post3r

for whom?

[post3r @postpostpostr]

all I need to say is "lol come on"

[Ben Crew @BenjaminCrew1]

Had no clue Agatha Christie's murder mysteries were set up to the 1970s. Just assumed they all took place on trains or boats in the 30s, but you pick up one from 1969 and Hercule Poirot straight up says "No, a hippie did not commit the crime. Who told you that, a computer?"

[Lukas (computer) (In SF) 🔺 @SCHIZO_FREQ]

A lot of people in big cities clearly view the absurd rent prices as a form of lottery

"If I just keep paying 4k/month, eventually something spontaneous will happen that changes my life"

It's probably true, if you just pay enough rent

[Kraut @The_Davos_Man]

We gave North Macedonia 750 million euros in development funds to build public infrastructure. They spent it on replica Greek temples made of concrete with white plastic cladding to look like marble, and a statue of Alexander the Great pointing a sword at Greece. In a flood plain

[post3r @postpostpostr]

@hradzka see how the debate more or less didn't happen in public it was some people making some phone calls

[post3r @postpostpostr]

@TronVTron How many people will believe it?

[RÈBELs RÄÎDÈRs @Rebels_Raiders]

Ah yes, human economics. Very fascinating. Very concerning.

*wheeze*

“Who does Earth owe $350 trillion to?”

Mostly itself.

You owe money to pension funds, banks, insurance companies, investment funds, foreign governments, central banks, corporations, and millions of individual investors.

*wheeze*

In other words, humans have invented a system where they borrow money from themselves, pay interest to themselves, panic about it constantly, and then argue on the extranet about who is responsible.

As a Vølüs, I find this arrangement delightfully profitable.

The more interesting question is not who you owe. The question is whether the debt grows faster than the economy that supports it.

* wheeze*

If I owe 10,000 credits and earn 100,000 credits per year, nobody cares.

If I owe 10,000 credits and earn 12 credits per year, suddenly C-Sec starts asking questions.

Hah hah hah…* wheeze*

So when a human says, “We owe $350 trillion! Who do we owe it to?”

The answer is:

“Mostly other humans. The real question is whether future humans can keep making enough money to convince everyone not to panic.”

* wheeze*

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have several sovereign debt instruments to sell to the Elcor. They take a very long-term view of investments.

[Robin Hanson @robinhanson]

But the left's origin story sets a moral imperative to cut disparities, even if that is very costly & gains are modest. The right's origin story makes it more plausible that we should mostly just accept the disparities.

[post3r @postpostpostr]

@bonzajplc

[post3r @postpostpostr]

@bonzajplc The Trouble with Sheep

[SimpsonsEFL @EflSimpsons]

Portugal: “You’ve won a World Cup? You??”

England: “Sure. You’ve never won one?”

[post3r @postpostpostr]

Whole lot of prematurely declaring victory happening here

[ɖʀʊӄքǟ ӄʊռʟɛʏ 🇧🇹🇹🇩 @kunley_drukpa]

ALL politicians down to local councils should be made to answer a series of obscure foreign policy questions. There is a correct answer to each of these questions and any aspiring candidate who answers even one question incorrectly should be banned from holding political office

[BobSomebody 🥓 @Bob_Somebody021]

Anyway, since it's just repeating widely accepted anodyne platitudes back at society, postliberalism naturally seemed cool and exciting and interesting to all the most dull people you know, and also incredibly dull to anyone capable of actual thought

[IT Unprofessional @it_unprofession]

Our HR department just migrated all our mandatory compliance training to a new gamified learning management system.

I received an automated email stating I had 48 hours to complete a module on data privacy or my badge would be deactivated.

I logged into the portal and was greeted by a cartoon badger named Barnaby.

Barnaby told me I was about to embark on a security quest.

I'm 44 years old.

I don't want to go on a quest.

The first module was a video about phishing scams produced like a high-budget daytime soap opera.

The actors were inappropriately attractive for a simulated accounts payable department.

The main character, Chad, left his laptop open at a coffee shop while he ordered a matcha latte.

A guy in a black hoodie immediately sat down and downloaded the entire corporate mainframe to a USB drive in four seconds.

Then the video paused and asked me to identify Chad's critical mistake.

The multiple choice options were leaving the device unsecured, using public Wi-Fi, or failing to foster a culture of vigilance.

I clicked the first one.

Barnaby the badger popped up and told me I was technically correct, but I lacked a holistic security mindset.

He deducted 10 "synergy tokens" from my digital wallet.

I didn't even know I had a digital wallet.

The next scenario involved a complex ethical dilemma about accepting gifts from vendors.

A supplier offered the protagonist a branded corporate fleece.

The video framed this as the first step toward international corporate espionage.

I was asked if accepting the fleece was a violation of the anti-bribery statutes.

I clicked yes.

Barnaby congratulated me and awarded me a bronze digital badge of integrity.

I tried to fast-forward through the next video because it was 45 minutes long.

The player immediately froze and a warning message appeared saying Barnaby notices you are rushing.

The video restarted from the very beginning.

I sat there for 45 minutes watching a dramatization of password hygiene while staring blankly at my monitor.

At the end of the quest, I had to take a 50-question final exam.

One question asked how long a visitor badge is valid under the new global security matrix.

I guessed 24 hours.

Barnaby appeared with a sad face and told me it was 12 hours.

I failed the module with an 84 percent.

The passing grade was 85 percent.

Barnaby informed me that my quest must start over.

I considered throwing my company-issued laptop out the window.

Instead, I sent an email to HR asking for an extension.

I got an automated reply saying the HR representative was out of the office on a corporate wellness retreat.

I clicked replay on the video.

Chad is about to leave his laptop at the coffee shop again.

This time I hope the hacker deletes my employee profile entirely.

[hyper(bolic) disco(unting) girl @hyperdiscogirl]

watched the prestige and it was very good. but i thought it was jarring that they had Tesla playing the role of the cautionary sage. if the real Tesla invented that machine he would immediately have wanted to use it to remake the world !

[U n i m a x x e r @unirespecter]

The empathetic and loving side that will gaslight you, call all your concerns and frustrations invalid and stupid, and celebrate your murder

[Orcbrand's Kojimaic Matters @kojimaicmatters]

You would think EDUCATED people would have the capacity to be critical of their so called EDUCATION but in reality they're the most credulous dupes ever who think education is just uncritically accepting "EDUCATION."

[Paul's Psychic Artilleryman 🟡🟡🟡🟡🛰️🟡 @ironcrakka]

gonna start saying this about austria

[Koookiiing🥳👍🏻🌞 @Koookiiing]

Trick question, this is only HALF a country. The country pictured is St. Petersburg (north coast). This is what the country looks like in full (fleet at anchorage at its traditional port of South Coast)