bitofhope

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[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Didn't have that on my bingo card for this year, but it's on brand. A big part of The Onion's MO is just riding out the insanity and inject a little of their own.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Good he found the right gadget for the job. I'm happy it works and has improved the mother's life.

It's frustrating that subscription-based product enshittification is so ubiquitous that avoiding it needed to be included as a constraint, and even pointing that out feels banal and trite for how much it's the default.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Kabosu didn't die for this.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago

Next you're gonna tell me Ministry of Defence has a war machine?

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trump managed to win over Gen Z men

…in the sense that more Gen Z men voted for him than in the last election. I am seeing this spin a lot and it honestly seems like a deliberate scapegoating ploy.

The exit poll stats seem to tell a different story.

Data from NBC News considering "key states" (apparently Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin)

Exit poll result charts, subsection "Age by gender". Men 18-29 (7%): Blue 47%, Red 49%. Men 30-44 (12%): Blue 43%, Red 53%. Men 45-64 (16%): Blue 38%, Red 60%. Men 65+ (12%): Blue 44%, Red 55%. Women 18-29 (7%): Blue 61%, Red 37%. Women 30-44 (12%): Blue 54%, Red 43%. Women 45-64 (19%): Blue 49%, Red 50%. Women 65+ (16%): Blue 54%, Red 45%.

Yes, young men favored Trump. So did all other men (and even Gen X women, if narrowly). Among both genders included in the data, Gen Z was the least likely to vote for Trump and the most likely to vote for Harris.

Granted, these stats are only from the aforementioned states and can't represent the full picture, but they are the only relevant statistics I have seen posted on the matter and the best data I could quickly find. If anyone can show me the data that the darn kids these days are to blame, I'd like to see sime data.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yea I know, had to get that digression out of my system, especially since you said "in any sensible meaning of the word" and all. Sorry, I didn't mean to nuh-uh you on semantics, just point out something that tickled my pedantry sense.

Edit: I also brought it up because IMO "decisive" is a bit of an odd choice to describe election victory, unless referring to some grander context where the election marks a major historical turning point in national or international politics in favor of the winning side.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Losing every swing state and failing to even win the consolation trophy of the popular vote after even Hillary fucking Clinton managed that much is something I'd call getting your ass handed to you. The US election system is terrible, but it's the game they were playing and Trump won hands down.

Also, not that it's the point but I have to note that technically most election victories are decisive, in the sense that they resolve the winner with little to no ambiguity (which is usually the case, even when the margin is narrow). In that sense, the only way Trump's victory is not decisive is if you contest the legitimacy of the whole election.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 4 points 1 week ago

Doesn't hurt them to strike while the silicon is hot.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 3 points 2 weeks ago

What the hell is this even arguing for? Is one module with ten million lines somehow better than 100 modules à 100k lines?

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 3 points 2 weeks ago

Bullish on Le Creuset

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 3 points 2 weeks ago

What do you mean "crashing the economy"? GDP is doing great! Line go up! Just keep staring at the NASDAQ composite and you will surely be able to afford a house by the time it hits $20k.

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