AI job matching… what a stupid hellscape we are building for ourselves to be crushed under
AI job matching… what a stupid hellscape we are building for ourselves to be crushed under
I do not care for that show.
But I might rewatch the aughts BSG
I rotate between all of em.
Except Picard and Disco…
Every day I get up, get on the exercise bike and watch an episode of Star Trek.
Thanks to this, I’ve seen nearly every episode of Star Trek multiple times.
It can both be true that the DNC helped in some way to move the Overton Window in the US rightward and that the primary movers of said window, the fascist RNC party, must not win the election or the consequences will be dire.
Stein’s policies are simply more progressive and better for America. But they’re likely unobtainable in the current political climate and she can afford to make such grandiose goals as policy because she isn’t beholden to them as she has no chance of winning.
100%. Harris is no peach either. I’d much rather someone with Stein’s policies win.
But she doesn’t have any chance. And it’s imperative that Trump not win.
The man literally advocated for an American Kristallnacht at a rally recently.
You are a fool to not see him and his dictatorial ambitions as a threat. Project 2025 clearly outlines the RNC’s goals to shift the nation towards a dictatorship and remove dissident ideologies by force.
Furthermore, the future for Palestine will fare no better under Trump than Harris. All Stein is doing by purposely trying to spoil a win for Harris is enabling and aiding the growth of fascism in the US.
Jill Stein cannot win this election. She can only spoil it for Kamala Harris and in so doing pass the win to Donald Trump.
Donald Trump and the RNC are a material threat to democracy in the USA.
I wonder if she’s willing to risk the future of democracy in America to detach the US from Israel.
It appears so.
My boyfriend and I play riichi mahjong via phone app (just called Richii Mahjong on the Play Store on Android) and it’s solid. I know that’s not exactly what you’re looking for, but hope it works in a pinch!
I think there’s “sexy” versions in the same way you can find porn poker or shape matching games, if that makes sense.
Hundred percent. Why pay $8 if I’m just gonna lose it snagged on an unseen underwater log or in a tree?
Also, the fish do not scoff at the off-brand lure. They say, yay, yummy!
I still pay premium for my reels, but only because I haven’t found one that compares with the Pflueger President yet. Though that’s mostly because I haven’t been in the market for a new reel and the ones on Ali Express don’t come with the rubber soft touch knob the Pflueger ones do. Small things, though. I’m slowly looking into ordering the knob separate as replacement parts then trying out some $14 12+1 bearing spinning reel just to see if it’s good enough.
On another note, I think China might be a way better resource for carp fishing equipment. They specifically fish for carp there way more than in the US and I see more double drag reels or rods with ground spikes built in for just that purpose. But I haven’t had the interest to expand beyond trout, bass and pickerel just yet.
Tbqh I’m not shopping for electronics or clothes on Ali Express, but I’ll happily buy line, lures, rods, terminal tackle and tackle organizers on there. Even if I bought it in a brick and mortar here, it’s probably all shipping from China anyhow.
This makes sense to me. I’m not checking the consistency of the line thickness, for example, but I’ve seen some people report that it isn’t consistent throughout the whole spool. I’m buying .016mm thick line, though, so some variance is a-okay for me.
The Rapalla-style lures work well (the brand name ones do have slightly better action, but the off brand ones are $5 for 8 vs $7+ for 1), spinners work great, the Kastmaster style spoons are a phenomenal find.
I got a $10 ultralight rod that showed up with a partially misaligned tip guide I fixed with some pliers and I needed to glue in one of the rings in a guide. That said, it’s withstood more abuse than an Okuma rod I got for $40, which snapped on the second outing and Okuma told me would cost $30 to fix.
I’ll happily shop American, for what it’s worth, if it was actually gonna BE American instead of just made elsewhere and assembled here so it can get some stupid sticker. Also, pay me more so I can afford it… maybe the Amazon’s, Walmart, dicks and targets don’t need to be YoY huge growth companies and maybe the people who work there should be able to afford to shop there.
Ehhhhh too much soapboxin’, sorry, imma get back to fishing.
I mostly use Ali Express (admittedly, not mentioned in any of the articles about this change in tariff applications) for fishing gear. Many of the big names in fishing lures, Blue Fox, Panther Marten, Kastmaster, etc. have all moved their production overseas. When I buy the “knock offs”, it shows up in the same packaging I see in Dick’s or Walmart with the same product inside. But I can choose to pay $7.99 for one lure or $2.16 for 3. It’s coming from the same factory, made by the same people, the only difference is how much it costs and whose pockets get filled from paying that price.
Oh, also, the cheapo Chinese braid line (its being manufactured to be sold in Japan under their brands) is way superior to what we get in the USA, way stronger and thinner. And I get 500m of it for $17.
I’ve gotten a few of these, but I just moved so it only included Google maps images of my old apartment, and I guess the data scrape didn’t get my phone number, so it included language like “I bet you wouldn’t like it if I called you at 0000000000, would you?”
I’m savvy enough to laugh and delete, but I’m sure this would be very effective against some older Americans.
Great! Now I’ll have to buy the same products from Walmart for ten times the cost. At least the Waltons can wet their beaks on it now.
And? Cats and dogs usually seem to be having more fun anyway…
sorry not sorry that warlocks have more fun than any other class I guess it’s a patron thing 💅
I feel like people got worse on the road after the pandemic. Dunno why, just a feeling I got.
Humans are largely good to one another face to face, our most evil things happen when we create systems that allow us to remove the humanity from one another. We also have a tendency to allow only sociopaths and psychopaths to lead us, and we gotta nip that in the bud, but most people who aren’t like that don’t want to lead.
Yes!! I wanna gamble on our nations ongoing descent into fascism, it feels appropriately deranged.