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Cake day: June 12th, 2023
  • d00phy@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•I have said yes to a date by mistake.English
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    4 days ago

    It sounds like you two share some traits, so it seems like being honest about your feelings might be somewhat low risk. If you both have depression and some form or anxiety, she might be having similar feelings. It could be that, while you go along as a coping mechanism, she blurts out what she’s thinking to the same end.

    In the end, if you value your relationship with her, honestly is always the best policy.

  • d00phy@lemmy.worldtopolitics @lemmy.world•'Nothing was gained': Trump takes aim at one of Republicans' 'dumbest political decisions'English
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    19 days ago

    This is the perfect example of how completely fucked the US is. First, Trump’s fans either won’t see this or won’t care. They won’t care because many of them agree that eliminating the Democratic Party is a legit goal. Second, it shows that governing isn’t at all the goal, not that any intelligent person thought it ever was. The goal is winning at all costs. Finally, this (the “running” of this country) is all theater while people are losing their homes and parasites like Trumps entire cabinet are enriching themselves at a truly obscene pace.

    None of this is exactly new info, of course, this one news tidbit just perfectly sums it all up. I don’t think the country’s going to fall apart in my lifetime, but the crest of its arc is well and fully behind us, I think.

  • d00phy@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What opinions about the tech industry do you feel comfortable expressing here, but not in public/at work?English
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    27 days ago

    Not a software dev, but for me it’s the constant leap from today’s “next best thing” to tomorrow’s. Behind the Bastards did an episode on AI, and his take resonated with me. Particularly his Q&A session with some AI leaders at, I think, CES not long ago. When the new hotness gets popular, an obscene amount of money is paired with the “move fast and break things” attitude in a rush to profit. This often creates massive opportunities for grifters as legislators are mind numbing slow to react to these new technologies. And when regulations are finally passed (or more recently, allowed by the oligarchs), they’re often written to protect the billionaires (read: “job creators”) more than the common customer. Everyone’s bought into the idea that slow and methodical stifles innovation. At least the people funding and regulating these things have.