Paxton is like a can of RAID; toxic AF but occasionally useful against dirty roaches.

But I find history less like a song and more like some kind of a fractal crime scene, and the culprits are always legion.

Poetry. You have a way with words.

They’re actually going to end up building that wall and paying for it eventually just to keep out the deluge of economic refugees.

Eventually we’ll have “defensive” and “offensive” llm’s managing all kinds of electronic warfare automatically, effectively nullifying each other.

Legend

But you don’t understand, these guys work* sixteen hours a day!

(*margarita lunches & extended soirées at expensive restaurants should never count as work)

The common people? Hardly. To them it really didn’t matter all that much as long as they were protected from war and famine.

But eventually that happened and they couldn’t ignore it anymore.

The elites of society will have been much more aware of the situation (and acted accordingly).

Yeah I think the Romans around 400 AD felt very much the same.

Exactly, great example! He could definitely have been a billionaire if he wanted to, but he’s just not that kind of person. Mad respect.

Just wait a year and they’ll throw them at you for free with another Samsung product because of overstock.

Meh. Paypal deserves everything bad that happens to it. Barely used it in the last few years. Definitely do NOT keep funds on there unless you’re okay with just losing them.

It’s a paradox. The people who would use such wealth for good almost never become billionaires in the first place. It takes a significant amount of ruthlessness. No one becomes a billionaire without exploitation. And there are a select few who actually follow through on giving up their fortunes (while still alive, I consider the “giving pledge” upon death to be null and void).

Too bad that hardly matters when the infrastructure is owned by monopolists.

I’m thinking of going into teaching since there’s a shortage of teachers in my area. Gotta check up on the available courses and trainings. Apart from that I have a myriad of ideas/projects that never quite seem to take form except in my head. If I had the time and focus I might finally be able to get something done there as well.

Also homelessness.

Trying to come to terms with my employment of 10 years probably ending soon. Fell totally out of love with the field (IT) and looking for a complete career change. Problem is, I only have a useless journalism degree.

That cat is tweaking.

I suffer so much from this. I have to hype myself up to finally do “the thing”, whatever it may be, and then afterwards it’s just dread for the next time it has to happen. Hate myself for it.

It could be construed as insulting to cockroaches.

They do, they get very slick in some conditions. In winter/freezing conditions it’s an outright hazard. But there really aren’t that many such streets left, and the few that are are slowly being changed to asphalt too.