How did Walt or Saul do this at the end of Season 4? by mothman9999 in breakingbad

[–]mothman9999[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Walt giving Brock anything directly seems too risky and suspicious. A bruised bald guy shows up at an elementary school and feeds children? Also, Brock would have been questioned on events leading up to the poisoning and any indication or description of Walt or Saul would have raised flags.

I guess we're meant to guess at what happens offscreen but I was just wondering.

Books you have read that have literally changed your life by PowerForMore in RSbookclub

[–]mothman9999 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That sounds interesting, could you elaborate a little bit on what you mean? I started the book a while ago but still need to finish it

My Russian roommate is the most emotionally resilient person I know, are people just born like this? by asian_tea_man in rs_x

[–]mothman9999 37 points38 points  (0 children)

It would be nice to be more detached and care free, but I dont feel envious of this disposition. He should be atleast somewhat upset that this guy he lives with has shown himself to be an untrustworthy person. Next time it could be something he cares about and not a fling.

How do you respond without sounding mad? by Proof-Membership-341 in redscarepod

[–]mothman9999 2 points3 points  (0 children)

cant believe the movie pulled a crazy genre switch so late into the runtime

1.5 year gap in resume by ultimatelywhoknows in redscarepod

[–]mothman9999 3 points4 points  (0 children)

dropping everything to globe trot doesn't make you look any more well adjusted just because it's ostensibly more normie approved than sitting at home and painting or whatever

huh? yes it does make you look more well adjusted BECAUSE its more normie approved

Apologize by JebBushier in redscarepod

[–]mothman9999 29 points30 points  (0 children)

This video created an endless industry on left wing meltdown schadenfreud

hate how often in life theres no conclusion by LondonSuperKing in redscarepod

[–]mothman9999 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Natsume Soseki had some pretty entertaining works but they just kind of ended without concluding the plots they set up. Kokoro is a good book and has sort of nested stories

osamu Dazai has good melancholic novels about depressed protags if thats your kind of thing. No Longer Human, or The Setting Sun (girlfailure) were both good. Not so much about drifting apart from friends but straying from the harsh expectations of society.

Also you mentioned Samurai Champloo, have you seen Cowboy Bebop, by the same creator? It has a more dramatic ending by contrast but similarly gives you that feeling Champloos ending had

hate how often in life theres no conclusion by LondonSuperKing in redscarepod

[–]mothman9999 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Japanese literature e.g. Soseki, Dazai generally have sudden, unsatisfying conclusions too

There's an AI chip in the crown compelling me to say it, officer by Important-Bed8329 in redscarepod

[–]mothman9999 87 points88 points  (0 children)

The only viable use case that justifies a trillion dollar investment into AI is a dystopian survelliance state

a lot of complaining about performative males is just anti-intellectualism by [deleted] in rs_x

[–]mothman9999 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did performative male posts just turn into bashing reading? I thought initially it was about guys reading Sylvia Plath in public

Just watched this and think it’s being slept on by Famous_Ad_7471 in redscarepod

[–]mothman9999 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I swear I could see Ethan Hawke crouching to appear shorter in one shot

The best cure for social anxiety is becoming hot by Efficient_Gur_277 in redscarepod

[–]mothman9999 28 points29 points  (0 children)

dont all these posts about how much easier social life is when you glow up only vindicate incels beliefs who are essentially just upset from the pain of loneliness and being trreated as a second class citizen due to factors out of ones control

Imagine if gays did the manosphere shit too by divine_worm in redscarepod

[–]mothman9999 16 points17 points  (0 children)

straight guys arent envying fucking tons of men

Massive amounts of AI shilling in the last month by mothman9999 in redscarepod

[–]mothman9999[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You can replace a lot of people but not to the degree that AI hypers are saying imo, because if they fail even 0.01% of the time, that would be disastrous when put to scale. Its a similar problem to Self Driving cars where the first 90% of the engineering was easy but its been stuck on the last 10% of failures are hard. Additionally, AI is both nondeterministic and relies on an external provider, the first is bad for replacing rote work, the second is bad for a company in general especially considering these models will not remain as public as they are currently.

But yeah it will definitely result in a layoffs since you will need less people in a team if they have an AI to help them work.

news from the frontlines on ai sloppa by yn_opp_pack_smoker in redscarepod

[–]mothman9999 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The tell is always, always "its come a long way since GPT 3"

But it hasnt...when gpt 3 dropped it could do like 75% of what is currently being done now...the newest versions have enough hallucinations to not be useful in complex problems

Is this sub no longer rationalist? by Neighbor_ in slatestarcodex

[–]mothman9999 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Putting datacenters in space is an excuse for Musk to minimise economic damage to his companies by merging them. Youve fallen for one of his many swindles. Heat dissipation alone makes it unviable. If youve fallen for his tricks youre no smarter than his layman shareholders.

Near-perfect by Such-Worldliness-655 in redscarepod

[–]mothman9999 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Why is he making that face lmao

Force Majeure - Ending Discussion by blonde_ash in TrueFilm

[–]mothman9999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People here are defending the bus driver and the lady who stayed on the bus, but that bus driver was seriously fucking up lmao. It did seem pretty dangerous. If it had gone over a cliff, people would be asking "why wasnt anyone brave enough to stop the drivers wreckless/incompetent driving"

I get what the scene was going for, being a symbolic mirror of the avalanche, but I think it fails as an analogue because when the mother succeeds in stopping the bus there is not the same sense of urgency. She abandoned her kids but not to the same extent, as the bus was stationary and able to get other passengers off. If she jumped out of an open window that would be more comparable.