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StarkRG

@StarkRG@myside-yourside.net

#Autism #ADHD #StarTrek #Farscape #Stargate #Astronomy #Engineering #FOSS #Linux #vim #selfhosted

I'm too unenthused to put together a bio right now, so that'll have to do.

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historyofpunkrock, to punk
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43 years ago
The Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, Los Angeles County, August 1980

StarkRG,
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@historyofpunkrock God damn, that's some expensive gas for 1980...

SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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"Verified" accounts? ROFLMAO! They're "paid" accounts. Nothing is verified anymore.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/01/x-twitter-paid-users-hide-checkmarks/

StarkRG,
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@SmudgeTheInsultCat They verify your credit card.

RadicalGraffiti, to random
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"This barbie hates cops"
Seen in Brooklyn, New York

StarkRG,
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@RadicalGraffiti Barbara's a savage bitch!

SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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StarkRG,
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@SmudgeTheInsultCat Quite.

jeffjarvis, to random
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Planantir's Karp joins AI panic. Note the cold language: "The ability of software to facilitate the elimination of an enemy is a precondition for its value to the defense and intelligence agencies with which we work. At Palantir, we are fortunate that our interests as a company and those of the country in which we are based are fundamentally aligned."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/opinion/karp-palantir-artificial-intelligence.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top

StarkRG,
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@jeffjarvis Elimination of an enemy is certainly a valuable property for a weapon, however I think making sure it doesn't eliminate you as well is at least as important.

MissingThePt, to random
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We need a time travel movie where all the the time travelers die because they end up in the vast emptiness of space because the earth isn’t yet in, or has already left, our current location.

StarkRG,
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@MissingThePt What reference frame are you using to determine Earth's location? The Sun? The galaxy? The Local Group? The Virgo Supercluster? Laniakea Supercluster? The cosmic microwave background? All of these things are moving in relation to each other and none of them are THE universal reference frame because such a thing doesn't exist.

StarkRG, to Autism
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Does advertising absolutely have to be quite so autism-unfriendly? Like, sure, I get it, advertising is a thing that has to happen, but why the hell does it have to be such an assault on every sense they have access to? If they had the ability to produce odours, I guarantee we'd end up with ads that smell like a cross between a waste treatment plant, an abbotoir, and a grand battle between warring states of sentient skunks with an undertone of vanilla cake.

Radical_EgoCom, to random

Show this image to anyone who uses the "If you don't like a company, just don't buy from them!" argument

StarkRG,
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@Radical_EgoCom You may not be able to avoid them entirely but that's not to say you shouldn't try. Most of what I buy does not come from those conglomerates.

davidsirota, to random
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Blackstone executives celebrate crossing the $1 trillion threshold while they block investors from getting their money out amid the commercial real estate crisis.

What stage of capitalism is this?

StarkRG,
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@davidsirota The stage where it begins reverting to feudalism. If you can't pull your investment out, then it's not your investment anymore.

nocontexttrek, to StarTrek
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StarkRG,
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@nocontexttrek "No, Tuvok, I can't say they have. Glad you're loosening up, though."

MissingThePt, to random
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I like blueberries but it takes so much time to peel them.

StarkRG,
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@MissingThePt It turns out that the interior is also edible

robertnorlyn, to Archaeology
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    StarkRG,
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    @robertnorlyn Also stone. We need to figure out a way to encode enormous amounts of digital data on stone walls and obelisks.

    MissingThePt, to random
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    This post must be boosted every 108 minutes to disperse Mastodon’s electrical charge, as an excessively large buildup could lead to a global catastrophe.

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    jeffjarvis, to random
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    Musk is losing a fortune at Twitter yet he's paying his far-right pals....
    Far right Twitter influencers first on Elon Musk’s monetization scheme https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/13/twitter-creators-payments-right-wing/

    StarkRG,
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    @jeffjarvis Really, I think this shows that making twitter profitable is definitely not his goal, using it for propaganda is.

    yerald, to StarTrek

    Saw a comment today that said essentially, is canceling and , the only two shows exploring new ideas in the Star Trek Universe, making Trek into another franchise running on nostalgia, running on fumes, and I couldn't agree more.

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    @yerald I think Paramount might be done with Star Trek, they've kept the ones worth more universal appeal, but I won't be surprised when they're cancelled at the end of their current runs.

    QasimRashid, to random
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    EIon Musk’s Wealth
    2009: $.6B
    2023: $249B

    Jeff Bezos’s Wealth
    2009: $6B
    2023: $153B

    Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth
    2009: $.6B
    2023: $105B

    Federal Minimum Wage
    2009: $7.25
    2023: $7.25

    Billionaire tax rate: 8.2%
    Worker tax rate: 13%

    Pay workers.
    Tax Billionaires.
    Save our economy.

    StarkRG,
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    @QasimRashid There needs to be something like a wealth cap tax where all income is taxed at 100% if your total wealth exceeds some threshold. You can certainly have more money than the threshold, but, if you do, you can't make any more. Once your wealth is below the threshold, income is taxed progressively, as normal.

    xgebi, to random
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    I know that a lot of people have no idea where food comes from or don’t have relationship with food other than it comes from groceries/restaurant/mother/wife. This. This is wild.

    StarkRG,
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    @jimfl @xgebi I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but there is no yeast found in most beer, it's all filtered out (except in unfiltered beer, but you're still unlikely to find much there either). It's true that yeast is involved in the process of making beer, but even when it isn't filtered out, it is not a significant ingredient in the end product. Beer is grain-based.

    Wine also uses yeast but I don't think you'll find anyone who would refer to it as anything other than grape-based.

    StarkRG,
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    @jimfl @xgebi Oh, I see, you're purposefully being overly pedantic to the point of being wrong. Gotcha.

    Patrickstewart, to bluesky

    Interesting that lets you now use a custom domain as your handle. So that would be like, my account still sits on universeodon, but everyone sees it as patrickstewart@thetaoistonline.org? Hmm... so I get my own domain name with out having to host my own server? I think that's how it's working. Very interesting feature.

    StarkRG,
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    @Patrickstewart Sounds like you'd need a dedicated domain pointed to them otherwise I can't see how else another server would be able to find you. For example, if you're on a server that doesn't know about mine at all, you put @StarkRG into your server's search box and it contacts my server at myside-yourside.net in order to find out about the account. You could, theoretically, run multiple instances on the same hardware with different domains pointed at them.

    skykiss, to instagramreality
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    Alito and Thomas just invent cases to drive their bigoted decisions, no doubt funded by dark money.

    Colorado web designer told Supreme Court a man sought her services for his same-sex wedding. He says he didn’t – and he’s straight

    Again, the man named in the 303 case never asked for a website, and he’s straight and married to a woman. This court has a legitimacy crisis.

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/politics/colorado-web-designer-court-filings/index.html

    StarkRG,
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    @skykiss the US Supreme Court hasn't been legitimate for several years. I know the other branches of the federal government continue to pretend like it is, which, I guess, gives it a kind of defacto legitimacy, but the rules and agreements that give it legitimacy have not been followed when appointing justices. Really, I think the fact that the other branches continue to support a corrupt and illegitimate branch only shows that they're at least as compromised.

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    You fuckers still think NOT voting was such a good goddamn idea? Just curious.🙄

    StarkRG,
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    @StillIRise1963 Boycotting elections is the most self-foot-shootingest thing you could do short of literally shooting yourself in the foot.

    StarkRG,
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    @shayz0rz @StillIRise1963 I've suggested that the US should adopt compulsory voting when people have complained about how low voter turnout is, but for some reason the same people that complain then suggest it violates freedom. Which is a stupid argument because I fail to see how it's any different than requiring that people attend jury duty, except being chosen for jury duty lasts at least a full day (assuming you're not unlucky enough to be assigned to a complex case).

    Popehat, to random

    Frog seeks to withdraw from carrying scorpion across river

    StarkRG,
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    @Popehat i Guess he was a litte too Trusty.

    selzero, to random

    Animals are better than people.

    StarkRG,
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    @selzero I hope they don't euthenise them for doing their job.

    StarkRG,
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    @bezorp @selzero Sure, but this one isn't too nice, it's just too woke for police work. They might consider it aggressive and unruly, just like proper woke people should be.

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