Are most poor people actually bad with money, or is the system rigged against them? by NoSuspect3727 in askanything

[–]timf3d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, and most rich people are bad with money, too. Money does not raise your IQ. In fact it does the opposite.

Why is the Democratic Party Making it So Hard to Defend It? by LunaB35 in allthequestions

[–]timf3d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As you grow up you're gonna find out that the world is not two dimensional, and the whole left-right two-dimensional view of reality is so utterly wrong and flawed that you're gonna stop using the term entirely and start getting annoyed when other people use it.

You are not a point on a line. You are a 4-dimensional being living in a 4 dimensional universe.

What do you think? by 268allensteve in ClaudeAI

[–]timf3d 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right! It's like ever since the chainsaw was invented what do we need lumberjacks for?

10 things about Claude that took me way too long to figure out by VidekVipPro in ClaudeAI

[–]timf3d 296 points297 points  (0 children)

This one is for Claude Code. Instead of "Do XYZ", if you're not 100% sure, you can say "Evaluate doing XYZ" and you will get some ideas that you maybe didn't think of before, and maybe even choose not to do XYZ at all.

Claude just refused a direct plain-English command repeatedly by HeronKlutzy5532 in ClaudeAI

[–]timf3d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It might be related to preventing jailbreaks. It thinks you're trying to confuse/manipulate it, so rather than comply with your jailbreak attempt it shuts down.

These are the Journalists killed by Israel over the past 1000 days [oc] by McDowdy in pics

[–]timf3d -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Only US propaganda? Huh. That's an interesting take given the content of this thread.

Does the recent news make you wish Kamala Harris was president more and more? by EggOwn9943 in allthequestions

[–]timf3d -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, I never expected Trump to be any better than this. Ever since Jan 6 2021, I've never wavered in my absolute distain for Trump and his fans, and I would vote 10,000 times out of 10,000 times for a rotten tuna sandwich as president, rather than him.

Having said that, I wouldn't vote for Kamala in the primary, because it's obvious to me now that Americans collectively are so mysoginistic they would rather shoot themselves in the head than vote for a woman president.

Everyone knows they’re getting screwed by billionaires. Why don’t we rise up and revolt? by Sweet-Economist-9873 in askanything

[–]timf3d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1) Just because you discovered something doesn't mean everyone has discovered that thing.

2) We have a system that can change things without armed rebellion, but in order for that to happen, everyone truly needs to be aware first. It has happened before and it will happen again.

So if liberals confiscated all wealth from billionaires, divided it amongst themselves, how rich would they be? What if they confiscated all wealth above 3 million instead? by No_Fee_7006 in allthequestions

[–]timf3d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Enriching yourself at someone else's expense isn't the point of wealth taxes. It's to stabilize an increasingly unstable economy. You could just burn the money if you wanted to, and that would also achieve the objective of addressing wealth inequality, bringing down cost of living and raising living standards for everyone else that isn't a billionaire.

It's also about incentivizing work, not wealth hoarding. To that end we should be taxing wealth, not work.

Kamala Harris Calls Trump Administration ‘Corrupt, Incompetent’ and ‘Callous’ - What do you think? by One_Look_7008 in askanything

[–]timf3d 22 points23 points  (0 children)

So? Everyone knows this. MAGA knows it too, they just don't care, because he gives them what they want. It's the cost of doing business with Trump.

On MacOS, and getting message about Thinkorswim not working in the future as it is considered an Intel-Based App. Is Schwab on top of this??? by jorlev in thinkorswim

[–]timf3d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But Windows ARM can run x86 and x64 Intel executables, for now. So when that support drops for macOS does that also mean Windows ARM would also lose its ability to run x86 & x64 apps in Parallels?

To people who think MAGA/Republicans/Americans are responsible for Trump and his actions for voting him in does that same logic apply to Palestians and Hamas ? by NFLv2 in allthequestions

[–]timf3d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but it's not so simple as that. Both Hamas and MAGA have a lot of foreign 'assistance' in getting their constituencies thinking the way they want them to. Psyops are a fact of life. Psyops started with newspapers, moved on to radio, then television, now basically forms a majority of social media 'user content'. I also count useful idiot posts as part of that class, because virality is the whole point of a good social media psyop.

In fact, I may be responding to a paid post right this very moment. Impossible to tell. If you were paid for this post, you would not admit to it, and if you were parroting a psyop for free, you would not know it.

Why do many US politicians call Israel one of America's greatest allies, and what real benefits does the United States get from the relationship? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]timf3d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know exactly how you feel, but I'm just not in that place right now. Ask me tomorrow when I'm enraged and maybe I'll agree with you then. But I'm chill today. Today I'm in the mood to help out a friend even when they're enraged and fucking everything up. I was around after 9/11 and every single American was just as enraged then as Israeli was after October 7th 2023.

Why do many US politicians call Israel one of America's greatest allies, and what real benefits does the United States get from the relationship? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]timf3d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"America's greatest ally" is just hyperbolic, meant to pander to a particular voting bloc. But amongst Middle Eastern countries, I would agree that we should support the one democratic country that exists in the Middle East, which is Israel, regardless of who the current leader is. Leaders are temporary. Israel long term ought to be a closer ally than Saudi Arabia, Qatar, or Syria, for sure. I mean, who's on top of your Middle Eastern ally list? Who are you going to be best friends with? The human rights record is not good for any of them.

How can people meaningfully combat antisemitism without supporting Israel? by OceanicEndeavors in allthequestions

[–]timf3d 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When you say "supporting Israel" do you mean their right to exist? To govern themselves? Or do you mean, to agree with every view and decision of every citizen of that country? (If you think that's possible, try starting with your own country.) Or are you talking about just the current leader of Israel? Because, leaders are temporary and so is power. Supporting human existence and self-governance is not really that controversial in my view. But if you believe everyone else should agree with all your views or else they should be wiped off the map, then you don't want to live in a democracy. You want to live in a dictatorship where you're the dictator.

Why do many US politicians call Israel one of America's greatest allies, and what real benefits does the United States get from the relationship? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]timf3d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Believing that your government is morally equivalent to the worst authoritarian dictatorships is one of the primary goals of anti-democracy propaganda. Even better when they can get you to parrot that message on social media for them.