Kepabar

joined 2 years ago
[–] Kepabar@startrek.website -5 points 2 years ago

I think the feature is cool and I'm looking forward to it personally.

Maybe they should have made it opt in, but social features like this on other platforms like discord and stream aren't, so .. eh.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago

Some of it stems from religious zealotry (marriage is sacred and permanent).

Some of it is a misguided attempt at rectify the 'single parent' problem, believing that two unhappy parents is better than one parent divorced.

Essentially if you make divorce harder, more couples will be forced to work through their disagreements and reconcile.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 10 points 2 years ago

It's just so hard to see where we transition from here.

We went from a resource economy to a manufacturing economy to a service economy... And now many services are being automated. So what's next?

I'm in favor of the automation but recognize it's going to cause pain in the near future.

I've seen people tout a 'creative based economy', but to be honest LLMs and GANs seen poised to grab that sector before anyone in service can transition to it.

You'd hope all of this would mean an easier life, but so long as capitalism is the name of the game there is zero incentive to spread the benefits among all.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Discrimination against who?

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 10 points 2 years ago

I imagine for the pay.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

How are they not?

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 0 points 2 years ago

'the allies did worse than the Holocaust' is certainly a hot take.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 40 points 2 years ago (3 children)

No.

It's cheaper to out source it this way because as their farmers are contractors they don't have to adhere to the legal responsibilities they would if they ran them in their own.

They can keep their contracted farmers in debt to them indefinitely and essentially have a class of indentured servants.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That's how they used to be in the early days of the Internet. The earliest online multiplayer games like Cyberstrike charged by the hour. Cyberstrike cost six dollars an hour! Games in the BBS days were by the minute.

... Not that I feel there is any reason to bring that back. I am ok with live service games charging a monthly subscription though.

But the idea itself isn't as unheard of as everyone here acts like it is.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

Don't tell this guy about how often Congress devolved into fist fights, cane beatings and duels during our countries early years.

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