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oceaniceternity

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Fanfic writer, anime watcher, stressed university student...

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ElleGray , to random
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pope complaining that things around the vatican are suddenly getting too gay like we're just supposed to forget these guys have been the security guards for 600 years

oceaniceternity ,
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@ElleGray Bring back the harlequin suints they actually look baller

CelloMomOnCars , to random
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Everyone is talking about building very large for energy storage, for when the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow. Turns out, that is the most expensive solution. There are faster solutions that yield money.

"Lovins and many other experts have spent decades pointing out that an integrated system approach that focuses as much or more on consumption than supply will be so much cheaper than the current approach focused on supply."

https://reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-biggest-grids-could-be-powered-by-renewables-with-little-or-no-storage-if-we-are-smart-enough/

oceaniceternity ,
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@CelloMomOnCars Basically "When the fuck was the last time it was cloudy and windless across the entire fucking country you morons. Instead of building a battery just build more windmills in a different location. It's the index fund of wind."

JamesWNeal , to random
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"Genius" def. doing better with your father's money than Trump did with his. Also #lowbar

oceaniceternity ,
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@futurebird @JamesWNeal Ok so long story but I recently had to do an assignment on intelligence failure in the Bond movie Goldfinger. And I'm like. Maybe they would have more success if they hired a couple of people who didn't graduate from Eton?

breadandcircuses , to random
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It's not parody. It's not The Onion.

This is the actual world we live in now...

"Mystery Billionaire Buys Apocalypse-Ready Bunker Surrounded By Fire Moat"

In a dystopic but perhaps unsurprising turn, the ultra-wealthy are investing in fortified shelters like never before. Mark Zuckerberg’s purchase of a 5,000-square-foot bunker beneath his Kauai ranch has set off something of a buying frenzy, with the global elite seeking refuge from future threats like armed conflict, cyberattacks, and climate change.

But it’s far worse than just bunkers: Al Corbi, president of Strategically Armored & Fortified Environments, is overseeing the creation of custom designs for the uber-rich that go far beyond traditional shelters. His most ambitious project to date is an island fortress with a 30-foot-deep lake surrounded by a flammable liquid moat, water cannons for aerial threats, and a whole lot more, set to be completed in 2025.

FULL STORY -- https://www.dmarge.com/mystery-billionaire-buys-apocalypse-ready-bunker

oceaniceternity ,
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@breadandcircuses The flammable moat sounds stupid. What's to stop invaders from setting fire to it and just waiting for it to burn out?

pluralistic , to random
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There's a strain of anti-anti-monopolist that insists that they're not pro-monopoly - they're just realists who understand that global gigacorporations are too big to fail, too big to jail, and that governments can't hope to rein them in. Trying to regulate a tech giant, they say, is like trying to regulate the weather.

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    • oceaniceternity ,
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    @pluralistic I went and read it on your site.

    One thing I think of when anything seems too big to take on... is how do you sink the Bismark?

    There's a long history of unsinkable ships sinking. Nothing is invulnerable. Not even companies like Apple.

    oceaniceternity , to bookstodon group
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    @bookstodon I'm currently #reading Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche. I must admit I don't find his idea of a universal drive for power compelling.

    It relies first and foremost upon an invisible subconscious that we cannot reach or touch inside all of us that tells us to always seek more power. And that anything other than we do is just justification for our power grabs.

    My problem with this is how... When you start out looking for it it is easy to say that anything anyone does is a power grab. Getting out of bed is an excercise of our dominion over gravity etc etc..

    Does a child draw letters in the sand merely to signal that they have power over sand? Is wearing cool and shiny boots a way of signalling social power over others? Maybe. But in my mind it is unlikely to be the most compelling reason behind everything... Solely because most people do not behave like cartoon villains. Or even cartoon villains trying to camoflage themselves.

    I admit. I am only 70 pages in and a very novice philopher at best. But as it stands... I don't think a drive to power as envisioned by Nietzsche is a universal truth.

    #philosophy

    oceaniceternity OP ,
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    @BillySmith @bookstodon @Scienceisnotopinions I just read the article you linked. Having never worked in an office environment I can't say I can verify it's truthfulness, or if it matches my own lived experience.

    One interesting idea that the article promoted is that sociopathy is a learned behavior. Something that can be nurtured and mentored in others.

    However. I can relate to the idea of piercing the veil of propoganda to see where the real power is circulating. I.e a refusal to believe corporate spin doctoring or baseless optimism. Trying to see beyond the theatre of power to where the real power exists.

    And then the next question I would have about such... Manufactured sociopathy... Is the possibility of code switching based on context and company. Under... The articles model is there space for someone who is at once a cutthroat sociopath at work and an altruistic person in certain cases?

    But you have given me a lot to think about as I continue to read Nietzsche.

    oceaniceternity , to bookstodon group
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    @bookstodon

    I just finished reading Descendant Machine by Gareth L Powell

    While the setting was amazing, original, and just fun to examine... At times it felt formulaic. That said I enjoyed the book and am happy that I read it.

    That said. It's emphasis that violence is never a good resort felt very loading screen life tip esque rather than something that was well developed into the story. Mafalda's internal thoughts weren't organic in a way they could have been.

    But yeah. If you want a space eldritch horror what is in the box thing to read, read this book.

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