blady_blah

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[–] blady_blah 1 points 1 hour ago

If you don't mind sharing, I would love to hear your memories of that.

[–] blady_blah 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Drugs.

His massive rightward swing seemed to correspond with when his drug use was reported in the media.

I think his drug use makes him feel like he can't be wrong and reinforced his conspiracy laden mindset... And that pushes him into fact-free conservative-Central.

[–] blady_blah 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It was the boombox outside her window that got her, wasn't it? /s

[–] blady_blah 47 points 3 days ago (5 children)

The ones that really get me are the way they show execs at companies. The "look, this character is so bad ass at being an exec!". They always come off as so unrealistic and cringy.

I've swam in that ocean, and that's not how that shit works. Engineering too. In reality, it's always a team of engineers that get something done... It is NEVER some rich smart guy inventing stuff on his or her own in their super fancy workshop.

[–] blady_blah 29 points 4 days ago
  1. Vehicle needed lidar
  2. Vehicle should have a collision detection indicator for anomalous collisions and random mechanical problems
[–] blady_blah 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm confused though, what is the logic for redacting the statement? What is the legal justification?

[–] blady_blah -1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I feel like you don't actually remember what web 1.0 was like. Or even bbs's. They... kind of sucked. I mean they were great for the time, but compared to the internet of today, pathetic.

[–] blady_blah 3 points 1 week ago

Tesla sales are down 27% in the US in 2024 compared to same period in 2023 according to numbers here: https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/tesla-us-sales-figures/

If they're positive growth overall then it has to be because of international sales. I can't find good statistics on that right now though.

This makes me think it's worth it to short Tesla. Elon has only gone full Maga in the past few months so I don't expect sales to improve anytime soon in the US. Politics isn't the only thing that is dragging sales down, but shit, it's not like republicans are the ones buying EVs.

[–] blady_blah 5 points 2 weeks ago

Her whole statement is disparaging people who don't fight. I'm not disparaging her as a freedom fighter, if that's what she was, but in her words that say if you make decisions for the good of your family, you "live small, mate small, die small". That's an insult to people who try to make decisions to protect their family or are not in a position to take up arms in a noble fight, or some other bullshit.

[–] blady_blah 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

"are you saying that a person with a family, by necessity, needs to restructure values to include survival by any means?"

Yes. I will eat way more shit to ensure the survival of my wife and kids than I would as a single person who only has my life to risk.

[–] blady_blah 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh no doubt. I'm not saying that I come home and jump into doing chores, I'm saying that doing constructive or productive stuff in your own life can have a good recharge feeling in it's own way. I certainly come home and veg in front of the computer... but if I spend the whole weekend vegging in front of my computer I end up feeling MORE like shit than I did on Friday. A healthy combination of both leaves me feeling recharged and happy.

[–] blady_blah -3 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Spoken like someone who doesn't actually have a family.

 

I see CEO's as the last working person in the system. They are at least putting in the time and effort to make money. The are "the last working man/woman" in the chain up to the owners. The real travesty is the owners who get all the money without doing any actual work.

If the CEO makes less money, do you think you'd get more? The answer is no. A company will control costs and not pay employees more than they have to. Your salary has nothing to do with the CEOs salary and at least in theory you have a chance to become CEO... more of a chance than you have of becoming an owner.

The inherited wealth, the hedge funds, the owners... they get all the return. They get all the rewords. Even my boss, who started the company I work at, he makes his money by being an owner. His salary as a CEO is pennies vs his salary owning the company. The success of the company should be shared amongst the employees who made it happen, and the truth is they aren't. That's the real kick to the nuts, not the salary of the CEO.

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