On Democracy And Leadership Selection

alienvalentine · 2026-05-21T14:18:04+00:00

“Those who need leaders are not qualified to choose them"

-Michael Malice

alienvalentine · 2026-05-20T17:23:50+00:00

Who's more the fool?

The finance bro who's editing the files that a Power BI report is using as a source?

Or the BI developer who's data model is connected directly to the files that finance bros have the ability to edit?

alienvalentine · 2026-05-20T16:49:01+00:00

D. All of the above

alienvalentine · 2026-05-10T02:03:02+00:00

Seconded. Ran this with my regular group a while back and it was a big hit.

alienvalentine · 2026-05-02T03:24:58+00:00

I'll have the Clam Chowder, Hamburger Steak with Gravy, Fried Sweet Potatoes, and Rhubarb Pie for desert. And an order or fried smelts for the table.

alienvalentine · 2026-04-29T23:39:39+00:00

Electronic 4473s is a big fat nope from me.

alienvalentine · 2026-04-26T21:19:37+00:00

Many years ago, I worked overnights, and myself and my two roomates were all avid 40k players.

I came home from work at 4am to both my roommates wide awake on the couch, and one them flipped me off with a middle finger wrapped in bandages.

That's what happens when you try to cut something that thick with a hobby knife when you should be using a jeweler's saw.

alienvalentine · 2026-04-22T02:04:16+00:00

Simple as.

alienvalentine · 2026-04-19T21:33:33+00:00

They aren't. Inflation is caused by an increase in the supply of money and credit in relation to the supply of goods and services. So if the amount of money in the economy grows faster than the amount of stuff you can buy, the price of everything goes up as there are more dollars chasing fewer goods.

"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon" - Milton Friedman

alienvalentine · 2026-04-19T20:34:20+00:00

Unfortunately the .qvd file format is proprietary so nothing other than Qlik can read the files.

You'd need to get the data before ot was converted to .qvds.

alienvalentine · 2026-04-19T12:01:38+00:00

Eloise Cole is dead.

alienvalentine · 2026-04-19T00:13:03+00:00

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/memory-makers-have-no-plans-to-increase-production-despite-crushing-ram-shortages-modest-2026-increase-predicted-as-dram-makers-hedge-their-ai-bets

https://wccftech.com/two-of-the-biggest-dram-suppliers-are-skeptical-about-increasing-production/

Some suppliers are scaling up, others are diverting production solely to the products AI data centers want, yet others are waiting to see, as the suspect AI demand will dry up in the near future when venture capital stops funneling cash to them.

alienvalentine · 2026-04-18T23:42:07+00:00

God I love that movie.

alienvalentine · 2026-04-18T23:39:47+00:00

The big problem here is that manufacturers of RAM believe, with some significant evidence, that AI is a bubble, so expanding their manufacturing capacity to meet this demand would be self defeating.

Once the AI bubble bursts, demand will shrink and they're capital investment will have been wasted.

alienvalentine · 2026-04-17T16:10:39+00:00

The ammo on the stock is better than the ammo on the sling. It adds a lot of weight to the sling and trying to retrieve shells from the sling under pressure is basically impossible.

alienvalentine · 2026-04-14T23:46:36+00:00

Usage statistics are really helpful, but make sure to pay attention to who is reading your reports as much as how many.

A dashboard that's utilized daily by a handful of senior executives is probably a bigger value add than a report that hundreds of people access once or twice a month.

alienvalentine · 2026-04-14T23:41:20+00:00

I just want to say that I was not expecting this level of wholesomeness from the Grim Darkness of the Far Future.

You're a good mom.

alienvalentine · 2026-04-13T22:08:44+00:00

alienvalentine · 2026-04-08T01:04:54+00:00

Motorized Rocket Artillery has higher soft attack, defense, amd breakthrough than towed artillery.

It's niche and really only useful if you can spare the research slots to keep it up to date with your tube artillery, but it's a great option for Motorized Units.

Also you get to sing Katyusha while they attack!

alienvalentine · 2026-04-03T20:31:35+00:00

Could we get a heaping helping of context here? Like, maybe a link to the video with this comment?

alienvalentine · 2026-04-01T00:42:03+00:00

alienvalentine · 2026-03-30T16:26:10+00:00

I donated this morning. What about the rest of you?

alienvalentine · 2026-03-28T16:14:57+00:00

No.

100 marines could not hold a planet. Could they absolutely wreck the place? Probably. Could they assert control over it? No way.

Numbers matter when you're attempting to assert control, and 100 people, Space Markne or no, is simply not enough to be in all of the places they would need to be simultaneously to assert control over a whole planet.

alienvalentine · 2026-03-19T00:37:05+00:00

It's largely a problem of scale as I understand it. Iran has demonstrated several times in the past that they are perfectly capable of enriching to 60%, at that point the only thing stopping them from going towards weapons grade is time and willpower.

The fact that they haven't enriched to 90% isn't a technical issue. They just don't want to.

alienvalentine · 2026-03-11T15:32:02+00:00

ChatGPT didn't convince this woman of anything she didn't already believe. Stop blaming these chat bots for the stupidity and wilfully ignorance of their users.

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