This is theoretically advertising a mobile store but they put it to the Mass Effect music and I’m basically dying here.
The only problem I can see with this ad is that the concept it’s advertising is bad.
the assumption is that the tech giants’ battle for global supremacy will have positive externalities on net, but it’s difficult to compare with the counterfactual world in which they calm the heck down.
this makes it sound like they are giant cyborgs literally fighting
which sounds really cool
but it’s hard to imagine giant robot battles having positive externalities
Trait: Giant Robot Combat World
+15% Aesthetic Bonus (Giant Robot Combat World)
-50% GDP Penalty (Collateral Damage)
McDonald’s facts
- The special sauce used in Big Macs still remains a secret even to this day. While dataminers have found a number of data involving the ingredients, the optimization algorithm remains unknown.
- McNuggets were once thought to be procedurally generated via metaball physics but this has been disproven since. What we do know about McNuggets is that a normal texture is applied to the surface to give the illusion of bumps, when in fact the model is made up of very few polygons to reduce costs.
- All items in the drive thru are not rendered until they are actually taken out of the bag. Physics do apply to them however, so watch out
- The reason why hamburgers, etc look “better” in promotional content is because the low detail models and textures are used in the restaurant instead. If they did use their high detail models at all times, McDonald’s would have to start dedicating more costs to their worker processes.
- “All day breakfast” was not possible for a long time due to a glitch where any breakfast data would get corrupted when served at an irregular time. This was fixed in an update that took advantage of faster GPU clock speeds. There have been a few successful attempts to get corrupted breakfasts since, with hash browns producing the most interesting results.
- The McFlurry machine was intended to be released in an update years down the road, but it was rushed due to time constraints and now we have the infamous buggy and unoptimized mess.
- I would like to give a fact on the new “Grand Mac” but even the bun’s data is encrypted so it’s currently impossible to even view any of it.
e8u asked:
Solarpunk is Star Trek communism with a double-dose of uwu. Atompunk is the Objectively Correct Glorious Future.
We propose that the packaging of mandatory binding arbitration clauses as a condition of employment masks the true price of these agreements due to a mismatch in the available leverage of firms and employees in many markets.
To increase the efficiency of the market for the waiver of legal rights of redress to wrongdoing by private parties, we propose that mandatory binding arbitration clauses as a condition of employment shall be prohibited and struck out as null and void. Binding arbitration agreements shall then be negotiated between employers and employees, offering material compensation, allowing them to float in price so that the market can work efficiently and determine the true price of cyberpunk dystopia.
How do you prevent the company from simply firing anyone who does not sign the arbitration agreement in a week?
Well I tagged that as #shtpost for a reason.
My actual proposal depends on just how much power I’m being given to reshape the economy.
Assuming I could only impact arbitration, my move would be to require compensation at a minimum of $4,000 per-employee annually or X% of salary, whichever is greater, pro-rated by the number of hours compared to fulltime employment. Or something along those lines, perhaps. Maybe. I’d have to think about it.
My temptation is to set a huge “anti-monopoly trap” instead that triggers when the amount of binding arbitration in a district exceeds a certain percentage and tragedy of the commons the companies for irony purposes, but of course that’s a bad idea.
But the real move, with greater power, would be to severely limit binding arbitration and make all employers take out employment health and safety insurance for all employees (and for their products) while reducing regulations and creating a special court system and regulatory regime for the insurance that pays out much more regularly than one-sided corporate arbitration would. I would then require that the workplace health and safety insurance amount be listed prior to employment, informing prospective employees of just how dangerous the job is. This would all be occurring in a scenario where wage subsidies reduced working class desperation by increasing available jobs. (That would have its own program.)
This specialized insurance court system would be streamlined to lower the regulatory legal burden on both companies and individuals, while making it easier to file and resolve legitimate claims. It would be possible to appeal to higher levels of courts as well.
This would accomplish the stated goals of binding arbitration - reducing regulatory burden, reducing legal expenses on small matters without overloading the court system, etc - while wrecking the unstated goals of screwing over employees and consumers.
It also distributes the costs in a smoother, more predictable way. (That is, your bakery in specific doesn’t end up on the hook for $100,000 just because there’s a one in a million risk of a $100,000 bakery injury, and your bakery just happens to be the one it happened to.)
Diversity in Solarpunk
One of the core pillars of Solarpunk must be diversity. But what does this really mean? In our critiques of the modern day, it is only right that we recognize a lack of diversity so we can strive to achieve a true representation of the world around us–especially in our fiction.
A major problem with society today is a trend towards insular (or tribal) empathy. The mentality of “we only take care of our own” is as toxic as the “every man for himself” mindset, but with the capability to mobilize groups against each other. Empathy is a much needed part of the human experience, but it can be twisted and used to further hatred. Not only do we need an actual understanding of different cultures, we need the empathy to solidify that culture or religion does not separate our shared human experience.
I do not think separate spaces/quarters for different cultures or religions is ever the right way to go, even if it is under the guise of diversity. We already have multiple examples throughout history (and current day) that show us intermingling cultures can and have succeeded in both retaining their individualism and cooperating for a greater good. Cultural exchange and appreciation are not only possible, but necessary for a solarpunk future.
We already know there would be many more Grenfell Tower casualties if Muslim residents had not been awake in the building. How can we adapt this into stories or hopeful futures? Muslim people getting up for early prayers, and before or after laying out presents for Christmas so Christian parents can properly sleep. Christians providing rideshares and the like for Muslims during Ramadan, so no one who is fasting needs to take unnecessary risk. Christians sorting through foods to ensure they are halal or kashrut (kosher) without Muslim or Jewish people having to touch them.
Different religions or cultures covering for one another during holidays, festivals, religious occasions, etc!!! (At work or otherwise) how cool would it be to have so many beliefs and holidays to identify with?! No culture would go extinct if we had an exchange of appreciation. Instead of appropriating cultures, we could share them at a personal level. Even if it was only during a celebration, would it not be better at an empathetic level to teach the true meanings and feelings of your religion, spirituality, or culture? (Hell, even gender and sexuality too?!)
Each culture/ethnic group having everyone celebrate and appreciate on a day, week, month… from history and legends to food and dancing. Imagine the love we could share if we took the time to listen and learn about other cultures!
But along with celebrations and exchange, we must also have remembrance. We should never forget the great evils we perpetuated against one another. No matter how ‘utopian’ we want the future to be.
The darker histories need to be told so we do not fall prey to their cyclical effect.
Teaching about conflicts/wars from both perspectives in general history education, which allows for all specific pride events or history months. Also including cooperation that has existed throughout history; the kind where all involved prospered. Even on smaller (non national) scales.
Teaching ALL the world’s opinions on subjects that are hotbeds within Christianity/Islam/organized religion, especially homophobia and transphobia; it would lead to an understanding that queer, transgender, and nonbinary people have always existed within history. And even still today, we have cultures that recognize these people as…people. Because that’s really the barrier here– ensuring no one is dehumanized due to looking or acting or believing differently than others.
If we can move empathy from an insular level to a broader one we could really get somewhere. If we can help each other understand we all share the human experience, racial and cultural divisions would fall by the wayside. If we start to actively reflect how truly diverse our world is in the fiction we create, the future will be as bright as we are all hoping it to be.
Solarpunk needs to be the hopeful future that everyone deserves; it is up to us to create art and media that reflects our world as it truly is–not how some of us wish it to be.
Ah, yes, we must be inclusive of diverse cultural practices such as FGM, honor killings, and cousin marriage.
Oh, what’s that you say? That’s not culture, that’s a human rights issue?
Too bad believing in human rights is itself cultural.
You want “diversity” of religions, but you don’t want the believers to actually believe in those religions. You think that religion is just an aesthetic, just a set dressing, it doesn’t have any real stakes. But it’s actually an ideology, more akin to the contests between the Capitalists and the Communists.
I question your axioms. Diversity is not good in and of itself. FGM is cultural, and all other things being equal, the culture that does not practice it is superior to the culture that does. You cannot deny this without destroying your argument for diversity to begin with.
But then again, my future is fusion-powered.
We propose that the packaging of mandatory binding arbitration clauses as a condition of employment masks the true price of these agreements due to a mismatch in the available leverage of firms and employees in many markets.
To increase the efficiency of the market for the waiver of legal rights of redress to wrongdoing by private parties, we propose that mandatory binding arbitration clauses as a condition of employment shall be prohibited and struck out as null and void. Binding arbitration agreements shall then be negotiated between employers and employees, offering material compensation, allowing them to float in price so that the market can work efficiently and determine the true price of cyberpunk dystopia.
there’s like anime and then there’s anime
the former is animated storytelling and the latter is weaponised nominally female hyperstimulus
I think I even say the two words slightly differently
but what if one is a weaponized, nominally-female hyperstimulus, eh? eh?
you can’t deny their identity like that, Argumate! people have a right to purchase bodies with enormous breasts, oversized eyes, tiny waists that would snap an ordinary human woman in half, and megathighs. and how can anyone say that the moe-moe set of personality and quirk/behavior templates is invalid? some people have that as their natural personality, or were raised in moe no otaku cultures like Neo-Kyoto. what about their rights?
and what about survivors of the Second Gate communities that are rebelling against the hard restrictions from there?
some people?? are anime girls?? to cope???
don’t be so insensitive
if thomas the tank engine got popular on tumblr: a fever dream
- Henry is the fan favorite
- Henry is also the most common kin/ID
- 90% of human fanart is of James
- James is the second most common kin/ID
- Edgy kins of Diesel or Diesel 10 (complete with edgy themes)
- Edward’s fan base is split perfectly down the middle: those who see him as a young man and those who see him as an old guy
- “omfgggg i cant believe im drawing fanart of THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE what has my life come to lolllllll” (personally this is what i hate the most)
- “Percy is my precious cinnamon roll”
- “Diesel is my precious cinnamon roll”
- Discourse about too many human!James designs being skinny white dudes
- Discourse about a couple human!James designs being suupppeerrr fetishy trans men
- Twincest/incest (this is already present but it’d just get worse)
- Trying to figure out if some of the engines are child-coded
- Consequentially, discourse about if a ship is pedophilic
- Consequentially, posts like “unfollow me now if you reblog oh///-thein///di//ignity because they’re friends with villai/ngirlfrie//nd who ships jame//spe//rcy”
- SOOO MUCH DISCOURSE ABOUT SIR TOPHAM HATT
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“This is a bad show because it endorses slavery”
- Sexy Dark Anime Eyes art of Thomas, you know what im talking about. when there’s that shadow over the eyes to be sexy or whatever
- Candy body gore of James (and Thomas too probably)
- People woobifying Gordon for no good reason
- Someone points out how Percy can be manipulative sometimes but it gets blown out of proportion and 2 days later he’s deemed all out abusive
- Everyone’s thirsty for Cranky
- James becomes the Onceler/Bill Cipher/Sans of the fandom
I’m gonna have a fukkin aneurysm
Probably because when Trump said it, he was explaining how America could be made better.
You seem like one of those people who thinks that America is terrible no matter what.
Also, the slogan was LET’S MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN and not AMERICA SUCKS, huge difference.
just to qualify: america does suck
Nah.
But it isn’t living up to its (enormous) potential.
Is there any country currently living up to its potential?
Some countries are closer than others. America, as a continent-spanning superstate with abundant natural resources and a major high tech imdustry, has more potential than other countries, and thus has a bigger gap to try to live up to.