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#21

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Legbiter - Today at 03:46:06 PM

Tucker Carlson is back in Moscow. Is he going to go to a russian supermarket again and stare at the bread selection just dumbfounded?

#22

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Eddie Teach - Today at 03:42:52 PM

imagine that by the end of the next 4 years Russia is less corrupt than the US. It may actually happen

Never happen. Putin is far more competent than Trump.

#23

Off the Record / Re: Elon Musk: Always A Douche

Last post by Barrister - Today at 03:41:37 PM

Bluesky is right there.

Twitter is incredibly toxic - but it still (mostly) has a diversity of opinions - even if incredibly toxic opinions are allowed to be shared.

From what I have heard Bluesky is nothing more than a left-wing echo chamber.

#24

Off the Record / Re: Elon Musk: Always A Douche

Last post by Grey Fox - Today at 03:23:49 PM

Bluesky is right there.

#25

Off the Record / Re: Elon Musk: Always A Douche

Last post by Barrister - Today at 03:19:30 PM

IS this the generic "X/Twitter" thread now?

A few days ago this woman posted an incredibly generic post on Twitter about being proud to get her PhD from Cambridge in English literature.

https://x.com/DrAllyLouks/status/1861872149373297078

In the incredibly stupid way that only Twitter can be she became hugely viral with right wing idiots dunking on her for being too old, her PhD thesis being too stupid, that PhDs in the humanities are just stupid, to you name it.

All for a woman just being proud to get her PhD.  The post literally only says:

Thrilled to say I passed my viva with no corrections and am officially PhDone.

Together with a picture of her holding her degree.

Sometimes the internet is so, so stupid.

#26

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by viper37 - Today at 02:37:14 PM

Some healthcare CEO got shot and killed in front of a hotel in NY:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-fatally-shot-nyc-hotel-police-say-rcna182789

#27

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by viper37 - Today at 02:32:05 PM

Popped up in my LinkedIn feed because someone I'm connected with liked it.

I'm not convinced Tesla employees are happy at working there.  Nor are those left at X.  Certainly not those fired/let go for trivialities.

Musk failed miserably at keeping its citizens happy and creating GDP growth for two of his companies.  The one that is doing good is the one he does not work anymore for since he took over X.

#28

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Barrister - Today at 02:27:01 PM

Is that the Matterhorn?

It's an AI image so who the hell knows.

It does look like the Matterhorn.

But it also looks like Mount Assiniboine in Canada.

#29

Off the Record / Re: Elon Musk: Always A Douche

Last post by Barrister - Today at 02:21:55 PM

So... late 90s.  My father was the sports editor of the local newspaper.  He got me a job (I was qualified, but total nepotism for why I'd get it) doing "streeter" interviews for the paper (where I'd interview "man/woman on the street" of various issues of the day).  It was a fantastic job for a university student as it had a lot of flexibility on when I'd actually do it, and I earned $50 per issue.

But anyways - this was the 90s, the internet was starting to be a thing.  I wondered why this newspaper wasn't doing anything online.  I wasn't a huge tech guy, but I got a tech friend of mine, we met with the publisher, and put together a proposal for doing an "online" version of the paper.  Viewed from 2024 it was incredibly cowardly - just put 2-3 stories of the day online.

The publisher, probably correctly, was like "well what do I need you guys for".  So it never went anywhere at the time.

25+ years later of course I can go online and see the entire newspaper online.

Just a quick memory that came back.

#30

Off the Record / Re: Elon Musk: Always A Douche

Last post by Darth Wagtaros - Today at 01:23:08 PM

I can understand not entirely trusting these big media companies but I am not sure the answer is always "just find somebody else to blindly trust" that right wing commentators always seem to go with.

That sounds like Marxist talk to me Valms.  You Do Your Own Research and will almost always find that the truth is the one that you already suspected and happens to align precicley with your political views.