Voroxpete

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[–] Voroxpete 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

The problem is that they won't.

Yes, AI tools, in the hands of skilled people, can be very helpful.

But "AI" in capitalism doesn't mean "more effective workers", it means "fewer workers." The issue isn't technological so much as cultural. You fundamentally cannot convince an MBA not to try to automate away jobs.

(It's not even a money thing; it's about getting rid of all those pesky "workers rights" that workers like to bring with us)

[–] Voroxpete 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'd argue that even taken more broadly any shower that kills the occupants cannot be said to "work" by any reasonable definition.

Obviously, we can all think of one very notable and very unreasonable definition, but I doubt that was the intention here.

[–] Voroxpete 2 points 3 hours ago

It mostly built on the back of a top marginal tax rate of 70%

[–] Voroxpete 13 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (6 children)

Holy crap, why are these MTG memes always made by people who don't play MTG?

First off, that card background isn't used for artifacts, unless they're artifact creatures. This isn't an artifact creature, but for some reason has an empty stat box in the bottom corner. No casting cost, so you can't cast it. No effects, so it does nothing. Fucking useless.

Try this: Fix the card border, keep the artifact type, and change the body text to "Suspend 6 - 2[R]. [Card Name] enters play with 12 charge counters. Remove one charge counter - Destroy target permanent." That'll let you blow a lot of shit up once you're finally allowed to use it.

OK, rant done.

[–] Voroxpete 5 points 1 day ago

It's outsourcing the socialism to us so that he can sell it as a "free market" solution.

[–] Voroxpete 9 points 1 day ago

Well that's why I woke up in a smoking crater. God dammit.

[–] Voroxpete 11 points 1 day ago

Same. I had to triple check what sub this was.

[–] Voroxpete 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Different dynamics. Buys require sellers, of which there are a fair amount (though few enough still that large purchases absolutely do shift the price significantly; we've seen multiple instances of Tether bringing the price up by 20% or more for the cost of billion newly minted USDT). Sells require buyers, which are in very short supply.

[–] Voroxpete 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Cool, so it was nice having From Soft games while they were a thing. Guess they went out on a high note with Elden Ring at least.

If only scifi authors had ever thought to warn us that megacorps are bad.

[–] Voroxpete 27 points 2 days ago (4 children)

With headlines like this, it's always important to keep in mind that bitcoin is such a thinly traded (and largely artificial) market that actually trying to sell 8,000 Btc for real dollars/pounds would instantly and catastrophically crash the price.

[–] Voroxpete 19 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Pretty good actually. But the odds of finding it are basically nil. A needle in a haystack would actually be easier.

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