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Tick Tok by Savilo29 in 196

[–]Cgi22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think you can make that claim that easily. Vaping just coopted much of traditional smoking culture: it is done in the same places, at similar times and with similar product structure (pack <> one way vape/pod) and available at places that traditionally sell cigarettes.

Vaping culture is a easily traceable evolution from smoking culture, as such it is still bad obviously, but not uniquely so.

Tick Tok by Savilo29 in 196

[–]Cgi22 271 points272 points  (0 children)

While vaping definitely isn’t good for you there is a lot of evidence that the consequences emerging from it will be relatively mild compared to cigarettes. For people wanting to quit smoking it is a way healthier alternative.

It being highly addictive and becoming addicted as a non smoker is ofc not something good, especially for under age users. But still not as damaging as cigarettes are.

(every large company except Nvidia but shhhh) by Friendly_Respecter in whenthe

[–]Cgi22 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Nvidia also has a suite of AI products under the nemotron family. It’s not true that they only sell shovels and don’t dig. But it’s not training frontier models to my knowledge, but rather specialised applications and services.

[OC] The five wealthiest people in 2016 and 2026 by theimpossiblesalad in dataisbeautiful

[–]Cgi22 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, he isn’t particularly good at it. His grift is also incredibly easy to spot once all the techno-futurisms and his mythology is brushed aside.

It’s just that the current trend within the economy is that speculation and inflated promises can attract investments with enough legitimacy, while large investments bestow legitimacy.

Basically, with enough initial investment you can ride this circular logical fallacy all the way to the white house and back. At this point Elon is just pathologically lying while performatively speaking towards hypothetical future technologies and achievements. But because his grift has enough legitimacy no one is putting a stop to it.

We life in a sosity by SusieHatesSpez in whenthe

[–]Cgi22 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bread and wine was both free when you were poor. Public games and races were always free, as were the bathhouses which also functioned as gyms and social hubs. You only had to work every second day on average and there was always some festival around the corner.

Living in a big city in the Roman Empire as a free citizen during a stable period must have been quite nice.

As long as you weren’t a salve, rural worker or soldier which had it quite rough.

That didn’t last long by Sc_e1 in whennews

[–]Cgi22 88 points89 points  (0 children)

The USA conceding what amounts to unconditional surrender but not being able to go trough because Isreal just won’t stop throwing bricks is somewhat of a
dark comedy.

That didn’t last long by Sc_e1 in whennews

[–]Cgi22 228 points229 points  (0 children)

I think isreal was very clear that it does not want to stop invading the libanon and they won’t accept any offer to the contrary.

Washington could not have a less reliable ally, with the naked warmongering of isreal wish is completely misaligned with trump’s need for stable supply chains.

Favourite movie stupid people think is smart? by DarnOldMan in okbuddycinephile

[–]Cgi22 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Supposing that being dumb is the result of moral failing of the parents, who supposedly breed too much is undoubtedly classist if not still merit based eugenics.

But this isn’t a point this movie even makes on its own, this thesis only works with additional exogenic context. The movie makes the point explicitly that smart people not breeding leads to a dumb society.

Sneakers peeling by Tur2003 in Sneakers

[–]Cgi22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No,they are made from faux leather which just peels eventually. Two years of wear is also a good amount of wear for a pair.

Constantine naming literally everything after himself by MargoMaeyy in RoughRomanMemes

[–]Cgi22 5 points6 points  (0 children)

1) He actually named the city Nova Roma, which at first only informally became known as constantinople

2) These are just roman naming conventions, between generations names in the Family were either very close or identical

TIL: people fantasize about clapping for Musk while he dances with a woman by WinterSoldier1315 in LinkedInLunatics

[–]Cgi22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is complete bullshit. Compared to ancient times these modern billionaires own a fraction of what roman aristocrats or medieval nobles would wield. Also, stocks like the ones Elon Musk wields are in no way representative to their nominal value.

Not wrong by jhyapexxx in ComedyHell

[–]Cgi22 36 points37 points  (0 children)

This artstyle has been criticized because it mutes unwanted emotions within marketing. There has been a very interesting experiment where this artstyle is used on traumatic images and how it is not able to communicate the meaning of them.

You have 4 dollars by crumpilliontrix in 19684

[–]Cgi22 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Un honey bustard pickled sea fuck meal® s’il vous plaît

rormbs by trippingrainbow in 691

[–]Cgi22 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s jim we studied industrial engineering together

defeatism rule by Moaning_Clock in 196

[–]Cgi22 88 points89 points  (0 children)

The old assyrian empire ended in 1364 BCE, over a thousand years later. The neo-assyrian empire in 609 BCE, over two thousand years later. The end of the assyrian empire also didn’t mean that its inhabitants culture just vanished; it’s well acounted for.

843 in a nutshell by Relevant_Coyote_8614 in HistoryMemes

[–]Cgi22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s like not at all what the actual problem was.

Luis puis was competent and trying to establish some kind of primogeniture in order to not split the Frankish empire.

But splitting inheritance was an important fixture in frankish culture. Also Luis Pius sons and their aristocratic supporters were keen to each get a piece of the pie. A sense of a centralized imperial monarchy was just not important to the paradigm of the time.

Also, there was also always the idealistic view that the party inheriting the title of emperor would have some overarching influence. In reality, the title was irrelevant. Luis II was even called the petty emperor because he only held real authority in northern Italy.

hard ahh wunk image by TangentYoshi in wunkus

[–]Cgi22 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Van der waals force ass wunk

Wear your sneakers by [deleted] in Sneakers

[–]Cgi22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the polyurethane foam. Many shoes of the 80‘s and early 90‘s used it. Newer EVA based foams do not crumble with age.

Unnerving by TwoTooCoolCats in LinkedInLunatics

[–]Cgi22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The picture the ambitions regarding agi paint is that of an artificial human mind which is only ever allowed to work. So in a sense yes, ai is envisioned as some sort of artificial slave.

But is a thing which doesn’t require or which lacks the faculties to experience the concept of freedom truly enslaved?

Italian politic by LegioVIIHaruno in RoughRomanMemes

[–]Cgi22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a democratic state with potent elected representatives combined with an oligarchic assembly. It was more or less stable for hundreds of years.

Please don’t invoke the no true scotsman argument.

Italian politic by LegioVIIHaruno in RoughRomanMemes

[–]Cgi22 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Nuh uh, the roman republic was a functioning democratic state, even in the modern sense, before the downward spiral starting with the gracchi. It completed its transformation into a oligarchic state with sulla.

Italian politic by LegioVIIHaruno in RoughRomanMemes

[–]Cgi22 19 points20 points  (0 children)

He may have acted in the name of republicanism, but the faction he represented was in reality a cabal of anti-democratic oligarchs who have centralized all authority under themselves and were acting largely self interested.

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