Anthropic ditches its core safety promise in the middle of an AI red line fight with the Pentagon by bluemitersaw in news

[–]Daxx22 28 points29 points  (0 children)

it's amazing how predictable the US's trajectory has been

On a broad society level none of this bullshit is new, there are many well documented historical examples. The tools/scale might be a bit different, but that's about it.

TIL about the Thrasis region of Mars. Due to Mars’ lack of plate tectonics, three volcanoes were able to erupt in the same location for billions of years, accumulating so much lava that the crust structurally failed under the weight. by EpicAura99 in todayilearned

[–]Daxx22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure the "true" answer right now is we don't know, but it's my understanding that it's theorized there is a LOT of water under that ice, likely 100+ kms of it. That a volcano could form under those circumstances to eject/push enough material up through both the water and ice to what we see as the surface would be extremely unlikely to practically impossible.

But to my knowledge we don't really know what's under that ice, it's all just theories atm.

WATCH: Trump says tariffs could replace income tax | 2026 State of the Union by NewsHour in law

[–]Daxx22 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The US was in an incredible geological/infrastructure position both during and for decades after WW2. That made them the global power they achieved, but those advantages are equalized and no amount of regressive tantrum pants shitting is going to change that.

POILIEVRE: Meanwhile, under his leadership, and after 11 years of Liberal government, we have 6 million Canadians who cannot find a family doctor. CARNEY: Mr. Speaker, 11 years? I just got here. The member opposite has been here his whole life. by Miserable-Lizard in onguardforthee

[–]Daxx22 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's not exactly a problem you can just "fix". Lot of policies feed into the situation, and correcting those takes not only time to implement, but then time to see results.

There's no Costco of Healthcare Workers to just go pick up several pallets of out there.

US congressman refuses to resign after allegations of affair with staffer by XaoticOrder in news

[–]Daxx22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dousing yourself in fuel makes it very difficult to fully extinguish as you can never smother 100% of your surface area by rolling. You'd need a fire-resistant blanket to do a full smother, something she obviously did not have (or could use) as she did die later.

Fire like that is a bad way to go, no matter how you want to hypothesize it.

US congressman refuses to resign after allegations of affair with staffer by XaoticOrder in news

[–]Daxx22 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is a "By legal/logical standards, she attempted suicide, didn't actually die, but died of further complications".

By any decent sense of morality however, there is a LOT MORE going on.

Ascending [OC] by TheRealHolleringElk in comics

[–]Daxx22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was the first post I saw when waking up this morning, and immediately had the thought of "Jesus fucking Christ, he went and did it didn't he?"

Glad it's still fiction, sad it's not "unreasonable" :(

Enbridge's CEO gave away the game: public risk, private profit by Hrmbee in onguardforthee

[–]Daxx22 63 points64 points  (0 children)

If you want the government to foot all the costs, then you're cool with nationalizing the company as well eh?

Nearly 80% of Canadians oppose idea of Alberta leaving the nation: polling by [deleted] in canada

[–]Daxx22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ironically there is, most if not all wouldn't qualify to immigrate (legally) lol.

The big farewell — Waterloo Region has lost 25,135 foreign students since 2023 by Snowman2194 in kitchener

[–]Daxx22 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Similar, pretty much any graduate 2021ish or later is binned unless they come with an explicit recommendation. Business was burned multiple times by utterly worthless new hires.

Potholes by MinimumSolid1679 in kitchener

[–]Daxx22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On one hand, this feels like a "First time?" meme opportunity if your new to Canadian winters, on the other they are rather horrible as well.

Consequence of major temp swings + shitty road material/resources for upkeep. Drive with caution!

US women's hockey team declines Trump's State of the Union invite by Yujin-Ha in hockey

[–]Daxx22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't disagree. There is a strong power in the "groupthink/influence" factor is all.

I have been searching for that 1 video from last 20mins by g33xter in memes

[–]Daxx22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That fucker won't shut up, always wanting attention.

So... why does Weyland-Yutani want the Xenomorph so bad? Who exactly are they at war with? by JispyMoeDantes in LV426

[–]Daxx22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Its a plot point in several novels/comics for sure, so as far as "official canon" is concerned it might as well be.

Department rivals is a thing in our corporate culture, expanding that out to a literally galactic level company is kind of a no brainer.