So the takeaway here is we need to invade the US , batter them into submission before they’ll become reflective and apologetic ? Similarly Russia, and Israel i guess

But never the stories about the “acceptable” public.

Plumbers, electricians, weapon factory supervisors, miners, grocery store managers.

And I’m learning it by experiencing it now.

Heck! Human meat tastes like pork

If the TV show Whitechapel taught me anything , it’s that human meat does NOT taste like pork.

it was one of the most important breakthroughs to date in fusion

What ? It was not really. Here’s a physicist discussing why.

https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2023/08/fusion-foolery/

In the end, the NIF fusion accomplishment might be called a stunt. Stunts explore what we can do (often after an insane amount of preparation, practice, and failure), rather than what’s practical. Stunts hide the pains and present an appearance of ease and grace, but it’s a show.

The “more energy out than laser energy in” equation masks several fundamental problems. NIF’s doped glass lasers have an efficiency of about 0.5 percent, meaning that they would have sucked in roughly 400 megajoules of energy from the grid in order to produce the 2.1 megajoules of light energy…

To be fair the hype machine was from the press not the scientists

Let’s pause to say: well done! Honestly. No sarcasm. What they did was ridiculously hard, and it finally worked after more than a decade of trying. They actually produced a significant number of fusion events! There’s no faking that, and I’d like to see you try. So let’s be clear that I’m not knocking the accomplishment in itself. My major beef is how we interpret the implications for society.

If you don’t shit, you die!

Well, that was a read ? Soinded like an awesome experience though.

Kind of the opposite, it can be depressing recognising the lack of shits given.

Tesla is the most popular car purchase in Norway for eample and is extrmely popular here in Australia. People still use Reddit, X, iMessage, Facebook erc etc. My neighbour uses Stralink when we have a local 400/80 service available. 90% literally don’t give a shit.

Not if its under the auspices of the state. They are after all the entity describing murder. When the armed forces kill somone for example (recently in Venezuela butnalos Nigera etal)

The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime - Max Stirner

Yes and no, I was on Mastodon long ago, peaked into Lenmy, watched other Fediverse prokects with interest.

I’d not used Reddit for many years, before I actually made a Lemmy account, then when I saw Boost was available for Lemmy, I started using that.

I am odd though, old and have a differnt view of the internet based around it being a space for enthusiasts and tinkerers and corporate can and will only ever eventually enshitifiy whatever their fingers touch, so I dont use things like FB, Reddit, Apple products, Microsoft products, WhatsApp, Insta, Light room etc

Insurance industry is more profitable, cutting out high risk areas and raising prices for everyone else.

Rinse and repeat until everyone is in a high risk area I guess :)