if you look at the tangible numbers, there’s barely anything actually being produced in Europe

libs just love to see more people die

Yup, I think this is why they’ve been so desperate to negotiate with Russia and find some off ramp I’m Ukraine.

I guess they failed the qualification round of outrunning the TCC. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/world/europe/ukraine-military-recruitment.html

Zulip pretty easy to self host. I ran a server for a group of friends a little while back, and it worked great. The UI takes a bit of getting used to, but it is great once you do because everything is a thread by default. And that makes it really easy to catch up on things.

Yeah there’s a lot of that going on too.

To be fair, the people running things are making money hand over fist from the crisis they created. So, as far as they’re concerned, things are going great right now.

Seems like a lot of Americans genuinely believe they live in a democracy.

they’re basically expensive paperweights

That’s basically the story. We had no CEO for over a year, a large org around 400 people or so. People just kept doing their work, and things kept running along.

Amusingly, the most disruptive part was actually the new CEO coming on board, because naturally he had to show that he had his own ideas. So he decided to change a bunch of processes just for the sake of it.

I’m sure there will be more follow up research. In the meantime, seems like fast paced games are likely a good activity to engage in.

Looks like the Burger Reich is no longer able to manufacture radars now that China cut off rare earths supply. 🤣

The article specifically mentions speed training as the activity that actually produced measurable results while memory training or reasoning training did not. The theory is that this type of activity engages different brain structures.

I mean it’s all a matter of jurisdiction. Open source platforms like Stoat can be run outside the reach of western regimes.

I mean sure if the workers organizes a revolution, and established the dictatorship of the working class. That’s a proven way to keep these people in line.

Have you ever worked at a large company? The leadership does jack shit there. A CEO left for a different gig at one place I worked at, and it took a year to replace him. Nothing at all visibly changed during that time. All companies are run by the workers, and they’re what holds the company together.

not much, just slightly different UX

You’d just end up with a new set of oligarchs taking their place. The issue isn’t with specific individuals, it’s with the system that produces them and keeps them in power. Until these power structures are dismantled, nothing’s going to change.

I’ve seen a few similar projects before, but can’t recall what they were off top of my head.

indeed