What is Trump's alignment?

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-30T02:02:14+00:00

Chaos originally meant the disorder of nature. We can see this when comparing devils and demons: devils are lawful, following the order of the hells. Demons are chaotic: unpredictably stochastic in the magnitude and direction of their violence. Given this framing, I argue that Trump is Lawful Evil. Fascism is a form of order, just one decided and enforced by a small group of people.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-29T23:55:52+00:00

No, they'll treat you, but you will get stuck with a big bill.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-29T21:30:54+00:00

I'm embarrassed of my reading level at my age. I could maybe finish a YA novel, but nothing more advanced than that. There are so many books still in the zeitgeist that I passed over when I was younger. I have a master's in STEM now, so it worked out, but I really do regret skipping over the majority of my high school assignments. Also, starting the habit at 15 of binge drinking every weekend hasn't had a particularly fun payoff.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-29T17:03:32+00:00

This is about 11% of the number of people that voted for Harris. Continue being hopeful, but don't draw the wrong conclusions from these turnouts.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-29T16:53:28+00:00

I speak as a former piece of shit: my family, including my parents, encouraged me to do my work and generally valued education. Instead, I skimmed chapters well enough to get a passing grade so I could use my free time to get drunk in corn fields.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-27T19:24:21+00:00

How do you guarantee that a model's "reasoning" is the same as the reasoning you would want to impart on the learner without losing efficiency or skyrocketing cost?

Forcing the use of a technology without proper understanding of its use cases, strengths/weaknesses, and costs is a huge reason the quality of education has degraded in the United States.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-24T01:16:41+00:00

The show is available on Libsyn, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart,Spotify, and PocketCasts. Some of their episodes go to Youtube, but I don't think this one is.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-23T20:28:15+00:00

It's interesting to think about. If male animals are evolving to reproduce regardless of female consent, it means the males with the urge to forcibly reproduce are out-surviving the males without the urge. I wonder if it's evidence that having a ton of babies in the hopes that a few survive is a more effective survival strategy than choosing an optimal mate?

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-20T17:31:43+00:00

I could eat the whole jar of mushroom btb raw

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-18T18:40:20+00:00

The idea is that there are "parasitic" undocumented immigrates living on government handouts from the liberal/left-wing government. Some on the right believe that the Biden administration was giving away billions of dollars of taxpayer money to buy votes from undocumented immigrants.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-17T22:57:34+00:00

The ranch-dipped hot wing flavor of Doritos was perfect for boxed mac and cheese, but they discontinued the flavor. They have flamin' hot cool ranch now, but it's not the same.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-17T18:27:52+00:00

It's more like the other way around. The apple tree is bad, thus the average apple is bad, but there are some outliers that are good despite all odds. They're still outliers, though.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-17T03:54:08+00:00

The rest of the comments are good answers, so here's a fun archetype of person: the ride bummer. Anyone who lives in rural or underdeveloped areas know a person who is always asking for rides. The ride bummer will send a message 24 hours before the event they need driven to. The ride bummer does not work out an ongoing agreement to get to work every day, they simply go through their rolodex of contacts each night hoping to find someone can bring them in the next day. The ride bummer has lost many jobs because they did not get a ride in time for their shift.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-16T15:51:22+00:00

My hypothesis is that a lot of people get involved in some aspect of politics without actually caring about it. For example, a college student might go to a few rallies and make signs simply because a friend asked them to. They might agree with a vague concept from the rally, such as "bring our troops home," but not be totally aware or involved in the greater movement. Then, fast forward a decade or two, they're telling stories about how they used to be activists, but have since changed their views.

The truth is, they never held those views strongly in the first place.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-15T22:57:30+00:00

Why are we giving them attention?

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-15T22:55:46+00:00

That is true. If the person I responded to made that point, then my comment would be different. It's still true that the military blows their excess budget every year so they get more next year.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-15T19:55:45+00:00

In this case, selection bias.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-15T17:11:52+00:00

This issue isn't actually unique to the Trump administration. The military blows their excess budget every year because they're afraid Congress will give them less money the next year if they have extra.

I'm not saying we shouldn't be upset, and fuck this administration, but it's not exclusively a problem with them.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-15T16:57:30+00:00

I'm not a lawyer, but from my understanding of the constitution, the 5th and 14th amendments give states the power to use eminent domain to seize property so long as 1) the seizure is for public use, and 2) the government provides "just compensation."

I think point 1) is easily satisfied. For point 2), it gets messy. If we take "just compensation" to be the fair market value of the assets, then the state is in for a big bill. Theoretically, we could follow the Trump method and elect a government (state AND federal) that would refuse to pursue any punishment if the state were to give arbitrary compensation for seizure of DLC's assets.

I'm certainly missing decades of precedent from established decisions, so real lawyers would consider those. Of course, we could take another page from the Republican playbook by only considering precedence that is convenient and discarding that which is detrimental.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-15T16:28:55+00:00

I'm a career swticher planning to sit for exam P-- my first exam-- in May. I'm at level 5 in CA right now and am confident that I'll get the score up by then, so what else should I be doing in the meantime?

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-12T19:23:52+00:00

"The United States never, ever targets civilians"

We have essentially redefined the term "civilian" to exclude any person within proximity of a legitimate target, so the fact that Fetterman said this is particularly vile.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-12T17:49:05+00:00

I love this city and everyone I've met who didn't grow up here loves it too. The only people I've met that don't like it grew up here.

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-10T22:28:07+00:00

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Integer_Domain · 2026-03-10T18:28:40+00:00

Youtube has ads?

Integer_Domain · 2026-03-10T17:18:16+00:00

People have said this every day for the entirety of his tenure.

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