Hobo

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[–] Hobo 5 points 8 months ago

I can just imagine you sitting there with a little astronaut helmet on, eating astronaut ice cream, and drinking Tang while watching the Challenger go up. Just slowly taking off your helmet, pouring out your tang, and chunking the astronaut ice cream in the dumpster. Then little InternetUser2012 just kind of saying to themself, "Yeah I don't know what I was thinking. That shit is WAY more dangerous than I thought!"

In fairness, just reading about the Challenger also made me do about the same thing when I was a kid. I thought going to space was about the coolest thing I could think of to do. Then when I was in the like the 3rd or 4th grade I read about the Challenger and was like, "On second thought, I don't think I want to go to space after all."

[–] Hobo 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

Gates is insanely intelligent, like demonstratably so. Musk and Bezos are also very highly intelligent people. Do they have terrible, awful, even downright despicable views? Absolutely. But don't be fooled, all three of those people are incredibly smart with actual high IQs (not in the braggart, "I have a very high IQ." sense either).

Intelligence doesn't translate to empathy or wisdom. Some of the least book smart people I've met have been profoundly wise at times, and some of those same people were incredibly empathetic. Unfortunately, I think all three of those people (Musk, Bezos, and Gates) are lacking in those traits, but saying they aren't in fact measurably intelligent is only fooling yourself.

I say this as someone who was raised by a measurably very highly intelligent person who could be, and was, a complete monster at times, and had some really twisted views on the world/other people. Lucky for me I didn't inherit that innate Intelligence I guess!

[–] Hobo 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

For a real answer here's the Zscaler blog write up: https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/technical-analysis-anatsa-campaigns-android-banking-malware-active-google

It looks like they are doing it after app install with a malicious patch. This patch asks for SMS and accessibility access to gain privileges necessary to get into the banking apps. I haven't thoroughly read it but just looking at the attack chain that's what I gleaned.

[–] Hobo 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (7 children)

Why reach for a fictional example when so many real world examples exist? Just curious because I think of Bezos, Musk, and to a lesser degree Gates as examples of smart people doing bad things. I mean there's several very smart people that have done good things as well but those are harder to come by. Even people like Alfred Nobel created something he thought would save the lives of miners only for his invention to be used for war. Einstein also did a lot for the advancement of theoretical physics and his work was subsequently used as the foundation of the atomic bomb. It's actually way harder to come up with a Tony Stark type smart "good guy" in the real world for me because reality is often far more grey.

[–] Hobo 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Also could be someone that responds to negative posts/reactions more and just lurks. I used to be that way in early days of reddit. Most of my votes were downvotes with very few upvotes given out. As I got a bit older I kind if quit giving much of a shit, and now I seek out positive posts instead of looking for negative shit all the time.

Either way votes are even more futile on lemmy. They barely have any impact on anything and it's not like the threads here reach the thousands of comments where a relatively few votes would bury a comment. There's also no karma so it's even less impactful. I personally think it's good that way but whatever. To each their own!

[–] Hobo 1 points 8 months ago

That's a completely different argument...

[–] Hobo 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

This is such weird logic. The Foo Fighters are millionaires that have a ton of leeway with what shows they do because they don't really need more money to survive. The guy that frames houses probably isn't working for a morally great company but that dude starves without the job.

[–] Hobo 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Bands who break through walls with speakers

Not just try to sell you sneakers

You want bands who wanna sell you things

Or bands who wanna tell you things?

  • Jeffery Lewis and the Rain, WWPRD

One of the last punk dudes still making a statement instead of doing shows for 50 year old execs.

[–] Hobo 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Get the evidence before going to HR because there's more than a small chance they are going to laugh while escorting you out if the building.

[–] Hobo 1 points 8 months ago

I think most foods. Soup, stew, and some sauces I'm fine with reheated/leftover. I still think it changes the flavor though and for sure screws with the texture. Air fryer/convection ovens make some things okay to reheat but again still screws with flavor/texture. I personally just would rather make meals fresh.

Some people just prefer meal prepping and that's fine. There's also a fairly sizable contingent of people that if you asked them if they could just take a pill instead of eating they would be perfectly happy doing so. It's just not for me. I personally really like to cook and I also enjoy eating the things I cook. So I'm kind of on the other side of that spectrum.

[–] Hobo 2 points 8 months ago

See I grew up eating a lot of frozen stuff and I think that's why I don't like it. But you're right it's totally a matter of opinion. I also really enjoy cooking so that helps.

[–] Hobo 6 points 8 months ago (9 children)

I think meal prepping sucks donkey balls and most food that is meal prepped tastes like crap after its sat in the fridge/freezer. I have been personally attacked on more than one occasion for bringing this up so I just don't anymore.

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