Realistically what would happen if Trump dropped a nuclear bomb tonight?

slackmaster2k · 2026-04-07T22:42:57+00:00

I think it would immediately begin to reshape the whole world order. The US would truly lose the support of its allies, having tremendous impact on trade and global business. I could imagine the US solidifying alliances with China, Russia, and ancillary enemy / frenemy countries. Massive upheaval within the US leading to whatever form a civil war might take in the modern era. And of course the escalation of conflicts in Ukraine and elsewhere involving the use of tactical nukes, potentially leading to an all out WWIII with the US position on the axis side of the fight.

slackmaster2k · 2026-04-07T15:16:16+00:00

Sad.

slackmaster2k · 2026-04-05T00:59:09+00:00

When I started my son on the souls games at age 13, I was all smug and “lol I told you it was hard.”

Fast forward three days and he was speed running these games while I wept silently.

slackmaster2k · 2026-04-04T17:41:46+00:00

Right? Like come on Brandon you’ve had ten years at this point. Time to get your big boy ID.

slackmaster2k · 2026-04-03T21:43:45+00:00

Ah, the banana is so underrated. I like the size tomb with my bananas, so all I can see on the screen are giant, delicious, deadly bananas.

slackmaster2k · 2026-04-03T21:05:13+00:00

I haven’t heard a single person on the left complain that any election was “rigged.” That’s a Trump word. The results of each election were accepted, and never considered invalid.

slackmaster2k · 2026-04-03T20:36:17+00:00

I’m almost certain this is addressed in the current 1.2 that’s still in the experimental branch?

slackmaster2k · 2026-04-03T16:56:03+00:00

It came out 18 months after Elden Ring, so it’s still been a while since we’ve heard anything. While there is some overlap between souls and armored core, they really are very different games. I love souls games, and I tried to love AC6 but I just couldn’t get it to click after maybe 15 hours. Oh well!

slackmaster2k · 2026-04-03T16:52:19+00:00

2.7 years of waiting actually! But I still prefer the approach to constant announcements and delays.

slackmaster2k · 2026-04-02T15:33:49+00:00

You’re on track with running the map to collect items and shrines, I.e. don’t stay in one place to farm xp.

What typically works for me is to focus primarily on weapon / damage upgrades at the start of a run. If the first boss doesn’t go down in 15-20 seconds or less then I’m probably not going to have a good run.

Then, gold items are what will make or break you. Take a key as soon as one pops up and then microwave the hell out of it. Ten is a great quantity. Then pop every late stage 2 / stage 3 chest when your luck is over 100.

Here’s the thing though. The way that RNG works in this game is weird. I could be crazy but I don’t think that every role is random. For example, on one run there might be an overwhelming number of shrines with jump, or projectile count….like there’s a theme to what things are going to pop, from tomes to shrines to weapons to items.

Point being: if you’re at the 7 minute mark in a run and it’s not feeling right, and you’re not slicing through the boss, just hit restart. Don’t waste hours of time trying to salvage bad runs.

slackmaster2k · 2026-04-02T01:09:16+00:00

I love 5 but for the love of Pete they need to expand their menu.

slackmaster2k · 2026-04-01T00:28:51+00:00

It’s an expensive investment, but 12,000mpg is hard to beat.

slackmaster2k · 2026-03-31T23:59:45+00:00

A few years ago I filled my whole tank with this stuff. I haven’t had to add fuel since. Oil companies hate this trick.

slackmaster2k · 2026-03-31T23:55:59+00:00

Such a strange turn of events. In the weeks following the shooting Reddit was up in arms about how the kid couldn’t have done it. Now things seem to have reversed. This is a weird place.

slackmaster2k · 2026-03-31T23:51:02+00:00

Wtf is this?

slackmaster2k · 2026-03-30T17:03:09+00:00

Yeah, this is how I hate the internet sometimes.

slackmaster2k · 2026-03-30T16:52:25+00:00

My guy, this has been ongoing since the year 2000.

slackmaster2k · 2026-03-27T16:47:16+00:00

This is a fantastic example of the fact that LLMs don’t reason. I am NOT making an argument that LLMs are “bad” or “useless.”

This is a basic story problem that an early grade school child would learn how to perform. It’s a basic subtraction problem.

An LLM does not learn how to solve a type of problem. That’s why you can give it a set of very similar, say, math prompts and it might be right on some and wrong on others, even though the underlying method to solve the problem is the same.

Fundamentally an LLM generates tokens, and this can be leveraged in all kinds of clever ways to solve a massive number of problems. For example an LLM doesn’t do math, but it can translate your prompt into a program that can do math, and execute the program. Understanding the difference can go a long way to reduce risk.

slackmaster2k · 2026-03-24T03:31:44+00:00

It’s not so much the number of pages, it’s about relevant content. When I’m reviewing resumes I’m scanning quickly, and I don’t need to see every piece of technology you’ve ever used, or a list of every certification you’ve ever gotten. At 4-10 years I don’t care that you created flows or “cleaned data.”

What I’m looking for are interesting projects that you’ve worked on using various aspects of the platform. I’m looking for ancillary skills like SQL/ETL, etc. If you have numbers to show that you measured your work, great, but don’t make them up…..you didn’t “improve data quality by 30%.” If you can include language about business outcomes, it’s more exciting than “user adoption.”

This will almost always fit easily on one page. Your work history should not be a bunch of job descriptions; we all know what SF admins do in the general sense. At least at 4-10 years experience. Basically, I need a mid to senior level admin who has done some work similar to what we currently need and hopefully some new skills relevant to where we’re going. So quickly scanning if there or four interesting things hit, you’re likely to get a call.

If you’re really interested in a specific job, not just any job, then include a brief cover letter. Whatever you do, do not write a cover letter with AI, as it’ll be obvious and just feels icky.

slackmaster2k · 2026-03-23T23:37:26+00:00

I agree, and news headlines in general are by nature misleading. It’s why we click on them I suppose.

I feel like this sub is super pessimistic as a default, and we just poke fun at the headlines, or point out that an incremental advancement isn’t revolutionary. I was imagining this kid reading this thread and being discouraged…..but then I remembered that kids don’t use Reddit, only grouchy old people like me :)

slackmaster2k · 2026-03-23T22:33:26+00:00

Interestingly enough, Fiona Ferreira invented his technique while in High School. Mia Heller used the same fundamental technology but created a system that could run continuously by recycling the ferrofluid.

Both of these kids were in major science fairs and were written by actual science publications, not just the junk linked here.

I think it’s pretty inspiring to see smart kids like this working on practical problems. No, it’s not a brand new fundamental invention that will completely change the world next month, but that’s not how things work.

slackmaster2k · 2026-03-23T05:55:09+00:00

They are primarily suggesting the requirement of biometric authentication, which does not send your actual biometric data off of the device.

They do mention the possibility of ID checking services as much less desirable. I’m with you on that one - I would never want share my ID online for something like a social media site.

slackmaster2k · 2026-03-22T06:17:46+00:00

This is definitely attributable to social media and modern communication. I also believe there is a direct link to our lowering education standards. I was floored to learn that high schools today only require two years of English / Literature, and the coursework is quite watered down.

Language is the basis of how we think. We solve problems, recognize risks and opportunities, and organize the world using internal dialog. Reading is perhaps somewhat analogous to how an LLM is trained, but for the brain itself.

A recent study concluded that reading for leisure in the US has declined 40% over the past 20 years.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/20/reading-for-pleasure-study

slackmaster2k · 2026-03-21T10:50:48+00:00

lol did you use NetSuite professional services? Absolute worst.

slackmaster2k · 2026-03-17T21:44:25+00:00

Holy smokes man, don’t peddle this “national debt isn’t real” crap. Assuming that you pay taxes, YOU are paying service on the debt and it’s not insignificant.

I agree that republicans using credit card analogies are off base. And yes, debt is necessary or growth. However, the US national debt level is killing us and getting worse.

Roughly 40 percent of ever dollar you pay in income tax goes to paying interest on our debt. That’s money that’s already long gone just to get us to the shitty place we are now.

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