by brownouts in the evening because, yup, solar's down, consumption's up, and the water levels are too low to operate traditional powerplants) youtu.be/HqpTN5PZLow?...
How this unexpected country became the best at solar
YouTube video by DW Planet A
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Hot damn lmao
Brett Fujioka@brettfujioka.bsky.social · 4d agoI think that I once opined that there isn't anything analogous in U.S. history to the inter service rivalries in Japan. But I've also said that the current administration is more comparable to Imperial Japan than other Quasi-Totalitarian States. cc: @sharonk.bsky.social @aelkus.bsky.social
My condolences to the pilots' and bystanders' families on the beach that eats the first F/A-18 bc of a sudden downdraft or some pilot error. The safety rules had to be grossly disregarded to make cool videos.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoHegseth: "The flyovers will indeed continue until morale improves"
I mean, no? The flu was bad but there was One Other Very Bad Thing people were quite vocal about being bad and having long running negative consequences.
post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 5d agowhich makes me think hangover from the influenza epidemic of 1918 probably had more to do with subsequent Events than i had previously thought
One of the few Hungarian shows to tap into how young people see things has been Szondi utca. TIL some of their episodes have good English captions now. If this is something that interests you, you can now tap in, for example into this episode, from March. youtu.be/nEpTYwpTopQ?...
Ezt csináld, ha a szomszédodba kegyetlenül büdös gyárat építenek
YouTube video by Különös történések a Szondi utcában
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People all around me on this train are eating meals with utensils. We're catching up to Japan fast (the train is late)
Super easy - moving to America. Which is the realistic answer for 99% of Eastern Europeans, even if they try to deny it.
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d agoEnough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
THIS ZAPPED INTO MY BRAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SO I HAD TO GET UP TO DIAGRAM IT... GUYS...
And the destructive effect on the economy is way less severe, too. And it's been tried, and it works!
Quantian@quantian.bsky.social · last wk.This is a very quarter baked idea but it feels like it would make way more sense to Sovietmaxx with government owned restaurants/food halls instead of grocery stores. You get far more significant economies of scale, less food waste, more time savings for poor people who don’t have time to cook etc.
We're officially in the fun timeline, it seems
Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · last wk.Another Saudi refinery got attacked today, this time by Iraqi militias.
Scene: Odysseus sailing away from the land of the Cyclopes Polyphemus: "If I cursed you to Poseidon, will you die?" Odysseus: "It would be extremely painful..." Polyphemus: "I thought you were supposed to be a big guy." Odysseus: "...for you. Nobody is."
Cooper Lund@cooperlund.online · last wk.Christopher Nolan is the world's most middlebrow director, that's why every dumb guy who thinks they're smart loved his Batman movies, and I'm fine with him turning The Odyssey into a summer blockbuster.
You know this guy is not a ball knower because the tiniest possible portion is a ristretto.
rich traditions@helldude.bsky.social · last wk.i refuse to be silent on this point anymore: espresso is fucking garbage. oh did you take some coffee beans and burn almost all the caffeine out of them? oh and youre offering me the tiniest possible portion of this? oh you can also do an "americano" which is that plus hot water? fohhhhh
