In the late '90s, I wrote into PC Games Magazine after a story talking about PCs vs. Consoles.
My letter suggested that game consoles aren't going to be necessary in the future because emulators could play the video games.
Ironically, I ended up being totally right. Even game consoles run emulators of other game consoles, and a lot of games you buy on PC are just a rom with an emulator.
I think at this moment it's looking like PCs won a decisive victory. Microsoft is looking like they'll leave the console business, Sony's generation is sad, Nintendo has screwed up hard, and PC handhelds are better than ever.
My letter suggested that game consoles aren't going to be necessary in the future because emulators could play the video games.
Ironically, I ended up being totally right. Even game consoles run emulators of other game consoles, and a lot of games you buy on PC are just a rom with an emulator.
I think at this moment it's looking like PCs won a decisive victory. Microsoft is looking like they'll leave the console business, Sony's generation is sad, Nintendo has screwed up hard, and PC handhelds are better than ever.
If any of the slackjawed yokels in government had ever picked up a history book, they'd know from 19th century history that you don't fuck with the people, because they're nuts once you piss them off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kDGWrm9P-U
Honestly, I've been hearing more and more about youtubers saying they've seen a crash in their stats, and I had an intuition that the problem was actually adblock.
Honestly, I've been hearing more and more about youtubers saying they've seen a crash in their stats, and I had an intuition that the problem was actually adblock.
And heavily subsidized education -- but only if it's education that's heavily accredited. Most education's cost has begun to approach 0.
Neoliberalism is a red herring.
It may be a good policy, it may be a bad policy. The only thing that's truly certain is that it's not been the actual policy of virtually any government on Earth.
Between half and three quarters of the spending in any given Western economy is government. In other words, if the dominant ideological paradigm is reduced government intervention in the markets, and then that paradigm has completely failed. Depending on the economy, there is significantly more government than there is market.
What we end up seeing in practice is a government that is continuing to grow, is continuing to get stronger, but has no use for spending money on public services that don't ensure that they got a cut. Therefore, the word neoliberalism is used to justify reducing quality of services to individuals but in reality that money is not then eliminated from the government coffers, but redirected to new ends that will better serve the rich and the powerful. Your taxes never go down, and even if they do it's only because of the government is borrowing money from future generations to hide the fact that they are stealing so much money from you. Meanwhile there are entire industries that only exist because of government subsidies or regulations.
There are a couple examples from the US politics which really help us see what's going on here. The United States healthcare system spends enough public money to pay for comprehensive single-parent healthcare like the NHS or the Canadian healthcare system. Virtually no conversation about healthcare makes this point. Instead it focuses on Private health insurance that for the most part shouldn't exist for the amount of money being spent by the government. Secondly, the current federal shutdown has much sound in fury behind it, but a surprisingly a large chunk of the federal government is still operating. In fact, the federal government just reached a record high debt in spite of allegedly being shut down. Of course, the part that won't get paid for predominantly include services that might actually relate to the common person, but no one's talking about the fact that most of the federal government is still chugging along. Especially the money being sent to Banks to pay for all of the debt accumulated in the last 20 years.
It may be a good policy, it may be a bad policy. The only thing that's truly certain is that it's not been the actual policy of virtually any government on Earth.
Between half and three quarters of the spending in any given Western economy is government. In other words, if the dominant ideological paradigm is reduced government intervention in the markets, and then that paradigm has completely failed. Depending on the economy, there is significantly more government than there is market.
What we end up seeing in practice is a government that is continuing to grow, is continuing to get stronger, but has no use for spending money on public services that don't ensure that they got a cut. Therefore, the word neoliberalism is used to justify reducing quality of services to individuals but in reality that money is not then eliminated from the government coffers, but redirected to new ends that will better serve the rich and the powerful. Your taxes never go down, and even if they do it's only because of the government is borrowing money from future generations to hide the fact that they are stealing so much money from you. Meanwhile there are entire industries that only exist because of government subsidies or regulations.
There are a couple examples from the US politics which really help us see what's going on here. The United States healthcare system spends enough public money to pay for comprehensive single-parent healthcare like the NHS or the Canadian healthcare system. Virtually no conversation about healthcare makes this point. Instead it focuses on Private health insurance that for the most part shouldn't exist for the amount of money being spent by the government. Secondly, the current federal shutdown has much sound in fury behind it, but a surprisingly a large chunk of the federal government is still operating. In fact, the federal government just reached a record high debt in spite of allegedly being shut down. Of course, the part that won't get paid for predominantly include services that might actually relate to the common person, but no one's talking about the fact that most of the federal government is still chugging along. Especially the money being sent to Banks to pay for all of the debt accumulated in the last 20 years.
France discovered antibiotics in 1,000-year-old Viking texts — that kill superbugs today 📜
French historians and microbiologists at the University of Lyon found medicinal recipes in medieval Viking manuscripts that describe using specific mold and plant combinations to treat infected wounds. Curious about the biological basis, they recreated these ancient remedies and discovered they produce compounds that kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria including MRSA and drug-resistant tuberculosis.
The Viking concoction uses a precise combination of barley bread mold (containing penicillium relatives), garlic, and onion extracts fermented in brass vessels. Chemical analysis revealed novel antimicrobial peptides that modern antibiotics don't produce. Clinical trials begin in September 2025.
Why does this matter?
Antibiotic resistance kills 700,000 people yearly worldwide
Modern antibiotics becoming useless against superbugs
Ancient wisdom contained solutions we've overlooked
Compounds work through mechanisms bacteria can't easily resist
Could provide new antibiotic classes after 40-year drought
Viking method produces drugs at fraction of pharmaceutical costs
Challenges assumption that modern medicine is always superior
This discovery proves that historical medical texts deserve serious scientific investigation. Other ancient remedies are now being systematically tested.
Source: University of Lyon Medieval Studies & Microbiology Departments, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, January 2025
French historians and microbiologists at the University of Lyon found medicinal recipes in medieval Viking manuscripts that describe using specific mold and plant combinations to treat infected wounds. Curious about the biological basis, they recreated these ancient remedies and discovered they produce compounds that kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria including MRSA and drug-resistant tuberculosis.
The Viking concoction uses a precise combination of barley bread mold (containing penicillium relatives), garlic, and onion extracts fermented in brass vessels. Chemical analysis revealed novel antimicrobial peptides that modern antibiotics don't produce. Clinical trials begin in September 2025.
Why does this matter?
Antibiotic resistance kills 700,000 people yearly worldwide
Modern antibiotics becoming useless against superbugs
Ancient wisdom contained solutions we've overlooked
Compounds work through mechanisms bacteria can't easily resist
Could provide new antibiotic classes after 40-year drought
Viking method produces drugs at fraction of pharmaceutical costs
Challenges assumption that modern medicine is always superior
This discovery proves that historical medical texts deserve serious scientific investigation. Other ancient remedies are now being systematically tested.
Source: University of Lyon Medieval Studies & Microbiology Departments, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, January 2025
Like, what's the logic here?
That we should let anyone do anything that they want at all times if they are about to commit suicide?
Women get denied from the women's diving team every year. It's super normal.. that's the nature of team sports.
But how do you expand this to the rest of the world? Can I identify as rich and if the bank doesn't let me withdraw a million dollars from my bank account I just threaten to off myself and then they have to?
Cuz I'm being totally honest, that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. Not killing myself, but I'll threaten to all day long.
I've had situations where people make threats like that, and I consider it to be people taking themselves hostage. As far as I'm concerned they can kill the hostage if they want. I just don't think that that's a healthy thing to be promoting by giving them what they want.
That we should let anyone do anything that they want at all times if they are about to commit suicide?
Women get denied from the women's diving team every year. It's super normal.. that's the nature of team sports.
But how do you expand this to the rest of the world? Can I identify as rich and if the bank doesn't let me withdraw a million dollars from my bank account I just threaten to off myself and then they have to?
Cuz I'm being totally honest, that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. Not killing myself, but I'll threaten to all day long.
I've had situations where people make threats like that, and I consider it to be people taking themselves hostage. As far as I'm concerned they can kill the hostage if they want. I just don't think that that's a healthy thing to be promoting by giving them what they want.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wMgr8n0QMU8
This video was adorable, and there needs to be more such joy in the world.
This video was adorable, and there needs to be more such joy in the world.
Supermarkets obviously provide a useful service for individuals. They are the place you go to buy all your groceries.
Now you might not like the market structure, you might think that a duopoly allows for higher profit margins than they deserve, but being able to charge higher prices due to a Monopoly is not the same as rent seeking. If the duopoly was being maintained by establishing some sort of statutory exclusivity, such as making it unlawful to start a third supermarket business or lobbying to ensure only property they own is zoned for operating a supermarket, that arguably could be rent seeking behavior. The fact that no one else has started up a grocery store is likely a separate issue.
Now you might not like the market structure, you might think that a duopoly allows for higher profit margins than they deserve, but being able to charge higher prices due to a Monopoly is not the same as rent seeking. If the duopoly was being maintained by establishing some sort of statutory exclusivity, such as making it unlawful to start a third supermarket business or lobbying to ensure only property they own is zoned for operating a supermarket, that arguably could be rent seeking behavior. The fact that no one else has started up a grocery store is likely a separate issue.
Every time one of these 100-year-olds comes up and says the truth, that they didn't fight for this world that we've created but for a world that they grew up in that was much better and freer world, I pledge never forget that fact.
My grandfather fought in the same war, he lied about his age to get into the army. He died in the early 90s, but even then he was already bitter because he fought for a world of freedom only to watch bureaucracy take over the world.
I say it almost every year, but next week is remembrance Day. A lot of people are going to be saying lest we forget, and it pisses me off because as a society, we clearly forgot the sacrifice that these men paid, and what they paid it towards.
My grandfather fought in the same war, he lied about his age to get into the army. He died in the early 90s, but even then he was already bitter because he fought for a world of freedom only to watch bureaucracy take over the world.
I say it almost every year, but next week is remembrance Day. A lot of people are going to be saying lest we forget, and it pisses me off because as a society, we clearly forgot the sacrifice that these men paid, and what they paid it towards.
You ever start a video on YouTube then tzrt going something else but it's a short auto repeating an, you're stuck doing what you started so you hear the same video like 90 times?
Ffs Canada is one of the countries on earth that will benefit the most from climate change. "Things are getting warmer!" Sweet! Love it! Winter sucks dick.
Those drugs kinda scare me. Sure, they'll help you lose weight, but by tinkering with your brains reward centers. What other reward mechanisms may be affected in ways we don't know yet?
Like what I often say about socialists hate boner for Hitler:
There's nobody who hates socialists more than other, slightly different socialists.
There's nobody who hates socialists more than other, slightly different socialists.
Huh, interesting. I guess it turns out the judiciary is the executive *and* the congress now.
We don't even need anything other than the judiciary!
We don't even need anything other than the judiciary!
I've got a travel laptop that I go around with, and it suddenly was pegged at 800MHz until I removed the battery, suddenly it popped back up to 2.6GHz.
Thankfully it's the sort of machine that has easily available replacement batteries.
Thankfully it's the sort of machine that has easily available replacement batteries.
Pope Leo should reflect deeply on why he's such a giant bleeding vagina.
If he loves migrants so much he can take them in the giant gold buildings in Vatican city.
If he loves migrants so much he can take them in the giant gold buildings in Vatican city.
Ngl, "we are spending the extra time to make sure it's really good" sounds great but way way too often it ends up being "we are spending the extra time because it's so unfinished we'll definitely get sued and we'll just out put out exactly enough so we don't get sued"