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New comment by tartuffe78 in "Solving Factorio Quality"

tartuffe78 — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:02:58 +0000

When I play Factorio with my friends, I don't have to sit through 1 hour planning meetings where half the people don't know what game we're playing and the other half want to make all decisions by committee in a future, unscheduled meeting.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "Small Models Have Arrived"

tartuffe78 — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:29:35 +0000

Cost is the point

New comment by tartuffe78 in "The turbulent AI era is here"

tartuffe78 — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:34:15 +0000

Most people don't want to live like that. They want AC, central plumbing, trendy food, and cheap clothing.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "New Casio F-B100W – Upgrade to the iconic F-91W after 40 years"

tartuffe78 — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:49:15 +0000

You can buy that watch

New comment by tartuffe78 in "U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’"

tartuffe78 — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:29:56 +0000

Teachers are forced to spend more and more time dealing with students who don't give a shit, and whose parents don't either. Source my wife is a high school math teacher

New comment by tartuffe78 in "The kids with phones are alright"

tartuffe78 — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:34:04 +0000

Wait until they are 26?

New comment by tartuffe78 in "Delta flight hit by firework while landing at Midway Airport on Fourth of July"

tartuffe78 — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:16:58 +0000

A thatched roof?

New comment by tartuffe78 in "Private equity bought America's essential services"

tartuffe78 — Wed, 27 May 2026 19:35:28 +0000

I imagine it's not trivial to start a fire truck company.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

tartuffe78 — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:19:18 +0000

So many hidden comments there

New comment by tartuffe78 in "Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland"

tartuffe78 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:14:24 +0000

He is also a singular political figure. I don't think things will go back to normal, but they won't stay the way there are now.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "OpenAI Has New Focus (On the IPO)"

tartuffe78 — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:57:07 +0000

Apparently morons once meant the same thing

ARCHAIC•MEDICINE a person having low intelligence or an intellectual disability.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "The American Healthcare Conundrum"

tartuffe78 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:02:15 +0000

Well right, people lobby not to change anything because they have giant companies that make them money. They need all those people in jobs to help them deny claims, identify fraud, waste, etc.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "Sci-Fi Short Film “There Is No Antimemetics Division” [video]"

tartuffe78 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:51:02 +0000

I just came across Hardwired from 1986, it's a cyberpunk dystopian future with lots of action. I loved it, some of it is very prescient, but with lots of 80s influence to an imagined future.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "Militaries are scrambling to create their own Starlink"

tartuffe78 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:03:38 +0000

Starlink is apparently 65% of all active satellites, it would be very expensive to emulate that without super efficient launching capabilities.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy (2025) [pdf]"

tartuffe78 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:09:38 +0000

Yea I use facebook marketplace to sell stuf

New comment by tartuffe78 in "First 6 days of Iran war cost $11.3B"

tartuffe78 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:43:34 +0000

This isn't targeting immigrants or Democrats though, unless they try to only draft Democrats it's going to be them, their sons, their brothers and husbands getting told they have to go die.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy (2025) [pdf]"

tartuffe78 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:30:55 +0000

You must not see Facebook ads. Every other one is for an "AI Girlfriend" no matter how many I hide.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "First 6 days of Iran war cost $11.3B"

tartuffe78 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:48:03 +0000

Yes bombing schools, cities, and countries into broken states ruled by warring factions is the only way to achieve peace.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "First 6 days of Iran war cost $11.3B"

tartuffe78 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:40:57 +0000

I'm not surprised they would consider it, but it seems hilariously stupid. Even as cynical as I am about politics in this country this will never fly with most of Trump's supporters.

New comment by tartuffe78 in "First 6 days of Iran war cost $11.3B"

tartuffe78 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:38:07 +0000

Trump has mastered the bully pulpit and his steadfast popularity with his base to threaten any Republican who gets out of line by endorsing a primary challenger. This has been effective in replacing anyone who challenges him, and scaring the rest into line.