Badabinski

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[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm guessing it was because my comment is off-topic and lengthy. I would have sent you a DM, but I can't seem to figure out how to do that in my mbin client 😅

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Sorry for the off-topic question, but is your username a reference to the Culture books? I think that would have been a great addition to Very Little Gravitas Indeed/Zero Gravitas/Experiencing A Significant Gravitas Shortfall. Like, I can just imagine a book where the Very Little Gravitas Indeed, Zero Gravitas, and A Gravitas Deficiency all happen to be in the same incident group chat and constantly fuck around while the other ships debate and fuss, and then one or all three of them pulls a rabbit out of the hat and fixes the problem while the other Minds aren't looking.

God, I miss Iain M. Banks. Also, if your username isn't a reference then I probably sound like an absolute lunatic.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

what the fuck

What is it with this fucking man and disgusting dead animals‽ Like, this was before the brain worm started driving ffs! I really thought the brain worm was the reason this dude was so fucking crazy, but apparently not! It must be Rosemary Kennedy's ghost, tormenting the family for what they did.

EDIT: Jesus I just can't get over this. They're dead man you don't have to fuck with them just leave them alone and enjoy your time on the beach with your family or in Central Park throwing dirt clods at the drifters like you want to

just don't fucking touch the dead animals anymore

EDIT: I've done some more research and have learned a few things

  1. the US education system sucks at telling recent history because i just learned about RFK's assassination
  2. maybe he's all crazy and fucked up because his uncle and dad were assassinated when he was 9 and 14
  3. maybe he's all crazy and fucked up because he was doing fucking heroin from the age of 15 (jesus what does that do to a developing brain)
  4. maybe he's all crazy and fucked up because his family was probably neglectful (and possibly abusive) as hell because he certainly acted like a neglected and spoiled teenager (he was suspected of committing a bunch of crimes and shit with other kids)

like, I just want to understand what his fucking problem is. It was easy when it was the brain worm. I view him as a bit dangerous which is probably why I'm latching onto this and trying to understand his motivations. Dangerous people are easier to handle emotionally if you know why they're dangerous and what they want.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 1 points 2 months ago

Very true! I was just in a rush and didn't want to explain who he was.

For others, Bryan Cantrill (the guy in the video) is an incredibly gifted engineer who worked for Sun Microsystems before they got bought out by Oracle. He was deeply involved in Solaris (Sun's really cool operating system that included pioneering shit like ZFS), and was then involved with Illumos, which was a fork of Solaris. He worked for a company called Joyent that made a super fucking cool thing called SmartOS, and now he's the CTO for a company called Oxide Computer.

This is a hideously bad summary of his accomplishments. People who want to know more should read his Wikipedia article or watch the talk I posted. He's a great presenter, so his talks are always pretty entertaining.

EDIT: The shit they're doing at Oxide is absolutely nuts. They're making what is effectively a datacenter contained within one 48u rack, and they're writing all their own firmware and BIOS and shit for it. It's crazy cool.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 19 points 2 months ago

Let me provide my interpretation. Kamala Harris was naturally born, so she was made by a woman, hence the whole "woman-made destruction" comment. Trump was excreted out of a sewer-blocking fatberg that was impregnated after someone foolishly ejaculated down a storm drain.

Fuck man, I've only been awake for an hour and I'm already pissed off about this shithead. Time to take a break.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

oh hey cool another reason to think Reagan was a horrible fucking ghoul

I wonder if there have been any studies done on how this decision impacted ATC suicide rates.

EDIT: huh, well I'm not actually finding data on suicide rates among ATCs. I wonder if I'm repeating a myth? Or if it's just not well publicized or studied.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 13 points 2 months ago

Ditto. Like, I think it'll become iconic in the same way the LLV is ugly-iconic. I just like it when government stuff so obviously prioritizes function over form.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 8 points 2 months ago

Don't forget fully automated!

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd guess there's a bit of MIC lobbying and chicanery afoot here. Like, it does seem like Oshkosh makes some good vehicles, but there's always pressure to support defense companies when government bidding happens.

Please note that this is completely baseless speculation on my part. I'm an idiot on the internet that knows fuck-all about shit.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was curious so I looked it up. I couldn't find any quote like that, but I did find a biography about Larry Ellison titled The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison†: Inside Oracle Corporation;
†God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison
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