Power scaling continues to make no sense. They imply Mark is probably stronger than an elite Viltrumite but he can’t even knock down a big centipede? No reason for him to be pulling punches in that fight.
On the plus side, it seems like this arc will actually feature more Atom Eve so I’m here for it. Unfortunately I assume that means she’s got some real shit coming.
“Gravel” bikes are just what happened when people started putting touring tires on road bikes. Or rather when they figured out that they could swap wheels on one frame, and then one day never put the roadie wheels back on.
Democracy is not just about voting. Democracy is not just about freedom to debate political topics. Democracy is also about being actualized in a way which allows you to advocate for yourself and your interests. This works both from a idealistic and functional perspective - egalitarian democracy is the “right” thing to do, but it also serves to help identify and remedy issues in specific communities before they become bigger problems.
The core thesis for progressive liberalism is that for a democracy to function properly, we should identify injustice and work to reduce it, so that marginalized communities have better access to these democratic primitives than they would otherwise. The idea is that this creates a proactive framework for dealing with problems, rather than a reactive one. Otherwise the Democratic process seems cursed to leap from big crisis to big crisis without any real strategy for working at smaller scales.
The part about Google location tracking is out of date. They specifically moved that functionality on device because of all the warrants they were getting, and it never really had anything to do with Google maps. Either way, if you are using a cell phone there’s a dozen other ways to track you.
The biggest point they miss in terms of encrypted messaging is only secure in transit. If there is a compromised device in your chat group then it might as well not matter, so opsec always comes first. An anonymous user agent is therefore arguably just as important as encrypted transport. Signal is a tough sell because it requires a phone number. I would argue that email+PGP is a better option but requires a lot more technical overhead. Always keep that identity firewall in place. There is nothing more secure than meeting in person, but be skeptical of anyone who is very interested in connecting your face to a user name.
Finally, don’t discount the value of patterns of life. If you are doing something you don’t want people to know about, make sure your phone is where it usually is that time of day. I think a lot of internet pop security types get this wrong by focusing so much on privacy for shit nobody cares about. Having a normal looking digital fingerprint is a powerful tool if you know how to leverage it properly.
Even most teenagers think teenagers are idiots
Imagine being this fragile
Can haz meaningless notoriety?
Jesus, and I thought notorious piss baby Steve Huffman could not possibly get any more pathetic.
Eggs? In this economy?
Me, ready to burn down the Home Depot because the windshield washer fluid is in the seventeenth different location this year:
Technically every warm blooded organism is bioluminescent.
And cartoonishly aggressive Marxist Leninism.
This one’s for that little boy, who’s limboing up in heaven right now 🙏
This makes no sense when you issue sovereign bonds, and they are the most desirable investment vehicle in the history of the world.
Nobody is going to buy bonds backed by SPY when they could just buy SPY.
I see nothing wrong with this picture, other than we need to invent the technology which allows people to be turned into cats.
Yeah I’ve been there a bunch and this city centers are definitely impressive. There is plenty of dystopian shit though. Obviously the Internet situation is weird, but I’ve been basically told I can’t go up to my hotel room without my Chinese sponsor.