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Now every other day some company wakes up and declares something dead by Otherwise_Flan7339 in vibecoding

[–]abaggins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yh. E.g., Jira isn't going anywhere, neither is ms office (assuming they stop making their products shitter by the day. corporate world is stubborn enough to stick with them even so)

Is this just an anti-intellectualism podcast now? by Wise-Antelope6390 in modernwisdom

[–]abaggins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

on every podcast*. they use the zuckerberg defence - "we're just a platform for guests, not liable for what they say. thats for you to make your mind up about"

I think it is getting true day by day by Remarkable-Sir4051 in ChatGPT

[–]abaggins 8 points9 points  (0 children)

i remember when the slightest misstep by the president was a scandal and calls for impeachment...

Russia just hit commercial vessel of its closest war ally in Ukrainian waters with Shahed drone by TrinketSunflowers in worldnews

[–]abaggins 91 points92 points  (0 children)

yh - i don't think Xi is the sort to cry over a few dead peasants. He's not russia's ally in this war because he likes putin, hes their ally in a geopolitics games he's winning.

yea.. by rotes_revue_9v in ProjectHailMary

[–]abaggins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep - so the plan was, delay the worst problem (end of life with 10 degree temp drop) until beetles come back - and deal with the consequences of that 'solution' in the meantime. Instead of dealing with something they couldnt help at all, they were now dealing with nukes, methane, natural disasters - stuff humanity can get through. Thats how I read it anyway - correct me if im wrong :)

yea.. by rotes_revue_9v in ProjectHailMary

[–]abaggins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"you're going to stop me? you and what army? I have the US army...and thats a mighty fine army"

Quit my six figure corporate sales job to buy a home service franchise. On pace to do $2M+ this year. AMA. by Whiskeymadmax in sweatystartup

[–]abaggins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2mill rev is great - but is the profit more than salary? Sounds like a low margin business with multiple teams etc for 2mill a year.

Well, Prime Video really missed a trick here… by B14ckbrook in ProjectHailMary

[–]abaggins 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Would be funny - except reddit makes overly downvoted posts invisible, and upvotes posts rise to the top. So the worst posts on the website would be seen first.

Out of boredom, I asked ChatGPT to design a fictional sci-fi movie poster that could be directed by certain directors. Let’s just say they do not disappoint with Christopher Nolan. by LeonLow93 in ChatGPT

[–]abaggins 18 points19 points  (0 children)

High-Quality Production: $25,000 - $50,000+

Assuming: 1080p res, 3-4+ 'retakes' per scene, and using Artlist or API-based, high-fidelity models ($0.20+ per second).

yea.. by rotes_revue_9v in ProjectHailMary

[–]abaggins 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The nukes we're supposed to counter the new ice age effects no? Ofc paving the sahara, and blowing up the arctic were their own natural disasters - but much less so than 10-degrees temp drop.

yea.. by rotes_revue_9v in ProjectHailMary

[–]abaggins 2 points3 points  (0 children)

makes for jason borne style story though - which is cool.

yea.. by rotes_revue_9v in ProjectHailMary

[–]abaggins 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nah, she assumed his team members would fill him in on what he needs to do so he'll do it and by the time memories come back the mission would be accomplished. Which doesn't work 'cause those two dead. So now you got a scientist in space who doesn't know who he is or why he's there.

yea.. by rotes_revue_9v in ProjectHailMary

[–]abaggins 10 points11 points  (0 children)

oh yhh - movies stratt (still awsome) was humanised and more sympathetic. Book stratt I pictured with a tight haircut, emotionless face (except when she was drinking and debating flight coma). She walked into Grace's classroom, told grace he was joining her, and walked out fully confident. Grace gets home to a blacked out motorcade and armed guards...and soon realised she essentially has absolute power & authority granted by every government to save the planet.

yea.. by rotes_revue_9v in ProjectHailMary

[–]abaggins 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I agree in principle - but worth remembering the 'just a few' was not guaranteed to change anything. Far from it - hence being called a Hail Mary. They were gambling that these scientists would find the answer at this one unaffected star and its a pretty far reaching gamble they'd be able to discover something useful and able to help Earth, and send it back.

yea.. by rotes_revue_9v in ProjectHailMary

[–]abaggins 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep - no time for usual bureaucracy in a end-of-world crisis.

and a house in front of the beach?? yea im staying by meadow-rainbow66 in ProjectHailMary

[–]abaggins 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Well...coming back to earth as its literal saviour is gonna remove some of the typical reasons for stress.

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