gdog05

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gdog05 ,

Say what you will about becoming Pistachio Green, but it's one of the few jobs that didn't require you to use AI.

gdog05 ,

I think my brain is too full of douchebags, this is a name I don't recognize. I hope I can forget it soon.

gdog05 ,

That would be true, except almost every country on the planet has made it illegal to admit the thoughts, so they can't get help. They can't help that they have the thoughts and then they can't get help to fix it. We've (seemingly all of humanity) made their existence illegal and then refuse the social accountability of helping them correct things. I think it was an Australian psychiatrist who set up the anonymous hotline for people who wanted help. That's the only time and place I've heard about people able to get help in this way.

And, to add insult to injury, it really seems to be almost entirely created by trauma. So, the people who would victimize are victims themselves and our universal stance is "sorry, you can't exist."

gdog05 ,

I think the Christian nationalists have been feeling the end for a few years now. This is all animal flailing death knell behavior now. Seeing what they can codify that might create nostalgia for future generations. The kids today will never buy that concept though. They're going to be dangerous until they're extinguished.

gdog05 ,

All religions are cults and scams. But I wasn't saying Christians need to be extinguished. I said Christian nationalists need to be extinguished. I think with enough time religion will likely be relegated to irrelevancy until people forget the dangers and it has a resurgence ala fascism right now.

gdog05 ,

So many free hours as I connected to a long distance ISP.

gdog05 ,

"wait a minute chief, his name's Christian"
"Oh wait. Christian Diaz... My bad, you know what to do"

gdog05 ,

I'm not a big sports fan so I can't believe I'd ever choose the Superbowl over anything. I think I'd rather fold my laundry. Creating custom backgrounds for a 1994 mah jong DOS game feels like a better use of time. But, if you enjoy the game with friends and/or family then it's probably not a bad use of time.

gdog05 ,

Email, dental hygiene, spelling, reality. They just can't hack a good many things.

gdog05 ,

Make sure they're polyethylene, Jessie. Stamped with LDPE.

gdog05 ,

On one hand, we can just take his money with or without violent means.... On the other hand, we have corporate servitude in the mines.

Ahead Of DHS Funding Battle, Progressives Demand Congress 'Melt ICE' ( www.huffpost.com )

On Tuesday, Reps. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) and Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) urged fellow Democrats to support the Melt ICE Act. Unlike those in her party who want to amend Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Ramirez’s proposed legislation would essentially end immigrant detention and monitoring under DHS while returning taxpayer ...

gdog05 ,

The number of murders so far is what they've been doing while having a certain number of immigrants to still chase down. As that number of immigrants to chase dwindles, their activity won't. And the number of citizen resistors and ensuing death will increase accordingly. 100 murders is being very, very conservative I feel.

gdog05 ,

I'm guessing this is a piefed problem (I'm not a user there) but Lemmy.world has been great for me. My suggestion is using lemmy.world and dabbling in piefed. Piefed will need a bit of time I'm assuming.

gdog05 ,

Well, the Palestinians have space lasers that control the weather, so we're just helping our ally, Israel.

gdog05 ,

We're not sure but we're committed to helping Israel in these matters.

gdog05 ,

How dare you call out Pixels like that.

gdog05 ,

The big difference is the effect of a calorie for each person differs. How the body chooses to burn a calorie differs. If person A reduces their diet by 3000 calories in a week they might lose a pound. Person B might not. CICO is literally thermodynamics, you're very right. How our bodies react to thermodynamics varies quite a bit.

gdog05 ,

What I'm talking about but maybe didn't do a very good job of explaining is metabolic adaptation. It can take months before your body adjusts, before you figure out what calorie deficit is needed and it varies wildly from person to person. Our brains can burn calories to be more creative or slow down to preserve ideal body weight. Which can negate a wide amount of calorie usage. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/07/05/its-time-to-bust-the-calories-in-calories-out-weight-loss-myth.html

Epstein documents shed new light on ‘manipulator’ Ghislaine Maxwell ( www.theguardian.com )

Though Maxwell’s history of procuring and grooming victims for Epstein is well documented, the release of these most recent files comes amid Maxwell’s efforts to fight her guilty verdict. Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence, has also remained a public relations problem for president Donald Trump. ...

gdog05 ,

A woman who coerced and manipulated young girls into sex trafficking had a dark side? Well that's surprising.

gdog05 ,

I dœn't know were you're seeeing prob)ems. Are wê see1ng the same thing?

gdog05 ,

With narcissism, I think their goal is always both. They deserve the bribe and the adoration, in their minds

gdog05 ,

Important distinction, I feel. They said they'll "consider" pulling ICE if they get the voter rolls.

Pam Bondi offers to pull ICE out of Minneapolis if voter files handed over ( www.newsweek.com )

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz demanding the state take three specific actions before federal immigration agents would consider reducing their presence in Minneapolis, including handing over voter rolls. ...

gdog05 ,

Bold request from the people who owe us the Epstein files. Walz should send the 100+ page blacked out PDF to them.

gdog05 ,

Wouldn't that give the government and its MAGA supporters enough ammo to spin it and send even more militarized goons?

What's going to happen if they do? Random civilians get killed? The same thing that happens now?

I get the worry. There isn't enough ICE to do the job. Even with their ridiculous and lying recruitment offers, they don't have many people.

The actual military is a wild card. My guess is they will show up and do exactly one job. Protect federal property and the people inside. I don't think the military leaders would allow military personnel to follow and protect ICE as they break the law.

But whether now or later, what they'll do likely won't change. They're going to do what they're going to do. And civil war breaks out.

There's another wild card to be concerned about. Israel, Venezuela, Russia sending troops to do Trump's bidding. We've also heard very little from the mercenaries employee by Blackrock/Xi/whatever the fuck they call themselves now.

But again, that happens whether the citizens act now or later. The less shit we allow, the less power we give them. Pushing back with every aggressive act keeps citizens more in control.

gdog05 ,

I have no source. I have not heard it from any news source or political commentator but I've read it three times now and I think it's worthy of concern. I'm not trying to scare anyone. We citizens still outnumber any would-be invaders in numbers and weapons.

This is still only January of this year. In less than one month, how many things have you experienced that people said wouldn't happen? Never thought could happen. I am considering any and all possibilities when it comes to untethered sociopaths with infinite money and the strongest possible responses to even a hint at accountability. I don't consider Russian troops is a huge, huge stretch, but those who have the most to gain offering up some troops? Yeah, they would. They're not playing the same game we are. Their end goals are not remotely the same.

gdog05 ,

I think the technical term is toilet paper. I don't know, I'm not very good with legal jargon.

gdog05 ,

Since you very likely did the research, what brought you to Humhub instead of Friendica?

gdog05 ,

That absolutely makes sense. Friendica isn't exactly the friendliest to get going.

Whats the hardest days work you've had?

I'll take intellectually/emotionally/physically hard as answers. For me its either 12 hours straight "punching tubes" on a very large scotch marine firetube boiler at the beginning of my career or Easter around a decade ago when I was working with troubled teens and had to engage in 5 separate protective holds in one 16 hour ...

gdog05 ,

I once worked for 32 hours straight in a print shop to get a project out the door. Print shops (especially then) were fucking insane pressure cookers. The same intensity as an ER only stupid because instead of lives being on the line it was money. A lot of money, but just money. Early 00's, everything was output on film back then. Had a weird error in an image that was used throughout a catalog. Normally, you could send a working signature through to the press, but the image was in every signature except the cover. I tried every possible trick I knew to get it to work, output film to test it, back to the drawing board. But yeah, 32 hours straight on this one thing. Finished up at around 4am, drove home but just kind of kept driving. Slightly delirious. Parked on top of a ridge off the shoulder and watched the sun come up. Went home and slept for I don't even know how long.

gdog05 ,

There was a lot of adrenaline needed to get through it. I very much don't suggest anyone ever do it.

gdog05 ,

As of yesterday, I think the decisive action has begun. Financially and militarily should the US attempt to invade Greenland.

gdog05 ,

The Republicans would find and use the same power that Democrats have constantly ignored.

gdog05 ,

Pushing from within alone does nothing. Finding a way to band together (in spite of our toxic individualism) and push back does everything. It's literally the only thing that will work. It's what we should have been doing all along. It's what a country does to right itself. And the fact that we can't seem to or up until this point, haven't felt the need to do it is why other countries are pissed.

To add insult to injury, they've had loads of 2nd amendment dudebros coming into comment threads every time they have a very rare mass shooting, or police violence, telling them they never should have given up their guns lest they become servile to a rogue government.

gdog05 ,

At least the monks could vape.

gdog05 ,

Okay, but what happens if you spell favorites wrong?

gdog05 ,

Data centers will consume..

No, data centers that are slated to be built say they'll consume. If they don't get built because they run out of funding or the bubble bursts, then they won't consume. They're trying really fucking hard to make fetch happen.

gdog05 ,

My Boomer mom wouldn't even show up to my sporting events. I feel taking a bullet isn't in the cards.

gdog05 ,

On the edges. For the peace price, it says it's engraved on the edge of the medal.

Micron addresses Crucial exit backlash: 'We are trying to help consumers around the world' — company warns that DRAM drought could last until at least 2028 ( finance.yahoo.com )

Moore was asked if memory suppliers were inclined towards catering to the AI sector, "leaving consumers behind" as a result. "Well, first I would want to try to help everybody understand that the perception may not be exactly correct, at least from our point of view," Moore said. He stated that while he would "never want to tell ...

gdog05 ,
gdog05 ,

All the best in your fight. We'll be here in your corner with cat pics and all the memes whenever you need.

Florida Police Said They Were Forced to Kill a Black Man, Refused Calls for BodyCam Video — Then a Neighbor’s Footage Blew the Story Apart ( atlantablackstar.com )

South Florida cops claimed they were “forced to fire” at a 32-year-old Black man named Donald Taylor in August because he was armed and would not follow commands. ...

gdog05 ,

There's this second amendment loophole about being armed while black that our society just seems to be okay with.

gdog05 ,

Damn, that is brilliant. That's a clever fucking concept and I'm probably going to steal it at some point.

gdog05 ,

You're absolutely not wrong. And these people that constantly counter anything less progressive than their perfect idea of progressive give me vibes of "spoiling the opposition from both sides" and feel astroturfed a lot of times.

But that said, we fucking need progressive policies and candidates. I myself polished the Overton Window for far too long as discourse kept harming more and more people. We need politicians working passionately for the people and against corporate power. We need to fight for progress and fight even harder against fascism. And we need to convince people along the way. No more status quo. But I'll be damned if I'll let perfection stand in the way of improvement.

gdog05 ,

I think you're looking at averages and not median. The US has a lot more billionaires and now trillionaires. Median household income in Australia is $1800/week and in the US it's $1500/week and plummeting plus our unemployment is now through the roof to a degree that's not even being measured accurately. And we go broke from healthcare.

I know you pay more for some elements of gaming, and you're being shafted on that. But maybe check the news out a little and ask if Call of Duty is really worth all this.

gdog05 ,

Yeah, I was being a bit glib about that. Who knows, maybe we can bankrupt Tesla before he does.

gdog05 ,

I am in the midst of setting up a Friendica install for my larger community. I'm trying out Elest.io for it, using netcup servers so I don't have to deal with the security and hardening and starting off as cheap as possible with expandability. Just to try to filter people away from Facebook. A lot of people are starting to leave Facebook and I think it's time to go back to basics. I might try to set up a Matrix server as well, but one thing at a time.

gdog05 ,

Incogni feels like a product the data brokers created to double tap your data and get paid for doing it.

gdog05 ,

That's federal immunity. Doesn't apply to state crimes.