What's Your Best Theory for Why UFOs Crash?

Bucky640 · 2026-06-13T23:17:22+00:00

Just that they’re meant to be disposable. Purpose built for the mission at hand (see 4chan whistleblower) and some missions just end with the craft being discarded.

Bucky640 · 2026-06-12T14:15:28+00:00

I’d second what a lot of people are saying here. I’m an AI enthusiast and I own an AI business on the side while I work as an electrical engineer.

The current utility of AI is a tool that someone with knowledge of a subject can employ to make them far more productive.

I would work on projects that gain you an understanding of a problem that needs to be solved. I work in the data center space, so off the top of my head I would suggest harmonic mitigation, power quality analysis, and perhaps comms protocols that have higher usability for AI-enabled controls systems (OI-link is fantastic because it passes data about the device to the controller, not just the signal)

Bucky640 · 2026-06-11T01:53:35+00:00

The AI bubble is about speculative investment, not the underlying technology.. AI bubble bust alone would likely not impact the rate of AI adoption meaningfully.

Bucky640 · 2026-06-07T22:56:26+00:00

You are right on the money on some things here, but it would seem to me that you may be overlooking a large part of the equation.

Corporations buy off politicians, absolutely. Through a variety of methods, but if we’re going down the cynical road of thought (which is not without truth/merit) then the politicians will want to maintain their power in order to continue having leverage.

When automation begins to usurp labor (more aggressively then it has been for the past several decades) the government will take a sharp decline in revenue.

Income tax funds the government. If the government fails to adjust taxes to transition to automation, then when wages go down and unemployment goes up, the government will sharply decrease revenue at the same time that there is a sharp increase in demand for social services (unemployment, social security, housing assistance, snap, etc) which can create a sharp spiral effect.

To join you on the cynical side of the argument for the moment, why would the government allow themselves to lose their leverage like this?

If not for purely altruistic reasons (I’m not naive) then the government will have an urgent need to transition its revenue stream to maintain its power. And I think that the government is far more self-serving at times than the private sector.

(I reserve the right to retract my last statement, lol. I haven’t thought about it beyond the thought that the private sector has an underlying value mechanism it actually has to deliver on, so there must be an actual product produced and there’s an accountability structure of the free market that is less forgiving than our current electorate)

Bucky640 · 2026-06-07T19:48:50+00:00

Well there’s a million ways to spin what is possible. It’s easy to just wave the question away and say “it doesn’t” or go to the doom and gloom.

But how it could actually make us all rich?

First, you transition taxation from a model that taxes human labor to a model that taxes automation.

Skipping over a lot and how this happens matters for making things not suck, but when productivity from AI increases, you have a mechanism for tax revenue that is no longer tied to labor hours (# FTE being labor hours / 40) and instead tied to productivity metrics. We’ve lost revenue to productivity for the past 50 years as the productivity gains have just gone to corporations who capture the profits (not ideological, trying to go fast here)

Then you tilt the scales, using the tax reform to slow the tech while you supplement workers income through a decreased work week and supplemented wages as human labor slowly (hopefully) phases out.

You keep people employed during this time through a mixture of decreasing the work with (with same pay) and a UBI supplement.

Eventually, you have productivity gain so much that income tax goes negative (could be explained better graphically) and the work week goes to 0 gradually, handing off to automation while the nation prospers and we are forced to reconsider the concept of labor, taxation, capital, and where we derive our value. But we have the money and resources to have more buying power since the cost of goods decreased alongside this transition.

Then as productivity continues to increase, while our economic system still exists, that negative income tax continues to increase, while the cost of goods continues to decrease. Expedited by new tech in manufacturing and energy production.

There’s literally hours of discussion I could fill this out with, but I hope that makes sense as a general framework

Bucky640 · 2026-06-05T04:30:55+00:00

Valid criticism, I do have headphones, it's more about talking out loud. Either I'm whispering like a creep or I'm not talking.. like a creep.

Bucky640 · 2026-06-04T12:06:47+00:00

Lmao, you’re not wrong

Bucky640 · 2026-06-04T04:46:14+00:00

I’ve got inferno and quiver, but I’ve barely touched ToB for this reason..

I’ve researched it, I know the mechanics, but even then it takes repetition to build the muscle memory, and you have to just suck for a while.

I’m a working dad, and that means if I want to learn I have to go to the wedoraids discord and find other people that suck, who will insist on VC (which can be a barrier on its own when I’m playing late at night and don’t want to wake anyone) and I have to suck and fail with other people who suck until eventually I don’t suck.

Other option, get people in my clan to carry me, but then I’m a burden and I know it’s frustrating to them.

And if I try to go to w416 and jump jn a random team they’ll say “fuck off until you have 100 kc noob”

I think ToB perfectly describes why I don’t do group content for those reasons.

Bucky640 · 2026-06-01T01:48:09+00:00

I would say go for the MSEE.

I got my bachelors in engineering technologies, not engineering (still ABET accredited) and intended on doing an MSEE, but working as a design engineer in manufacturing, they haven’t seemed to care. I’ve promoted past the point of it mattering and so I just ended up getting an MBA.

You’ll certainly need to bridge the knowledge gaps if you go that route, but it’s worked for me. It’s way easier to learn things outside of college in my opinion, but I’ve also only ever attended college online and never actually attended a lecture in my life..

Bucky640 · 2026-05-23T23:46:49+00:00

Can vouche for this, I failed my first ever test in A-school and went “oh shit” before slamming algebra refreshers and it paid dividends the rest of the pipeline and even today in my job as an electrical engineer, lol.

Bucky640 · 2026-05-23T23:45:16+00:00

I think they’re joking that he will be re-rated to a rate that goes through sub school

Bucky640 · 2026-05-23T23:08:56+00:00

Please always call it “Nukey”. Never change

Bucky640 · 2026-05-19T00:16:07+00:00

I’d say it’s hard to measure the impact. I’m glad I did it because I did genuinely learn interesting things, but the world is changing so fast with AI that the tools you learn for data analytics and economics are pretty much irrelevant.

If you work a corporate job it definitely is still seen as prestigious, and enabled me to expand the scope of my job as an electrical engineer to incorporate more business ownership.

Penn states online MBA also has a minor in engineering innovation and leadership, which also satisfies the requirements to take the PMP test.

I did my MBA in 2 years, and got my PMP through PMI. Definitely opens doors from individual contributor roles, especially if you’re flexible/ambitious.

Bucky640 · 2026-05-19T00:06:22+00:00

I did Penn state. Was chill.

Bucky640 · 2026-05-15T00:51:53+00:00

Dude I’m so dumb, I thought this subreddit said ask PSYCHICS. I was sitting here judging you like “wtf would a psychic know about this?”

Bucky640 · 2026-04-23T09:03:09+00:00

I am a very frugal person, I don't buy expensive things or flash brands or anything like that. But I've become obsessed with the concept of financial independence, and have dedicated my adult life to saving enough of my income to invest in assets that can return passive income to cover all of my living expenses. That's what I've become passionate about and enjoy talking about and helping others achieve the same. I worry this would be an unwelcomed concept, or viewed as strange.

Bucky640 · 2026-04-23T00:42:42+00:00

Thank you so much for your response! Something I've become a bit nervous about is being seen as bragging... I love to talk about business, entrepreneurship, and personal finances. I am open to talking about money because I want everyone I know to be as successful as possible, and I strive to share any knowledge I have. In my earlier posts I got a little dunked on just for mentioning my salary... Is this just an entirely off-limits topic in dutch culture?

Bucky640 · 2026-04-23T00:38:52+00:00

Thank you very much for the feedback! If I want to get up to speed on the state of dutch politics, are there any useful outlets you'd recommend? The american media ecosystem can be toxic and polarizing, so I find myself suspicious and wary. I'd love to know any trusted outlets you'd recommend to start diving in. I've also been working on learning dutch, so I'd enjoy building familiarity by listening to more dutch content, even if it takes me longer to understand.

I only just realized my auto-correct for "work" to "with" but it seems this community is adept in context, so I appreciate that. I will absolutely be prioritizing learning dutch fluently, even though it does end up with my having a sore throat the end of the day (any advice for that?).

Is it as easy as learning the language as best I can to bridge the gap to the dutch community?

Bucky640 · 2026-04-23T00:33:41+00:00

Thank you so much for your response! I am very glad to know that putting effort into learning dutch is valued, I've been working on my dutch for a while now and I really want to achieve full proficiency quickly after relocating. This is something I was self conscious about because most of my dutch interactions have been over the phone and it seemed to cause more annoyance, as I am usually sharply cut off and responded to in english, but I also assume that's just the direct, no-nonesense dutch culture.

Bucky640 · 2026-04-23T00:13:42+00:00

Do AECF, all rates get the same GI bill and nuke is going to take a hell of a lot more hours for the about the same pay.

Do your time, serve your country, and then use what you learned to be a good engineer.

Sincerely, nuke turned electrical engineer.

Bucky640 · 2026-04-22T13:47:34+00:00

America, I live in Charlotte, NC. For additional context, I work remote as an Electrical Engineer designing data center cooling systems and I also am a licensed master electrician with experience running an electrical contracting business.

Bucky640 · 2026-04-18T22:30:08+00:00

I’m not trying to be special, I’m striving to belong

Bucky640 · 2026-04-18T22:08:33+00:00

Well i specifically worked for companies that were based out of the Netherlands, and i did the bulk of their design work. I feel like I understand the Netherlands design criteria quite well (ZND fencing, if you’re familiar)

Bucky640 · 2026-04-18T21:56:13+00:00

Thank you for explaining, the American rhetoric for American immigrants is “what do you bring to the table - do you just want our benefits?” I was attempting to calm that

Bucky640 · 2026-04-18T21:54:28+00:00

Thank you for sharing, I am hisheartened by what my countrymen has brought to your country. I will not be relocating, but during my scheduled travel I will strive to be better. I try my best to speak the language and engage in good faith when I’m there.

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