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New comment by bobbytheblkbear in "Costco is the anti-Amazon"

bobbytheblkbear — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:48:13 +0000

Costco prices suck and I don't know why people clap for them.

New comment by bobbytheblkbear in "Leaking YouTube creators' private videos"

bobbytheblkbear — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:41:35 +0000

It's not just a sentence that it made, it redefines the structure of reading itself.

New comment by bobbytheblkbear in "Odin, Wikipedia and engagement farming"

bobbytheblkbear — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:37:17 +0000

Wikipedia only has facts on it because they're difficult to argue about.

Trust me, they would delete facts if they could. It's not a site for smart people.

New comment by bobbytheblkbear in "Odin, Wikipedia and engagement farming"

bobbytheblkbear — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:52:17 +0000

I'll just say the obvious:

Wikipedia admins get it wrong more often than they get it right, and the general process for Wikipedia is obtuse, ignorant, and generally backward, with most of the favor given towards "people with old accounts" as opposed to actual knowledge.

It's beyond simple to get new editors banned for simply creating edits others don't like, no matter what the veracity is.

The only reason it's good for things like science is that it's generally hard for the kind of lowIQ populace their older accounts and admins have to argue about definitive numbers. But I am sure if they could they'd say things like "Hydrogen doesn't actually always have 1 electron", and so on.

New comment by bobbytheblkbear in "Exapunks (2018)"

bobbytheblkbear — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:46:54 +0000

Because I analyzed the non-game accurately? Grow up and get over yourself not everyone is delusional enough to enjoy spreadsheets.

New comment by bobbytheblkbear in "How to ask for help from people who don't know you"

bobbytheblkbear — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:42:17 +0000

I disagree with everything you said. It's basically just pure luck in terms of something like repairing a flat tire, etc., and then in a professional setting none of this applies at all.

New comment by bobbytheblkbear in "How to ask for help from people who don't know you"

bobbytheblkbear — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:40:53 +0000

I have a shorter list:

1. Be Rich

2. Be Attractive if you didn't complete step 1.

3. If you failed to complete steps 1. and 2., don't bother.

New comment by bobbytheblkbear in "Exapunks (2018)"

bobbytheblkbear — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:38:54 +0000

This is also an advertisement.

I think it's sporting to pay for advertising and not sporting to try and sneak it in on people.

New comment by bobbytheblkbear in "Exapunks (2018)"

bobbytheblkbear — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:35:39 +0000

embedded youtube video on an advertisement site

how do I unsubscribe from your blog's ads?

New comment by bobbytheblkbear in "Systemd 261 released with systemd-sysinstall, IMDSD, and storagectl"

bobbytheblkbear — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:08:40 +0000

I think they should create a kernel for systemd and then perhaps also a filesystem... maybe a GUI too?

New comment by bobbytheblkbear in "Turns Out, There Is a Cabal of Elite Crazies Trying to Control the World"

bobbytheblkbear — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:05:27 +0000

What are you sipping on?

New comment by bobbytheblkbear in "Renting a sewing machine from the library"

bobbytheblkbear — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:01:23 +0000

This only works in a high-trust society.

New comment by bobbytheblkbear in "Turns Out, There Is a Cabal of Elite Crazies Trying to Control the World"

bobbytheblkbear — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:57:05 +0000

The concept of wealth is predicated upon the idea that one may "play at the table in the Casino and win". In reality entry to this system is barred but it only exists in such a way because people believe in the promise/concept that they will be allowed to succeed if they continue to try.

What you're defining as a "Cabal of Wealth" is an allowance by the people because they believe in the concept of joining it. If this isn't clear I'm happy to expand upon it.

New comment by bobbytheblkbear in "Turns Out, There Is a Cabal of Elite Crazies Trying to Control the World"

bobbytheblkbear — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:51:38 +0000

I don't buy this personally. The leaks of Peter Thiel's 'Dialog' society demonstrate to me that the bell curve™ (or normal distribution as cool cats refer to it) exists at every level of wealth and society. (Look up the banality of the topics if you're curious as to what I mean here) What this means to me personally is that there is a certain level of baked-in/read-only reaction to being in certain types of social circles, and those circles tend to act according to Nature™ and try to preserve themselves while spreading. Practically the upshot here is that what we interpret as a "cabal" is actually the self-preservation of a system that is not publicly available for observation. Moreover, in many cases, the only means of admission to this class is purely by luck/chance/birth into a certain family group. In many ways these systems are counter-intuitive; wealth is typically used as a means to have a "nice life", while forcing the rest of the world into a state of decay, which ruins of the value of the wealth. As one group continues to grow in their ability to extract resources, they also place pressure upon their own relationship between themselves and those extracting the resources for them as the pyramid scheme breaks down with less people to pull into it over time. (Chasing infinite gains in terms of corporate stock or private gains from equity investments IS a pyramid scheme, however legal it may be.) Thus, what's interpreted as a "dangerous cabal" is more like the relationship between animal groups, and new elements in the natural hierarchy have displaced resources between the groups, which will cause a correction to slowly occur in terms of the overall patterns. Ideally, these groups would recognize the signalling occurring and attempt to bring things back into a natural stasis pattern. (i.e. many people are complaining about wealth/billionaires, it may be strategic to invest in bettering society and creating homogeneity so that things remain as an enjoyable Epcot™-esque collective as opposed to a globally-connected & self-hating/billionaire-hating slave class)

New comment by bobbytheblkbear in "Do we need billionaires?"

bobbytheblkbear — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:34:57 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle

I think the Peter principle applies here; what you view as "competent people" are actually beneficiaries of systems, that they themselves can never independently create due to the nature of organizations themselves.

New comment by bobbytheblkbear in "Do we need billionaires?"

bobbytheblkbear — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:30:03 +0000

"Nick pick ahead" I have to ~nitpick~ your mis-phrasing here. ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitpicking