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That's the default in Germany in every single branch and I hate it. You won't hear back from 4/5 applications.

in America, apparently if you crime hard enough and big enough they stop putting you in prison and start patting you on the back and calling it good business sense.

There's a story about Alexander the great capturing a pirate and scolding him for raiding villages along the coast line. Alexander asked if the pirate feels ashamed and wants to beg for forgiveness. However, the pirate had something else to say. He said that Alexander was doing the same thing, but infinitely worse. The only difference was that Alexander called himself king and plundered entire lands while the pirate only raided small villages. The pirate reminded Alexander of the many lives he had destroyed in his conquest. So the pirate's only crime was not to be the biggest baddie in the hood, so to speak.

Alexander replied by stating that the title of king forces his hand and that he couldn't just stop what he was doing. The pirate on the other hand was just an individual who could easily change course. And so Alexander set the pirate free, stating that he himself will start changing his own ways right there and then if the pirate makes a fresh start first.

I don't know if there is any truth to this but it's a fable often used to explain how legitimacy changes the perception people have of wrong doing and heroism on a fundamental level. Alexander's reply sounds like an excuse and I think that's on purpose. The pirate outwitted him in the end by stating a basic truth.

Is this from 2016? Because they should've done this in 2016.

They'll expand it to trains, busses and personal cars too and they won't stop at your own front door.

I agree. Even if they didn't randomly pick on people (which they totally do) they could still utilize Palantir or similar tech to get intel on you. deleting your posts does nothing in this day and age.

With Harambe's death, the thread of prophecy was severed. And we didn't restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate. So now we persist in the doomed world we have created.

Anything AI is adding hallucinations to everything. If you can even call it that because it implies some sort of conscious or agency which LLMs definitely don't have.

No doubt there are bad actors polluting communities on the Fediverse as well and I'm not feeling quite as optimistic as the author here. But they're absolutely right about the corporate side of the internet. The mainstream that is controlled by the rich and driven by greed. You need FOSS to have at least a good base you can build on top of. Profit oriented platforms have failed us as a society.

It has a bad reputation but a good selection of games and features.

As a European the Dems strike me as very pro capitalist neoliberals but definitely not as liberals. They get along with anyone if it's good for the economy. Freedom isn't something they actually value that much.

On one hand the German chancellor just met with Donald in Washington and assured he approves regime change so this comes off as a little two faced.

On the other hand Merz' party is trying to push for conscription and young Germans are already protesting against it on the streets. No way they're fighting for Donnie or Bibi. Plus the meeting in Washington was a fever dream. Tons of reporters asking random questions and the Orange just babbled about whatever came to mind for 90% of the time. I bet Merz was glad when it was over.

Also the Steam Deck can already take over that role if the Steam Machine is too much of an ask for you. When they're restocked, that is.