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Captainant

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  1. There's so many strivers that are using genAI to give the appearance of ever more impressive work. It's all paper mache professionalism
  2. I gotta say, naming your mass surveillance company "Palantir" is just a little too on the nose
  3. Second to the AI energy demand is cryptocurrency energy demand. It's offensive how much power they use for nothing
  4. Kim Kardashian?
  5. Isnt that just going out and playing sports? Or going down to the hobby store and playing with some minis? Or doing literally anything? When I was a young white dude I was never the only person that looked like me at an event or activity. The whole point of those womens or ethnic or LGBT groups is so that people CAN find others like them in a setting or community. I think it's like how evangelical christians have it beaten into their heads that they're constantly under attack and being persecuted, so they present that posture back. It's nonsense that's been repeated so much that people now repeat it like it's wisdom.
  6. I don't think the problem is outside-in as you frame it. I think it's that the degree of alienation is a learned behavior, and that they are choosing to see any group that isn't made by them as unwelcoming. They've been told it so often - why should they bother to check for themselves? Many people ARE saying, after all
  7. 4k77, 4k80 and 4k83 aren't despecialized - they're scans of the original theatrical releases! I like the ones that have DNR passes to reduce the amount of "snow" They look great on an OLED, IMO
  8. I had a Delonghi Dedica machine for while - the espresso brewer was pretty anemic and I got signficantly better shots pulled with my Breville Bambino machine. Don't get me wrong, it'll make a latte, but it's a 51mm pressurized basket so there's not gonna be much difference between great and whatever coffee being ran through it. If you get some aftermarket bottomless portafilters you can get a pretty good quality boost No idea on that specific machine, but I liked and used my Dedica for years. However once I upgraded to my Bambino Plus it's been a night and day difference in the quality I can consistently make edit: the bigger improvements will be with using a scale that goes to .1 grams, and having a good grinder. If you don't feel like dropping a couple hundred bucks on a good electrically powered one, you can get a good hand grinder for $30 or so
  9. I'll need @realgreggym to verify if this is a childish act or not
  10. What white young males don't have support or resources available to them? I think this is moreso an occurance of induced grievance. They've been told so frequently that they've got it uniquely worse than everyone else that they're failing to realize that that's just how it is for everyone. You're exactly right that it's not a zero sum game - but show me any of those groups or social circles would not welcome those young men.
  11. I'd bet they'd tell you all about the Hatian orphanages they contribute to, while cheering on toddler cancer patients getting deported and separating children from their parents
  12. In my mind, the tragedy isn't that COVID happened and these people lost their last creature comforts - but rather that their lives were so sparse and barren that fuckin CHILIS was the thing making it worth living. We've made ourselves a lonely but extremely profitable nation
  13. I'd bet my bottom dollar that's from AI hallucinations, since they're all too lazy to actually lie themselves
  14. iykyk
  15. Good ol $5 long island pitchers at Jackalope. And then head over to Bangers for brunch the next day and a liter of mimosa to chase off the hangover
  16. Bro you are using entirely too much critical thinking. Gonna go WOKE thinking that much
  17. Ol Deacon dickhead is gonna have to up his indulgence payments to his """Hatians""" to make up for his enjoyment of this
  18. Andor got submitted for 23 Emmy categories https://variety.com/2025/tv/awards/andor-season-2-emmy-campaign-submissions-1236407570/
  19. hey man, no need for that - we had cleared up the misunderstanding friendly already
  20. His comment at 3:45 about the printing press leading to literacy is a common misonception actually. While it was used to print bibles, they sure did use it to pump out a TON of looney tunes conspiracy crap. It was really what enabled much of the initial conspiracy insanity. The internet is a modern printing press. It enabled a new scale and order of communication we just socially don't know how to fully handle yet. Thanks for the video link though, will definitely watch the whole thing. Seems like an interesting subscribe
  21. It's literally a published plan - a project if you will - for this calendar year.
  22. Well since this thread has started, Rex worked himself into a frenzy and earned himself a week off. So, I'd say this thread is really going swimmingly
  23. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
  24. No no no, you're clearly just hysterical and suffering from TDS. Ask some regular joes. Trump can do no wrong and you're just not smart enough to follow along with his 69-dimension chess game
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